Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-10-24

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pretend that he stood on any different foot
inc from other good citizens
! | have dwelt on this point unduly, per-
haps, but it is one, you see, Of personal
and as 1 may say professional interest to
myself, on which could hardly look for
another occasion, SO proper, even in the
eye of the most perverse Objectors, as you
I have given me.
| l should be glad if careful perusal Of
your document suggested other aspects Of
it worthy of commendation. But l must
now notice its direct and leading inculca-
j tiops.
'Infdelity and Abolitionism p portsn-
tous terms and what have they to do with
my duty or the public welfare on this
occasion 2 Your argument concerning
them, briefly stated, is, that Col. Fremont
is supported in the present CANVASS BY abb
olitionists and infdels" Gndeed, you have
the hardihood to assert, by "every iDfdel
organization" and from this you would
have US infer. what evidently something
awful, but just what, is left little vague.
( 1t can hardly be less than that Fremont ia
himself an abolitionist or infdel, or that
he will at least unduly favor such mel, and
that SO religion will somehow be ruined by
bis election. This is an argument Of the
validity of which with a little elueidation
any one can Judge.
Knowing positively and directly that Mr..
Fremont is not only an amiable and uprigh.
man, but also an irreproachable Christian
of the Episcopalian persuasion, and having
heard him in private calmly declare his
determination to do all in his power to
preserve the Union, was curious to see
now your Senatorial ability, misled by
partizau bias, would contrive to connect
his name with the topics SO Omsnously
posted at the head of your tract. have
stated how it is done. And am sorry to
be obliged to say, that the manner of it is
little calculated to sustain the confidence
of serious people in the accuracy or fair
ness of even Senatorial reasonipgs.
In the first place, your main proposition
does by no means hold good. Fremont il
not supported by every inddel organisation,
and that you SO boldly assert this enables
us to judge at once what qualification your
other assertions may require. You surely
overlooked the UNANIMOUSLY notorious En-
pire Club, of New York city, whose vile
chief, Isaiah Rynders, figured as one Of tho
moving spirits at the late Cincinnati Con-
yention. Your religious readers must know
perfectly well, that individual infdels, As
they see them scattered through the land,
are wonderfully transfgured in their
organizations" if they are there in favor
of Fremont. Let ministers ask themselves
whether the deists and atheists Of their
respective neighborhoods are generally for
him! How is it that you have allowed
yourself to make such representation ? l
! see how it is: " abolitionists, forsooth !
support Fremont, aud abolitionists are inf
e dcls ~ OF this also your readers can
Judge. And here let me ask you, sir, ss
. an honest man, talking to men Of common
, intelligence, do you not think very large
political business is carried on by certain
= demagogues on very small capital Of
abolitionism? What is an abOlitiOnist
1t is generally admitted to be man who
t advocates the immediate emancipation o:
/ the slaves in those States where they are
e held And how does he propose to bring
this about? Why, by persuading the
(; people Of those States tha. it is for thei,
j interest and duty to rid themselves at once
: of the pernicious institution. never knew
r one who advocated any other means.
o have read indeed that Frederick Douglass
o aud Remoud, who have themselves tasted
S the sweets of bondage, and some few othe'
= men, have talked Of compelling emancipa
+ ton: and | should not wonder if, in cas-
even YOU or |, with manhood no way NOR
o noble, and an eloquence greatly inferior Il
5, that of Fred. Douglass, had enjoyed hi
experience, we should speak somewha
l. extravagautly of the remedies for slavery
S But you may meet a hundred abolitionist
J before you will find one who upholds viol
1t ence in combating even this compound o
g all expressions and iniquities. say
n hundred, and yet you must 60 far to NEE
l. a hundred abolitiOlists at all. 1t is seldom
/ that hear man advocating the uueondi
d tional liberation Of the slaves. The bug
n aboo abolitionists are, like ghosts, ,frightfu
10 things, of very rare occurrence. Their for
e, midable conclaves are there where tt
D, innocent youth found the end of the rain
n bow. There are said to be many OF then
20 about Boston,as there are many men abou
;, Charleston and Richmond who advocat
l. Slavery at the North, and proclaim sire
ID society" failure; and venture the opin
ii ion there are not more men III all the No't'
Al