Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-08-08

and Of the Fremont club,ho appointed TO-
morrow week as the time, Lewisburg as
the place, to discuss the subject proposed.
Mr.. Mccoy, in disregard of every princi-
pie of propricty, insisted on his preposter-
ously assumed right, and in bis zeal to
defend the peculiar institution got on
one wheel of the wagon aud uttered the
words "now is the day and now is the
hour" when he was politely handed to
the periphery Of the immense crowd, bow
lie knives and revolvers to the contrary
notwithstanding.
At the close of the meeting it was an
nounced that Mr.. Mccoy would address
the faithful at o'clock in front of Herr's
hotel. The time came and the speech
was heard in an orderly way, without any
interruption, by an audience of Fremont
men and women lining the south pave
ment, large number of Fremont men in
the street,, and small crowd Of the faith
full Immediately around the stand.
viii! not attempt to give view of the
contradictions, Inconsistencies, bullragiug
cbullitious, falsehoods and profanity, that
composed his effort. will now give only
one Of its features that struck me forcibly.
Mr.. Mccoy is no logician, as his speech
abundantly proved. He asserted, (did
not prove, being incapable Of proof, sim
ply because the most of it was false that
when the Squatter Sovereign act Of 1854
was passed no man in the South dreamed
of making Kansas a slave state; that If
things had been permitted to go according
to (his) common law course, Kansas would
be free State. But the Kansas act was
no sooner passed, than 5000 clergymen
of the East, who knew no more about po-
litical economy than the audiences horses
knew about the Gospel, first raised the cry
against the iniquity Of the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise, and thereby COM
menced the agitation of Slavery. Then
originated the emigrant aid societies Of
Boston, who picked up every vagabond
and rowdy of the filthy streets and pur-
lieus of ,ha. corrupt city, and filled Kan
,sas with a population composed Of the
dregs of society. This aroused the South
to the interests Of the sacred and holy !"
institution of Slavery, and it sent an emf
grafton of similar character with those
sent from the East; and because the South,
being more convenient than the East, the
former sent the larger number and carried
tho elections in favor of Slavery, aud this
was a matter that we Pennsylvanians had
no business with. 1t was merely fight
between rowdies Of like character, the only
difference was that one was stronger than
the other and consequently conquered.
Thus, after showing that the whole cause
of the agitation of Slavery was these 1000
clergymen and the churches connected
with them, and that the Fremont party
"a sectional party, that is, Slavery is no-
tional and Freedom is sectional, } originated
out of this first agitation Of the subject
of Slavery by these renegade clergymen
and their churches. He then, in Obedi-
ence to the mandate of his king at his
left hand, proceeded to pronounce the
curse as follows: GOD CURSE the first
man tha, agita,ed Slavery. GOD CURSE
every man aeitates Slavery; GODCURSE
every Abolitionist and all persons that Do
acts calculated to disturb our sacred aud
holy institution in the South III The
faithful made full effort in cheering this
elimination Of the prophets ora;ory. II
was not loud, it is true, on account Of the
fewness of the number, but it was hearty
The prince Of the power Of the air seemed
to sympathize with them. The forkec
lightning glowed, and the the thunde'
rolled in harmonious discord with the hur
rahs Of the mighty multitude, and the cur
tain of one of the windows Of the Hote
was set on FIRE by the eloquence OF tn
Muucy ecclesiastical lawyer, the truth o
whose assertions was glaringly in contras
with his ecclesiastical efforts.
To be serious how. yer, has it reall..
come to this in Lewisburg, that would
be-iutelligeut audience will not only swal
J low down such vile calumnies on tn
church and ministry Of our land, but ac
tually applaud it-coming as it does from
a poor, pitiable niger driver Of Georgia
Were the portion Of that little circle, VIII
are protesting Christians, aware that the
we're joining hands with the colleague an
associate Of the infidel, atheistic Petit
the disciple Of Robert Dale Owen, in de
: nouucing the ministry, on earth, OF Hin
who reigns king Of saints, ss he 'e,a, de'
pite the efforts of in6delity, reign king
men? .. r. II.
, ST is but fair to state that MI
. McCoy stated that he belonged to churc
but he did not state whether he belonge
to the church of " Peunsylvania," or N
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