Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-04-06

half way to slavery. He alluded to Ne efforts
made in Boston to mob the first forator of
America, Boston born and Bostompred.
people who will stand that are ready7to bow
themselves to any yoke their masters may
prepare for them.
Still another step in this decline was seen'ln
the reading books prepared for our sabbaNl
schools Eleven hundred doctors of divinity
have consented not to look upon slavery as
sin. They have put out five millions OF tracts
and five hundred thousand books under the
auspices of their society, in not one line OF the
whole of which has the idea of freedom en-
tered Can a religious training and lnstruc-
ton like that be had, and not debauch our
religious sentiment and make sycophants OF
its pupils A little tract prepared by Mr. Cal
laudet contained one little word condemnng
the Egyptian slavery of the time Of Joseph,
1t was a history OF Joseph. But because OF
that word the line was stricken out, and the
book suppressed by an association that had
three million children under its instruction.
A generation brought up like this would be
ready to bow down to Baa. There are not a
few in northern cities, oday, who are invent
ing u new gospel they are manufacturing
new Christ, as unlike the Christ of the New
Testament us the darkness is unlike the light;
setting up God who has one system OF laws
for one portion of his children, and another
entirely different for the rest. Bible, God,
Christ, Christianity are all to be made sub
servient to slavery. He alluded to our school
books, as in times gone by containing many
a speech for freedom, but had been told that
in all the school books in the northern states
prepared during the last ten years, not line
was to be found against slavery. The book
hucksters, who make books TO sell, know what
is necessary. lie was happy to think that if
true of the school books, it might not be OF
the teachers. We have not seen and noticed
this degeneracy, it has been coming so gradu-
ally.
He alluded to the 4th of July, which formerly
was celebrated by words of kIndlng patriot
ism, but now has degenerated to fire.crackers
and pic-nics
He then went on to speak severely of the
logic that while it denies the right of one state
to withdraw voluntarily, declares the govern
ment to have no power to prevent it. In this
logic he saw one of the prin :ipal reasons of the
decline of patriotism. In the southern CON
federacy no such logic is known and if they
had traitors, they would not hesitate to hang
them.
Why is it so difficult to decide anything
1t is because the authorities know there is no
great patriotism in our country upon which
they can rely. With all the south and half
the north against against them, what can they
do?
Do l despair of the republic? MOI mol
We are not so soon to declare to the world that
the idea of self governments Utopian. Why,
the Hebrew nation existed for three hundred
years before it foolishly asked for a king. So
of Greece and Rome, which existed long years.
Switzerland, perched upon her mountains,
lives to-day. Our republic is not to die. We
are to rise stronger and more republican for
this partial fall. A French writer has said,
"God has made the conditions of nation
success and prosperity a great deal harder
than men are disposed to thick." He has.
He demands continual sacrifice and watcful'
ness. And every nation has had its period of
decline. England has many times been desc
lated by civil war; twice under the Stuarts,
but every time the people rallied, and rose
stronger than before SO France has now
eleven landed proprietors where she had but
one two centuries ago. Russia, a compare
lively new nation, the 18th of last month
started the freedom and intellectual elevation
Of her serfs and Italy, bound now two centu-
ries under despotc sway, ruffied only few
years by the cry of freedom--her love of liber
ty and aspiration for glory can not be sup
pressed, and onward she goes, promising
speedily to be free. Will this republic-the
noblest, best educated in the world, with all
her past prosperity fall behind? Are we going
10 fall When these others are rising v,
never never! Let the south take their
slavery, and we our liberty. Let us, if we
must, divide peaceaby, and will abide thesI
decision. Let the contrast be made and God /
speed the right Let us have no fraternaI
strife Ii there be not strength enough to
maintain the government, let us go different
ways. He saw in the future death to slavery
and oppression, ard triumph for the cause of
freedom and progress. For such a consum-
NATION we should continually offer up our
prayets. -