The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-11-23

AMI 10 SldUery- Treatment of a Meth
odi| Clergyman and Lady al The South
Protrction ia The Erercise Of Consfiiu-
HOndi R'ghs Demanded.
IMPORTANT LETTER FROM REV. EDDY,
d. D., EDITOR OF THE NoTuwEsTERN CHRIS
TfAN ADVOCATE, TO PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.
Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN, President oG The
United STATES:
SIN There are times when tho humblest
citizen pay and should approach tho Chief
\ Magistrate with his cause. Such is tho pros
cnt. aud ] address YOU, not seeking any
office, nor interfering with the ordinary
questions which arc thrust upon your at
ton,ion. l writo as n mamher. u minister,
an officer of the McthodsI Episcopal Church
| You, sir, arc "a public functionary,'
charged with The highest responsibilities
and tho weighIicst duties. Tho mattors
desire TO lay before your Excclluncy affect
tho life, the liberty, the property of cur
poople. They affect thuir rights in tho now
States and Territories, for thcy must lead
30 practical solution of this question:
.7re the rights Of hhc citizens, uRHrr the Con
sHtutiOn 10 b. prOttcttd, or are they htid at
hr pleasure oj The mob
The history of tho people called Meth.
od SIS ls not unfamiliar to you, Tor 1t is a
part OF the history OF our country. We
nave been among tho pioneers Oi civilization
aud ChrlstiaEity. Oar clergy have been
| among the hrst III tho wilderness. They
have not waited until roads wcro made,
bridges Ouilt, homes erected, aud disabii-
llcs removed. lhey nave gone with tho
wo"dsihan, Troy have "ncamped win the
hunter, searched out tho cabin OF tho squat
ter, followed tho hnrdy miners OF the Pa
cltic into their gnlches, aud gone after the
lumborman INTO the incxhaustabIo pinorcs
SIR, we nave won the rlght oil EXISTENCE and
come to-day demanding protection IN the
exercise of our vested rights.
regret, sir that must writo this com.
mnnIca'ion no'e, while tho political excite
mcnt unaTolda6ly connected with Il Pres'
dental election is upon us, but there is no
alternative IL is question OF NE and
d'GM
VIII state
l. TUE GROUND WE OCCUPY.
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surcessf,i in ,be Sn,,bnr, S,aI.s hm, ,,osoi
bIy YOU NAV not havo observed that il was
thus successful as a drcidrd anil uncommon
ising 1ntr-siarrru s,rt. The prescnt anti.
slascrv tono of our ID sciplino and literature
is now no r.cw nttorance. Our fathers spoke
warmer words than wo. and the warmcst
came from slave territory. You will be
struck. sir. with the remarkable aprrcmcut
of their words with those of Washington.
Jrffurson. Madison. Franklin. md. if | mis-
take not. your own earlier spHkon or writ
ton sentiments. IL was known everywhere
that John Wesley ubhoircd slavery; that
be denounced tho ave trade as tho sum OF
all villainios, and yet Southern conferences
were organized under his direct supervision
In 1850, II conference held, not in Boston
nor even in New York, but in Baltimore. Oh
+ slave soil, said: Slavery is contrary to tho
law of man and nature. and hurilul to soci
! oty-contrary to The dictates of conscience
and religion" You will be told that our
church has become abolitionizod. Opon
our Discipline and read it. 1t says nothing
stronger than was said by that Southern
conference in 1850. 10 l754, Baltimore
again spoke, saying. I'VE view it slavery
as contrary to tho golden law of God-the
inaienablo rights of mankind. AS WELL As
EVERY PRINCIPLE OF TIE REVOLUTION" etc.
These nre mere spocimon ouota,jons but
tbev exn,oss the oarIy sentiment of Motb.
odism. Slavery was wong, and by religious
agencies TO be ext.rpatcd. Holding these
views, they spread everywhere through the
South. Thoy encouraged no instructions.
they stirred on no violence, they made nu
interference with State laws. Wo stand
upon the same platform, and hold similar
views. ..'....
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