The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-03-06

Dyke 10 knit by the Spirit and Word of God, as
The soul Of Jonathan TO DaVid-srant il the
nghti anehaienged BY man, to go and root It.
self wherever PrOvidence and nature may cur
~ ia Accepting the advice Of this follower
OF one who came to proclaim liberty 10 the cap.
tive, ond the opening OF the prison doors 70
them that are bound, repeal our Personal Liber-
ty Bills, un Ill, wherever the stars and stripes
are seen to wave. there shall be no hiding pl aes
for the flying tugitives; pui ihtn our creeds and
confessions OF tain h, as the first fundamental
principle OF all true religion, the doctrine ths,
slavery II right and denuunce, us the mos,
dampable Of all damnable heresies the helieI
that IL is sinful and morally wrongj Law the ysr1
foundations Of our churches upon the crushsd
and bleeding body Of the slave, and eennent
them with his blood; declare every church not
founded upon this rock and not adornej win a
saveholding ministry and membership a mere
coneiaVe OF fanatics, and not worth a arihing
candle Then will the souls Of those eminent
evangelists of slavery and disunion Drs Thorn.
well and Palmer, be made TO sing for low. and
the hope OF svanyelizing the world (the North
lncludedl once more dart It's cheering
beams into the darkness OF their present de.
spending and discouraged condition. That de-.
lectable community which she has wandered
bringing those evangelists OF the slaye.,rade
DR.. McVicars and Rev. NJ. Prentiss with her.
agitation will cease. quiet will be restored. and
peace Will plant her olive UPON the hills; Kinc
Cotton will ascend the throne from winch he
has been cast down; our mort hern summers will
be made brlghtb by visits from our southern friends
and their bands of happy slaves; our winters
less cherries by the hope of their return
Surely. we are all ready! Who couid refuse
such requests from piols lips, with the promise
OF such blessngs1
Slavery affirm, is the cause ofthe strife that
agltates and the danger shat threatens our coun-
tryi TINS every wise man knows, and every can
did man coniesses to be true. The strife will
cease the danger will be avertod when the last
letter has fallen from the last slave, and liberty
proclaimed throughout all the land 10 all the
lhhabtlnls thereof, and not till then. Build
your house rpon the 1eeting sand land hope
that, when the rains descend, and the storm
beats, and the floods come, it wi II not fall
Make your home on the slopes of Vesuylus. and
expect that ii will not be rocked by the earth
quake, or swept by the fiery flood, when it rolls
tr ON its burning crest; but do not expect that a
naton can have peace which ensiaves mems
that kingdom will tand which violates God;
law; that people can prosper who spoil the poor
and cypress the Stranger; that you can avert
ihe wrath of Heaven with sermons against
abolihonism, or thrn back the arm of the AL
mighty when II is stretched Out with prayers in
which there is no confession of guilt, or prom
lse OF repentance toward God; or that your com
promises and exhortatiOns to peace will avail,
when Jehova rides forth upon the whirlwnds
when "the Lord thunders in the heavens and
the Highest gives his voice, halls tones and coal
oil fire."
But has slavey been the meek and quiet lamb
du ring hese years which its apologists would
have us beileVef They would make one think
that the terrible lion Of anti .say 4ry had stood
with his tremendous paw upon its neck, with
open Jaws, blood red tongue, gIarIng eyes, and
erect name ready al any momenl 10 say and de-
YOUR, while the meek creature did nothing hut
bleat out pteous suppiications for lc | affirm
that slavery has been the aggressive power and
that. Shareholders have accomplished by their
own madness what abotionlsts without their
assistance, would have tailed to effect. There
is painful misrepresentation of facts through
out Mr.. Van Dykes discourse which we must
IN kindness conclude is the result OF a pitiabe
| ignorance ot The history OF events. | can con-
ceive how u man who has read nothing but the
Herald, or the Observer, or some OF their
echoes, might reach such conclusions as those
stated under this fourth head, but | can not con-
ceive how a man abreast of the times, or having
any tolerable acquaintance with the history OF
the last twenty years, conId make such state
ments-l affirm that slavery has been the ag-
gressur, and that the victory has generally been
upon that side. In proof Of this appeal
To the speeches OF all the leading men of the
South, from Calhoun to Wiga in Congress,
snd upon the hustlngs, to the tone oi her In flu
entlai press with which, thanks 10 the honesty
and candor of the ''Anti-Slavery Standard"
we are pretty familiar.
10 the Imprisonment by South Carolina, of
tree citizens OF Mas sachusettS guilty oil no or ime
but coicred skin, their selling into slavery to
pay their Jail fees, and Punishment from the
state OF the legal gentleman, Mr. Hoar, who
had procee'od thither for the purpose OF endea
Vorlng to obtain justice tor them by an appeal
TO the courts.
To the admission of Texas into the Union,
and the consequent war with Mexico, in winch
lie and trea sure were lavishly expended in
der to add additional slave territory toour al
ready too much extende' domain.
10 the enactment oi that infamous Fugitive
| Slave
to obedience to Gods law, and the plainest die
tates OF humanity, and visits with heavy pun
lshnents the performance ol duty which nine
ty-nlne out oil every hu ldred will discharge, the
law TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
10 he repeal o. the Missouri compromise, a
measure proposed by Douglas, then plant,
now a cas- t-otf, TOOL OF the Slave Oligarchy, and
carried by Southern yotes-v0tes ot the very
men now talking about sacred compacts, and
that too when not single compact which the
North has ever been, or proposed TO be VIC ated.
10 the attempted assassin ctien Ut Charles
Sumner, the nobest Roman OF them all" up.
on the floor OF the Senate chamber, by southern
bullies.
10 the atrocious Dred Scott decision, ma.
King slavery national, and freedom local; cap.
ping the climax OF all judicial iniquity by the
declaration tnat black men never were, are lot
and cannot be citI2ens, and have no rights
which white men are bound 10 resgeGt
10 the teHIDle scenes enacted upon the plain
| OF Kansas, until 1t was thoug the seven
| plaques OF Egypt lad been mingled with tn
seven vials VI Apocalyptic wrath, aud poure
| out upon that unhappy territory.
| 10 the banlsbment vi Tree peopfe, white and
| go loIed. irtn S0Luein St8lts, toeeher with
the whlppings, hangings, and burnIngs which
have 30 aroused the northern mlnd curing The
| past year.
In hne, to the whole history of the conflict in
| which TINS despouc power mas been attempting
- seZe the Government and control 1t Tor tue ac;
conpishment OF its own inernal designs.
l has is my answer to the charges, arguments
statements, and perversons OF this remarkable
scouise, discourse which marks the lowest
! point that The northern pulpit has ever reached.
ret rejoice that II has been preached. IL will
open bilnd eyes, and its own retutation where
my words can never reach. Moreover am
| renewed at ihe thought that We have touched
DottCm--thefe Is surely no lower deep. do not
| expect 10 hear the slave trade advocated, even
| by Mr.. Van Dyke--at any rate not in brooklyn;
as 10 what he would do in Charleston, l am not
| SO positive; however this may be, from this point
we must certainly ascend--renain stationary
| we cannot.
But, am asked, what is my remedy tor pres
| entevlls! When a man who has manned him-
sell IN an attempt TO take his own lie, asks me
what an going TO do about itf my reply will
be, exceedingly regret your folly and wicked
ness, put mus decline assuming any resp0nsl-
bllity tor the act, while declaring my read mess
10 40 allln my power t0 benefit and relieve
him.
My remedy is, to stand firm, refuse all COM
promise, do our Whole duty, tilnk speak, act,
Just as at other times, and leave the men who
make the uou0ie 10 Iurnlsn the remedy; imldl-
W, not hrmness, has Deen the curse OF every
great ana good cause in whice it has been per-
united to eater #a .f3w.
Be patent, lorbearing, forgiving, kind. this is
Chrlst-tlke, is divine; seek the best interests
The highest good--oi all; but do not swerve
hairs breadth from the path II duty, ior the sake
OF avertlng evils when, like the stone of 5lsyd
phus must evermore return 70 the plague an
llUlest US. t
AS Nelson said at Trafalgar, !'EugIand ex-
UeGlh GYHrV do h.aru ~ % Ihn