The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-11-24
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From the National Era.

E5-Letter from Missionary of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, in Kansas, t
Distinguished Politicians:
DOUGLASS Mission, August, 1854.
Last weel.-thc Lord be praised for all his mcrcie
To his unworthy servant!--I arrived
Safe at the Mission, vid Wcstport; where
l turried overnight to aid Ill 70 ming
A Vigilance Committee, TO send back,
In shirts of tar and feathers, doublets quilted
With forty stripes save one, all Yankee comers,
Uhcircumciscd and gentle, a,lens from
The Comm snweallh Of Israel, who despise
The prize of the high calling of the saints,
TO plant amidst the heather wilderness
Pure gospel institutions, sanc,ted
By patriarcha use. The meeting opened
With prayer, as was most fitting. Hall an hour,
Or thereaway, groaned and strove and wtes'led,
AS Jacob did at Penue till thepower
Fell ON the people, and they cried "Amen!"
GLORY to God!' and stamped and clapped their hands
And the rough.voicea boatnien wiped their eyes:
Colt, old hoss they cried and doomed the niggers-
Fulfilling thus the word OF prophecy,
Cursed be Canaan After prayer the meeting
Chose committee good and pious mcn.--
A Presbyterian elder, Baptist dencon,
A local preacher, three or four class-leaders,
Anxious inquircrs and renewed backsiders,
A sc',re in a...to watch the river ferry,
CAS- they of old did watch tbs iotls ofJordan,)
And cut OIL all whose ankee tongues refuse
The Shibbo,eh OF the Nebraska bill
And then, in answer to repeated calls,
gave n iefuccount oil what saw
In Washington; and truly many hearts
Rejoiced to know the President and you
And General Cushinu reuuiarly hear.
Drinking with thirsty souls OF the sincere
Milk OF the Word Glory! Amen and Selah!
Here, at the Mission, all things have gone well;
The brother who, throughout my absence, acted
As overseer, assures me that the crops
Never were better / have lost ono negro,
a first rate hand, but obstinate and sucn;
lie ran away some time last spring, and hid
In the river timber There my Indian converts
Found him, and trced and shot him. For the iest,
The heathens round about be lin TO feel
The influence o. our piuus ministraiions
And works oil love; and some ut them already
Have purchased negroes, and are settling down
AS sober Christians. Bless tic Lold ior this!
know it will njoicoyou. You, hear,
Are on the eve ol vIIing Chicago,
To fight with the Wild beasts OF Ephesus,
Long John and Dutch 'rcesh'ers. May your arm
Be clothed with strength, & OIL your tongue be found
The sweet oil OF persIasion So desires
Your brother and co-laborer Amen!
P. S. AIS lost Even while in grief l write these
lines,
The Yankee abolitioniss coming
Upon us like n flood. grim, stalwart men.
Each lace set like flint OF Plymouth Rock
Against our institutions. stalking out
Their farm lots on the wooded Wakarusa.
Or squalting by the mellow bottUmed KANSAS
The pioneers OF mishuer mulitudcs-
The small rain patter ere the thunder-showcr
browns the dry pralries. Hope from them is not.
Oh, for quiet berth at Washington
Snug naval chaplaincy or clerkship, where
These rumors Of free labor and tree soil
Might never meet me more. Better to be
Doorkeeper in the White House, than TO dwell
Amidst these Yankee tents, that, whitening, show,
On the green prairie like fleet becalmed.
Methinks hear voice come up the river
From those far bayous, where the aigators
Mount guard around the camping illibustors:
Shake off the dust Of Kansas. Turn to Cuba.
There mayst thou, underneath thy vine and fig tree
Watch the increase ofsugar cane and fegroes
Calm as patriarch in his eastern tent''
Amen So mote it be- So prays your friend