Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-15

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or retard their usefulness.
Thereby are endorsed the policy aud principl,
Of alien enemy, which have been and are intend
ed TO be pursued in violation Of he Constellation, b
deVastG0R Of section Of the c0untrg and che SAD
jUgatiOa of our brethren and friends Of the SIS {
churetes of ihe South. The very idea must b
foreign TO the sentiments Of true SOutheruer, an
repulsiVe 10 every friend Of humanity justice, au
evil and religious liberty What are we to expec
from the kindlings Of the dread fires Of subiugstiou
despair and DEATH Will LOT the fond sntlci patton
Of buoyant hope Of freedom and happiness be Gu
off forever? Will not the dearest aspirations Of ID
heart be quenehed in eternal ruinS Aad will no
the lodgings Of the soul for liberty aud ihdepen
dsnce be hushed in oblivion and forzstfulness? Tn
rea setien is hsartreRding every christian patriot
Il cannot and must not be We cannot weleom
the dismal shadows Of suhjugsfi0a spread over on
! country. We cannot suffer the victorious tread .
| foreign, abolition hoard 10 polute our soil W,
| eapRst slow them TO come upoa Us, desolaie ol
homes, close our churches, murder cur families arG
/ destroy al that We hold dear on earth.
The results OF the policy and course Of action 70
ferrsd to are aPpa.ing to sostempIste. These rs.
suits lTaeeable 70 he principles Which have bssr
! sgoEed by many Northern churches are Legitimate
consequence Of Dist desPseated sectional prejudice
| and party strife which have marked the course Of
those who have psndersd 10 the worst passions OF
men, for selfish purposes. We should regard them
in all N ir leading features
/. evil Ddr has been inaugurated, and our
Northern bre.bren have been lending their eucour-
sgement TO it. Their armies are now on and around
US, in such NUMBERS have not been before Wit
messed on this Continent We have seen them mar
shslling upon our Northern frontier. We hear the
OF teeir artillery, ike the howl Of distant thur
der il bellows through the deep mountain eorgep
falling on the ear like mai vengeance with impeno-
Jag ruin We the CLEAN Of their muskstry
gsiening in the sunbeam, with hJrTid charges like
the urid glare Of heavens red artillery il ashes
athWart the sky-passihg IS the mighty tempest
With fearfsH dssolst0n sweeping in its course Ani
IN VindicatiOn Of our civil religious liberties,
aud for the protection Of families and hresides
we have beea forced 20 accept The gage of battle
and appeal TO the Lord Of Host the GJd Of battles
that be may shield us in the day Of conflict, Up.
hold US With the right hand or his power aud grant
unto u.s. that We, being delivered OF the hand OF
our ensmies, might serve him without fear in hOi-
ness and righteousness before him, sll the days Of
our hfe ."
2 Our intsresarss With our Northern brethren hs.,
been closed, and the cooperation Of various de-
partmenis Of christian behifceaes divided snd re-
tsrded al home and cut of from abroad. The ef.
feos appalling upon the various interests Of the
church. Oar missions in China, Sian, Africa aud
other fields under the control Of and supplied By
ministers from our Southern churches are for thu
present cut of. So Of other efforts and missions Of
domestic character. From the ChoetaW mission
our Northern brethren have withdraw their aid ~
they would thereby be Withholding 9 pittsnos from
people recognizing the right of properly in slaves
If they withhold their efforts 10 convert 3 savage,
this plea, their association vita our Southern
churches cannot be cordial or sincere. The care OF
this and other Southern Indian Missions must be
now cast on our Southern churches, which have IN
DISTRACTED Intercourse with them.
An alienation Of sentiment aud feeling be-
tween different sections Of the country has also
been consumated, with the responsibilities which
.aL
ties has been dissolved. A mighty fabric hus fa-
len, breaking up its thousand dependencies in th
league Of States, connection Of churches, sRd CO.
operation Of benehcenee A people once united
sRd happy, and church once in pleasant chris
tian fellowship, are now divided and separated IN
hate. Deep must be the conclusion Of these results
Fearful ls the responsibility which attaches 10
enlargement resulting in murder and rapine, with |
ruin spread over the land, aud desOlatiOn ia every
heart AppalliRg is the account, as We remember |
the happy scenes Of caristiOn association, when |
memory calls back upon the days Of eonfding IN !
IN abOrs OF christian love and benef- I
cence, all suBdered forever. And hesvy must be |
the retributOn, as recall those golden moments
in "Reminiscences Of home with friends and loved |
ones clustering about that hearth-st0ne, hallOWed
in memory ADD rendered sacred by thousand ties |
which bound our souls in christian sympathy sad |
love, now torn from our embrace.
A. The means of christian usefulness have bsen |
sulting fem this policy. National bankruptcy has /
been the necessary sequeI ee Of every important
war, in which the masses Of the people and Inc pub
lie treasure have been called into active military
service. Austria is involved in National bankrupt-
~, India is being dssOlaled with famine, and the 1
national integrity Of TuTky is the verge OF ruin
And though t may hope thai our national resour-
,es, undeF Had Providence whose haRd We think /
may be seen in our behalf msy be the means for
bur relief from many Of she caismties; still We feel
md spprehend muSh depression in the resources Of
he church for good.
B. Cur ciVa and religious liberty has been cIrtailsd
By the course which we have seen called upon to
approve, settled principles Of government have
been disregarded; powers, denied By sole IN sdjud-
salon, have been exercised rights guaranteed by
he constitution and guarded by every department
IF government, have been violated; the liberty Of |
.he cit zen, which is the motive power Of govern
nent, hiss been denied; the Independence of The
state, upon which our republican institutions de-
pended, has been subTeFted; sud acts, unknown in
civilized warfare and which would put the ferooty
If q savage TO blush, have been perIs rated. The
light Of petition aud the freedom Of conscience, Of
ipeech and Of prayer have been suppressed The |
Tooe that would be raised for the peace Of the eoun>
ry, and the prayer which would be uttered that we
night be delivered ''from blood guilIiness," are
lushed in 8 reign of terror. 4 military depotism
has been insugursled, and the martial tread Of Fed
srsl forces, with the most Illuminating subjugation
nave been upon neutral soil and against those who
lsked for peace. Denied every just and honorable
We nave been regarded as rebels
treated IS traitors, and hanted doWa IS outlaws
Has our escuteheon been tRrnished we can wipe out
The blot and redeem il but disregard the
blood which has and will be shed in this fratreidsl
war The last vesise of liberty is attempted to be
cut off the last ray Of hope for freedom Of con-
science be bletted cut, and the last Southern star
ipon once bright galaxy Of States has set in
IuhjugatioB and ruin, or been torn from its folds
The uprising Of the people is for the defence Of
rights, in which the church. by the so
lion referred TO- is deeply interested spirit for
The at ainment Of religious freedom aud the rights
Of conscience, is abroad in the world We see MS
foot prints upsn two continents in The realities OF
human experience. We see it clothed in the in
Bignia Of freedom aud ssnotifed by its privations
and daring achievements the handmade Of q free /
church Ii is lit up by blaze Of christian symDa-
thy stretching slOag its pathway, like some
herald Of peace, pointing to the haven Of free
dom, peace, and happiness 1t has struggled on,
ana blazsd win steady light, through the fall Of
inqusitioRs and the wreck Of empires in sublimesG
grandeur. And we pray that it may Ontinae 10
burn on, uutil each one may Worship God under |
his vine and fig tres in peace and that the old
bsrque, freighted With human Jerty shall ride /
safely upon the last Of time, until in its last
stroke we may view from the mount Of human hap
piness the last battle fought for freedom and hear
the last vail Of the dOWntrodden soothei 10 peace
AID quiet forever.
Some Of cur Northern brethren, committed 10 the /
course referred to, think that NE cannot be
3 church, nor maintGin cur ma.
Lionalty as people. 10 this 10 exhibited another