The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-25
ITINERANT AND ANrI-sLAyERY LECTURERS


The trade lecturing has within few years been pushed
such length excite, the part Of both
the religious and secular press desire get rid
Of what appears be something serious than gem
eral nuisance The Presby terrain influential religious
paper pointedly observes Recent newspaper develop
ments have made the public acquainted with the fact that
and somewhat lucrative occupation has been in
auguraed Men who have failed in of the learned pro-
fessons who have gained notorety by pulpit extrava-
ganzas; who have written books for which they seek
to gain larger market; who must, by means,
make their bread have assumed the Office Of ecurersgen
cra any such portions Of the great public may stand
ready give them their and their dollars we'll
written communication the subject appears in
late number Of the New Haven Register, from which we
make the following extract
Boston is the best market of supply. If you want
lecture to denounce the Bible the Christian church.
preachers of the Gospel marriage in any
form, 90 TO Boston, and you will find your man at
moderate price The market for an-sayery agtators is
dull and at decline and the price for decent Virginia
negro would make satisfactory terms for OF them
"A Citizen is suspicious of these Boston mporations and
thinks they ought be well looked to- lest under pausi
bic preences lurking should be struggled IN
seeds Of dscord ndeiy strange ss should be sown
broadcast in community The fruits of ecturng must
depend the themes selected the objects OF the lecturer
and the ams of those who employ them If their speeches
up strife and contention among the people to
destroy concord between communities States and different
sections Of the country aud weaken the bonds of union
such men dangerous than foreign enemies. The
favortc theme Of the Congregational clergy in New Eng
land is dnsrery 1t has been prominent subject OF de-
bate in their CONSIDERATIONS and assemblies for Than 20
years What is very remarkable although these learned
bodies have debated the subject for long period they
have yet brought forward any plan Of emancipation
sohaeeer They have debated debated sgated and agi
taed year after year. but hear plan for consider
alton The fair inference is they have been actuated Ivy
tondnss for agitation, rather than any real piitntroy
the colored Now let ask ourselves the ques
ton the learned clergy their congregated wisdom,
and after much toll and labor, have brought forth
nothing, what have to expect from hTeling, ansave-
ry lecturers who perambuate the country preaching dis
union and scattering the seeds of dcord wherever they
go? What numbers of people have they heguiled
into unjust judgment How many have they led into the
great wickedncss of condenng their southern brethren
unheardl Have not had enough of these pare har
argues from the pulpit and the ectureroom ls the up
of antislavey TO go on for twenty years to come
Let to the point with those agitators; what ia
your plan We have had speeches enons hwhat Ia your
plan the plan--the plan
Many, doubtless like myself have asked themselves the
question, why The history of own country full OF
examples for the instruction of this generation should be
wholly overlooked by these pensoned lecturers? We have
had oraions on the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at
Plymouth until the subject Ia exhausted. The names OF
Washington and Franklin have been household words for
nearly century How long shall the pail of oblivion rest
on the precious memories of that long list of worthless
who sat in council with themSamuel Adams, Hawlsy,
Cooper Mayhem Trumbull, Livingston, Dickinson Pat
rick Henry, Wyeth, Bland, Christopher Gadsden, and
John Rutedge who first originated and consolidated
the Union of the coloniesand those younger patriots,
trained up in the school Of these patrotsJohn Adams,
Warren, Hamilton, jefferson, Madison Randolph, Lau-
rens ugcr, Hayne and host OF Others, many of them
the most remarkable men of that age? why is it that these
hireng lecturers hold up their examples for the add
mraon of the of times Is 1t that the lessons of
wisdom they taught would blister their tongues and palsy
their speech Is it that by quoting the lessons laugh, by
our fathers they would belle their speeches from be-
ginning to end tour fathers the latches of whose shoes
they worthy TO stoop down and unloose Let us
pntc
Rather let us gather round the old council fires of our
revolutionary sres where the Puritans Of New England
and the Huguenots of Carolina were accustomed to meet
In a rnal concord and brothery union TO take counsel
together Their venerable forms have disappeared, and
most of them passed away in such poverty and obscury
that monumental stone marks the places where their
ashes lie buried but they left behind them their patriotic
exampes-ther lessons Of wisdom and their great achieve
mens--for study and imitation.