Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-05-02

fer from his pen. which we published the other
,,,o,nirc, SAID that ''muZZies were made only for
dops-not for men" Men in 'human1zed, c'r-
iLizsd and christinnizcT' condition, as he ex-
rrosscd it were never intended by thier Creator,
TO be hunted down and prosecuted by thiir fellow
mentor opinfon's sake. We sometimes, IN the
feryor of our 4th of July oFatory, congratulate
ourselves that the bloody eras Of lnquisitorlal
surveillance have passed away from the better
part at least, of the christian world; that the
day of stocks, pillories, dungeons, gboets and
fagots is grown musty on the pages oil history.
And so, indeed, it has, thank Heaven, in awlde
spread degree. But, yet, the full measure oil
our Boosting is not a zeal that is according TO
knowledge, nor that is warrantable by the facts
of every day occurrences, for there are places
vet in Christendom, call them harbarous or
civilized, as one may please, in which men are
neither free to utter or act upon their political
convictions For instance, not longer ago than
in 1856, in this very community, it was at
tempted TO mob down and ANONYMOUSLY
trarple under foot, the political convictions ola
number OF American frcemen; Of a number of
men who stood high in this community for
their good morals, and are known and noted FOR
their substantial citizenship, and for the moder-
alton of their opinions upon all subjects. 1t Is
true. that this mob, like those of the Scrptural
times, was mainly composed Of the "baser Sort
but. nevertheless it was instigatcd, melted
and encouraged By partisan press that would
be thought above the low prcjudices of an
ignorant mob. OF course That political regime
has passed out of fashion in this community
or if here aud there, there still fingers the desire
it is where it is altogether impotent for practice
Despite either grand Eloquent judicial charges
or partisan newspaper appeals, the seati-
ment in all this section Of country in favor OF
the rights of free speech, overtops and over
rules all opposition. But there are sections and
communities less f1vorel than ours-whorc
nobocracy still holds full sway and that, too, in
u tcnf5ld worse degree than it ever did here, or
anywhere near here. just now fierce Perse-
Gu ion is being waged against the Methodist
Church North in Texas. Il seems 10 he a war
to the death oF the ProPaEinIiSte against Il silent
influence which they fear viii eventually foil al
their hopes and intentions of 4 miilennal sFI cad
of niggcrism The proceedings of this Texan
mobocracy are published at great length in the
"CeatraI Christian 42r2:rtc 0f MiSS0wTj'-at
too great length for our columns to-day. We
shall, therefore, he Obliged to limit readers to
assuming up of the merits Of the case, by the
Cincinnati Commercial. Says the Commercial:
The Methodists settled in Texas and adhering
TO the Church North, are, it seems, miScc!ianc-
ously branded as AbolitjoniSts and warned to
leave the State. They not convicted Of any
act tending directly to insnbordinaton among
slaves, but are condemned by wholesale upon
general principles. The Methodist Conference
North have passed certain anti Slavery reSolu-
tons and the Texan Shareholders assume that
members Of the Methodist Church North, who
reside in the South, approve those resolutions
in their hearts, and would pass and approve,
and carry them out in the South, II they dare;
and, consequently, the fact that person be
longs 10 the Northern Methodist Church, Is
conclusive proof of AbOlitioniSm, and demon
stratcs the unttneSs of such person 10 live in Il
Southern community. The most lrightiHi thing
that has been fastened upon the Northern Meth
UdiStS in Texas, is that of the preachers,
when accused of anti-SiavcTy prOCIlYiueS, said
openly, absolutely in the streets ct a Texan
town that lie could not be engaged in putting
down n greater evil than that of Slavery Such II
remark was, it appears, as alarming, when cir
culatcd among the COmbuSlihc material, OF
which Texan society is composed, a. fire bell
in the night. The excitement TINS aroused
was increased by the report that a Save preach.
or had been told by one OF the Methodist brcth-
rem that if he were in Illinois 4 few years, he
could make money enough by prcachim.; 20 pur-
chase his freedom. But the Me;hodiSts of the
Church North are to be driven out of Texas,
not for what they have done but because it is
suspected shat they may, at some future time,
be guilty of some crime against the peace and
dignity of the peculiar institution. 1t would he
surprising that mass meeting should assume
deliberately to punish men because they were
suspected of entertaining certain opinions, if it
were not for the fact that see leading minis
tiers and layrncn of the Church South urging an
and shaping the course of the prosecution. 1t
is The Methodist Church South making war
nf determination upon the Methodist Church
North, and using pro-siavcry prcjndices as its
engirery to accomplish its purposes. The idea
of inlictiug punishment for what person is
supposed 10 believe, is so inqui>itoral that it
could hardly originate outside . bitter Sectarinn
wranglc; and the Instruments of the persecution,
the history CT the commencement of which we
give, could not be found and applied in this
country anywhere but in a siaveholding COLI
Inuuity. The MethodiSts of the Northern
Church located in Texas who suffering per-
secuton for their opinions sake, whose inquiSi-
tors assume TO know al! that is in their hearts,
and 70 brand their thoughts criminal and
decreeing banisbmcnt, will nave, in the strug
gle they must endure i'll vindication of freedom