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ets IbSrb1upt mo 66Eta r er1u6t Nit estIArcbnen. Alrt.
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Oerlanat ullO ge(uC6t.

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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-22

John Il. STOKES,
u r-.... .r-- No. 7O9 ARCH STREET.
REDUCTION IN PRICES OF DRY GOODS.
Splendid Variety for
. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS PRRBEET9
Consisting OF StuH Goods.
French Mern0es and hopllnH,
Lupins Single and Double Width Black Doginsa
Lupins Bright Wool Plaid1.
Luplns Fine Quality French Msrinoes,
Heavy Ribbed Wool POplins, $3.50
Cay and Plain Style Cotton and WoolD6iG
blo0 yards CalieOes, from 81 10 toe.
Plaid shAwls-Gay and Desirable.
Plain BhRws-foT Service.
Chldfens bhaWls-Long and Square.
Ladies, Gents, and ChlldTen's Gloves.
Ladies and Gents Linen Cambne HdkhL
Ladies Hem Stitched Hdkfs.
Gents' SILK Hdkh.
BaimoTsl skiTts-LArgc Assortment.
Splendid counterpanes, from Auction.
HHnnels--White ahd COlored.
Russia Crash and Diaper.
AcO yards American Crash, At 12lfc.
IL Ladies will examine this stock they wiil ind good
gooes ~ the very lowest prCee No trouble 10 show
JoHH n STOKES,
r. s-ln CD aI- Re. 709 AROa street.
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RLACK LYONS VELVET
FOR OLOARs.
Prom Auction, At Reduced Prices
- ISoH LYONS VELVET, SIC
~ do do DO 90.
OURWEN sTODDART & BROTHER,
Nos. 45o, 45e and l5i n SECOND Street,
nHH Above willow.
INDIA SCARFS,
IN GREAT VARIETY.
j. NJ. HAELEIOII.
No. 9O2 OHBsNUT STREET,
LACES.
LACE COLLABs,
DUCHEss COLLARS,
FNPREsP COLLARS.
oUEES MARY COLLARS,
At Low Proes.
j.. M. HAFLEIG
No "a CHEsNUT srREET.
IcMBROIDEtIE
EMBROIDERED COLLARS,
EMREobEREu SETS,
TBlMMED SETS,
Cheap, by
j. NJ. EIGII,
NO. 9,2 CHESSUr STREET.
HANDIK ER CHE go.
FMBRODRRED HANDKE }CHIEFH,
HEMMEp uANDkE Chiefs,
LACE HAN NDKENgUIEFs,
TRIMMED IlANDKERCdlErS.
j. NJ. HAFLEIGI
No. 9O2 CHEsFUT STREET.
HOSIERY,
A FULL ASsUETAENT.
CLIO VIcs5
IN GREAT VARIETY.
No 9p2 OHEsSUT STREET.
EVENING DIR tCG5EG.
Latest Novelties just received from Paris, by
j. M. AFLEIGII,
No oO2 CHESNUI STREET.
Silks.
MORE ANTIQUES,
DRESS GOODS,
BLACK GOODS,
IRISH POPLINS,
FhENCH CHINTZEE etc.
All the above AZ Low Prices for the HOLIDAYS.
j. NJ. HAFLEIGH,
I2-l5tbstu No. 9ol CUEsEUT STREET
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1'HE MOST USEFUL,
i THE BEST AND TIE CHEAPEST
HOLIDAY PlS,teENTS,
AT BAABERGER BRDTHERS.
Read the List OF Articles.
LINEN HDkFS.-A very large assortment OF plain,
hemstthGd, and embroidered Hdkn. Very cheap.
LACE COLLARB,-Cambric Collars and Sets. Very
cheap
FANCY BACK CoMBs,-A very large assortment Of
he most beautiful styles Of fancy back, at half the regular
GL6YEs-GLoyEs-- very large assortment OF snE
Very low
BAfMORAL SKIRTS .
The largest assortment OF Baimor Skirts IN the City
fToa S3O9 70 $500 apiece. Very cheap.
MERIk0 GOODS
The largest stock OF Ladies', Men Misses BoYB and
ChldIens AernO Undershirs and Drawers in the CITY
at very lowest prices
HOSIERY HOSIERY
The best and cheapest Hosie ~ in the City
LADIES' MEMS, AND CHlLDRENS q HOSIERY.
Gotten, Woolen, and Merino Hosiery. The largest
assortment Of every Size, quality and description.
BArCHELSl SATCHELSl
very large assortment OF French Morocco saiehels
'' LACE Wells LACE vEILsl
very large Assortnent Of black Lace Neia, at All
pTlcea, very cheap.
ladies' and dents snk ana woolen soara
. Hair Brushes, Combs Six Hdkfs. .. rnH ... ...
COTsets Linen Bosoms and large assortment of Fancy
Gunds much lower than az any other store In the city, at
BAABBRGEk BROS, No. l05 n. EIGHTH street,
l2-lS@ Third store above Arch.
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C,AKRs FOR THE HOLIDAYS. - RILEY's
~ reputation canno be surpassed. No. Ill5 RACE
Street. Orders promptly aitsnesd 20 l2-iI-0ts
EoR SALE.-TO PRINTRRS.-IMPOsING
stoDe large slEs, In hrit-rate OTleS. Apply az this
efaeA l2e
.aIs
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L. TO SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWNERS.
3lrls1a-The undersigned having leased the kENslNG-
ION SCREW DOCK. begs TO Inform his friends and the
patrons OF the Dock that he Is prepared with Increased
facilities those having vessels 20 be raised
repaired and being practical hipearpenter ana
eAulker will give personal attention 70 the vessels e-
trusted 70 him for repairs, -. y.
Captains or Ager ts hp-Carpentersi ana Maohinlts
having vessels 10 repair, are solicited 70 call
Having the agency for the sale OF Wettergteds Patent
Metallic Compositon,n Copper Paint for the preseYa
on of vessels bottoms for this city am prepared 70 1r
JOHN II. HAhfSnrr,
KsnSlngton Screw Deck,
s-u DELAWARE Avenue, above LAUREL street
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esES, FOR NEW YORK.

OUTSIDE LINE.
COASTWISE STEAMSHIP COMPANYB
NEW FREIGHT LINE
FOR NEW YORK,
and connecting for all Northern and Eastern edes and
New Orleans, sailing every
TUESDAY,
THURSDAY,
AND SATURDAY,
from the COmpAny's wharf hrst above Race street ana
New York, rOm Pier H. North River, same days, at
3P.M.
For freight which WIN be received daily handled in the
careful manner and delivered with the greatest
WILLIAM J. TAYLOR 4 CO.,
lilo 3m No. 2IO North WharvsS.
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szFGEs.' STEAM WEEKLY TO LIVER
slh44s pool, touching at Queenstown, Cork Hsrbor.
The well-known steamers OF the Liverpool New York,
sail as follows =
CITY or CORK, Saturday. December "a.
KANGAROO, Saturday, December 81.
CITY OF LON DON, Saturday, January 7.
And every succeeding Saturday, a noon, nom Pier No
"a North River.
RATES on PAssAGE PAYABLE III CURRENCY. =
First CAbin....... $4,000 stosrase ......,, S80Oq
First Cabin 10 London 40 % steerage TO London. 6So0
First Cabin 10 PArs.. 1000 SteeTage to Paris so 90
First Cabin to lambrglSG0O steercgo TO Hamburg Il00
Passengers also forwarded 10 Havre, Bremen, Rot
terdan, Antwerp, re-, At equally low rates
Fares nom Liverpool or Qnoenstown First CABIN,
$50, $40 $40 BtesTage nom Liverpool and Queens
town SO. Those who wish 70 send Tor their onds can
buy tickets here az these rates.
Ter further nloTmation eppy at the CompanyG Offices
JOHN G. DALE, AgoRt,
No. III WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
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NEW BOOKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
IN JUST READY,
THE POLITICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON,

Life or the Author, Dissertations each Poem Notes
Critical aHd Explanatory, an Index 20 the Sub
ieCts OF Paradise Lost, and Verbal
Index 70 al the Poems,
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ADJUSTMENTS.

SI1Dv vi3t a. SIM, -,
LEsshShs AND MANAGERS.
THURSDAY lE,VENlNg, Docssmborg),
LAST NiGaf BUT Two
- 49, MosT roNlivELO
Snts Cd thS ''' ''n ''"H'' j" n'e ''A
OCT IOROON, OCToHOON,
-, d, -, SI' .,I y .
O,TOEooN. orTopooN
OCIOROON, OCTOROON,
OCToRoON, ooToHoON,
in THE M9sT ,,E,SifaG.s,hsiig5 ,MSSStG '''
r,.-.-b1 ~ Ihk lMhENbE AUDIENCES
Ina" ''Sm1,S tGStE, GlS,Ee '9i m sss drePt s E1ho
It's present production. '''' "
mott IA tutOus Welcome has been accorded
MIC. soghiE alMgEE KyIiN,
who V viii aa introduce StScGsS tRo eauluI Song,
sweet Nssis,ippL sweet Missss.eSi
Last n gbi But Two Last NEbt Blt Two
Ia,t S'sbi but I,yU
VI '' "' 'if TH% i$@ S$SgfSR5Ss 5s.a at. qHE, ZOE
5hs 0etoioon Glrl' Zoe
Come md SOC mis- '' O''''''' '''' "'o'
GbEAT = fiCfURE or LOUISIANA LtFE.
0gIohooN, 1t viii constitute the entire evenings per
on siTTEDAT AErE9S22S Az X PsGENgEH g.
'P9h SI'' on e to s w De pc
Of he Iousc " " '' 0'-'' ~ '''P parts
,Idten p, ccpts Doors open Mt IL. q, r,r,,,src nj,
~. ~
y" '' ~ p'''''yu
n - - - '' " 81
Lg.see see 'na m Ma3Gsgr =, T. Fonp.
llhc, trgl -. 80" ,~'
7'We "anusci'''''''''''.'',', ''''JouN b. NhluuI
LAST SIX NIGHTS
r,,,,rED WLK,, LQRRESE
INV" 81 ~ ~ ~ ~ - y JBSc'gnT9or tSc'gg Szu'
VIII appear nrst dine me i1ao, 3.s season os5a,,oc
- iir 4 I'iiS 'o' VI
TIM ct tnr,ro,
sENoNA. ui'i'i Nj ADANrE p,yrst
I'LL, MISS ALICE GRAY
NEW SCENERY,' ''''' '' '' 'O'''' -'o' IN 'o""
COSTUMES,
AND
NrFoINIM ENTs'
FRIDAY, Dec. %,
EDWIN FORREST
JACK CADE
,,.,,..--
EDWIN FORREST
,,,,. ~ METAMQiiA , ,.
IOSlllNELh FOX ONE NIGHT ONLY
SEATS sECURED SIX nays IN ADVANCE
,,..- ct. .,.,.., ,,--..,- .-.. 81, .-,-,-
Doors open "a o CLOCK curtain rises "a o clock
nyDs rOuN npPyv,S nrEyu .pCrY gI
M THEATRE.
HOUSES PACKED NIGHTLY
Two tu Comedies.
The popular Comedy OF
Dr Onapod 3. CLARKE
To copciuds win tho Comedy Cf
SINGLE LIFE.
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I ADII1s' FAN EUItss.
JOHN A. STAMBAOH,
IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER oF
LADIES' FANCY FURS,
No. 1926 ARCH STBEET,
below aNTB,
CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY
70 SOLICIT nom a nrst-o class assortment Consisting of
HUDSON BAY AND MINK SABLE
ERMINR,
CB1NcHuLA,
GERMAN FITCH,
SIBERIAN sQUIRREA. Sc.
Made into all the latest styles
These voods bought when gold ranged from 100
i7oHnd are being sold Al small advance tns
rate
EvEkY ARTICLE WARRANTED TO DE AS RI
PRESENTED.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Io.ii.,uths Bun
FINE SHIRT MABUFAOTJRY,
Tho subac' bors would invite attention to tnou
IMPROVED OUT or SHIRTS,
which they make a specially IN their business
ALSO, CONSTANTLY REoErvNa,
NOVELTIES FOR GENTS WEAR.
j. w. SCOTT II co,
oENrLuiuNs FURNIsurSa STORE,
No. SID CIj ESNUT STREET,
u-lo-th'iu-n Fa7e ',on below Continental roto
TO CAPITALIsTS-YALUABLE OIL TER.
i HTOBY.
Those dosirous Of entering into an on Company NV In
cooi,S 80 o. .Isshhaugh, as ufsna Iaies are informed
psny OF unquestionablc reliability, at the rate OF 5000
The property is located Two Mile run, and consists
Of sixty scYen acres the greater portion 0 which bore
upland an abundance Of coal, and also limestone, which
is much needed IN this region
run for oil purposes, aud lies directly n the Great /
Ihe office oftho Company Is at No iCOCuEsNUT Street,
Eia% 20 ga s%%tN ssosiSry and saI44PsSE 4ossafsr
INSURANCE AGAINST ACCIDENTS.
TRAVELLERS INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN.
CAPITAL
WILLIAM W. ALLEN,
Nc. 4Ci WALNUT STREET.
Insurance Effected In this Company against
ACCIDENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Yoa,ly Policies will bo issued for a Prosaum Of
FIVE DOLLARS,
granting insurance to the amount "
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
against accidental loss Of life while travelling by any pub
lie conveyance.
TEN DOLLARS PREMIUM
secures policy for Five housand Dollars AMI also
Twenty Dollars per week Compe Lsatun for persona
injury inCapaoitaung tho assured from his ordinary
business.
TWENTY FIVE poLLARs PREMIUM
secures ful PO icy for 5000 and S2j week compen
'aton for all and every description Of accident travelling
Policies for sFOO with 81 per week compensation can be
had Tor 50 premu n, any other between $500 and
JAMES o. PATTERSON. President.
- RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary.
HENRY A. DYER, General Agent.
PHILADELPHIA BoARD OF REFERENCE.
r. Racf rd Starr President Enterprise Insurance Com
Isaac \ Baker hrm Of Cornelius 4 Baker.
w. Baldwin, nrm Of W, Baldwin 81 Co.
emuel Coffin, trm OF COtln Altemus
Il. B. Comegys, Cashier Phi adelphia Bank
non Alex. Henry Mayor City Of Philadelphia.
WIN. II Merrck, firm Of MerIck sons.
Hon. James Pollock, Director United States Mint,
Thomas Potter, Merchant.
GCJrpc IL. Stuart trm stuart & Brother.
John y. TAYLOR. hrm Taylor. GilesFE & Co.
j. Edgar Thomson. President Pennsylvania Railroad
James west President Fnh and Sixth Streets Passenger
Railroad Company.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND POLICIES
ISSUED BY
ll-I2 stutitn No. 46i WALNUT street.
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Knoxville, Saturday, May ID, 1854.
Personal.

The pressure upon our time is such that
we must announce certain rules, and ou1'
unaterablc purpose to be governed by them
in all cases First, we will devote the
morning hours to the interests of our paper
At 10 o'clock we will be at the Custom
House, and we shall remain there until -
o'clock, re-appearing there at 2 o clock, &c,
to attend to the public business. We shall
not attempt to transact business at our
dwelling house in our printing Office, or on
the street Those therefore who have busi.
ness with US connected with the Treasury
Department, must meet US ut the Custom
House, as the building is called 1t is on
the east side of Gay street, nearly opposite
to the LAMAR House We don't want to be
stopped and bored on the streets, and in the
mud, on our way to and from our meals
and don't intend to be in the future
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grand-child, ] would not say to those gen,
tlemcn ,hat their changes, frequent as the
changes Of the moon, tend 10 make Them
shifting and unreliable rs the winds, But
sud 10 my daughter she must stop, or she
would ruin the child, The child heard what
| said, and took up the idea that ! was on
her side; and day or two aiterward she
ran up 10 me, saying, Grandpa, amt any
Union, and ain any Socesh,' We'll, what
are you, my childY j am Ab-o-hShl : WAS
the reply Laughter and applause, Well,
she very soon found she had rot into worse
box than ever because all sides were against
her, Gapplause from the other side of the
house and in the course of week she got
tired of that, during which time she heard
another name, and then she said to me, i
amt Ab-o-lish any longer am ConSerrd-
tire Union, Laughter from all sides --
Wen, said |, my daughter, stick TO thaL
for il is rs near being nothing rs anything
can be- And so ! say TO You who have no
principles Of your own, 90 into the National
Conservative Union party, where you can
be nothing long, and accomplish nothing
good But fyou are truly Union, don't be
afraid to stand with the true Union party /;
and if you are scccsh, be honest, and say SO,
Let Us be true to principle, and die in our
tracks like men, if necessary, that our sue
ccssors may respect us AS candid, fearless
man ~
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The Moral Police Of Society.


one occurrence connectce with the mas
sacrc ~ fort IlIoW, mas aroused Il more
than usually deep feeling OF Indignation
thfouSh AL me Ioy"I States. 1t Is related
that United States olllceI, coming on nag
OF truce boat to take away the wounded,
alter the outtAery, was 30 tar iorgctiul OF
MS position ANA honor As 10 entertain IN the
most cordial manner, these barbarIans just
red with the blood OF Their horrible muir
ders. We notice this reported fact here, not
TO remind the government Of It's duty-as
we know that no one would be quicker than
Gen. Grant or the Secretary OF War to pun
ish such dlsgracciuI connIvance with crime
IN an army oiliccr-but to call attention to
a broader fact Of which it js an indication.
There is IN our people, especially in our
public men, certain want Of stern moral
Judgment on diN@raceiul offences, and a lack
OF senstlvencss to public honor. 1t must
be remembered that IN every civilized So
clety there are certain offences which can
not he punished by the law, or II they are,
are only lnadequatcIy atoned for. When a
wealthy man, lor instance, has cheated or
wronged the poor-when an influential cit
izen has committed some crime from whose
consequences he has escaped by the lapse OF
time or by some evident legal tcchnicality,
or when political leader has been false to
his country, and has risked great interests
in period OF trial, there are no suitable
punlshmcnts for such crimes. They are
outside Of the pale Of the law and courts
Yet the interests OF society demand that such
offences should be especially punished. They
are the very sins which do the most dam
age, and sap public morals, if left unwhip-
ped Of justice.
There is need, for such offenders, Of
moral police Of society. Now it is precisely
in this very kind of police that American
society is most deficient. We are very
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oathc rapinc and ahhor blood, they shall reec,
with ind gnation the wild and guilty fantasy that
man can hold property In man.
In vain you appeal TO treaties, to covenants be-
tween nations, The covenants Of the Almighty,
whether the old covenant or the new denounCe
such unholy protensions. To those laws did they of
old refer, who maintained the African trade. Such
treaties did they cite, and not untruly for by one
shameful compact you bartered the glorics Of Bein-
helm for the traffic in blood, Yet in spite of law
and treaty, that internal traffic is now destroyed,
and is yo,urics put to death like other pimtcs.--
How came this change to pass Not assurcdy by
parliament leading the way; but the country at
length awokc; the indignation Of the people was
kindlcd il descended in thunder and smote the
traffic and scattered It's guilty profits TO the winds,
Now then, let the planters beware-let their assen-
blics bcwarc-let the parliament bcwor; The
same country is once more awnke--0wake 70 the
condition Of negro slavery the same indignation
kindlcs in the bosom of the same people; the same
cloud is gathering that mnihiRtod the slave trade ;
and if II ahail descend again, they ON whom It's crnsh
may fall, will not be destroyed before have warn
ed them, hut | pray that their destruction may
turn away from Us the more terrible judgments OF
God.
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honorable men, These men who are at.
, tempting 10 undermine the Government nj
the North, and rouse up the ignorant against
the law, are.in 80 far traitors and ought 10
be treated 50 socially, 1t should be under.
stood in parors and at dinncr.tabes, tha,
we do not companion with reasonable men.
And yet hundreds OF respectable people ara
constantly ncglectng this, and inviting loyal
aud honorable citizons TO sit down with
those who have broken faith with their
country. II may be said that this strict.
ness would become bgouy, WE'LL in such
u struggle rs this between Loyalty aud
Treason, We ought to be bigolcd
After nearly Uquartcr OF II million Of lives
have been offered uu bloody battle fields and
IN hospitals. alt,r three yems Of terrible war
ANA vast destruction OF property it ought
not to he supposed that TO the iomcntcrs OF
this unhappy struggle, and the abettors of
such treason, whether ut the North or the
South, We could bc tolerant We may for.
give the dcIuded followers, but to the off
GERS and leaders of this rebellion, and thoir
accompiices in the free States, there ought
to be among the gentlemen Of the North, no
pardon 1t should be understood in our
Nlu'N dHu Sh''uS III private houses ana
public festivities, whether among army off.
GERS or private citizens, that it is not an
honorable thing 10 show hosptalities to, or
accept them from, Il man who is stained
with treason towards his country. There
ought to be pride enough and honor enough
among our people, to show that we hold
treason, and all aiding and abettng of treas.
on, in its deNcrN cd contempt. This officer,
who dincd the rebel butchers near Fort
Pillow, Of course will receive the execra.
tions Of the whole nation, But this is not
the first nor will it be the last Of such
toadyism. There is plenty of it now in
this city, toward men who are known to bs
reasonable to our government.
Once let it be understood that socially
there is an exclusion and condemnation Of
all known dishonorable and reasonable
characters, no matter how successful, and
society in America exercises Il polite juris.
djction over public men which II has never
Yet held but which it sorcly needs.-NsV
York Tines
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Lord BrOugham on the Slave Trade.

Thirty-iour years ago, in the British
House of Commons, Lord BRoUGHAM made
a speech against the slave trade, which he
denounced as piracy, as did the American
Congress many years ago. This speech by
the English statesman is old, but an extract
from it will be new in this age OF revolu-
tons The resolution which he advocated,
is made the foundation of his remarks.
THAT this House do resolve, ut the earliest rrac-
tica bic period of the next session. to take into its
serious consideration the state Of the slaves in the
colonies of Great Britain. in order to the mitigation
and final abolition of their slavery and espe-
cally in order to the amendment Of the administa-
tion of justice within the same
l trust that at length the time is come when
Parliament will no longer bear to be told that slave
owners are the best lawgivers slavery; no longer
suffer voice to roll the Atlantic in empty
warnings and frutless orders. Tell me not of right
talk not of the property of the planter in his
slaves. deny the right acknowledge not the
property. The principles the feelings of our COM
mon nature, rise in rebellion against it. Be the ap-
peal made to the understanding or to the heart the
sentence Is the same that rejects it. In vain YOU
tell me Of laws that sanction such claim! There
is law above all the enactments of human codes
the same- throughout the world, the same In all
times-such as il befOre the daring genius OF
Columbus pierced the night of ages and opened to
one world the sources OF power wealth and knowl-
edge 10 another all unutterable woes such IL is AT
this dsy it !. the law written BY the finger of God
on The heart Of man; and BY that law, unchange-
able and eternal, while men despiss maud, and
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-14
Patrick Henry on Slavery.

The following letter from Patrick Henry,
then Junior Patrick, loses none Of its inter
est because II was written ninety years ago,
lie was one Of the leading spirits Of the
Virginia Convention at a later date, and
took the same ground in the debates that he
did in this ancient letter We need not
pause TO tell the reader who Patrick Henry
was, The letter was written to Edward
Stabler;
HANOVER Jan lsth l773
"Dear Sir; | take this opportunity TO ackuovl-
edge the receipt Of Anthony Brne2rts book against
the slave trade. | thank yuu turlt IL is not q nt-
tie surprising that Christianity whose chic, Of cN-
crlcncc consists in softcning the human heart, iu
chorislng and improving It's finer feeling, should
encourage practice SO totally rcpUguaut 10 the first
impressions uf right and wrouR2 What adds 10 the
wonder Is, that this abomiuable practice has been
introduced into the most ouig glteucd ages Times
that seem 10 have pfcien-ions 10 boast of high i'm
proycmcnts in the arts, sciences and high morality
have brought in general use and guarded 10y many
laws, species Of Usurpaton and tyranny which our
more rude and barUurous, but honest ancestor. de-
tested.
"It is not amazing that at n time when tho rights
Of humanity are defined and understood with pre-
clsun, in country above all Others fond of liberty
that IN such an age and such a country we find mea
protesting u religion the most humane, mild, meek
gentle and generous adopting principle as repug
nanl TO humanity ns II j, inconsistent with the Bible
and destructive 10 liberty. Every thinking honest
man reject, IT in ,poculation hut how few ~ pr.c-
ucc from conscientious motives
The world in general has denied your people Il
share Of il, honors, but the wise will asgrbe to you
just tribute of yirtuOus praise for the practice of