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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2a. :lseo.


opni:n 1Ect NIL right thinking men will draw
from his l4cho:!tioas-,he opinion that except
the few Ar.atlisu r,assers, holding. slavcs un-
der t|lat impossible systoa, which he recog-
naes aaeconpatols with chEi stan duty, all
who n,skc merchandise Of ,reu women and
cl:idrcr-c,t w3o condemn these men and NO.
men 10 sorcsd md urrsecssed 1abo7-all who
s7e fostering in TIC l,ca1t ol The nation the
bA.h1.:sn md ignorance which scmc day,
when xnzcstsaisnd by superior brute force, viii
mako this land run with rivers Of blood
arc ameaable ID aud IN danger Of
tho judgments which D.. Rice believes lo is
commissioned hy He.yca 10 hold up before
Gud-defsins men: DR., Rico lsno ows rs
vii! as lie knows his own aamo or the amount
Of his s,sar.. tha: the system Of American
Slavery is mora ritssly srbverave OF I'll! just
ideas Of Christianity and c.vilizalioR than apy
other .tiIg now:: lo}d up as . nPsosch to
Ca.;stcndon and the efficacy Of the Gospel
Il il. cn,rhs.ica:ls. IN this age, what it was
when Wesley described il. ''tho sum Of ii
villainies practical Atheism Of this NJ.
don. It is this eys:c,n that TIE hare get to
lsarn tLat Dr. Rice unqualiGedly coadcms.
We f:nd By our experience in thu publict-
don Of Dr.. Rice's. .discour2es, that the public
are Is,le Interested in hair splitting discus.
aions touching the possibility Of combining il:
one person ths ownership Of human chattcls
and the possession Of 7cSenera1ing grace; or
in the constitution and polity Of the Old School
Presbyte.ian Church With the, Instinct
which il to tho nassca what the learning #
the schools is to the scholar, guided by the
disinest of human ~attsibutsf,> the people (a1d
our readers are types Of the sshole) want to
know oaly this, as Slavery great wrong?
It wrong, what is cur duty as Christian mel
md women in tho rsemises?' To our appne-
hsnson neither oao of these questions has
Dr.. Rec answered. It is not for us as the
oocduotors Of q secular Journal, to discuss his
duty as Christian minister; but for the polii-
1cal results Of: h;s preaching Of the truth, We
may confess Ourselves a2xious. Tho country
IS engaged in bitter and absorbing contest.
not upon tie question Of Emancipation, but OIL
the necessity and propriety Of excluding that
system Of slavery from tho Territories uow uE-
cursed by its presence. Upon this the people
are divided; and in this country, wherc decls-
ions Of Courts and popular expositions Of the
Constitution are dependent, not 50 much upoa
preeeden.s and The letter, as upon tho enliGht-
eminent ol The national conscience, tits Of the
first importance that all Christian. ministers
should speak out their condennations Of the
Evil that all good men would arrest, In such 4
way that no npolosist for Slavery extension
will be able to 111d comfort or encouragement
in their words. I: Slavery be q blessing, le:
It 90 whe.e it will Tit bo IN evil it is boll1
political and religious duty 10 arrest il where
1t is. For tho sood cause, we hope the oppo-
nenIs Of the Propaganda will have Dr. Rice's
good help at last Following out to their
logical consequences lis eight propositions, he
cauaot be aga:nst lis.
The Prcsld cn. Lcryins War A.alnss
thc Cnited @t:stex.
l. dispatch caua oy.r tho wires few days
since, stating that the President Of the Uui,e d
Etates had oriezed fifteen thousand nuskc!S
to bo removed from ths arsenal at Springfield,
to Charleston, S. c., Augusta, Ga, and Bato,.
Rouge, La. Tho incous;deraLle number ii
wcaptns said 10 have becn removed, rat1r r
oounter:ictcd tho obvious suggestion that such
removal nigh: Re set on foot to supply the d.
unionis.s With tle means of eom,niNing -:
wall as talking treason. But it appears tlrs;
tho number OF guns ordered out Of the Sprin;-
aeld armory was cxs hundred and fifteen G.c:
oHd Thu following is the statement oft1leWa:: :
ing,on correspondent Of tho Cincinnati t.,
,ns7-rtal in the premises:
W2.u1:oroS, jan. a:!,
The. President las ordered one hund:ct ~ I;
afteen thousand improved inuskets. 10 be taxi -
from the arsenal at Sprp- field, Mass, and 8
posted in CilartestoD, - c., and other diSnn' =
localities in ihr South
The President has acted in Ibis matter 8, H.
dictation OF tho disnuivnists. Report says III:
he Will proceed 10 remove all arm: m" II
Northern srrcnals to the Sruth. This is rctr.
larry lu the hue OF the policy ol tue dlsunl0ni.
The Springfield ARSENAL contains about twof.1
dred and f:sy thousand stand OF arms.
We IRE fallv prepared to believe tha: t:
intelligence is correct, aud if it shall prove IT,
b, true wc shall call rIoa the immesla' :
Representative o. this District in Congress, l.
bring In bill for the impeachment If T..
President. ls. Buchanan may not have :rA
soendcd his legal authority in direc1ins: ::
r,F 1&S4 1,tI f4ttI1
is like that Of J. man WHO sleu*
Insist upon storing q barrel Of Suupow'ler j:
his fire pluce, in . crowded city. II i: is jul,
nissible in the President TO remove The ;'s7s
Of the United States. in l:ne Of peace. lo :':''
portion Of the country, !: would d-uh;'2ss Il
lawful for him II set down Att7 thousand ri'l :
with ammunition to E,a.ch, in tic ncishbt's
hood Of tho Apacl,es: whore they might he c'''
- vau1er,ly poslneed upan, md used for VII
purposes against tie United States. It mle''
b. lawful for lin to ssrl all Tie "rnls a
Springfield, to be; stor.d in B1ghan loa':
Tabernacle in Utah, Yrt we fancy either ="
would be followed by a:romoral ofll'e Prcsid'
*rom onlee, by impeachment, CT COMM
sion; d. lanafieo. This fart' that tho. peoi''
Of South Caral:na arc ready TO declare vi
X,aiast The Enited 'srsee, wns published t
the wor1i by the Legislature Of ten Stale 9
least ono moth sircc. Our daily bule'is .
news by Telegraph fct two wecks has cure'
sled the efforts aud successcs Of sonlh ca:'
llna's envoy cxtrsordinary at Richmond. vi:
ID charged with the crrand of inoculat'!'
- Virginia with tile poison oG dsunion a'i
armed resistance to Tho authority Of Unite
Btatse.: Aud it is in the face Of these glarit'
facts that the President throws the arms |
the United States into thc h:..ds Ct tic c1:.
: zaies; Of the United SAtesl # au impeaci
>7uent will not liz against him FIR this act let !
learn tho reason why.
The Abolition olrEatcs to Charleston Il
ThsEh!caso Tzrss AND 1x1ncxE. In faEthezanes Of
<,onmnu Kerusittan eoot< 10 pesrnt tne spaaa1oa ~
p,uxtA> Ut taAst.on AttsuBls to dnefelt IONA iuf
ass < 1!oos ns!tk ~ y ssasrSSi r.. "a sres -
s1s rvt ID 4asnr u has heTcsy now Ibe % 1efs ~
p9.r.- nnct w4.r Eat4nt aza.nat u. !hey = ~ 5of
theoxh J.ttrfy gives htm GeoI lf ,on ~ oa foso|s
= .nf.n1 tl:ir pasl;ieo.-l lNt.Dft <11s Hey.1e'"
The statement. made BY the Register that II
editors Of tlis paper were once opposed to's
Wuuot Proyiso Is simply untrue. Will Il