The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-11
THE DAILY DISPATCH,
"wednesday rTernin9, Jane II. 1856.


The True Men or the Nsrsh.
The South should not permit itself. 10 'ts na'a
raj excitement ct the injustice ana "nss'
II suffers from free soilers, to do aA'
largo and conservative portion OF 'ne No''ne'
community which has always oeen true 70 '"e SoA,
stisu,ien and to the rights OF the Sss.e.
great mistake to suppose that the wnoae Nor'n
Il enlisted I'm an antislavery crusade The best
cort,o. Of Northern society never were and are
not now tainted with abolition. II may be that
thew are unable to arrest the mad tide Of sectional
ism and fanaticism, but let us At least give them
credi. for their good intentions and their moral
courage.
Il 10 also . common mistake that all tie religious
organizations of the North actively engaged IN
the anti.slavery movement. This is not SO. Inc
Coneregationalists, genuine inheritcrs OF the ooc
trnes and blood of the old Puritans are tne chlei
ecclesiastical agitators of anti slavery IN the Nos'
They have the support of some fragments Oh o'net
denominations but they form the main oody Oh
the spiritual nuliaers The majority OF them are
Unitarians though, not unfrequentiy, as IN tue
cases of Parker, Beecher and others, they are
semi.inidels On the other hand, the Episcopal
church Of the North has ever stood In solid
phasnx In opposition to abolitionism even IN those
portions of the country which are the hosbeds OF
that pestilent fana tcism. So thoroughly from its
highest to its lowest orders Is that church arrayed
against abolition, that, in New York, negro min
lister of black Episcopal church refused to read
q notice which had been sent to him, inviting his
congregation to attend an antifugitve slave law
meeting The Old School Presbyterians occupy
like conservative grounds, and in public address
in New York. the venerable DIR. Spring declared
that if by single prayer he could free the slaves
OF the South, he would not offer that prayer
The Roman Catholic church stands on the same
patriotic platform, and among the three thousand
signers OF the remonstrance against the Nebraska
bill, there was not the name of single Roman
Catholic clergyman. The New School Presbyte
rians have not embarked in this crusade, and de-
clined at their late General Assembly, to embark
in tho anti-slavery agitation When we con.
slider the vast amount of wealth, intelligence and
numbers represented by these denominations, we
must be convinced that among the most influential
classes Of Northern society there is yet strong
leaven of patriotism and common sense which,
possibly, may yet pervade the whole mass.
The great difficulty u.s. that while the bad mem.
bers of society active, the good generally con-
tent themselves with mere defensive positior.-
This is illustrated in mobs which, in nine out
of ten are made up of innocent spectators, looking
on in bewildered and Supplied helpessness, whilst
. few bold ruffians are doing mischief that can |
never be repaired Wehonor and feel grateful to |
the true men Of the North, but if the Union is |
worth saving, they must take the aggressive, and
put down the traitors and nulliers who are threat
ening the Republic with destruction