Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-10-17

of the pernicious institution. | never knew
one who advocated any other means. l
have read indeed that Frederick Douglass,
Remond, and some few other men who
have themselves tasted the sweets Of bon
dage, have talked of compelling emancipa-
ton and | should not wonder in case even
you or |, with manhood no way more
noble, and an eloquence greatly inferior to
that of Fred. Douglass, had enjoyed his
experience, we should speak somewhat
extravagantls of the remedies for slavery.
But you may meet hundred abOli'ionists
before you will find one who upholds viol-
ence in combating even this compound Of
all expressions and iniquities. | say a
hundred, and yut you must go far to meet
a hundred abolitionists at all. 1t is seldom
that l hear a man advocating the uncoudi-
tonal Liberation Of the slaves. The bug
aboo abolitionists are, like ghosts, ,frightful
things, Of very rare occurrence. Their for
midable conclaves are there where the
innocent youth found the end Of the rain
bow. There are said to be many of them
about Boston,as there are many men about
Charleston and Richmond who advocate
Slavery at the North, and proclaim "free
society" failure; and venture the opin-
ion there are not more men in all the North
who deserve to be called abolitionists, than
there are in the slave States who urge the
abolition of free labor in the North. Of
their abolitionism you betray no apprehen-
sion.
am not careful to defend abolitionists.
Yeu know that not in so of the Repub-
lican party agree with them in their pecu-
liar views; that the party explicitly and
earnestly repudiates them and that the
Abolition party have not nominated Ere
mont and Dayton, but have nominated
Smith and M'Farland, as their candidates
for President and Vice President. / have
said thus much merely as an act of justice
to class of men scattered sparsely thro'
the community, whom your readers will
recognize as generally persons Of sincere
piety and not at all dangerous to the public
veal. We all know that abolitionism and
are not identical; so that even if
abolitionists were on the side of Fremont,
and ten-fold more numerous than they are,
this would net argue any great danger
from in6delity. Doubtless there are men
hsterodox in religion, and those who reject
the Bible, that are also warmly opposed to
slavery, and such we should expect to fnd
most violent in the expression of their
views. So there are infdels and free
as you are we'll aware, who favor
Mr.. Buchanan. But what is to be thought
either of your intelligence or your candor,
when you mingle together as of one religi-
Gus stamp, and all infdels, such men as
Gerrit Smith, John Jaysand JIG. Birney,
with Garrison, Phillips and Parker? Do
you not know that the three former, and
others like them, are, 1 will not say supe-
rior to the current herd Of spartizan dema-
gogues, but eminent for the practice of
style of Christianity to which, if any in
our time, the Savior will one day say "well
done p And where have you told your
readers that abolitionists, few and scatter
ed, are widely at variance among them
selves as to the proper course of political
action for them? that many of them, ,inclu-
ling Garrison and his school, conscien-
.iously abstain from voting altogether,
while others-the only ones who exert
my direct political infuence-have a Pre-
,idential candidate of their ownt to whom
hey will as conscientiously give their suf-
'rages that some of the most violent of
hem Garrison and Wendell Phillips are
said to be of this number) express deci-
led preference for the election of Buchan-
IN, as being more likely by his subservi-
,ncy to the slave power to rouse the North
10 separation and independence Can it
be that by virtue of your position at the
seat of government Of this enlightened
nation you are ignorant of facts patent to
very other man who has acquired the art
If reading? The statements of many Sem
ltors in regard also to events in Kansas,
night lead US to think there ,caS some
oaleful obstruction there to the knowledge
If the truth, were it not that the contras-
ed course of a few men who adorn that
'ody illustrates the supposition. But can
my salvo redeem the intelligence of those
Who are SO economical, SO parsimonious
wen Of cheap, vulgar truths, and well
*The Hon. Gerrit Smith, of Peterboro',
Y. Y. You have not attempted in this
,aper directly to traduce him, am happy
o say. You did, however, l think, with
Hon" Mr.. Wallack, listen smilingly to
he vituperation which Robert Tyler tho't
it to cast upon him here the other day
fes, sir, you laughed gravely to hear Ro-
,ert Tyler rank GERRIT SMITH with Gar