Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-12-09


le But the moment they are emancipate
is the present line Of demarcatiou botwee
a the two systems Of labor will be cradicat
r. ed The levee, which confines the negr
IN race within the Southern States, will b
Is broken down, and deluge of free negr
mi. ration will pour its desolating foo,
!. over the whole North and West, sweepin,
If before it the peace and happiness and bes
IS interests of the people. The Northern
States will then discover, when it is tot
late to repair the mischief, that they hav,
}. rashly and wickedly undone all that wa'
: done for them, by the wise policy of theiI
n earlier statesman.
!, Were a Northern man, therefore, and
e disposed to assume the championship Of
e Northern interests, would admonish my
r fellow citizens, not only not to aid in the
emancipation of the slaves at the South
! but to demonstrate against it, and to resist
| it by all fair and honorable means, MS
/ fraught with incalculable mischief TO the
! free States. would conf ure them to leave
the whole subject in the hands of those
Immediately concerned, and of Him who,
although his purposes cannot be fathomed
by human sagacity, we know, shapes the
destiny of nations, and ordereth all things
; wisely and we'll
Let us, then, by common consent dis
card from our minds and our hearts all
these unlounded notions of antagonism
between different parts of our common
county. Factious sgitators have existed
in every age. Sacred history teaches us
an instructive lesson on the subject. In
the early days Of Christianity, we are in
formed, the members of the church at
Corinth were blessed, above all others,
with spiritual gifts. To one was given
wisdom, to another knowledge, to another
faith, to another the gift of healing, to
another the working of miracles, to an
other prophecy, to another discerning of
spirits, to another divers kinds Of tongues,
to another Interpretation OF tongues. All
these gifts proceeded from the same spirit,
and all were intended to work together
for one common object-the salvation of
man and the glory Of God But the pos
SCISSORS of those various gifts, mistaking
diversity for discord, began each to exalt
himself above his neighbor, and to vie
with him in the display of his cndow
ments. A learned biblical commentator
and historian (Thomas Scott informs US
that this gave rise to vain glory, envy,
corrupt emulations and repinings, which
were equally opposed to piety and chari-
ty."
Thus it would seem that the very abun-
dance of the gifts bestowed on the Corn-
thians became the chief source of danger
to their spiritual welfare.
This led the great Apostle of the Gen
tiles to administer, TO them a rebuke for
instruction. After adverting to the mag
nifccnt endwmcnts which they had receiv-
ed at the hands of God, aud the improper
use they were disposed to make of them,
he said LIST Corinthians, chap. l2)
For, as the body is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of that ODe
body, being many, are one body, so also is
Christ
"For by one spirit we are all baptized
into one body--whether we be Jews or
Gentiles-whether We be bond or free, and
have all been made to drink into one
spirit.
For the body is not one member, but
many.
IF the foot shall say, because am not
the hand, au not Of the body, is it there
fore not of the body?
"And if the ear shall say, because am
not the eye, am not Of the body, is il
therefore not of the body?
IF the whole body were an eye, where
were the hearing? If the whole were
hearing, where were the smelling?
But now hath God set the members
every one of them in the body as it hath
pleased him.
And if they we're all one member,
where the bodyI
But now are they many members, but
one body.
"And the eye cannot say unto the hand,
have no need of thee, nor again the
head to the feet | have no need Of you.
/ These words of counsel and admonition
were addressed by st. Paul, eighteen cen
tures ago, to the iactious Corinthians.
But they were written and incorporated
into the Holy Scripture, for the Instruc-
ton of all nations and all ages. May not
the people Of the United States learn a,
lesson OF wisdom from them?
No nation ever possessed such heri-
tage as We enjoy. Providence has lavished
on us every blessine in the richest proiu-
sion. With territory stretching from the
/ Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, aud almost
from the Tropical to the Arctic region, We
embrace within our limits every variety Of
soil and climate, and an aptitude for every
reduction essential to the comfort and
happiness of man. If We were isolated
from all the rest of the world, We have
within our own borders every material
element of national prosperity and great
ness. And, ss ii with the design Of Sc
curing perpetual harmony aud union be-
tween the different parts, Providence has
wisely ordained a natural and necessary
division of labor between them by adapt
ing each to particular staples aud oecura-
tions which are unsuited to the climate
and soil of the others. The Southern