Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-05-08

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Commentaries, the study Of which made
Thomas Benton an Abolitiouist' These,
with hundreds Of their cotemporaries, were
were representative men of the South-an
condemned s~lavety as an evil. |;
Need we Dpame Franklin, Hamilton, Chief
Justice JAY Adsms, Hancock, Ames, Otis,
General Warren, Lafayette, Governor
Morris, RogSE Sherman, Ellsworth, &C.,
&c ,-Sy MtsSUf tho North, with hosts
of the reyoldkolmry Fathers-sll Adolf
tions.
Among the Ministers Of religion, we
I might name every father and founder OF the
Methodist Church ; and, with few excep-
tons, all thu leading MINISTERS of that
J Church down to the present day, except in
of their sympathizers-if, indeed, such
( THUG can be fSund. Shall we name Wesley,
! Asbury, Coke, Watson, DIR. Adam Clark?
! What one Of all the Fathers, in Europe and
/. America, was not an Abolitionist? Yes,
. the Church has lifted her testimony against
slavery, alwaysi; and till now, as Il stands,
: in bold relief, IN her Discipline. t
e In such company, and with such names,
Q we thank God, we arc not ashamed to stand
identified. And while standing behind such
q rampant of Vulnerable names, your fec
bic old PriamIayrows can harm no one.
And, my brpther, you ought to remember
If ever you knew-that the very best men
Of our revolutionary fathers were members
of Abolition ocieties; and some Of them
practical euAAcipationsts, for conscience,
y. Benjamin. ffshrlin was President Of the
ID Pennsylvania Abolition Society, which had
ne many Auxiliary Societies through the State.
b. There were twenty-five Abolition Societies
4. in the State Of Virginia. in a meeting of
q, one ofthem held in Fairfax g. H., Virginia
ut George Washington sat as President. Was
K George q "ToagJf aced. hupocrite, Pharsee'F
cts All, noble Sir We are proud of him.
Of Did he believe-'Abotition and Union can
not erst IN tic same nlind--they are as OPP
RS posite as good and eriT'P His mind was
lc- Some mems minds are too small-little
be souls How unlike the great Washington
who freed all his slaves-The great Frank.
he lin who never owned ,one-And the greal
Wesley who, for conscience sake, never
er- would own one
10 We need not stop here to say what any O.
ip- these great Ind good men, men Of large
on minds, have said against slavery and for it
er, Abolition. They have said, and they have
written mpehs with which men Of more thar
not one idea are well acquainted. And, m!
ave Brother, !sntseat you, expand your. min'
do by reading little OF the record of thes
zen men. You may then be convinced tina
ros. minds have been that did really contain boil
uty "Liberty and, Union. And then, too, a
to least the shadow Of these two ideas ma.
low penetrate your own mind.
in When we heard you were about to tax
heir charge of the Gazette we were glad, espec
and ally, because We hoped from your Christia
rvs character that that journal would no longe
iers DO a vehicle of talsehood, SANDER and To-
hat yulgarity--a hre-brand in the communit,
lich kindling the strife Of unprincipled party,
airy, che damage Of our country and its peace
and to the comfort and encouragement
rebellion.
We were deceived. Instead Of man
thought, and dignified reasoning and chas
i. and truthful discus sion, we find weekly SIX
~senseless filings, against men and principles
with which you dare not grapple in genera
/ ofl debate-asrexemplifed in the following:
Abolition ~ but a syaonym Of epi2 a,
Il darkaess-it as tie Uery fountain from NH
has has spy,4.a ULA msadipt1d joAies that are d
the iugiag o,ploape peaceful and happy count
tate 10Th Jrateraat Lood.n
,ha And this from a Christian pen! III
/ In from a proiessed son of John Wesley
The Such bold charge should have some col
,o,o of fact for its foundation. And a Christi
held shouiu De the iaSt nan 70 Imoricatc hurt
this charges IN tho aosenco vi an specihS"'i 10
history of the Abolition of slavery il I
SEN barren Of facts. To any intelligent man fit
Gov edit a newspaper these facts are familiar,
ID by But you dead them as you do Aboliti,
'tion, ISM, anu then. ig"pIe them, ana aeal IN o.
tne fearlesslystand aloof.
Iadiz And now. my Brother, for truths sal
|, or will you candidly and truthtully answer
following questions?
~ In what OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
or land, hes The Abolition Of slavery g
h0e1 with, Iraternai Hood'? Where ha
been the yery fountain Of tollies'--"
beech synonym Of cyl and darkness VIII
ucky. mas ~ pesn7evn TO inc Save, OF inc aias,
ntion Gomnnn,ant ~ to tbn Cbmrch and cams.
this religion, or to any interest or anybody
t: Were? We have a right to expect
\ nc posted--yeg, armor-clad with facts
"a enr figures here, Where are your facts? w
Dhtch are your figures?
os Has the States OF Vermont, Massac
;sf sets, New York, Pennsylvania-any on
the States suffered evil or blood-shcd Fl
their abolition of slaveryP We know y,
offset here. The slaves were comparati,
few in these States. Then, again, we
what blood JrdteTndt what evil
any kind has resulted from emancipatio,
IN We the West Indies? What in jamaica
arged Barbadoes--in Antigua--in Hayti or
one Of all those Islands? And the facts
o~..as patent TO Intelligent inquiring men.
'i"0s Slaves have been smanoipated whore
l what were not one to n score Of the whites. L
d par. have been freed where they were the 0
article Ewhelming majority--from two to ton to
!. IL Aud ,chere has abolition been followed
~ hsa ~blood-shed Inauguration, or any of
on the horrors ersAems Of which pro-slavery
untry, belion--synpathizers pirate?
F., 1t may be entirely aside from your ca
- Tho aud aim to answer these questions by fig
!" !" and facts. We shall see.
ngress' But, SirAOn the other hand, we G
smeas- tell the tale Of horror-of vengenes
slavery 'fraterual blood-shed," in c~ousequen
MIA of refusing to emancipate, or by attemptir
po re-enslaye the freedman Yes, and the
Of slave instruction, as . fruit of slav
While, in tho history Of Gods moral
u~tiopal ernment Of, the world the tale Of frat
hLooJ' has vet IN he told as result,ng