Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-03-08

they fall a victim To his doctrine. By be
coming absorbed in his religious senti
u1ents.
Nowslet us look at this subject in its
true light. If the ultimate object of the
Northern NJ. IL, Church sthe exirpatiop
OF slavery, should We. as Virginians, sup
port that Church If the Church sue
coed, what will the result be Should
not Virginians have an eye on such amor
ganization. reared up in our midst, and
welding power that is only known by
reading the history of the past That
power, in the hands of a designing priest.
hood in union with Abolitionism welding
an influence over the minds and the pro-
perry of Virginiaus. IS fEia94Tios ~
L Should not Virginians be alarmed /;
Earousedsto.a sense ortheir danger, when
doctrines are advocated among us so 6bS
to our! laws and society PSI Il
should awake every lover of his country
to sense of his duty by prescribing the
limits oftlese revilers four laws and our
institutions . - s9a5a9tq 9i.i 9}ll. I
WhileGI refer to this one Preacher ia
the Ministry the Northern Methodist
Church. twill equally apply to four! ffths
of the Ministers of that Church, These
Ministers are as hostile to the Fugitive
Slave Law as the most ultra Abolitionists,
using the same arguments against it,
Yes, these Northern Preachers look on us
in the South as robbers, murdererssa and
guilty of the I" worst of Yillanies, . and
still they insiuuatc themselves among us
under the garb of Religion, infusing their
doctrine among US, doubtless for the pur-
pose of the overthrow of our laws. and
and the disatfcction of our slaves. There
is, believe, a foreign power atwork in this
bigh.handed move made by the Northern
NJ. E. Church, aiding the extiroation of
slavery in the South Read the reports OF
che General Conferences to 8the British
Societies, and what does that report say.
about the spread of Abolitionism in the
South They claim all of Western Vir-
ginia, with all of that portion of the State
from fredericksburg to Charlottesville,
thence from Lewisburg to Kentucky,
all north of this boundary as adhering to
Abolitionism in sentiment. These reports
claim Maryland aud that part Of Virginia
as so much gained on the stronghold of
the South, and we in this report, are coun..
ted as Abolitionists, evidently showing
that the aim ofIthe Northern NJ. E. Church,
is the extirpation Of slavery. The paid.
emissaries Of Great Britain fraternizS with
these Northern MeLhodists, and the Nor.
thern Methoiists account to them for the
progress Of Abolitionism in the South.
ask in all candor. should Virginians-
support the Northern NJ. E. Church IN
preference to any other Church Will
VIrginians do so when Northern Metho-
dist Preachers. proclaim that the laws Of
Virginia against AbolitioniSm are so obi
Gus that they will be the cause of the
eternal danlnatiun Of thousands Of masters
and slaves in the world to come l.? No,
no; know the Virginia character too
well and when the people understand
the true position Of the NorLhern\ NJ. E.
Church AS to our institutions, they will be
secuted from among us. Yea, when it
lis known as the Northern nj. E. Church,
as an organization, is against the laws of
the United States. and especially the laws
Of Virginia, | am persuaded that hardly
~ vestge Of that organization will be
left in the South. In justice to a vast
number Of the laity Of that Church in this
State, l say, IN great candor. they are
hohestin adhcring to the Northern Church
not understanding the true position Of af-
."''' "'N '"c "cS'S"s Vi tHe MINISTRY out
if the present state Of affairs is suffered to
go on much longer. where will we find
ourselves as Virginians The question
answers itself, engulfed in Northern Abo-
lttionism, with its Legitimate heir Anal.
gamation. and the Old Dominion divided,
and we left off captive by Northern Fana-
tics =a. .-.. ... Il.sa
JUSTICE
Buckhannon, Va. Dec. 18th 1853.