The national Republican., 1862-04-14
Gscsure By DR.. tintoa.

Rev. Francis Vipton, D. D., tett6r Of frifity
Church. New York. man whose !etutti9n
h'sb, delivered one Of The lree lectures ths
Smithsonian courss last Friday, evening, on
The Philosophy Of the War. of the Oause and
Cure Of the Rebelhon." Eschewihg the radical
AID impassicned declsthation sdcIEed by soihe
"l the recent speakers on, THAI platform, Or.
V. prooeeded, In y calm and logical manner,
to discuss the grounds on which the rebel
leaders pretend N justi secession, TIL ssS she
said. we're mainly three. the right ofresola-'
HG s %ppssfns 70 5 r Ss.s Ss
rebels arroganty claim position parallel TO
thai Of our voltitionsry forefsthers, and de-.
mand u recognition by the Powers Of Europe on
similar grounds. But n sufficient rAply TO this,
Is the fact that our ancestors simply claimed,
as British subjects, the right of representation,
IN connection with taxation, and had no In.
tention Of revolving, until they wore gOaded TO.
II BY the disregard of their petitions for re.
drese, and the harsh and oppressive measures
Of ths government. The righs Of revolution 10
nowhere recognized until all legal and peace.
able means have Failed, and hspce, is imPosst::
bic under our form OF gOyernnlents wlncb, by
and the provision in the Constitution for It's own
amendment. affords safeguards for popular lib.
erty entirely unknown in any other nAtioni-I
Up TO the l2lh OF April. 1881, when the war
zen Of the seeded States could assert that ths
taOksd. aud hence their rebellion wasruttsrly
inexousable ls 800. ,rl,piaF -. "'arr ~
With regard 70 ths i dgstsi9s !, 9! t,sts 'oye..
he hsId that a State might pullity ispA not sqf
Congress which II deemed unconstitutional, he
utterly repudiatea the idea That any, Stats
could sbrogAte the Consultation itsof. The fact,
en,rsy Ssr n. RI S
against tierIgta If aryiof thsIn - withdraw
from II, when they. had expressly, agreed that
y should Ss 9s sgsn,e lay q !hs land "any
In" iar.seeing Webster, With almost the PRO.
rhet,G eye OF Daniel OF old had pointed ont
tho inevitable growth Of the doctrine Of State
rights into the porniciOus one Of State sovorr
eighty, ending In secession and treason. -
As to the plea which ia SO 'unblushingly put
f'rwsrd.the preservation Of the "peculiarh m.
sttuton '--he WAS willing toladnit thxt thgre
was nothing inherently wFo2g ln ths simple re-
lapnn 81 mAsssr and slave; Y wAs not only rreT
Jews. and by Christ and his apostles. 4 But, 10
this case, tho obligation betwesn master and
slave was mutual; they were, so to sneak, ser.
wants I" each other. and the slave, 1ikeA child,
WAS regarded as a. member Of the ,hmjly and
the chosen race; and the master not only hid
no right to, separate him from bis family, but
not even to enlaaoipdta him, unaass Il we're Eyr
tho slaves own benefit. But whom this relation
involves, as In the system Of AmaricRn slavery,
The privileges of education, y sunderiug Of all
domestic ties at the will of the owner, and q
ruthless disregard Of the finer feelings Of M
manity; when lhe chastity Of woman and the
placad al thepmsrGy of; lswless masters, and
The whole system becomes an irresponsible
despotlsnn, the, common sense Of mankind re-
volts At the monstrous assumption, and Nm A.
fam nd a. ,nh, nri
PIES, At this sae'of the world, Dan ox0its only
"'NsT ao quoted fra@ tss sritipss Of 1eusrsou 10
prove the baneful effect Of our, slavery on the
ruing .class themselves; making them, even
while children, passionate, insubordinste, and
impatient "f contradiction, and uniting them,
by the possession of absolute power, to. become
peacoablo subjects OF n republican government
And ssf Ss.s Sf c,ss.y EsnassnS ss e
"fsIded God. He showed how these dsclsSs.
tons Of the great statesman had been verified
by tha tiiibustsring attempts Of the South ,opl.
mnating in tho present atroctoas rebellion,
The question now arose as 10 the cure OF the
rebellion, which should be first, he said leadsu
pills, administered In allopathic doses. as our
army was now doing al no West. Then, as
slavery was proved to be ths Irritating ,capAe
Of the disease, Immediate lGsisLres should DO
taken for its abolition, not only IA the pistriot,
but in all the border States, ah 'o' as pra0ii,
cable, and some plan de vised for gradual emsn.
cipation III al 'the States Above all, never
must Il possibility again occug, through the
working qf THIS .,raitafohs element, " com
citizens or troops of any State In the Union.
Mover must e'have u repetition of the 10th Of
April, 1861. III 10 be rsgrettedlthat every ons
uf our clergyrnen who have recsntly placed
SS%s hS sss 's aS 81 a q Ss listened Nsfn q fss e
neply ,At.ppalr asdtrsSs ttam. their eloquent
EpisGapk@An brothers,, u EauauA. auI !. uiasxV