The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-03-13
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direction in America; By "a Native of Vir-
GINA. Second Edition. Boston: Walker,
Wise 4 Co.
Mr.. Conway is Virginian Of the old school,
who believes in an origin of slavery quite other
than Divine. OF course he does not live in Vir-
ginia. His preface is dated from Cincinnati.
Even Western Virginia would not be comfort
able dwelling place for one SO outspoken against
the sum Of all villanies. The most loyal COM
munites in the border States are still not little
tender on this sore spot. What life has Mr..
Cassius NJ. Clay led in kentucky A practical
emancipatonist in a slave State is a revolution
war must end in emancipation; we cannot help
it, if we would and the first men to recognize
this fact, were precisely those men who knew
most about the political disease, which reached
its crisis in fragrant rebellion against the nation
al government. We learn more about American
slavery and the character of the enslayed race,
SO important an element in the great problem
before us, from the writings and speeches of the
Conways, Helpers and Clays, to the mannofborn.
than from all other sources together.
Mr.. Conway has capacity for very clear, forci-
BILE statement. 1t is the greater pity, that he
should so often obscure his meaning with turgid
rhetoric. He explains this quaint title of his
book, for instance, as follows: THAT stone is,
essentially, JUSTICE. The form in which it
stands for us is THE AFRICAN SLAVE" The
slave is a stone!-no, the slave is Justice,-no,
that won't do; the slave isn't even justice Of
the peace, to say nothing of abstract Justice
Distraction! Launce and his dog furnish the
only parallel to this confusion. "This part, -
says Launce in his ingenious vein of personif-
cation, sis Nan, our maid; am the dog:-no,
'.the dog is himself, and am the dog.-0h the
"dog is me, and am myself; ay, SO, 500
before the Eighteenth General Conference of
the Freewill Baptist Denomination, in Hillsdale,
Mich, Oct. /, 1862, by Rev. d. NJ. Graham,
Pastor of the Casco Street Church, Portland
Maine Dover: published by the unanimous
request of the Conference.
The text on which this sermon is founded. is
Paul's injunction to Timothy Tim. II. l, 6.):
Wherefore put thee in remembrance that thou
''stir up the gift of God, whichs in thee, by the
"putting on of my hands" The inner warmth,
the burning to serve God in His ministry, is the
gift of God; it is the duty of every man who
aspires to this Office TO stir up this fire within by
human appliances Of study and faithful prepara-
ton for the work. Such is the scope of the SER
mon. The writer uses this language: "Educa-
''ton and study are regarded as the unholy hands,
with which mistaken if not wicked men attempt
''to steady the ark of God. 1t is de-
''structiye antinomian heresy, to hold that the
'Divine call entities men to full recognition in
"the ministry, bsfore they able to bring forth
''some fruits worthy of the Divine gift, which
"they have received 1t is thus that, while in
England the clergy of the established church j,
from year to year losing its old reputation fol
scholarly ability. avoided more and more by thu
University men, in this country the dissenting
communities 50 long stigmatized for ignorance
before and since their emigration, are steadil,
rising to broader views and higher culture.
THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, for March, ha.
for leading articles, Sketch of Turkey. by A
Kirke, author Of "Among the Pines;' The Cen
fury of Inventions, by Charles S. Leland; Eu
ropean Opinion, by Hon. +. p. Stanton; tn,
Huguenots, by Hon. S. y. Disoway; and tn
Union, by Hon. Robert J. Walker. There is tn
usual variety of miscellaneous reading, includ
ing an interesting account of Montgomery il
Secession Time. and an ingot Of solid facts per
tanning to the history of gold.
Our townsman, Mr.. John Neal, explains il
the Christian Mirror of the oath ult. the provo
cation to the severe language respecting the Con
tinental, which We quoted from him last month
After relating the circumstances. under whicl
last june he was induced to contribute an auto
biographical article to the magazine in question
he says:
received nothing-and asked for nothing il
return. Soon after this, having been written to
and spoken to, by several persons about tn
Continental urging lie to lend it my help,
sent poem-saying Substantially, 'lf pub
lsh, must be paid for this; if you cannot al
ford pay, send it back am tired of writing 70
fun" The poem was published; but nothn
was ever said or done about the pay. Mex
month l received charming paper from high
~ accomplished gentlewoman in Italy, whom
had been urging to write for the magazines o