, 1860-09-17

Wo admire tue i1anRness oi tIees t"e AAS'"
1ious politicians
"A PLAIN STATEMENT.
With The exception Of the Irish Catholics
aod fsw Democratic politicians, the people Q.
Chicago are kEown to e:ter'a'n very oee''eu
au,i.slavery sentiments. Something o'ef
.wo years ago, a clergyman known to
dir.r with them on This subject, re"
moved to Chicago, took 1he pastoral
e,;srse Of congregation, and established
. religious newspaper, editing 1t himself.
Fr,m tue time the first number Of tno paper
rms ISSUED 10 tho pr. sent Gate, the peculiar
views Of tic editor on Slavery rave been pre-
.ort..;,. is columns. More Il a. that; IN
His owc pu'p:t, this clergyman delivered s.
-;as r. a:s,,urses On the subject Of Slavery,
end !, dc~un cation Of one Of the great polit-
;c,l or.aa;z 4.ions ef tue country. So tar as
re ar: aoprisei, 10 exceptions vtre takcn to
either the editorial or tic 1u'li: 1abors Of this
,,sr .vnar. Ne:ller Republicans nor Rerub]l"
"a, i,u1uais uttered word Of complaint on
the coutrayy, ito Press AND TRIBUNE Lad
these lec:,rss reported, printed them in its
columns, AID spread them broadcast nj over
,ao Nar,hyes.. Democrats were greatly dc.
lizh.sd with the d:sccurSes; locked to hear
.,,en, as eladr as they now 70 to hear that greas
,:,5r If Modern Dsmocra:y-C. s, Caneron-
nrors slavery t, b. Of divine appointment,
and in accordance with rntural justice and the
,oat interests o. humanity; and il Democratic
r,,nars did rct rr;nt them, it was not owing
tn a lack If will but 10 q deficiency in enter
,ris.. F.em 70 quarter cid We hear objections
other to ,l.o lectures or to the newspaper arsl'
elt.. tasei u7oa tie fact that the author was
g c1c,rvuan, While tie manifest sim OF tot''
was to bu,,d up Democracy AID to w;:';'
Rc2utl!cauizm, no ore, so f:r as VIC l. ~,
cAs,rsa tic clergyman and religious editor
with gon- beyond Tie phaze Of his sacFed
calling, The fullest right to speak, to w1lte,
and to Print bis thoughts on the SUBJECT, was
cheer;ui}v accorded him by auti-slaveEy men,
while Democrats grew jubilant orer lis Ell .rts,
and hailed him as powerful fllJ-
Al weeks siuce venerable clergyman
Of f,hs Methodist Episcopal Church, was seizsd
by gaag Ct Democrats, in Texas, and tu5g'
His cr:uo VAS that lie belonged to the Meth
oiist E.iecopsl Church. and tha: in accord"
ance 5ith thc rules and belief cf that Church,
he held tia: tie Bishops and Clergy should
Mt l.:li s1avee, taat tho laity who owned
them QUIT no. to separate fem:lics'
ought TO graft them religious insl'uc-
.ioa, ought not to tr6at taen cruslly,
and ought, as far as practicable, to withdraw
thin selves irom1h evils ol slaye.hold!ng. LIE
ras uo, IN Alolitio1ist. Hswas born in Ten
nessEc, and had been preaching tue gospel in
tha. >tate, in Missouri, Arkansas ard Texas,
for n1are than thirty years. Au aniab!e, I'M
s,lasl ..nl courteous gentleman, good anu
lo7al c!,;: II, and devoted Christian minister
he 1e.ther cid nor saii anything the intiu-
eace Of which whs bad upon society, that
weakcreu tae veDeration Tor law, or that
brought reproacA upon tho religion he pro
fsss.d. lie Lad famiiy-wite AID children
soae d them helpless by reason et youth, one
- d1ugh:er-by reason Ct blindness. PEACE
fully e:ing u;cn the round Of LIS circuit
PREACHING the gospel Of the Savior-wltion1
warning, wi.houta moments notice, without
permission - Fen. Lnsty adeu to his wits
end helpless little ooes, er TO send bris
message a. to what he would have them do
he 1As dragged from his horse and hun: Ike
a lelou 10 ito limo Of tue nearest tree. Suc}
was H.. fate 0: Rev. Anthony Bawley, :
mau u..:u whose knee we often Eat in OIL
G.. lihooi, aai whom we lo:sd almost as 1
!A,ie:.
II til: city Of Chicago there is published
religious rewspartr-lheo organ Of the Metio
dist Episcopal Church, Of which Bexley va
an ho1orsd minister. It is edited by gcEt.e
maa who likewise holds the Churchs parce
msnt+. his man, neither in his pulpit labor*
nor II lis paper, 70 lar as we know, has eve
dscusscd t:sc subject Of Slavery as rolitics
ouestion-has ever alluded to it other than a
i. Las CONF he:crs tie legislative tribunal {
his Cnurch lie Ind seen Conference Of hi
Cau.cl, invaded hy mob Of Democratic poll
t;c.aas-had seen is members dispersed i
peri! Of their livcs-llad seen the laity in tn
b,-drr Slave States subjected to all manner c
ial:Ll ;es their :;ises sul property isnperllled
and liaal;s ho taw this venerable old mar
Eewi: r, with wlosn, in May lat, he Eat
General Conftre4cc, murdered in cold blooi
fo. no ether crime ttaa being Method.
preacher, and then he could keep silent L
lonser. Mt as minister Of the Gospel; nj
~ a1 .dit:r Ct a religious journal, but as M
sud Methodist, liz addressed letter to II
Pr SIZE, Of tho United Sta,cs-a letter wl,c|
considering tho atroc:ors acts ttat provoke
it, is s;nculatly mild and 5ree from paseiu1
Cbris,'al-i;sc in its spirit, but clear and poin
e1 in is statement e iaas, aid b;ll ard inarl
IN its demand for right and justice.
Nor marI: No sooner had this letter nlat
its appearances in the city Of Chicago, than Il
Tines ard JNrad denounced its author as 9
.u:ermed;i'ny Political prics:," and charac:c
lied the clergy Of the Methodist Episcop
Church who, in OBJ diencc 10 its constitute
authorities, aro now in the slareho}ding Stat:
preaching the gospel as invaders, and as ia,
IE gone there ITO breed iEsurzecticns aE
murders Ly tho wholesale" This 1imts a,
He,dli is owned by the sam= man whose i
auence ard znoaey brought the first meutiont
clergyman to this city from slaveho oldi1
Etaie-wbose money is snid to lave esta'
Ished the religious paper in which this Gle
gyman freely ventllates lis rec:,.inr views
S!avery-nnd by whose advice the Ecries I
evening di4courses on Slavery wore de,irert
By this clergyman in his oFn pulpit ne
the man who denounccs Dr.. Eddy as Tan i
term.dalIng political priest" fer protest.,
against tie murder of Mr.. Bswley, and vi
gives ono hundred thousand dollars to endo
. theological SCHOOL for the inculcation Of I
R;ce's views en- Slavery. Is another VIC
necessary7
4 CHAnLATAN ON THE TARIFF
Il Stephen A. Douglas has ever been co
sistent in his support Of any measure, it b
been in favor Of q low tariff, the lo1er Il
better: he has never failed 10 oppose. IN Al
out Of Congress, every, attempt to raae I
4.v:fr In "A aprptective" character, He Ii