Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1853-02-03
Correspondence.
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts,,
January 20, 1858.

Dec %. you publish at length Theodore Par
ker's TRADE against Daniel Webster, and his
views Of the constitutionali,y of the Fugitive
Bill and in your editorial remarks you give the
impression that the majority Of the North sym
pathize with that base nulliier and nGdel.-
You say:
"This violent and bitter sermon, made in the
North 10 q Nosllarn audience, shows what sort
Of sentiments are acceptable TO people of that
latitude and bow inimical they arW TO slavery.
II will bring the South TO nearer view of the
force and extent of this opposition"
The force and extent Of such an opposition
as Theodore Parker can excite, with all his ge-
MUS, is exceeding small.
He is too well known in this community. He
has been discarded by the Unitarians, among
whom he once laborcd as clergyman. might
refer you to recent newspaper articles where
his own published sermons prove his glaring in
fidelity.
Among the thousand sermons which were
preached the Sabbath after the interment Of
Daniel Webster, only two have come TO light in
all these Northern States which SAVIOR Of the
spirit above noticed: these were preached by
Parker of Boston and May of Syracuse. With
out referring you TO the one hundred and TWEEN
| y sermons Published in eulogy Of the great
Statesman, l will quote the sentiments of one
minister, who is acknowledged to be among the
/ first in the State-Rev. VIM. Stearns of this
city 81 have been panied TO read such senti-
mens as these: The Mr.. Webster whom the
nation mourns, is the Mr.. Webster of history.
Let us say that the last of Young Americas
great triumvirate died before the ides, or rather
the calends of March, $780," That Mr., w
intended 10 do the very best thing which, under
all the circumstances, he could do, few that know
his characteristic honesty will doubt. A vast
majority of the citizens of the United States
have adopted his view as moderate, concilatory,
and constitutional. The highest courts have
stamped it with the seal of the judicial sanction.
AT all events, when his course has been APP
proved by such men of piety and patriotism as
the late Prof. Stuart, OF Andover, and thou.
sand others of The highest principle and inteli-
gence, men not in political life and not to be sus-
pected of selfish motives, little charity in COM
mentng on his acts might be pardonable. When
| remember that publications more abusive and
scurrilous never saw the light, than were sent
forth against Washington and when l remem-
Der that one greater than Washington was
charged with being "a gluttonods man and wine
bibber, and friend Of publicans and sinners, |
am not inclined to believe an evil report lust be-
cause 'Gashum saith it, Read the eighth chap
ter Of John, and you will learn that the severest
accusers are not always the purest in heart.
The opinions of another minister in Cambridge
VIII ON you know WELL you may take for what
hey are worth They were delivered TO his
own people and have not as yet attRined 10 the
high honor of being published to the world.
When speaking of such Abolitoniss as Par
ker, he said:
1.-THE truthful cOup!et of Hudibras may be ap
piled 10 them:
Men compound with sins they're inclined to,
3 By dsmning those they have no mind to-"
"These fanatical abusers are like blood
, hounds, which to escape the whip of their mas
ter, fly mercilessly upon the fugitive. They
manage thus to keep up debit and credit &C
count with their conscience. They post up il
their moral ledger all the sins which cons cienc,
: has charged TO their account, and then balance
the credit side by making extra charges agans
their neighbors.
"When we hear the igfdd, the hater of God
irnl, anathematize the clergy and he lai:y az;
call the house of God "a den Of thieyes, grea
slave market, huge butchering establishment
in which men are caught and bound and kilet
according TO law; when we hear such an on
berate most ungracously our rulers and legsla
tors, and pronounce our fathers fools; and de
nounce all men who will not declare his senti
ments sound; when we furthermore see such
man with impious tread approach and burst tn,
tomb portals of the great statesman, and then il
his moral laboratory coolly dissect and cut III
into minute PARTICLES his poor remains and bra,
his bones with pestle, or scorch them in fur
mace, and then go forth, scattering his ashes up
on the floods, just as the Pope did those O
Wicklliie, forty-three years after his burial, w
: are startled by such barbarian in the nneteentl
century, (and that TOO in the metropolis of New
England and there is on every hand the cry
Who is this that cometh out of Jericho in haste
TO judge another mans servant? Is he himself
without fault? If not, we beg him 10 let oul
fathers rest in quiet, for we are taught to wisl
peace to their ashes until the last trump shat
sound and bid all arise and come to Judgment
"WeTe the advocate of progressive reform here