The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-03-26
MUNRO JUMBO PIETY.

Carlyle, speaking OF the act Oh the
French, convention in the reign of terror,
decreeing the existence OF a Supreme
Being the Immortality Of the soul, &c,
clves this sort of legislation the general
name of "mumbe jumbo" Our radical
abolition pietists of the present day have
recently held n convention at Pittshurg,
proposing to inaugurate in this country the
''mumbo Jumbo species of legislation.
The convention in question was attended
by the long haired gentry, and adopteda
memorial to Congress, asking for an amend
ment to the constitution Recognizing the
existence of God ard the authority of the
Lord Jesus Christ as the ruler among the
nations" &c Charles, Sumner, s. T. Chase
Dr.. Tyng, &c, addressed letters of symPa.
thy to the convention.
The long haired gentry engaged in this
mumbs Jumbo speculation are the same
tribe exactly who, for the last twenty
years, had steadily looked up to Theodore
Parker, Wendell Phillips, &c, as the chief
Doctors of their political church. Chase,
Summer, &c, were in constant friendly
correspondence with Parker; Beecher ex.
changed pu!pits with HMM short,
Parker was par excellence the high priest
and chief Of the long haired tribe. Now
this man Parker, who invented the plat,
form and directed all the movements OF
the 'nIurlbo jumbos held some hetero>
dox views of his own which hew not
always able to conceal, and Chase ventured
once to demonstrate with him about OBJ
truding his theological views on certain
occasions where it was calculated to ipjsre
the great cause" &c To this remons-
trance Parker replied:
have studied this matter Of tLe divine
origin of the Bible and the divine nature
of Jesus of Nazareth all my life. If |
understand anythiug, it is that | say there
is no evidence, external or internal, TO
show that the Bible or Jesus had anything
miraculous in their origin or nature, or
any thing divine in the sense that word is
commonly used. The common notion Oh
this matter | regard as an error-one too
most fatal to tie Development Of mankind
Now, in all my labors, l look TO the general
development Of mankind, as well as to the
removal Of every such special sin as Amer,
lean sEavay, rs igar, drunkenness, &c there
fore Introduce my general principle along
with nay special measures. | become per.
sOnally unpopular-hatM even-but the
special measures 20 forward obviously ;
the general principle enters into the public
ear. TIE public mind, and what is true of
it Will 20 into the heart of mankind and
do It's work. | thlnk work prudently-
| know do not rQshLy AID without con,
sidsretion.-p. 226.
Now contemplate for a moment this
man as the leader Of the nunbo iumbos
who thus avows his purpose insid ously,
and under the most pieus professions TO
undermine The christian faith. And i: is
susceptible of proof, We think, that the
piety Of this Parker is a fair Representative
OF that Of the whole radical abolition spe-
cies. They are willing to decree the cx-
istencs of Supreme Being, endorse the
Bible, &c, if thereby the special meas
ures can be promoted but that Supreme
Being must be an Anti-Slayery God, and
the Bible an anti-siaYery Bitic, or they
will none of IT. The morality Of these
Christians" is in keeping with such a
conditional faith. Your 'nlumbo Jumbo"
will meet you with beneiceat coun;e-
nance, as smooth and soft as velvet and
bless you as man and brother bat he
has & brother around the corner, or over
the border, whose bowels lie longs TO rip
up lucontinentaly. lie will pray for you
until your bones are wea-y, but for the
other brother he duplicates fire. famine
and slaughter. He would give him his
state rights IN birthstone AMI burning
mari he would hurl him over Niagara
Of vitriol and caustic Soda lie Tx es
slood-it il meat and drink 10 him. Not
unit! his ideal negro for the real negro
he manltests no surprising atiect!ou) is
fully avenged OF ali his putative wrongs
and owned aud recognized as the master
OF his enslaver and the rightful owner of
his estate, is ne willing that blood letting
shall cease.