The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-22
Rev. Robert Vaughan, D. D.

This English clergyman is one of the for
eign delegates to the National Council o.
Trinitarian Congregatisnalists now in session
Of Divinity represents the Congregational
Union Of England and Wales. The Boston
fTranscript gives quite q long account Il him
and OF his literary and religious works. The
Transcript says he has been received with IA
.vor and pnlpits are opened tolhm. His rep-i
resentative character makes him prominent.
1t Is known that DIR. Vaughan is the editor Of
the British Quarterly, periodical which has
been anything but friendly to the North. In
almost every number there has appeared one
or more articles in substance and tone defama-a
tory OF our nation and showing strong synpa-'
thy for the rebels, and all this even to very
late date si'( ,.AJ@Af Ill
As specIments Of DIR. Vaughan's views of
our country, we extract tina following:
s,The febels,n says Gen. Grant, shave now
In their ranks their last man. The little boys
and old men are guarding prisons. A man
lost BY them cannot be replaced" The man
hood of seven millions efapeople reduced to
that II this be anything like true. has the
world ever Witnessed q carnage so deliberate
and so horrible? And all for what That
Slavery may be annihilated, Is the answer of
some well-meaning but mistaken men. For
the perpetuating Of empire, is the answer
from the majority of Northern people. Dis
guise it as we may, 1t lis that America may be
that 1t may be strong enough to issue mari
time law to Europe. Vain dreamI But not
the less pregnant withmisery. Aaiaaae Z
Speaking Of the Trent affair, in very abu
sive article, he says: .sAss.sa ~ 9 crew :
Remembering the past, we have no faith In
/ the doctrine that the continuance of the colos
sal Union which has grown up over that vast
territory is desirable. We feel convinced that
some division, and ,erhaps more than one,
would be favorable ia many ways to the prog
ress Of international harmony and OF Chris
tian civilization. X hz -. II IS ss ~
We niight quote much more from the Doc
tors Quarterly to shew, his animus towards
this country; but our space will not permit
1t. Such men as this Doctor OF Divinity have
done us much injury, and encouraged the
rebels TO hold out as long as they could. We
should like to see him treated just according
10 his deserts. We would not spare him be-
cause he is a clergyman. But it is possible
this visit to our country may open his eyes
and somewhat soften his heart towards u.s.
We hope it will. The Transcript closes its
article upon this clergyman In the following
language: Ell s. saSssssss ne oas i, r,g5
"The wonder is how Dr. Vaughan can feel
4 himself at home in a Council composed OF
clergymen who agreed In such series of pat
riotic resolutions as the Congregational Coun-l
Gil passed last evening. He tnusthave looked
upon his brethren as accompIices in a string.
gle for worldly empire. which makes them as
utterly indifferent TO human misery as Attila
or Ghengis Khan; and 1t might be supposed
that no sympathy with their form of church
organization could induce him to overlook
| what he must have considered their heather
disregard OF common humanity, common mo
4 rality and common sense.'0f aN