The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-02-22
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ASHLAND. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY %. 1867.
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80 11sessf iE Canton.
Mr. FAIRcHILD has included Stark in his
ecentmissionary effort at Determination. The
Stark Co. Democrat, edited by THOMAS BEER,
Esq, formerly of this county, thus refers to
the efforts of Mr. NJ. in Stark and Columbi-
ana counties:
"Rey Fairchild, the ewoff IN sleeps cloth
ing" who obtained the Lutheran Church in
this city, by imposi-g 6 upon its pastor and mem
bers. to deliver an abolition higher law anti
Christ an lecture, has bean holding Conven-
ton in the Methodist Church in Salem He
dubbed it "Christian anti slavery Conven-
tion." BENZ. S Jones and Henry G. Wright,
both Of schons are notorions intfetds, took an
active part in the proceedings"
" hen those .'noforiious intfelzs' come to un-
derstand the Oberlin "frce'' translation of the
Scriptures, they may become converts to that
type of Christianity.
In commenting upon their platform. the
Democrat has these comments:
ssIt will be observed that they are of the
opinion that the Fugitive Slave Law chad its
origin in corruption and lust" That law was
among whom were Washington, Madison, Ro-
ger Sherman, Alexander Hamilton, John Rut-
ledge, the Pinckneys, and Robert Morris
The people ratified it by their votes. And yet
these latter day saints. the Fairchilds, the Alb
by Kelleys, the Henry G. Wrights, the DIR.
Coons, &C., have made the astounding discov-
cry that it chad its origin in corruption and
lustp,S They have discovered that Washing
ton, Franklin, Madison, Hamilton. Sherman,
and all the trainers OF the Constitution were
corrupt and iull of evil and hurtful lusts that
all the pc, pie of the United States in the ear
ly days of the Republic were corrupt
They also declare that the Fugitive Slave
Law is s'an outrage upon their rights as Chris
tians," aud that they twill not aid in carrying
out It's wicked provisions" What set OF un-
godly men the trainers of the Constitution
must have been, to ''outrage the rights of
these Oberlin Christians The fact that
Washington led our victorious armies in the
revolutio nary struggle for liberty and indc-
pendence does not shield him from the anathe-
mas Of Oberlin and Salem. With unblushing
faces they call "the Father of his Country"
''coyrvpti"
"They also declare that it is wrong to fel-
lowship in the Church with shareholders !; that
such fellowshipping is u fruitful source of in
fidelity. Perhaps these enlightened nti-sla-
very Christians are not aware that the city of
Boston, the great stronghold of Abolitionism
is also the great strong hold of infdelity. Per-
haps they are not aware that the leading anti
slavery men of the United States are infields.
Do they know that Parker Pillsbury, Wendell
Phillips. Garrison, Foster, Greedy, Abby Kel-
ly, Henry C. Wright. and Rufus P. Spaulding,
are all infdels? If they are not aware of these
facts they are more grossly ignorant than we
have heretofore supposed them to be. We
would inform them that, when they gant to
find infdels, they must 20 among TIE abolition
lists, and when they want to find Christianity
in its unmingled purity, they must go among
Democrats. Of course there is occasionally
Christian in the black Republican party, but,
like angel'svisits, they are few and far between.
eff they are determined not to fellowship
with slaveholding Christians, they must cut
loose from such great and good men as Alex
ander Campbell, DIR. Breckenridge, DIR. Hoge,
and from all southern men and women who
profess faith in the same Christ as themselves.
We think itquite probable that on that great
day when every man shall be rewarded accor-
ding TO his deeds, the persons to whom these
anti slavery Christians are now practically say
ing: "stand aside, for am holier than thou"
will be able to show as clean q record as the
best abolitionist in Oberlin.
''We would venture to suggest to these
'oncc good, anti slavery Christians that, day
or two spent in Union Prayer Meeting or in
visiting the poor and needy will add more jew
els to their crowns of glory than attending fifty
thousand abolition Conventions"