Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-07-11
Religious Feeling in Illinois.

and the efforts OF the SlaveOcraOy to hid
the crimes of the Kansas plot from relig
ious men by calling it political" are tw'
tricks worthy of each other. "The twi.
relics of barbarism, Slavery ands Polyga
my" are in the same boat, and shoult
receive the same treatment. Independent
religious societies throughout the North
that speak the feelings of their member.
without interference from ecclesiastical
courts, are taking as decided stand upon
the Kansas issue in '56, as our Religious
Fathers did in the Revolution of '76 A
paper before US, from Warren Co., Illinois,
contains declaration of sentiments from two
denominations in that great and growing
State, of significant Importance
CONGREGATIONALIs7s.-The following
resolutions were adopted at the meeting Of
the General Congregational Association Of
Illinois, held at Ottawa, 2lst to 9th May:
Resolued, That we regard the treatment
which the Free State men of Kansas have
received from the Slavery Propagandists
Of Missouri, from the Government officials
in the Territory, ard from the Admins
tration At Washington, as involving all the
principles of injustice, cruelty and oppres-
sion which characterize the worst forms of
despotism on earth.
Resolved, That we regard the conflict in
Kansas as not involving the interests Of
that Territory alone. 1t is the result of
principles long in operation, and tending
in their issues to subvert the principles Of
liberty through this land. A defeat of the
Free State men of Kansas will be defeat
of American liberty, the Gual issues of
which God only can foresee.
BAPrIsTs.-The Baptist Association
held its annual session with the Taberua-
Gle church, Chicago. The leading object
of discussion was the question of the day
the aggressions of the slave power and the
duty of Christians relative thereto. The
following among other resolutions were
a1opted-and, coming from the home of
Douglas and from the sect whose ministry
he attends. reveal the depth and strength
of the moral power rising against Slavery:
Resoioed, That Slave. holders and their
abettors having repudiated allCompromises
relative to the question Of Slavery, the
friends of Freedom should meet such repu-
diation with a bold and decided stand in
favor of Freedom, with the motto, "Give
US Liberty or give us DEATH
Resoiced, That the efforts Of the present
Administration, in connection with slave
holders aud their abettors, to overthrow
the freedom of speech aud the liberty of
the press, should fill Christians and patri-
OTIS with the utmost alarm and solicitude
for the future continuance Of the great pill
lars of American liberty, aud lead all who
value liberty of conscience, liberty ofspeech,
and liberty of the press. to pray, to labor
and do everything in their power to arrest
the progress of, and overthrow this mon
ster iniquity.
We might give many similar quota
tious from the Albright and other Metho-
dists, Presbyterian and other sources. 1t
shows that Satau's willy device to shut the
mouths and eyes of Christians against all
giant sins by labelling them "Political," is
becoming better understood, and there are
thousands now, who Gas Nathan said unto
David, Thou art the man, will and dare
proclaim that M;is is sin and that is sin.
"DID Mr.. BUCHANAN, when Fedora
list, express an antipathy to all democratic
blood in his veins?" is one of the side
issues of the day. Mr.. B. himself denies
it, aud many eminent citizens of Lancas-
ter, of both parties, express their disbelief
in it. On the other hand, an old democrat
of Lancaster, named Anthony M'Glinn,
certified, in May, 1887, that, many years
before, he attended Federal meeting one
evening at the Court House, and then and
there heard Mr.. Buchanan publicly assert
with his right hand above his head in an
emphatic manner, If thought l had
drop of democratic blood in my veins, l
would let it out"-Others testified as to
the prevalence, long ago, of the charge, SO
that one of the songs of 1910 ran
"when this old hat new,
Buchanan the man
Best fitted in old Lancaster
To lead the Fed'ral clan;
He said If Democratic blood
should max. his veins look blue,
He'd cure them by phlebotomy-
When this old hat new
Nr.Buchanan was not before the people
for auy Office, when the allegation was
made; and If made, by young man in
the excitement of strong partizan feelings,
how easy to be forgotten, by himself and
by most Of his hearers for who could TO-
day say what he might or might not have
said or heard said a: night meeting dur
ing political contest 20 or 80 years ago?
He might have said it with perfect safety,
for he hadn't particle Of such blood in
him, and such boasts never endanger. We
can nowhere find more honest, frank, out.
spokeu Federalism than 10 his 4th Of July
grafton of 1915. In 1920, be signed
political circular, commencing, "We as
Federalists." And as late as about 1928,