, 1860-12-15


e;n, where a Personal Liberty law Is oa
itatl:e book, unrcpra!ed
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TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
We find tile following in Yesterdays
tclcgrams:
WASHINGTON, Dec. IL, 1850
The National Convention Of Cnion prAye3
meetings was in session i'll THE city aud pas,.,i
resolution unanimously recommending t.li
Union prayer meetings, all Christian churches,
hnd ali l,rasing people to hct apart the 1irst
Monday il Jaiiuiry as Il Iay Of humiliation
ti'i:tsal things iu the CHURCHES, and ;he rrrs-
ent dangers which threaten the peace &EI
PROSPERITY Of tae country.
We 90 for that resolution, without rcser-
yation. Ours is 4 secular journal, and VIC
.nay not appearto be learned in the cau=c
ri, and proper remedy for. Tue ''prcsent
dcartl, Of s..';.;sual things i'll the charchcs;'
hut to the political rart Of the prayersu1 pro-
position, ''thc present dangers which threat.
en- the peace, happiness ard prosperity Of
our country" VIC can address ourselves
without fear OF invading the ranks Of anotl.
CT profession. We. then, dis,inc " recon-
mend, that prayers be put up,
1st. For all pro-sl very Doctors Of d.
vinisy and ccclcsiastics Of whatever rank
and tile, who degrade Christianity AMI
mako men inlidc's By open or covert de-
fence Of the nauiioll denominations Of
American S!avc7y-nlcn who sec incfricut
danaation i'll dancing 10 the sound .f
"t!tat rrotanc instrument called the 1idd1.',"
but "no moral wrong" in selling young
women for compulsory prostitution, in coll
sl:ina:ng men to lives of forced and unre-
qu;tea labor, and IN making mercl.andi::
Of little children. They are great offend
CTS; they have stitied tho national ccE-
science; they have filled the churches witt.
the morality Of the slaying-shop and mar
kct place, .h.t they might grow tat mil
cnjo5 their salaries and their dignit!cs in
peace. Much praying will be required 10
bring them back, 10 brca! Up the crust =!
Journalism aud cant which has coli
gca!cd ovcr their conscicnccs, TO make
them see that they have aitlesl anl ab&,t:.l
had men IN the accomplishment Of schcmts
with which the Master, upon whom they
call, has had nothing to CO, and 10 cndow
them r'cntcously Yi,ll tic grace which vii
enable them to comprehend the Brother
hood Of Man and the FathcThood Of God;
I'd. ortnc politicians o: the North, who,
while protesting to love Liberty, have
l,ccn the stcalia=! friends OF Slavery, and
who by unparalleled lying 10 ;ho:r coll
sti,ucnts, and unparalleled scry;li'y to,llc;r
masters in the Sout., have consented 10 AMI
invited tho as=rcssiors ,:pon free prime
pics, which ut last have eliminated i'll lii.
demand that slavcry shall lc The undis-
l,u:cd ,aw Of the land-,lc vital force and
controlling element Of the government.
Ti,c7 commenced their work Of treason
aal scll-a5ascmcnt wien Slavery by conf
moa consent was regarded as an acci,lr.-
tal evil, a blot upon our civilization, to b:
wiped out by tile gradual enlightenment o.;
NIL our countrymcn; end ttcy have CON
tInucd it with such Success that the ins:i-
tuition" now disputes with the majority for
the contro Of the Republic, :.1l threatens
the disruption Of the EnIun il its demands
arc denied. They have load Of guilt
which may not be easily remoyed-an :gg-
g1cgation Of offences over which angels 10
weep; hut pray fc:ycnsly Tor ':lcln, ard,
Sd. For all Republicans who are weak
in the knees or tcnde. in the spinal colrnu.
Cpoo their firmncss, stcadincss, and mode
ration nov, ,lc salvation Of the country
and the pcrpc:ui1y Of Democratic inst:lu-
ton depend. Pray that they may be
strengthened; that ;ucy may not be te'
guilcl by profcssed union-sayers who wait
for them oa stree: corners and l'y the road
side to shake them with fear AMI 10 per-
p!ex them with do;,l,t; that they 1nay scc
that this is q crisis il: the conntry's affairs.
and that tc tl1em 1Lc glory Of rc-cztablisli~
ing or the shame oi destroying To consii-
tuition will hc awarded.
4th. Tor The people Of lie Cotton States
that they nay know that they are possessed
Of devils more furious than those whirh
plunged thc swine into tic sea; that t1c
evil spirits may 1'c driven out, and that they
may return TO their allegiance; that they
may Re no lcasc- torlrentcd with the ever
present fear of slave instructions; that
tho men within them who are now plnt-
ting TO establish form Of government III
which tho few shall ride boo:cd and snurrcd
ovcr~thc many, mag be put to shame, anl
that, finally, peace may be restored
:,ll,. For all newspapers like the Chicago
Times, that they may 1ca:n that election IS
over and thu: ;l'c 1as:. has come fur them 10
cease their clect!onccring rant and apply
themselves to updoing I'll" mischief which
they have wroug',. lw their unpardonablc
Misrepresentation Of the belief aud prac-
ticcs Of the Republican party. It will '@a
sin Of special grace Which reforms them;
but do not givc thcm up.
9Th. For HONEST 0LD ABE, that the wis
dom, patriotism, moderation and fidelity
which commended him 10 his counirymcn
as the mcn 10 breast the s:or,n Of f:nat;-
cism, mag he his sll!cld and lis guard in
the trials which arc before him, to The end
tnat the blessings Of liberty may he rrc-
served
1ftherc must be concert Of action 1or po-
litical praying, We beg that these points
may be remembered. The country has had
enough mockcry Of Heaven in prayers that
hare asked for happiness without justice,
for prosperity without the performance of
duty, for the hless:n, g Of tue Savior upon
the work Of the Destroyer. We propose
TO change the programme. ; -
GIYG un Mnucv tn ns 1nsra..