Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-12-24
From the New York Herald, Tuesday.
IMMENSE CONSERVATIVE DEMON
STRATION IN NEW YORK CITY.
Antique.

REMARKS OF Mr.. BROOKS.
And now, Mr.. Mayor and gentlemen, the duty cvol-
we'd upon me rs the organ of the Committee of Ar
rnngements is executed, but have some few words
to add upon my own responsibility. There are
those who tell ns--and they are many-"All this
is well, very WE'LL but thore il n law higher than
the constitution, and in conflict with that consti-
tuition, which conscience iorbils them to obey"
Such men have broken up our missionary stations,
thrown the apple of discord into tract societies
and rent tho church ofHod in twain If they are
right constitutions, compacts laws, nre all wrong.
This is not the place. this is not tho hour for tho
oogy; but word or two are necessary, in my
judgement, tn make the argument complete.
When our Saviour earth lie was n subject
Of that vast slaveholding Roman empire which
stretched from the Lnphrates in the East, beyond
the pillars Of Hercules in tho West, and sixty
millions of slaves, it ia estimated were in that
pire. Hence when His eyes first opened on plca&
ant Bethlehem, His feet trod the shores of Cnl-
lice on the PLAIN oi Jericho to be baptized in
the Jordan. slaves must have ministcred, if not
unto Him or His disciples, unto al about Him.
And when, ON the Mount Of Olives his foot was
last printed upon that rock which tradition or su-
rJ!Situn now shows while ascending into Heaven
His eves. as TIA y overlooked the great city of Je-
rusalem and glanced from the mountains Of Moab
to the vale of ,Siaron. must have rested upon
thou,ands and tens of thousands Of slaves. Ju-
dea where He was born--Galiee, where lie liv-
ed-Egypt. that lie visited each and all were
slavehoiding States. And Abraham, and Isaac
and Jacob, the Fathers and Patriarchs, were ho-
ders of bondmcn and bondwomen. Aud now, if
there be in the Holy Bible any such denunciations
of slavery or of slayeholders-in the language of
some Of these modern clergymen-as as we now daily
hear from men balng Themselves the servants Of
God it is not in King James or the Douay version
of the Bible. Great cheering. Far be it from me,
Mr. Mayor, to speak rreverently of the ministers
,fE EnH hair hifyIu 4 hp1u oil
bow down in humble reverence before their august
mission. When first we opened our infant eyes
in our mother arms tie man of God takes us to
the baptismal font and there conseerated US to
heaven; when in the full flush of youth our hearts
beating with love, he ties tho nuptial knot and
blcsses, with u.s. the partner of our blossoms on
voyage of life; and when that voyage is over, and
on the deathbed wife, children, all have given US
up, and the spirit is parting from its frail tene-
ment Of clay, our eyes last rest upon the cei gy-
man, interceeding for us before the throne of God
But, oh, ye Scrbes and Pharisees-tremendous
applause-who rail against US publcans and sim
ners, that rail not as ye rail Ye men of Sharpes
rifles and Bowie knife pikesi Ye Beechers and
ye Cheeyers-fearful applause-wiser and better
than our Saviour when on earth, q, with your
new version of the Bible into all the world, and
shoot your gospel every living creature Laugh
ter and applause. The Bible, then, is not in con-
flict with the constitution. | move the adoption
of the resolutions. Three cheers and tiger.
SPEECH OF CHARLES 0'CoNoR.
CHARLES OCoNoR Esq. was the next speaker.
He was received with great applause. lie said
Mr.. MAYOR AND GENTLEMEN-I cannot express
to you the delight which experience in behol'linS
in this great city so vast an assembly ofmy fellow
citizens.
A VoIcE in the gallery-Loud.
1t may be proper for mo to state that | cannot
speak louder Than at this instant, and if that be
not all that is desired can only cease to employ
my feeble voice in this great meeting. | am de-
lighted, gentlemen, beyond measure. to behold
this vast assembly Of my fellow citizens. called
together by body respectable as the twenty
thousand New Yorkers who convened this as
sembly. Ifndything can give assurance to those