Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-05-05

NO. XIV:
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(the North, open your eyes, and see what
it is, that you are urging the South to do,
and that you are so severely denouncing her
for not doing, 1t is amazing to behold how
the mists of an erroneous theory will some
times obscure the keenest intellectual WIS.,
ion. The, Word of God makesit as, clear
as MONDAY, that slavery may lawfully ex--
ist: and the indications of Providence make
it almost equally clear, that American slave
ry ought to continue for generations to
come. - - ~ =. :. .. -
Such being the state of the case, It's ea-
sy to see what is the duty of Northern men
in reference to this subject. Let them cease
all that senseless defamation about the
"sin of slavery" which has been SO COM
mon for few years past. Let them cease
all efforts, which are intended to promote,
either directly or indirectly, the abolition of
slavery. In the South. Let them, in good
faith, and with good will towards their
Southern brethren, carry out the provisions
of the Constitution. Let them frown upon
all, who either ignorantly or hypocritically
advocate "higher law" WHICH enjoins
treason and murder in order to effect men-
stealing. Let them regard with deserved
detestation those peUured miscreants, who
can accept of Office under the Constitution,
and can swear to maintain that instrument,
while at the same time, they purpose to
violate some of;its essential stipulations in
the name Of the "higher law And let
them in all suitable ways, discountenance
and suppress all fanatical abolition, and ev-
erything which has any affinity to it. By
so doing they will act IN accordance with
the precepts of Revelation, and the admo-
nitions of Providence: they will place our
glorious Union beyond the reach of disas-
ter: and they will promote, in the Northern
States, that good order and that moral i'm
povement, which abolition has an ineyita-
BILE tendancy to obstruct. 90, :
. And now, Respected Friends, / must
draw my remarks to a close. have ex-
tended them farther than had expected
to do, and fear have made them tedious.
| have however. omitted, for the sake of
breyity, many things which have desired
to say. :, In treating SO wide subject, mat
ter crowds upon the writer, and it is impos-
sible to give anything like a fair view of the
without some degree ofprolixi.
ty. Accept this as my apology. But per-
haps you will find more fault with my sem
timents, than with my tedioushess. With
respect to them, | can only repea. what
said in my first letter; that they have not
been borrowed from the South, bu. drawn
directly from the pages of Inspiration. If
it can be shown that | have misconstrued
those passages, will acknowledge my er-.
ror. But will yield to no other authority.
have spoken freely and plainly but | trust
not in an uhchristian spirit. May the Au-
thor of that Volume, which l have been
to expound in reference to
slavery, lead both the North and tie South
INTO correct views of their duty with regard
to this exciting subject, and into willing
ness 20 perform that duty what ever it may
be and may He watch over our beloved
country for good, that it may be united
and prosperous in ITSELF, and source Of
rich benefits to the other nations of the
earth.
Yours respectfully, ,in.
NOVANGLUS.