The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-07-27
ORRE sPON DENGE
Letter from Our own Correspondent.

COLUMBUS, j uIy IA, 1889.
Editors Democrat:
In the interval since 7 last addressed you.
many interesting exciting and mstructing IN.
cidents have occurred, OF some of which
propose to speak. i1 i'''',,' @ s.'-'' '' ''s'
The Rev. F. T. Bows of Cleveland, has
made himself a conspicuous representative Of
q numerous class. of which the Divines OF onr
country have heretofore. and are likeiv here
after, to form large moietv-whose princi
piles. aa enunciated hy them. have done mnch
to place the religion of the Gospel on Il level
far below that of Mahomet onfncius and
Plato, in the ewes of those who pin their faith
10 the garments of onr Doctors Of Divinity.
and their dubious teachings. Take notice
that 7 do not make a sweeping charge against
the clergy in general I speak of class
and select the individual named, because of
his recent act of defining his position. and
his selection of time therefor, when the pub-
lie mind was excited nnp-ecedentedIy, upon
the snhiect of the eDcroachments of the Slave
Power upon the liberties and rights of the
country. -s..
The chronicles tell that the eloquent and
learned divine in question, from his pulpit on
the Lords day. denounced the agitation of the
Slavery qnestion-placing the agitators for
Freedom exactly on par with the agitators
for Sllavery-representing Charleston as the
head quarters and focus of fanaticism on one
side, and Cleveland as the focal point of ia.
naticism on the other. Tt is this impartidlity
between Freedom and Slavery, on the part oi
ing him the Representative, with which have
Ito do 1fGta t'i.7 if7zt.I5s7 siiat ,lsf
These Divines, andthe numerous class who
follow in their wake, seem to think they have
discharged their duty to God and man, when
they have denounced alike the friends of Free.
dom and Slavery, and placed the motives Of
each party exactly on par, without reference
to the moral character Of the doctrines and
measures Of either The man who devotes
| his time and energies to the enslavement and
degradation. and destruction of his fellow man
who grows rich on the unreqiited toll and
sweat of his victims-who debases and strikes
out Gods image from the bosom of hundreds,
perchance thousands, of those whom God has
made and endowed with natural rights and
immortal souls like his own:-snch man. in
their MOI al code, is entitled 10 the same regard
and forhearance, and Christian charity, flove. !
as he who labors with might and main to de
/ liver the oppressed, 10 bind up the broken heart
ed,' and to remember them that are in bonds
bonds as bound with them They are both alike
fanatics-their actions are weighed with the same
balances-they are alike denounced BY the
Rev, TT. Brown and his coadjntors in the way
of commencing the Gospel Of Christ to world
lying in wickedness. Hence the fanasjcism
at Cleveland in behalf of Freedom, is denounc.
ed in the same BREATH and with equal gasto
as that of Charleston in behalf of Slavery
1 am not surprised to hear that my old friend
M. Ell. 'Hickox. and others of the congregation
tof the Rev. F. t. Brown, refused to rise an5
receive the benedictiou from bis lips after
such brave effort at inspartiality. and suct
4 au exhibition of his appreciation of the di
vine teaching of the Gospel zaa4 s. ans
! IA counterpart of this kind of pulpit NOR
ality, is that of a still more numerous class
politicians, who act upon the principle that
under our system of government, Slavery auc
Freedom are exactly on a par-each entitled
to the same favor and regard;-that the abet
tors Of oppression are entitled to one half tn.
honor and emoaments Of the government, anc
are an abused and prescribed class unless they
receive them These men ignore the fact recit
ed in the preamble Of the Constitution, fha
THAT instrument was, among other thing
enumerated 1ordained and established to Sc
cure the blessings OF Liberty (ndt Slavery,
lliust as the ecclesiastics above mentioned ig
more the great principle Of righteousness ant
the duty of maintaining it, eujoined by all th'
teachings Of the Gospel. I am not speaking
of still another class of politicians. who de
mand every thing for Slavery. and aim at ii
universal dissemination; nor yet of those hi
vines who justify Slavery by The word of God
and wrest even the teachings of the Gospe
into the support of human oppression. re
fer TO those solely, whether politicians or di
vines, who are Democrats par excellence
Jefersonidn Democrats, on the one hand, ant
!, who are as much opposed to Slavery as an,
n body-but' on the other; men characterised
and numet] for MI coming time nv the on rco of