The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-01-20

From the St. CIsirsviIle Gazstt,, Jan IL.
Rev. Lieut.. Pittenger's Lecture.
On last Friiay evening We attended the
Lecture Of this gentleman, at th, Methodist
Church In this plaos. Friday b,ing The 9Th
Of January-a day consecIated to patriot
Ism, aud being part OF q week Of Prayer
in our Cdurches-we had hoped to hear
soms,hing ifofn this Bey. gentleman that
would cheer our hearts, and make Us feel
that Il was indeed gooo 10 meet together in
the house Of the L1rdj bat what was our
surprise and deep modification when We dis
covered that we had to listen-not TO q nat.
riotic or religious discourse-but a rsntinr
abolition TRADE against slavery. filled with
the most gross and false. representations of
the Southern people. not for having raised n
paracidal hand against the beat government
in tho world, but for being slaveholders.-
Slaveholding is the great crimeAin ths ewes
of Mr. Pittsnger--of which abe Southern
people have been guilty. lie assumed, and
roundly asserted, without proof or attem
At proei that slavery was the cause OF the
war, and that it had caused the South to re-
ject every proposition Of compromise for d
peaceful settlement OF our difficulties be'ors
the war began. He also asserted that slavery
had brutsllzed the minds Of the Southern
people, So that now, when they take North
ern prisoners they strip and lacerate them IS
they strip and lacerate their slsves--sl Of
which every intelligent man present knew
to bs faise--wieksdly ami maliciously false.
He openly avowsd himself an sdbclitioniM,
and with most consumate impudcnee and
sffrontery. declared that scery PATROL ,oas an
| Abolitonist. Yes, according to this bigoted
and one idsad Loctnrst, Washington, Mad.
ison, jefferson, Mouros, and great major.
| itv OF the Patri Dts OF the Revolution, were
men OF brutali1ei minds, for which they
wer, all shareholders. When men can thus
perambulate The country, and are permitted
to occupy tho Churches--the places couse.
Grated to tho worship Of the living God--to
excite feelings Of malice, hatred and revenge
and all tho onhallowod passions Of the hu.
man hesrt, against those who have been our
fellow.eountrymeti, snd the fellow country
men Of Washington. it is no wonder we are
in state OF Revolution, and en- the high
road to rlaYchy and dsspotism. 1t is no
wonder that the war was begun and still
RACES, and is still desslating the iairest por.
tion Of our country.
We assert, without the least fear oil suo.
cesstul contradiction. that the war in which
we are now engaged, had Its origin in those
very passions. excited and brought into li's
by inst such scsndalous falsehoods Is wcro
ptr forth on Friday evening by Mr.. Pitten-
ger. Eor nInre than twenty years it has
Ben the every day business Of q numerous
band o. Tlst such abolition fanatics as Dir.
p, Pittonger to excite the hatred OF the North
against tho South and the South against the
North. and Qua oil this hatred has come mall
ice ard revenge, and every unholy passion,
and desolsting war between the sections
is the result. And now it is tho't II these
passions can be kept burning, at turnace
heat, for few years. those abolitibnists will
be able to accomplish, by means OF this war,
their ultcrfor purpose. which thsy have bsen
able 80 long unfortunately, 10 keep conceal.
ed from public view, viz: the abolition OF
siatery in the South.
Whether or not Mr.. Pi'tcnger had a.
Helper Book in his pocket we cannot say,
but bis fer: :ure, from beginning to end, sound
ed good deal like Helper, and there prob.
ably is where he learned his lessons. He
talked much Of the African Slave Trade, and
the horrors Of the middle passage, but for
got to tell us that it was Abolition Mssss
chusstts and Abolition New ENGLAND that
that carried on that graceful trsffi :, to and
from ths shors OF Africa. lie did rot tell
US that it was New England III IN that stole
the African from his home, nor did hs tell
us that it was Ncw Z gF,ps ships that
brought tho negro to our shores, to be sold
into slavery, nor did he tell US that Henry
Wilson, Charles Sumner, Wend,l Phil lips,
j ohm p Hale, and all those brazsn faced,
foul mouthed men were hereditary thieves.
and had the price Of those slaves in their
pockets. On no! We heard nothing OF ia,
Nor did Is tell us that thess ,nsn wsre now
trying to wash from their hanis tha iotA.
''the damning spot" left upn thcm by
hereditary ta,nt, with tho blood OF tho
Southern people to whom these slaves were
s,ld. Nor did he tell ~ that so long ss
these men refuse to make restitution OF the
money which they received as tho price of
these slaves, they will sand in the sight
OF oil just men as equally guilty with the
men VINO hold the slaves. MIR. Pttengsr
himself said that slaves were h.ld no better
title than thief could give. II 30, all
New England Abolitionists are here titary
thieves, and deserve tho same punishment
which is meted ou. to the southern slaves
holder, for they are joint partners and par.
ticipators in the crime oi slavery, i'm iacs
the original thieves
So long ss Ministers OF the gospel, like
Mr.. Pitteuger, go to the House oil God to
iufams tho already high wrought feelings
Of our people, there is but lit,ls hope OF that
peace and harmony in our country for which
all good and pious men 80 devoutly pray.
This Mr.. plttenger is probably the agent
OF some scored Abolition Republican .Asso.
citation, out on tour through the State to
dis eminate his Abolition poison. We say
let him he mark ID wherever he may 60, for
his lectures arc bighly detrimental 80 all
who may give him credeuce. He is a wolf
lin Sleeps clothing. We have never seen
any man whose whole soul seemed SO com.
pletcly filled with the fires OF malice, hA,red
and revenge. So completely have these pas
sions got possession OF him that be thinks
that every Patriot must be an Abol,tionist.
fle seems to bo man totally without chari-
ty, who could see the world in ruins rather
than admit that he might be in error. But
that is the feeling of large majority OF that
class Of dogmatic abolitionists to which hs
he belongs. Rather than yield al opinion
they have plunged the country into war
They have wrecked o powerful, peaceful and
happy country. They have arrsysd, brother
against brother, faith r against son, children
against parents. They have Transformed tho
country into vast graveyard. They have
shed an ocean Of blood. and squsndsrsd,
mountains OF money. They have made the
air heavy with the cries Of the wounded;