Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-05-31
Abolition Religions a bolitiOn Moral
ity--and Abolition Politics.


We learn from ancient authors there
was once certain temple, situated ip the
very centre Of Greece, dedicated to all
the heather gods in a lump. 1t was
called Panionium, and it was here that a
l.deputation of priests, representing the
disciples of ell the dynasty Of Olympus,
with the exception, we believe, of Mi
nerya, the goddess Of wisdom, and Diana
the goddess of chastity annually met
to celebrate tlfoir orgies 1t is from this
temple of Panionium that Milton is sup
posed to have derived his Pandemoniunr
which everybody knows signifies gen
eral convocation of demons.
Something similar to this has, within
a few years past, been established in the
Empire City, 1--WE believe under the
auspices of Mr. Tappan,) by the name
of the Tabernacle, sort of Panionium,
where every whip-syllahub philosopher,
every crack Drained fanatic, cold FLOODED
hypocrite, or malignant enemy of relg-
ion, morality, and the principleso of social
organization, may have an opportunity
of addressing a gaping crowd Of all ages,
sexes and colors, and disseminating his
pernieious sophstries. 1t is here that
Garrison launches forth his anathemas
against the Bible, the church, the con-
stitution, and the Union; it is here that
the Reverend Riheman Theodore Parker
spouis treason, blasphemy, ribaldry, and
balderdosh in the same breath; and it is
here that unsexed females, like Lucy
Stone, Abby Foster and Lpcretia Mott,
under pretence Of advocating the rights
of woman, are not only permitted but en-
couraged. to inculcate doctrines which If
carried into practical operation, would
degrade the sex from their high station
in the domestic empire, and utterly in
capacitate them for the performance Of
all those sacred duties imposed on them
by God and Nature. In short, there is
no doctrine, however pernicious no va
gary, however monstrous or absurd; and
no theory, however wicked, disgusting,
or dangerous to our civil institutions, TO
the long-rccognzcd code of morality, and
the venerable fabric Of religion, which is
not inculcated and enforced, by itinerant
lecturers, apostate churchmen, and bra
zen-faced infidels in this modern Pande-
monium.
As one of the latest samples of the
doctrines held forth at this Cabling Ba-
bel, we shall proceed to give series of
extracts, taken at random from the pro-
ceedings of the American Abolition So
ciety, which held its annual meeting at
the Tabernacle few days since. Let
us begin with a brace of resolutions offer
ed, among a batch of others, by Mr..
Garrison, and Of course coming from the
sanctugI sdBct0rnm:
-" Resotred, That we are struggling
not for the non-extension, but ion-exist-
ence Of slavery not to make it sectional I
but to drive it out Of the land-not to
restore the Missouri Compromise, but to
terminate all compromises NOT to re1cl
The aggressions Of the slave power upon
northern rights, but, TO secure freedom
md equality to all who dwell upon Amer
can soil-making the imbruted slave the
est of all craftsmanship, all philanthropy, 1
Ill patriotism, and all true religion.
+" Resolred, That all constitutional
liberty has ceased to exist in-tlis coun.
ry; that none but tho trafIickers in slaves
md souls Of men are permitted TO enjoy
recdom Of speech and Of the press
wherever they plant their feet; that we
re living under the sway Of border
uflianism' incarnated in the person Of
franklin Pierce, no longer the legitimate
'.eniden. q the United States, but one