Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-15
From the New York Express.
Ca use and EHect.

From the New York Express.
Cause and EGect.
Some of our Sectional contemporaries, We
observe, are doing their hest 10 make new
point against "the South,n Southern intoler-
ance, etc. by giving prominence to the follow
ing notification from the Montgomery Ala
Mall accompanied by comments in the usual
vein - -
SURGEONS SERMoSs-A BoNFIRE.-A gen.
tleman of this city requests us to invite, and
we do hereby invite all persons in MOntgom-
cry who possess copies of the sermons of the
notorious English abb litionist, Spurgeon, to
send them to the jail-yard obe burned, on
next Friday (this day weekly. A subscription
is also on foot to buy of our booksellers all
copies of said sermons now in their stores,
to be burnt on the same occasion"
Without stopping to inquire into the good
or bad taste of the Montgomery people, that
have thus placed Mr.. Spurgeon in a fiery in
der eryurgdtorius,- is but Justice to re-siate
the circumstances which have operated to ex-
cite in the Southern mind so strong dislike
10 the Reverend gentleman referred to.-aud
for that purpose we invite 10 the witness
stand the Rev. Mr. Sturgeon himself.-ghing
him leave to tell bis own story in the follow
ing extract from a letter to American
journal, dated Chaplain (London), January,
1860 -
To the Editors Of The Christian Watehnan and
Reflector:
I do from my Utmost soul detest slavery
anywhere and everywhere, and although l
commune at the Lord 3 table with men of all
creeds, yet with STAKEHOLDER have no frl
lowship of any sort or kind. HheneUer one
has called upon me. IhaUe considered It my duty
TO cypress my detstGtlon of has scichedness. and
scouid as soon think of receiUung murderer into
my church, or INTO any sort Of friendship, as
naa1s-stealer. Nevertheless. as have preached
in London, and not in New York, / have very
seldom made any allu>ion 10 American sia-
very in my sermons. This accounts for the
rumor that have left out the anti-slavery
from my American edition of sermons This
is not true in any measure, for, az far n my
memory serves me, cannot remember that
the subject was handled at all in my printed
sermons, beyond a passing ailusion, and
have never altered single sentence IN SER
mon which has been sent out to my American
publishers beyond the mere correction, which
involved words aud not sense. However, II
any think me capable of such double-dtaling
doubt not that they Judge me by themselves,
and from such persons esteem is not desirs.-
BILE. / do not, therefore, regret the loss OF IT,
| have this much to say to all who respect
me in America: / do not want to be blaming
you constantly while there are sins enough
in my own country; but shall not spare your
naitoa IN future. 1 staU remember that my Uo,ce
echoes beyond the AtLdntic and the crying s,. 81
nsan-stedlilg people shall not go u1re6uhed. dld
not know that had been so fully adopted
citizen of your republic; but finding that
you allow me- to be one of yourselves, Will
speak out quite severely enough. and perhaps
more sharply than will meet with approba-
ton.
Finally, let me add, John Brown is immor-
tai in the memories of the good in England,
aud in my heart he lives.
/ am yours, most truly,
G. II. STURGEON.
Now, if all the Sectional journ lis that
publish the paragraph from the Montgomery
papers will but have the justice and fair play
to accompany it with this letter. there would
probably be less occasion for objection to
their criticism upon Alabama Intolerance,
and all that; but though few of them have
had the manlintss to do So the majority of
them, we regret to see, give it the go by.
Turning from the Montgomery people to
Mr.. Sturgeon himself, it is presumed no fair
minded man, North or South, will deny that
his letter is written in very bad spirit. 1t
breathes nothing of the kindness of st. Paul,
when writing to Philemon. There is moth
ing Of that Christian charity about it which
'.suffereth long and il kind" which '.vaunteth
not itself" and sis not puffcd up 1t is full
of all manner Of unchaTitab eness, and
abound in phrt SEES which have the aspect OF
studied insults to the great body OF our South
e n countrymen. Why marvel. then, that
their human nature should resentit. or be oc-
casiDnally betrayed into such public demon
STATIONS of their dislike for the man and bis
sentiments, as those which have been afford
ed at Montgomery
Moreover speaking for the Intelligent, pa
triotic and religious sentiment of the North,
we can tell this Reverend gentleman that he
is not likely TO gain anything in reputation
or respect by enrolling himself among the
eulogists and admirers OF persons whom our
laws have adjudged 10 be conspirators muir
derers and traitors. II may add 10 his popu
larity in Exeter Hall an Abolition fanatic,
but we are much mistaken if it will notd
tract from his character as a christian clergy
man and a gentleman. Ii he is really stu
cere in his resolve TO drive the patrons aud
supporters OF negro slavery from the COM
munion table, he would do we'll for the sake
of consistency, to begin at bis own door.
Let him drive away the "cotton lords" OF
Manchester. all, or nearly all, OF whose
worldly wealth and worldly thrift is derived
from the staple which is the product OF the
slavery" he pretends to hate. Let him
drive away the thousands and thousands of
the white slaves,-his own countrymen and
countrywomeu,-in the mills and manu- acto-
ries all over Great Britain, who are indebted
for their daily bread to the employment
which the Negro slavery" of the Southern
States of this Union affords. Let him drive
away the ship masters aud ship owners, who
have grown and are growing rich, from carry
ing cotton. sugar. rice, tobacco, and naval
stores, aud other productions. which are
likewise its fruit. When he has thus taken
the mote out of his own eye, he may then
with cleaner hands venture upon extricating
the beam from ours. And If, from his in
most SOUL he ''detests slavery anywhere
and everywhere" and '.can have no fellow
ship, of any sort or kind, with slavehold-
err" let him turn his attention to mitigating
the condition of the fifty millions OF white
I laves, groaniug under British rule in India
His "sympathies," we can assure him, are
more urgently needed there than in Alabama,
or Louisiana, or the CarOlinas. We are tired
and sick OF the meddlesome spirit of which
this Mr.. Spurgeon is 20 conspicuous a type,
in England; the same England which first
bl ought slavery TO our shores, and the same
England which is, tO-day-we repeat-the
most liberal patron of the very things which
make slavery pecuniarily pre- fitable.
Messrs. Everett aud Bell.