Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-09-07
SATAN REFUSING SIN.

When Satan rebukes SIN, II IS high nme foi
ordinary sinners to open their eyes, and when
the New York Tribune censures Abohtionists
fer their excesses they must indeed have
sinned past all forgiveness. II was not to be
expected that the man who preferred the burn
ing OF the Capitol, with all the human beings
under its roof, to the passage of the Nebraska
that abolition incendiaries could do. But Mr.
Horace Greeley seems to be shocked 10y the
rude, vulgar, and brutal conduct of the Chi
cago mob towards Senator Douglas. He argues
philosophically to prove that they had no right
to prevent Judge Douglas from making his
speech, and tells them that they ought to has
ten to rectify their error
This is not the only thing that the Tribune
and the other Abolition leaders will have to re
greet before the agitation that they excited shall
cease. They have Embossed the demon, and
they will find that all control over him is gone
He is wild and ungovernable nor will he be
quoted until he atones for all his mischief by
destroying them.
These leaders promised unbridled license tc
rampant Abolitionism, when they unclaimed it
1t is now pursuing its mad career. They be-
gin to apprehend danger to themselves and tc
their infamous schemes, from its excuses, and
are making feeble and futile efforts to check it
But it defes control nor can it be checked
until it shall have shocked the moral sense o.
the nation, exhausted itself, and covered its in
stigators with infamy, by its monstrous brutal
ties.
The Tribune issues to the Chicago rufians
the following proclamation, which is at the
same time argumentative and advisory:
"Hearers have rights as well as speakers.
If any person should go into church during
service and commence harangue, he would
very properly be silenced or put out with little
ceremony. So if Mr.. Douglas had gone into a
meeting called by his opponents and com
menced speaking, the same course would have
been justi6able. But this was his own mee;
ing, called by bis friends on purpose to hear
him; and they had right to hear him if he
chose to speak. The fact that there we're five
or ten. times as many on the ground who did'n
want to hear him, is immaterial. If they didn't
choose to hear him, il was their business TO GO
quietly away, leaving the ground in the peace
full possession of those who came to listen. il
there were but ten, their right was perfect and
morally unquestionable.
at Is a common notion in this free and en-
ligbtened country that a majority in theatre
or other assemblage, have right to hiss OIL
groan indefinitely; but they have not. They
have a RICH, thus to indicate their disapproba
ton of any expression or sentiment but they
have no right to persevere in such demonstra
ton to the extent of arresting the play Oh
drowning the sDeech.
"The freemen Of Chicago have made mis-
take, which we trust they will hasten to rectify
| If Douglas or any one else wants to speak, lie
him by all means be accommodated; then lie
him be answered, as Collins, or Seammon, o
any one Of dozen other Chicago advocates 0
slavery restriction, can answer him. That vii
be doing the right thing in the right way"