Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-22
slnrerr rs.. the Clergy.

The pro-slavery presses, in 1850, were re-
rnarkable for their pretensions to " propriety
and piety." They exhorted the good peo-
pie Of the North, to conquer their prejudiees,
acquiesce in the compromise measures, and
preserve the Union. They said it was the du-
ty of the North, to submit to the fugitive slave
law because il was blessed measure OF peace.
They decllred that it was of no use to insist
on the wilmot proviso being applied to theter-
ritories Of Utah and New Mexico, for there
was nothing but folly in re-enacting the claw
of God. ~" A# tt
With DR.. Dewey and all the other clerical ID.
DIS Of similar name and nature, on their side,
the proslaYery editors felt themselves called up
onto be most respectful to the clergy. And they
were most respectful They held them up as
burning and shining lights, to the " fanatical
antislavery folks who refused to acquiesce
in the ..peace measures of $780, or to help
hunt MP and send back mothers, fathers, and
brothers, to slavery. The clergy were said to
be in their true position in 1850. They were
called the conservative piety, intelligence, and
great moral power, of the country. Their
preachings were reported in every bunker
organ in the country, as examples to those
more rebellious Christians, who asserted that
the fugitive slave law was sin against God.
and an outrage on man.
The pro-slavery press Of 1854, has taken
different ground, however, upon the character
and influence of the clergy. 1t denounces
them, insults them, and eoaTselyvilifes them,
because they viii not, now, acquiesce in the
stupendous Nebraska fraud. 1t opens the
vials Of its wrath upon the ministers Of New
England, and pours out its vituperations with
out stint. We quote the following specimen
Of it from the Richmond Examiner:
Ministers have come down into politics,
snd they would drag the Eternal down along
with them. Protesting in the name Of Al
mighty God. does not make saints OF protest.
ing traitors. The Constitution of the country
has withssood the Nominations Of the New
England pulpit q long time, and now they
waut Almighty God to help them destroy it.
Here is some degeneracy since brave old Ethan
Allen summoned Ticonderoga to surrender, 'in
the name of Jehovah and the Continental Con-
tinental Congress- When traitors turn
against their country and its Constitution
they may roll the whites of their eyes to Heav-
en-; but, nevertheless, they serve Beelzebub,
the prince Of devils"
We can tell the pro-slavery papers, that
such blasphemous and ribbald language, APP
piled 70 the clergymen Of New England, viii
not produce very strong sympathy for the
Nebraska swindle, nor lessen very much the
iaauence of tho men to whom the languageis
applied. Z RI
TAXING IT HARD.-The people of Ports
mouth, Va, held meeting on the 18th inst,
70 consider the failure Of the recent expedi-
ton from that PLACE, to recover fugitive slave
from New Bedford. The meeting attributed
the failure to the inefficieney, and wilfnl
carelsssness Of the Marshal and assistants,
and appointed committee to lay the whole
matter before the President, and solicit such
action as he may deem it competent and prop
or for him 70 perform.
We are sorry to see the people Of Ports
mouth take the emigration northward, Of one
Of their late townsmen SO much to heart. al
belt, he is, as we know, a fine intelligent fell
low. We doubt whether they would make
half as1pueh lamentatien, If all the officials of
the meeting should leave the place in mass.
They must, however, submit to their fate In
the best possible manner. and dispenee with
his society IN future. as he has come 70 a set
tlsa opinion, that Canada air is preferable %
that Of Virginia, and chat the rule Of Queen
pfs@,ss a t,nffer Than that Of aonthero s,o,,,,