The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-03-01
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4 Fearless prcnrhrr-A Antf.SIavery
Sermon from q SOutbr Man.

4 Fearless Esrcnchcr-An Ansf.SIavery
Sermon from 81 Southern Man.
On SUNDAY the 18th ult.. Rev. NJ y.
CoSwAY. Pastor OF the Unitarian Church in
Washington H. C.. a Vireinian by birth. and
who has always live, in the milst of slavery,
preached an anti-slavery sermon. The cor
respondent Of the Boston Transcript, who
listened to it. speaks Of it. as very bold and
able effort. and as having been listenel to,
with the most earnest and respectful atten-
ton bv large and highly intelligent audi
ence. lie gives the following extracts:
III shall waste no words on the dogma that
sub subjects are not proper to the pulpit.
Christ and Paul found them appropriate to
>, :. ministry. II moral questions should
not enter hare what should? And If Gues.
tion' involving the happiness Of millions. and
the good relations of section with section and
nan witt man are not moral what are ."
The first error OF the South has been an
lnp"iencc in the discussion ofthi. question.
rrmln'ing calm men Of those unfortunate per-
sons met with in lunati asv;ums. who speak
nationally on all topics until YOU touch that
on which they are deranse1, when their in
sanity bursts wildly forth. 1t
has pr"clI!eI discussion among themselves. a
policy which no human brain or heart ever
respected vet. Blunder i, of a
prirtlv pear ..roath: one leaf devclone,l from
another. This iur"S-ibiii'y Of free speech in
tie south has presented A code of slavery
f..
W! ich cannot tecome Il dead letter Sc long as
there are wicked anil selfish men in the
world.
What affect cant is it .osav ne Nor'i has
n"it,n1 ~ do wih S,utrV No,hin. to do
with it when the national flag cannot wave
over slave in tbs District nor in the [ III
tel States Territory. who is not a Save nv
Northern As vii rs Southern consent. Never
was any duty palmer than theirs 70 attend to
this atidr--tos see what i. is which they bv
their representatives have been perpetuiiIv
ssnrtioning and extending. There is need
that the voice of The anrien: prophe, should
b. in every breath whicn >tirs the free airs of
free States. CRYING toea'h man this day.
'AriSe for this matter l"lonerih unto thee "
The (Eorthern) apo'ogists for slavery, see
slavery to be wrong. and see how thew par
ticipate in it. and might free themselves from
II, but suffer themselves to he overcome by is
alluremen'S. have been ashamed to hear
i'll Boston he descendants Of the Punt: Ans a
po.ogizin, for slavery. They thought that a
southern nan would like that. But no south
EN- man mould like that The sou,herner~
thank God. are not so bad. They say. si,i-
rerp Is r,Ji', u Ho' M"rr Is 40 upp'cqQ far Il.
John Randolph spoke their Sctineu: when
pointing his finger at one snh man in Con
gre>s, he sail, -! envy no; the heart nor the
heal of d inln who can come here from tie
North and d"f:nd slavery" Southern poll
tcians ara willing 70 make use of such, while
they laugh in their sleeves hu. the nobler
m'n and women Of the South erievc TO sec
men ia!in. thus meanv. Here at Washing
ton it las been as 'hs tly in whea,-one no
bic heal after oiher hid low falling int,
fidelity as The sla'c powe. has cast some wei
of inte-cs. around them
How collhe i IS to b. brave anil trre
There never was a s0nl rcnrcivc'l liz God
mind or Projected INTO the North or Sou b
Or Ei.' and West The in itself honrred dan
p,rnes, or cowar,'icc ana respected not al
honest. un;iinriiiny stan'i on any side. an
Southern man and fear not contra.ici;o:
from 1Ty one bor. there when say th.t the,
all respe": a nan from he North who vii
not bend from his principles; ard that no
one Of them thinks doughfacc WORTHY to b
va ned as III ne th,n ca'siaw. .in heroi
action, which i su'h on'v tr"aasc impe.il
lins large interests, It is new star i. in Ii
heavens. Men SEE it and feel the prescnc
IT the unseen higher lower: they kno,
with jov tI,.t the earth is more than a mov
ing ant hill. This joy cannot be marreh b
any danger or loss II the Union were hin
d"red by surh stand, does :. rot paw in tn
it props the whoIt earth! For were II.
Union divided on 4 principle of right vol
like the ang''l h,rn OF seron.! advrr
would 30 forth nro''laimin. the law bv whic
thrones 'reii,b'e. aid ~ orpre>so..s and cy
fail as leaves in O,tonrr''