Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-02-15
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Mr.. EDITOR: Not long since, OBJ
served q communication in the Richmond
Christian Advocate, under the caption of
"Abolition in Western Virginia. which,
in Justice to this section of the country,
it may not be amiss briefly to notice.
First, would ask what is an Adolf
zionist? According to Webster, it is zone
who favors especially the Abolition of
slavery" Did Henry Clay favor the
abolition Of slavery, when he framed a
plan by which it might be entirely abo-
lished in Kentucky? Then. according to
this standard, he, with thousands of the
very best men Of the nation have been
abolitionists.
But the author of that production, I'M
der the assumed name of "Justice, "
says that the minister sent to Buckhan-
non, at the last meeting OF the NJ. E.
Western Va. Conference is an &c ultra aGo-
lHionist." We are informed by the high
est legal authority, that an Ult& Adolf
ii onist is one who favors the liberation of
81 ayes contrary to lasO.
Now, the views Of the minister refer
red to, in regard to the fugitive slave
law, if l am correctly informed, differ
from my own. Yet that he advocated, or
even in the slightest degree favored the
liberation of slaves contrary to law, we
consider as most palpably untrue and
without foundation. On the contrary, al
though opposed to some gifts features, he
has ever advocated the objects of that
law, and maintains that according to
christian principle, slavery in many in
stances is right, and that there should be
law to return the fugitive to his mas
ter.
In regard to conference held by the
members of the Buckhannon appoint
ment, to deliberate on the principles of
their pastor on that subject, am en-
tirely at a loss to know where the author
of abolition in Western Virginia" got
his information. have enquired OF the
four class.leaders which compose all be-
longing to the church in Buckhannon as
we'll as of various other prominent mem
bers, and not one with whom IcOnversed,
knew anything Of such meeting. But
"Justice" even goes SO far as to give the
proceedings of the meeting, and says "the
preacher presided and assumed the die
tator and all the lesser minds have to
subscribe to his will" Not word Of
this is true"
This Justice" must be one of those
described by Cowper of whom he says
you find the total of all his hopes and
fears dreams-empty dreams. 1t would
greatly palate the case could we but
hope that they were innocently intended.
Those statements are about as reasona-
BILE and compatible with truth as the one
i'll which he says that I" four-ffths of all
the ministers Numbering 237) of the
NJ. E. Church of Western Virginia, are
like the one in Buckhannon, Ultra Abo-
litionist." Now what could be more
foolish and ridiculous than this, unless it
be another idea which he asserts that they
are paid by the British crown. The idea
is about as much in accordance with
common sense, as to believe the Gear of
Russia views with deep and jealous in :
terest the proceedings Of the Clarksburg
and Buckhannon Turnpike Company
The sponge-headed individual that could
be induced to believe one of these notions
would readily gulph down the other. =.
Once more he asserts that the Buckhan
non minister was raised in PENNSYLVANIA
and Northern Ohio. This again is small
mistake. He never even resided in Ell.
Their of those places, but was. raised in
Maryland by his father, a gentleman of
honor, and the owner of slave property.
as was also his grandfather before him.
But Justice" says the Buckhannonl
minister breaches well. This is true, and