The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-15
WASHINGTON, Dc.
THURSDAY, JULY Is 1860
Observation-Disclosures aApuei aas
EMANCIPATION n rxxima n
at club rates.

dence, to which replies we're returned, s,tlch
efectualIy refate the predictions and =, ose
the misrepresentation Of the Pro- avery
Press Of these, he has furniahsd NJ aha
large portion, the publication Of WI j we
shall commence about, the FIRST Of Aug g /.
Among the documents printed, vi ba
very able letter from Mr.. Hincks, Cove aolc Of
the Five Windward Islaads, smother 6 IN me
Bishop Of Barbados, several from d ,si-na-
ries, Magistrates, and Overseers. '' s'
We announce the publication in adss sc4, 70
give fair opportunity to all who may ,isA to
secure authentic documentary evidene Of the
workings Of the Free Labor System ins the
West Indies. -
PRoPHEsYIHG "skooTH THIHs So,
An inclination to prophecy Smooth hisgs"
seems to be the passion (if it BE- notkib w.sse)
of the times in which we live. heh see assiraid
to look facts in the face, and SSH mo :, AFRAID
to take counsel of righteous princi ls and
even-hsnded justices Even Hose VI se pro.
fsssioni and station forbid them TO igna, . : the
Higher Law" often seem TO d Sead r. ct,nse-
quences CT . rigid conformity TO- its y scspts.
The ancient maxim, that &C hon ,s.y is stae best
policy" seems 10 be forgotten, or dis'p lie sed
but II is still true, and worth Of ali sec pta
tion," even in Washington. &c
Nov, there il practice 80 he call Il {, in.
stitution- prevailing to some ttent sseo :, Ms,
but to much greater extent il more s bern
ATTITUDES, which deeply affsct,, for 20 ! or
for evil, the prosperity and b ppinei s.e the
commu unity in which it exists. It |" Il ~. With
our growth and strengthens va , our ,ss, th,
and expands with Our expanding ga onal
boundaries. In the early das, of ae.sR pub
lie, it modestly asked only fo- tolersi r.su q
temporary evil bat now, grosn gigs, 10 its
stature and impudent in it's Claims, f. INES
to arbitrase our national poLcy-so " e it
for ity own extension and perpatuity n bout
q formal organization, it exercises til pa>sr of
q combination at once the most ext ne and
compact. Protesting q high regar1 Tor. ndi-
vidua rights and "popular~ soverssgnt,,p it
arrogates for itself the decision of evs > import
ant question of national Legislation hich has
the remotest bearing upon in own ,terests.
1t refuses to limit its expansio5by &c ,sapbicsl
boundaries, or its influence q d act = t. any
class of organizations, wheth poll @sl tr re-
lieious. But it places its EN- ssarie 3ts .dvo-
Gates, and its allies, in car snG lou !, in
the socisl circle and in POI alar sem lies,
on the bench and in the jur, box, dr., pew
and in the pulpit, in the halls. f legi atia. and
the chair of the Executive. livery par. uent
of society is pervaded and aerver st !, it's
ubiquitous presence and unsi ,eping sIg; snce.
Does the Judge desire to heed the M nit az of
his conscience and the law, whis .sss "a his
ear that one Of the parties has n n hts
Does the preacher of righteot sness eel JAILED
upon to proclaim the wholec 'unsel If; d." it
admonishes him that prsdent reque@s im to
prophecy smooth things.7 And IT, th, 1egis-
lator is weighing his obEgat on to ma only
just and righteous laws, il stands rer y to
turn the scale BY the weight # "pt AID ,lun.
der" and then the needy must 80 SOLD for read,
and the poor for q pair of fsoes."
Are examples demanded, { q diff, tlt 8 not
to End them, but from 20 ms ~ to koo, ,hich
to select. When an ambass ador Of 3 who
"came to preach deliverancesa the q ut :. 81
and he q man of no mean s3ilities ,fe SIMON
reputation-tells the world th st" no af<ss could
learn, from any sermon of his what al ssiews
upAnthe Slavery question: at ARE . pfer
Are we to suppose be cor iders /. w4ectly
consistent with the claims of. sstice fr a.. man
to enslave another? Or wouI he haze :. pub.
lie believe that be classes sui an &C s". those
which have no moral charach or thst z. thinks
it sc small matter as to b unwotth By IF no.
tice? And this case is not O. solitary on :: it
the type of thousands. Thos who PR such
course do indeed profess t. regard Sla.
very question as "a politi al sutsets and
therefore charge man wi b "a rK and
most serious error in bringip the di "a. sion of
it iato the pulpit" But they will mol i that
the pulpit is an appropriate place Ss dis.
cuasion of moral subjects, mo- will IL IRE ss.
SER, that subject is diveste' of its 20 = char.
actsr by human legislation. They AZ ct fail
to perceive, then, that whef they RI vat the
question of Slavery is pol teal sre ,tn thew
do not deny that it is also moral { 10, ct, and
consequently do not offer reason 30 exelu.
fding its discussion from the pulpit. f. ere vas
naan-a young man, pref cher Of j Gospel,
which requires us to "break every X who
did not believe the discussit a of tb g slsyery
question in the pulpit the gr 1t error t life.
His pleased memory will bs cheriste : = is con.
sis.ent piety will be revsred and b 'ristian
courage will be admired, wi en- the nasaory 81
those who prophecy smooth hings Yis>rot.
he was burning and a. Inning In. :, amid
the dark cloud of Pro,Sk very ps >.vstism
which brooded over his cit, and c,arss., His
lifs was short, but spent j actiy Ts,fuluess
and duty, while he illustrai ed his on ito God
whom he had not seen, by simpsss III. 4beuevo.
lence to his fellow men who; he hei z an. H;s
life and example afforded % abur i treason
to believe that, in his jud ,me,st, : : g g the
especial glory of the Pr aesta, iscoual
church" to bear the moralss nagetl G st him.
self, and that her sphereff dutu Y church
oy no means 30 conha ID toBs pure
y ,pirituAs and religious, as to !. :, DE- the
claims of justice, morality, rad beles< nee, in
t. ir application to the entts famty-t man.
Other illustrious exampIs of tlrs ds-pouen.
oy-if such it bs--to whict ne h,vsa sserted.
msy deserve q future NOTICE; for shs ...,resent,
is Il not pertinent TO inquir if ths Ga Nsches of
Christ TO whatever sect bsstugins n se min.
isters Of the Gospel, by wha4sver 1; q nation
known--are doing all their eusy in .E.f of the
en,laved and oppressed mfious e. d. !. land ?