Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-05-10

{" And il came to pass, when Ahab saw
El,nh, tha, Ahab said 20 him, Ar, thou he
that froEBlsu Iyrurl'' King, is;l1.
IL - easy to erIminate Others. On a
question where the origin Of evils in CON-
nunity Is inquired into, i, !, easy to say
that such one is guilty other than he who
makes the assertion. Thi. was the case N
the instance Of our text. There was trouble
in Israel. aud. as this asserts. Ahab the
king charges the maxim; OF It upon Elijah
the Prophet. .Tbe trouble was the heavy
pressure OF droush, in the land. This had
been prophesicd Of BY Elijah. and had then,
when he met AhAb, continued 80 long that
the brook. and grasses were dryei TO the
degree that the horse- and mules were IN
danger Of perishlug for the want Of susie
nance. This evil, toe king would wish 70
have IL Understood. was caused hy the
prophet. for the rrason manly tha; he
prophcsiel Of the drought that bad produced
II, We are notAwarc that the context gives
u. any other rcason more or les strong.
Besides the. trouble referred to. there have
been and .,ill aye other troubles ia the world.
There Is now trouble in our lAni-a heavy.
sore trouble. Il has existed ior years, in
forms and aspects more OF les threatening
TO the peace Of our wide community. i,
came upon u in eonneHion With African
slavery This has bccn REGARDED liferea,ly
BY Different persons by some with indiG,r-
nee, by some with disiAvOr by Others a. a
blessing. Those tiferen, views ani c.,ima
tons have generated earnest discussion.
almost everywhere among the pcople bit
Ter ant angry debates in COnsrss, ,ill a,
las, We are threatened with a heavy civil
war Already several States have scCedci
from the Union, and quite recently an at
tack has been made. BY the military force
OF those States upon the property Of the
Union. and blood has a5wed IRON tho-e en-.
S,ged 10 its deienee. ~ might have bccu
expected, thi. ha. caused grvat excitement
in ibe land. al over the North as well a.
The South. Ca this account now the query
may arise. who has produced this state Of
thing.? Soue ay the abolitionis,s have
produced it by asi,a,ins the suhjcei Of slave
cry, and stirring up by such means the
frenzy Of the slAveholIers But is tha, - >
Arc they really the guilty cause Of the
troable- prsyailiugF This isagraye charge
and ought to be well examined before il Is
reosiycd as true. n the abolitioni.,s. -
called. are guilty, il Is because they have
said OF done some thinss that are wrong, on
th.. matter But have they done or said
such thing. NJ this point, then, the AZ.
ditional question may properly be, wha,
thios. have they done or said -
And DO ihcsc make them the guilty agents
Of the 'roubles around u.s. Before We at
supt to settle these queric, a, any length,
/, may BE- well here 10 define the tenn abo-
liiopi.is. Thu. will help essentially in the
esori We shall make 20 throw clear light
On our subject some. then, are passing
under the designation jos, suggested, who
bold and teach that slavery, especially such
g. iha, a,:rry-eut existing IN the south, Is
wrong, aud ought everywhere, and At once
10 eea-c cIistence. In the States where j,
pow -. and where our national constitution
allows It, an instant end should come TO its
beng And then, in kcering with this,
Jet i, not b. suffered % 60 into the States
and territories where u j. not az Trv-ent.
Person. entertaining these sentiments. may
tily De- termed abJliii0ni,i. Such, how.
ever, ~ith u, are comparatively but les in
number There b. larger cl,s-, embracing
tho-c on the whole opposed % slavery, who
bold aud teach somewhat tiasrlntly from
ihese They hold and teach simply tina,
slavery should not De extended 70 places
where d, j. DOT AZ present. IL should be
confined 70 State, wherc il Is. anl where d,
has been allowed from the bcSnnir,s OF our
union a. compact II Satc-. Though an
evil. s,ill .hey iou', A.k 10 nedile with IL
in such limit. 1t the people within
them haze u, and manage i; a. ;heT please,
only 80 as DO, 10 trcsTass on the interests Of
tbe other sister States ~ it. means. The
persons hollIn: these views, by way o! lis-
tipcii1n from those above named, may BE-
sily termed anii.slayery men. Now the
question may be, what have these done OF
taught that should trins upon them justly
the charge Of beins the guilty cause y. The
troubles a. present. s1is'in; IN our land.
] inquire concerning these Is being one OI
them my-slf, and because being much ih'
larger par; Of ,ho-e opposed To slavery 'hey
ere probably referred TO in the charge aoo',
suggested. What now, | repeat i; again,
have these done to make them justly de>erv'
log this charge? The as-scr may be given
in ies words. They have simply discusscl
the suhpc, of slavery. < nerAlly, # not N
every instance, just. calmly, snl fairly
argued rs character before the people.
They never encouraged any violence in the
free toward the slave States. putting down
slavery in the latter by iorSe. They. as 4
body. At least, never Abet,ed insurrcctiOu
among the slaves. or sOushi TO get Access iC
them with design Of trying to make iheu
uneasy II sheir situation while being helC
in bondage. Their business has been alto
eeiber With the master and the free CON
pahiiy gsns,a!ly within and outside Of ih'
limits Of slavery. Viewing It TO be grea
evil in itself. anl working soc.al. indGssria
And moral iniirv up,n Ali concerned ia IN