Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-10-23

\ PEN>sYLvANh DocUWFNr.-ln the year
1851 Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont. publish
ed a book called - The American Citizen. p"
which We carefully read, wondered how Mr..
Hopkins came 10 be Bishop in auv Church
Of Intelligent christian men, and laid aside to
the oblivion for for which We supposed it to
be destined. of the ability Of this instruct
or Of the American citizen his pupils NAV
Judge by looking at page IS Of his book, up
on which he says II am compelled 10 con-
elude that, itader the Constitution. no Roman
isi oGn hare right 10 the free enjoyment Of
his religion And do YOU ask how the Bish-
op reaches this astonishing conclusion? Be
cause, he says, the Constitution has made
1.-THE free exercise of religion" one of the
supreme laws Of the land OF course it is
incredible, but you will find it upon page IS
of the Bishops book and you will be very
likely to say, as you read, what Mr.. Squeers
said when there was very little breakfast, and
that very bad " Here's richness -
In large part of this notable volume the
Bishop explains, defends, justihes, and COM
mends the system which Whips women to
force them to work without wages, and sells
their children to pay the debts Of the whip
per. The substance of this part was pub
lished 10y the democratic State Central
Committee" of Pennsylvania, and was wide
ly circulated in that State as Copperhead
campaigning document, in company with a
speech of Judge Woodward, the Copperhead
candidate for Governor, in which he takes
similar ground with the Bishop. The
fact shows that the merits of our great
controversy are most rigidly brought to light.
The friend of the rebels, for whose success
they prayed, and for whom every Copper
head voted, appeared as the open advocate of
slavery, supported by a Bishop. But let us
not fail to mention that the Bishop of Penn
sylyania and his leading clergy did not hesi-
tate TO protest, as men and Christians and
citizens, against the infamous views set forth
by the Vermont Diocesan. The Bishop and
the Judge, working for slavery, and conse-
auently for rebellion, encountered also an
other tremendous antagonist. While they
were talking smoothly about the " divine
sanction and - the brotherly love" of this
foul social remnant of barbarism and the
dark ages, and while the Copperheads care
fully spread their talk before the people of
PENNSYLVANIA, the loyal men of that State
issued pamphlet, ic which the truth is
told from experience, and the sophisms Of
the clergymen and the politician were utter
" scattered and demolished.
This was done hy printing few extracts
from the Bishops letter or the judge
speech, and then illustrating them by copious
and thrilling passages from TIE terrible book
of Mrs. Kemble, d" Residence ON GeOr-
cian Plantation" 1t was an argument
which no man was 80 dull that he could not
comprehend. Every farmer in every remote
nook of Pennsylvania. who had been taught
that Democracy consisted in - dannins mig
gers" and who therefore lent a willing ear
to the divine and the lawyer theoriziug about
slavery, suddenly saw and felt to the bottom
of his heart what slavery is. Let every hon
ct man in the land sec it and feel it also,
and the rebellion, with its Copperbead bull
wark, would be swept away ike leaf by
,he oceau.-H HqTpers' Weekly.