, 1864-01-26
WARMERS HALL.
LECTURE DY NATHANIEL CDLvER
ID. D.-P0EnI By r. FAUNTLEROY.

A Email audience was assembled last evening a
Warmers HaI1, to listen 10 the remarks of Rev
Nathaniel Colver, D. D., and an original poem b,
r. Faunt]eroy, Esq.
Hon. B. Gooktns was called to the chair, and in ,
few remarks introduced Dr. colver to the meeting
The following is n brief abstract Of the Doctor,
address:
chnyc the best Government mud best countr,
domestic enlightenment and comfort and al i tba1
ed IN gEeat wisdom. The revolutionary slres were
nstdS9,s men who p1zed liberty They appealed
dencc men thought Of God. aud when they prayed
they pTayed for Just cause The object Of Govern,
msnt r. is to keep one man from tscsdmg on another
rights fman, perfectly regardless ofparty OF color
This vas declared when onrG Government vas adopt
Cd Every man Is possessed Of life and liberty,
and canEot be hartefed away without conlmlttff1.s
sin. Prosperity Intended our nation but we have
been nneaey; political interests have not rolled
smooth, but every provision In the Constitution
with the grand principle on which it is based
There has been departure from this great prIn-
siPlc and hence comes orr great nationa troubles,
lion fs raging In our land. and We are shaken- Il
has not come from the epirlt Of the Constitution,
Or me veionsness Of those who administered It,,
ssitn'lon 1o do away with slavery, as has been ad-
m,tted By the President Of the so-called Confed-
crAfe states. What must We do to get out of our
present ttouhlcs! II we admit that slavery can
be any longer woven into our Constitution, caa
God aeal with us justly when we refuse Justice
to the poorest colorcd man in the land.
the Iii hase t. Go 9nd ahnra sa
whip 3e1 Davis and 60 back 10 a higher law.
When .tsa' Ee1risen Eas elected, It took @ea away
For long time no politician would e;ata that
he would be governed BY unbending Justice. IN
Masfachusetts, candidate for tic Legislature
to the Leeielsture he would be governed by Hskts
As q consequence he Was dropped by the parfy.
and another elected In his pface. John Quincy
adams ttSaght by into ths aouse to repeal 1he
nfi1e3 Toni1e the North said It should, md for fear
down. down. % lis south IL {SR hs Ds@oerats who
hon1 dragged with the Whg aud Dcniocsalcc cc5e Iii
ty:dt made no difference which,
lhe1e - great reYolHtlon going On, and the
ire; 1t has been advocating it, cla{ns YEAR 81
at ard analiy eliminated IN rebellion. he war 1s
strite be between y: humanity and oppression. and we
VII! aid u.s. Il On the wrong, we had better 70 to
., JeM payfs. @ We must take the ght, and H6erate
f speseer a hoped that in al, pot,c.
The Old political chicanery would be dropped and
that all would join to nominate i nan Whom The
@ @paTts c7R ~ rose for-eueha man as Abraham LIN
We must pnt mcn there who will do their dQfY
honestly and irrespective Of party, one whom the
GoG4 EAA Fote 1Ol. we lAFa 10 whip Jeff. Davis
and hie armies. The rebellion muet be cr,shcd
He did not believe In Fernando Woods penco doc.
times; he Was In tayor or putting JET throuch
and the closer the screws arc put on him The I'M.
ter JeH: thought that 1nfge party at the North
would help him, but he was mistaken, althoush
there are many who would like to do 1t but fi1sT
dnre not publicly asow it. The Government sbonid
have no forbearance with treason This ,Tar viii
10 On until the object sought for is obtaioed Hnv
nan who is In :ayor Of the South. viii become he
hate H,. and the byo.EoEd Of gene5atioas to coma
fT Il e. -.
North can ever hold Office Ia tie Government
ngain. They are row in situation where they
can ncrcr again Wfcld any influences
The war viii not last great while loncer.
The mutte1tngs OF the oppressed there are
now being family heard, and ere Ioar t6eT
will throw of the yoke OF despptisu which
now rules the South with hand Of irou.
The speaker WAS 10 favor Of speedily crashing out
the rebellion by all tho means which God and na-
ture had given ue, and hoped that ere he Departed
this life be would be ablc to see our country anti
cd, end tho stars and stripes ware oyer the whoia
country. IRON Maine to the Rio Grande.
Mr.. Fauntleroy VIA called upon, and delivered a
poem. first published in Nashville, Tenn, ut the
Lrenking out Of the rebellion. I. il entitled
i America y aud is peace picture o; our glorious
country.
A vote of thanks was then rendered to the
speakers. afteT which the meeting adjourned s4ne
ale.