New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-22
LOUISIANA.
THANKS SEWING SERMON.

7Avrsdat, Ecienber 29 By the Rev Il. d. PG!neT, d. d.
IETirGet;.
DUTY or THK SOUTH.
The country is cOnyssed simply because 1.-THE throne
Of iDiQuity frameth mischief by 8 law" Without,
therefore determining the question Of duty for future
generations simply say, that for us, situated
the duty is plain Of conserving and transmitting the
system Slavery with the freest scope for s natural
development and extension. Let us, my brethren look
our duty in the face With this institution assigned TO
our ing, what reply shall we make 10 thOee who
say that its days are numbeTed7 Ny own conviction
is that we should lit ourselves inteligently,
TO the highest moral ground and proclaim TO all the
world that hold this trust from God and IL Its &C.
cuyncy prepared 10 stand or fall as God may APP
POINT. If the critical moment has arrived at which the
great issue il joned let say that, IN the sight OF all
Iels, will stand by trust and God he with The
light!
CONDITION THE NORTH.
The so-caled Free States of this country work
Ing out tie social problem under conditions peculiar TO
tltn selves The conditions sufficiently bard, and
their success is too uncertain, excite in the least
jealousy OF their lot With teeming population,
witch The sell cannot support-wilh their wealth de-
yendig uIcn ats, created by artificial wants-with
an ttrna friction between the grades OF their society
with their labor and their capital grinding against
each other ike the upper and neither milu'ones-with
labor chealened ard displaced by new mechanical In
yenons bursting asunder the bonds of brother
hood; amid tese intricate pers we have ever given
them our sympathy and our prayers and have never
sou, 1t 10 weaken the foundations of their social order
God grant en- complete sucI ess in the solution Of all
their erplex ies! We, too, have our responsibilities
and tIial; bnt they all bound up in this inst-
tuition which has bsen the object OF such unrgteOus
assault through fiveandiwenty years. If we are true
TO ourselves shall at this crjiics uncture, stand by
! it and work ont our destiny.
| SLAVERY The CAUSE OF GOD.
Last Of ALL in this great struggle are dcRd the cause
Of God and rehgi0H, The Abolition spirit is undenia
| by atheistic Tie demon which erected it's throne
uIou tie glotine in the days of Robespere and Ma
ra. which abolished the Sabbath and worEhpped
ron in the Ierson of harlo, yet survives TO work
other horrors OF which those OF the French revolution
| ale but the tyIe Among people 80 generally rel-
gOus The American Disguise must be worn; but it
the old threaGbaTe al guse Of the advocacy Of
| human Iiglts From thousapd Jacobin clubs here,
o. in France the decree bas gone forth which strikes at
| God by striking at all differentiation and law. Avail
ing isef of tie mol id and nisdiected sympshies Of
men, il las elrapIed weak conseiences IN the meshes
Of it, tread ery and now, at last has seated its high
priest upon tie throne clad in the black garments of
| dscOid and sclism, 70 symbolic of its ends. Under
this specie, cry Of Reform it demands that every evil
shall be corrected or society become wreck-the sun
NUT he siii, ken from the heavens if spot s found
| uJ on Lis dire The Most High, knowing His own
power which is infinite, and his own wisdom, viii
il unbelievable, afford 10 be patient. Bat these
selonsut.d reformes must quicken the activity OF
Jehovah or comIel bis Gbdicstion. In their furious
haeie they tn.nple upon obligations sacred a. any
which can Lind the conseenee.
atheisrn, which knows no God who tolerater evil no
Bill lie Which sanctions law and no conscience at
be bound by ohs and covenants has selected for its
victims and Slavery for its Issue. Its bannercry rings
out already upon the air" liberty, equality fraerni-
IT," Which iuI ly interpreted mean bondage, contscs
ton III uAsa,Te. With its tricOlor waving in the
besze-it wits to iaugurate its rel of terror. To
the South tie ligb portion Is assigned Of defending,
before all nations, tie cause vi all religion and OF all
truth. In this trust resisting the power, which
wars Against Constitutions and LAVE and compacts,
AIT inst Satbatls aLd ssnctuaies against the family,
the state and the church; which bpphemousy invsdes
the pr gitves of God ard rebukes the Most High for
the errors Of bis administrations which II IT cannot
snatch tie Iens Of enI ire from His grasp, viii hay tho
universe III ruins hi Ills feet IL possibe that We
shall decline the oJset7
THE PRESENT EMERGENCY.
Against this institution system Of aggresson has
been pursued through the last tlity years Initiated
by few taBatics, who were at lint desplsed 1t has
gathered strength from OppotiOn until II has assumed
IL presert gigantic proportions No MAE has thought
fully WATCHED the progress OF THE controversy without
l4iio convinced ii at the cIiis must at length
Some few, PERHAPS have hoped against hope, that the
gathering impOslunc might be dispersed, and the poi
son be eliminated from the body polite by heathui
remedies But the delurion has scarcely been cher
hed Ly those who have studied the History of fana;
cir. in its path Of blood and fire through the ages Of
tie last. lie moment must aIIiye when the conflict
must be Joined and victory decide for one or the other
As it has been a o Legislative tactics and not OF
ri yticul force, both parties have been maneuve1ng
iof pOsitiOn; aud the embarrassment has been, While
dodgiDg amid constitutional forms, 10 make AN issue
that should be tleaI, simple, and tangible. Such an
sue is at length presented in the result of the recent
Presidential election.
how TO MET IT.
As It appears TO me- the 10 be pursued In this
emergency is that which has already been inaugurated
Lat the Ieople in oil tie Southern States IN solemn
counsel assembled reclaim the powers they have dele
gated. Let these Conventions be composed Of men
v hose fidelity has been approved-men who bring the
wifdou, experience, and frmnees Of the age 70 sup
Iort and announce principles which have long been
nms,nTed. Let these Conventions decide firmly and
sol,mnly what they will do with this great trust con-
uted 10 their hands Let them pledge each other in
sacrtd covenant 70 uphold and PerPetU@e what they