Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-10
Talking 10 the Point.

We find in the Boston o,tT1eT report OF
the proceedings of a Public Meeting held in
Lowell. Mass, on the 29ih ult- The Presi-
dent of the meeting was OLIVER II. WHIPsI.E.
N-q- The following r, solutions we're adopt
ed
R,soIrod, That we. the citizens of Lowell
view with utter deteStatioa the acts and de
signs of John Brown aud his cOnfedeIaies. and
believe that they have suffered but the juet
penalty of their crimes.
ResOire9. That We disapproye of any and
al attempts to interfere with the rights and
intrrnal policy of our sister States.
R>soFrod, That We diseountenance sectional
fanatici<m. whether North or South, and will
resist it, its teachings and purpose by all
legitimate means.
ResoIred, That we hold the perpetuity Of
the Federal Union paramount to all other
political considerations. as being the chief
basis of the liberties We have inherited from
our fathers, and that it Is duty we owe to
ourselves, to our children. as we'll as to the
cause OF liberty throughout the world, 10
transmit 1t unimpaired 10 posteriiy-
The meeting was addressed by DR.. JOHN c.
AVER. "A B. BRowN, n. b WHITE, and B. F.
RCsz.ER.
The remarks OF Mr. WHITE, like those Of
Mr.. 0'COSoR, Of New York. on similar occa-
sion, were TO the point. lie did not defer to
the preiEdices of bis audience. but met them
In manly manner He does not believe
slavery as ii exists here wrong. and he said
30. We,copy an extract from the report of
his remarks:
And then. sir. coming to the question it.
SELLS slavery wrong? As matter of
philosophy, We have right 10 investigate it.
For one. l believe that slavery, as i: exists in
the Southern States of tbs country, is right.
applause and hisscs.) Go on; serpents
were made to hiss l said that believe
slavery is right. And why? Right, because
II is sanctioned by inspiration itself Abra-
ham. the friend OF God and the father of the
faithful, was more extensive owner ofslayes
than any planter of the South. Isaac, the
son and heir of promise, also an exten-
sive Shareholder. Christ, the GCd of heaven,
who came to reprove the world of sin. of
righteousness, of judgment to come, found
upon the earth, within the bosom Of what
was then the Roman Empire. sixty-three mil
sions OF slaves /; and yet, during His mission,
never one word was uttered by him. denoun-
cling that relationship as wrong. How is this
TACT attempted 10 be accounted for by the
sbolitionists of the present time? Professor
Silliman land think his name as suggestive
ncction with Sharp's rifes), says the reason
was sfhat il was interviewer with the very
structure aud fabric of the Roman nation,
and Christianity was weak, that He deem
ed il a matter of prudence to say nothing
about it.''
That slavery is wrong per Sc do not be-
iieEe. Is it a political evil? Massachusetts,,
to-day, il as dependent upon the products OF
slave labor, as South Carolina herself The
flrn isba fhap III rdS Of oil
our exports. WHICH go to sustain our COM
perce. And This the poor, dilapidated, weak
South, cursed with slavery! An irrepressi-
BILE conflict between the North and South,
snch as that announced by William III. Sew
ard. would place back, in the career of
our prosperity, more than we have gained or
ever shall gam
fevery man in the non-slaveholding States
who enteriains the sentiments of Mr.. WHITE
would proclaim them boldly, We should, in
time. see different state OF things there
Canting h6pocrites and political demagogues
have indocsrinated the greater portion of the
people with false notions concerning South
n slavery-haye made them believe it to be
great evil both to the slave and his mas
ter--and that they are in some way respon-
S'~-~ ~ lc'i III 10 5Nu StAiASf" Ahc
dupes need enlightment, 10y proper instruct
ions-by men who have no interest in leading
them into error. If they could get instruct
ion from the right kind of teachers, they
would be much happier. The tremendous
weight Of responsibility which presses upon
their poor consciences would be removed,
and they would no longer monrne for sins
which exist only in perverted imagination.
Missionaries are wanied-missionaries for the
anti-slaxery heathens OF the free States. Let
them be furnished by all means.