The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-01-23

! trine in works Of fiction, and then, 20 sustain
the creation Of its fancy. has attempted 10 un-
derpin il with an naccumulation offHets. These
facts are collected in precisely the way have
described. The statute books Of slsveholding
States are searched, and every wrong enact
ment cnllated, newspaper reports Of cruelty and
crime on the part Of wicked IN sters are treas
ured up and classified; all the outrages that
have been perpetraied 'by lewd fellows Of the
baser Sort" OF whom there are plenty both
North AID South, are eagerly seized and record.
ed. and this mass OF viIeneSs and filth collected
IRON he Kennels and sewers of society, il put
forth faithful exhibition ofslaveholding. Senators
in AZ aIhe iorum, and ministers in the pulpit,
diStil this raw material into the more refined
slander that Southern society il essentially bar.
barous, and that slsvehelding had its origin in
hell" Leglslatre hodies enact and re enact
statutes which declare that slaveholding Is such
an enorinu US crime that il Southern man, un
der the broad shield or the constitution, and
with the decisions OF the Supreme C"urt oi
ths country in bis hand, shall come within
their jurisdiction, and set No claim TO 4 fusi.
tiss slave, he shall be punished with f1ne Of
81 700 and fifteen years imprisonment. This
method OF argument his continued until multi
tudes Of honest Christian PEOPLE IT, this and
other lands believe that slavehold,ng is the sin
ofsIns--ihe sum ofall villanies. Let rue illus
trate this by an incident in my own experience
A few years since | took from the centrc- table
Of Christ in family in Scotland, BY whom |
had been most kindly entert lined, book en-.
titled Life and Manners in America" On the
blank lea! was an inscription stating that the
hook had been hestowe upon one ofthe chill
dren of the family as reward Of diligence in
inCf nj pCa
was picture ofa man OF fierce coIntenance
heating naked woman, The contents OF the
book were protessedly compiled from the testi
rnony ofAmercans upon the Suhje't OF slavery.
dare not quote IN Tins place the extracts which
made in nv memorandum. IL will he sufti-
cent to say that the book ssserts az undouhsed
facts that the banks oi the Mississippi are studied
with iron gal0ws Tor the punishment ot slaves;
that in the city of Charleston the bloody block
on which masters cut of the hands of disobedi
servants may he seen in the public squares; and
that sins against chastity are common and un
rehuked in professediy Christian families.
| Now, in my heart did not feel angry at the
author OF that hook nor at the school teacher
who bestowed it upon his scholar, for in Chris
tian charity gave them credit for honesty in
the case; but. standing there stranger among
the martyr memories OF that glorious land to
which my heart had 30 often made its pilgrim
age, did feel that you and l. and every man
in America, was wronged by the revilrrs OF
their native land, who teach foreigners that
hanging and cutting off hands, and he ting wo
men, are the characteristics of our lie and man.
nerS.
| But we need not 20 to foreign lands for
proof that aboitionism has carried on its war
| fare by the 'angnage OF abuse. The annual
meeting OF the American Anti-siaverv Soiety
brings the evidence 10 our doors. We hav
been accustomed to lau III at these ven,l ex
hihitions Of aticiSn, not thinking, perhaps,
that what was fun for US was working death to
car brethren whose property and reputation We
are bound 10 project. The fact a. we have
suffered fire to be built in our midsr whose
spark have been scattered fat and wide; and
now, when the smoke OF the conf leratinn com s
hack TO blind our eyes and the heat oft begins
to scorch our industrial and commercial inter
ests, it will not do for to say that the utterances
0I that society are the the rawlings Of fana cal
| and insignificant lew, for the men who compose
1t are honored IN our midst with titles and Of
fees.
Its president is a chief justice Of the State Of
New Jersey. The ministers who have thrown
over its d,ings the sanction Of onr holy religion
are quoted and magnititd all over the land as
the representative men OF the age; and the man
VINO stood up in its deliberations, in the year
1852, and exausted the vocabulary OF abuse
upon the compromise measures, and the great
statesmen who framed thm, is now Judge in
our courts. and the guardian OF our lives and
our property.
it will doubtless be said that the misrepresen-
tations and abuse have not ueen confined, IN
the progress OF this unhappy contest, to the
abnlionists Of the N rtt; that demagogues and
self-seeking meu at the South have been vio.
lent and abusive and thai newspapers prnfesSed
lynn the interests of the South, with a spirit
whi"h can he characterized as little less than
dlabolcal, have circulated every scandal in the
most aggravated and irritating 70 tn But sup
pose all this be granted what then? Can
Chr stian men Justify or pilliate the wrah b and
evil speaking which are at their own doors, by
pointing to the retaliation which It has provok
ed from their nelgbors? If were preaching
to day to Southern au 'icnce it would b. my
duty, and trust God would give me grace To
perform it, to tell them of their sins in this
matter; and especially would it be my privilege
as minister ofthe G G'spel ofpeace "A privilege
from which no false views Of mBnhood should
prevent me-to exhort and besech them as
brethren. | would assure them that there are
multitudes here who still cherish the memory
OF the nattle fields and council chambers where
our fathers cemented this Union Of States, and
who still stand oy ihe compact of the Consti-
tuition to the utmost extremity.
| would tell the thousands Of Christian min
islers, among whom are some o: the brightest
ornaments OF the American pulpit, and the tens
of thousands Of Christian men and women to
wards whom, while the love Of Christ burns in
my heart can never grow cpld, that il they will
only be patient and hope to the end, all
wrongs may be rightsd Therefore, would
beseech them not to put great gulf between
ms and cut Oft the very opportunity for recon.
ciliaton upon an honorable basis. by revolu
tion whose end no human eye can see. But,
then, | am not preaching at the South.
stand here. at one ofthe main fountain heads OF
the abuse We have compla ned Of.
| stand here to rebuke this sin, and exhort
the guilty parties to repent and forsake tit
is magnanmous and Christlanlike for those rom
whom the first provocation came To make the
first concessions.
The legislative enactments which are in opsn
and acknowledged violation of the Constitu ion
and whose chiet design is to put stigma upon
slaveholding. must and will be repealed. Truth
and justice will ultimately prevail; and Gods
blessi and the hlossing OF generations yet IN
born will rest upon that party, IN this unhappy
contest who first stand forth to uter the Ian
guage ot Cancellation Id proffsr the olive branch
OF peace. The great lear Is that rerras ton will
come too late; bu oaer or later it will come
Abnlitonisin ought o and "ne day will ch nye
the mode OF 1t, warfare and adopt a new w
cabnary. beIeve Ia ths li''erLy Of the y, es,
and IN freeion OF spsecn, but | do n1i believe