Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-05-26
DAILY APPEAL.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, My 26, 1883
ANNIVERSARY WEEK OF THE ABOLITI0s-

We had intended eOllating the proceedings
Of the Auti-SlsveTy SOciety's Anniversary IN
aew York, in order to show our people 70
what " lower deep" the fanatics had descend
ed; but the Washington UHion has anticipated
rs;
May is pandemonium month with the Aboli
| ionists Of the North. Ia Nav they bold tbs5-
anniversary meetings in the city of New y
ne meetings have taken place the ork.
IN that eity-as well the meetir gesl week
iitionis,s proper, as those o. - 81 ~ AbO-
ties winch look after rms cognste socie-
interests Of rsdics" .serian's rights and the
In these neeli- -sfsA and license in general.
dress-in --sgs ls seen Abolidonism in un-
ings s. -,~.o naked deformity. Ia these meet
q -. thtcfs Of an the Restraints Of conveD-
-snshsrn-ail the DISCUSSES in which it eloaks
iiseh a. political party for political pur-
poses. Here are its real features mirrorea to
the life. Here the world may see abolitionism
as it is, learn its drift, and behold it's culmina
tion.
The details Of the proceedings Of these meet
ings are monstrous and shocking enough . bnf
Il Is necessary to advert to them By way Of
warning. The monster, to be hated, needs
only to be ceen; ard It serves a Wholesome
! pubic purpose to expose the enornities Of the
Abolition creed. That exposition can be given
no more efectgally than in the words q the
I Abolitionlsts themselves, as used st these Nav
meetings It has been safd that the tepdepev
OF the religious nind Of the North is to atheism
aud inhdelity. The charge is unjust, because
I II ~ undiscriminating; but there can be M /
doubt Of The fact that the tendency Of thst
I phase of the Northern mind which is REPRESENT 1
Cd by TIE three thousand clergy who protested 4
against the Nebrasks-Ka bill. ana bv tbe
signsrs Of the Sillimsn letter, is toward that |
Incense OF creed, cepSUet, and opinion which Is
sxnlolsed at IN tse annual abolition meetings in
Ne" fotk- fae1tiS cetoeHsus arsrHi. Wien
tne reilglous mind once takes the direction Of
skeptieism and infdelity, no power can check
It's career. Il will rush down - epite o. ali
obstacles into the Jaws OF the dark regions /:
and If It regains the light at all, it can only BE-
oF ascending tbs other side Of the aeeliyity.
None can doubt that thaFeal sentiments OF !
tne Black Republicans are those OF the AhoH-f
uonists proper. For the sake of expadiehcy
and Of party success, they notify heir ex-
IRENE views into fTeesoilism, .snd profess to
limit their anti-slsFery sctioRto the new Terri
tories Of the Union. Bat it is clear that if the
slavery Institution is the sinful and aecursed
thing they bold it to b Ia the Territories, il is
equally 90 in tse States and that II TIE au-
thOFity OF Congress over the institution NAV be
exercised IN the Territories, It nav be exer-
cised also in the States. Freesoilism is but
AbolitionisHa modified and disguised 20 begaiIe {
the masses and 70 entrap votes and there is
not candid Freesoiler in The land who will
not confess the fact. II conscience conpelst
to Freesoiiisn, Il equally comBels to AboH- {
uonlsn and Freesoiiisn is worse than Aboli-
tlonlsm, lust ae TIE serpent before he was J
touched BY the spear Ithuriel was more dan q
gerous than Satan revealed. '
10 learn the animus and drift Of Freesoilism,
we have but to look into these Abolition meet q
lngs, which, in the Black Republican Jerusa- '
lem, are the SdRetars sgac,0rum Of the Temple {
" " snail accordingly make some extracts from
me report OF its proceedings during the week c
gwen by the New York Herald. Commencing ?
with the second day, We fnd that It opened {
WiLhou. prayer or grace Of any sort. and in a {
Veiy pell-mell manner o
" Mr.. May then read : letter from Rev. Mr.. :
Mayo, Albany, regretting his inability to be
present. and taking occasion to call the Amer
can Church the conversions OF all the tvrsn- Il
MES in the land.o
The assault upon the church was so far in !;
doTsed as to be ordered TO be printed. After i
that resolution was offered, denoUncing two Y
Of the churches Of the city, by a gentleman c,
who seemed to have conceived a new idea Of n
the Trinity: I,
" Rev. Mr. johnson said be had a resolution 81
10 Offer with great pain; but be felt bouad by
lis duty to his God, the Church Of Christ, al / "
he siGUe" Il
The next speaker, in a rambling and discon- u
leeted set Of remarks, declared. By way Of ep- ei
sode, that he could lot forgive Senator Doug o
as' pset course: I
The Tribune had gravely discussed the :
question whether Stephen A. Douglas should -
1e made the leader Of the Republican party. =
De knew Of no greater evidence of demorali- a
.ation than this. Douglas had tamely seen J
Charles Sumner beaten, and until be scknowl- VI
.dged bis inhumsnity and border-rueianism be =,
vas not to be taken by the hand. Applause. 7 =
" Voice. / say So too. II
For himself, be did not like to see North :.
IN Senators eulOgiZiug a Southern Senator's ~
eath for himself, be would say, let the dead
Jury The dead" b
Mr.. Parker Pillsbury followed this speaker th
Q an assault upon the religious revival. We NJ
i've specimen sentence OF two Of bis dis in
curse:
" he wondered What peculiar diabolism was v
ltanded by this lac revival. John Brown had Z
aid that be always knew when Daniel Web 50
ter vas going to do some peculiar mean act n
y the peculiar religious unction which be ex-
ibited. Applause. Il was Just SO with the nj
ouEtry, sud these remarkable Tevivals always 81
receded some great national villainy. BE-
be had said that some deed of dsmning th
arkness was to follow the revival Of 1858. ni
" Dr. Cheever had said the revival was worth OF
Olhing unless it could DO something for the V
lave. But the South trembled at this anniver-
ary, when they would greet with rejoicing the W
umbling OF the revival. The revivals added V
trength and length and power to the chains Il
hat bound the slave" bl
The next speaker, one Mr.. Wright, defined f.
lis position as an anti-slaveTy man without b
my Of the customary unreseTVe: Il
" He was for the single idea Of anti-slaverv a
wherever it might be developed. He would "
tccept an atheist, Mormon, Mahomedsn, if p
le had the spirit OF freedom. His radical "
'oint was expressed ia The resolution that the b
ights of man did not depend upon any form Of lJ
eligion, or any book that ali men were enti- Il
led to freedom and the p1rsuit OF happiness. o.
Whatever is opposed to sef-eyideut truth is RI
Ielf-evident lie, and that s sef-evident prop o
ositiOn, aid whoever opposes II IS a self-cOn- G.
7icted liar. Frem the outset Of this enterprise o.
7ariOus obstacles were thrown IN its way; among 8
,thers was the Bible. This was the most i'm s
DOrtant obstacle twenty years ago. If any Il
could get text to show that il was right TO v
1uy and sell human beings, that was supposed v
o settle the matter. Now We do not recog- Il
lizs that book as authority on the subject .
We have settled this matter on the basis Of / b
lelf-evident truth. The Bible, to the speaker, II
vas 10 authority on any SUBJECT, but not, at 2
my rate, on the subject Of slavery. II the &
Bible was in favor Of slavery, then the Bible v
vas a self-evident lie; and if the author Of II
hat book-call him God, or Christ, or what o
7ou will-sanctioned slavery, then be was a
Ielf-evideut, self-c0nVicted liar. Now, the g
American chsrch, as a whole, teaches as q
iogma that the black man is born to be a slave s
o the white man.
OF the Christian church the great majority
would not vote that slavery was sin. They
yuote the Bible about Onssmus and the duty a
# servants. The pro-slsyery position is the .
position Of the churches IN the SOith, and of
heir spologists in the North. Look al the ac- b
ion Of the Tract Society and YOU will iad il p
pre- slavery. And now all these people were b
liars. And as far as Revs. Drs. a
Cheevsrs, Beecher, and few oilers who had q
declared slavery a Sin, very well trey are 81
,nly few. The same with the religious Tevi o
raj, it is all a lie.7 2
A Mr.. Bufum followed this speaker and came
lown heavily on reVivals:
q These reviYals had done nothing. They I
lad not kept silent about the sins Of slavery, /
gambling or intemperance; they never cried out !
against any sin !
" voice You are out Of order. 4
" Mr. BufFum. No, Pn not an only tell :
ng my experience. The reVivals were alinOn- !
sense and tomfOolery. Applause. ] set !
heard in any Of ZEN. He had been called to !
account for saying louder in one Of these !
meetings, and it appeared he was guilty Of / !
great infraction Of etiquette. Mr.. Bufum 4
claimed that the reyivals did no one any good" +
Mr.. BufFum stirred up Mr.. Cross, who was i
big with a speech: s
/" Mr.. CRoss. will not give up the floor. $
know my rights Pve got a speech in me, and [
it must come cut Applause aud laughter. I ?
Mr.. Cross proceeded 10 argue that all religion !
that was not snti-slsyery was good for moth q
ing, and was Of the devil. He told story OF e
a young lady in a revival meeting who asked I
what they meant BY coming to Jesus' One a
Of the brethren told her get thee behind ne,
sstan.' And the parson who said that be pre- Z
fsrred to work out bis own salvation, instead .
Of talking it out, was arrested and fined"
81 Old gentleman in the audience. object to 1
all this abuse of religion. Il is wrong. T Ap- 8
Dlsnse.1 What has it to do with slavery. .
q TT,- Chair The penflemau il not in order {