The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-02


There is nothing dsreputable than to man
who enjoys the benefit Of free Institutions and who resides
in the midst of an American community employing his
time in furnishing materials to the enemies Of the United
States in foreign countries There few fanatics in our
midst who do not pretend to affection for the Union
respect for the history of revolution or TO
veneraton for the liberal laws under which We live
but to know that community cherishes in its midst
individual who does not hesitate to address British jour
nails in terms of insult and opprobrium against nst
tuons and people is either TO conclude that such
community is than usually tolerant else that the
individual referred TO is than usually influential An
American abolitionis who travels in England and assa
his country there finds the poor preext for his conduct in
the hope that his Trades may be forgotten before
his return but that any resident Of the United States
matter where his birthplace what his opinions either
to crafty love for money hatred Of this coun-
try should deliberately sit down address letters,
over his name to English newspaper filled with
asehoods and with violence against the laws and the
Union of these States is step beyond the usual eronery
and nsolence Of abolition intermeddling
friend forwards to us English paper called the
"Brsh Banner" published in London in the number Of
which for the 22d of September find article address
ed the editor by the Rev ]. j. Caruihers congrega
tionat clergyman resident and preaching in the city Of
Portland Maine, which, matter how scrutinzed is
disgrace to any decent newspaper and more than dis
grace to who processes TO be follower of the
meek and lowly Saviour. This arrogant and dogmatc
priest if to show his contempt for the holy examples of
Christian liberation and of moral suason invokes the
Bible to encourage the work of dissolution of the
American Union single extract from this letter may
not be unnteresing to the general reader:
"The next presidential election will probably decide the
fate of the Union UnhappA, while the slave States
generally Of heart and of mind the maintenance
of their rights these northern States and by
intestine bros mplacabe mutual animoses and personal
aggrandement The power and pelf viii too certainly
dominate every consideration of patriotism aud bu-
anity The future of this country dark indeed and light
beams only from that haowed page which that
the Lord 0mnpotent regneth /"
That is this clergyman unhappy because though him
self comfortably located in community which commu-
nifty is largely interested in with the southern
States this condeaey hes deeply panied that the Amer-
can Union cannot be at dissolved He is unhappy
because the southern people united in defence of their
rights he is unhappy because he cannot unite the people
of the North in war upon their brethren and friends in
the South because he cannot precipate conflict be-
tween the sections that may lead scrvile
rection and the of thousands of his owbe
ingsi There are few communities in which such scandal
lous language this would be tolerated. IL exhibits
credabe degree Of forbeaance the part of the people
of Portland that such this should be fed and fol-
lowed leader and light in his persuasion but is
clear that if be preached similar doctrines the bor
der her Maestys Canadian domnons against British
interests he would be notified to withdraw to more
congenia neghborhood. -