, 1874-06-10

Wnor0 tn1 a6lleH 0batfletGQ Ito 6moinB or tho
sisvory sentiment oanc, 1tno groet nrn,Y Of Aba-
littonatB were tho HANG ooar-tlinkinR, Hoafnd,
Christian mon, Of whom Chief Juatico OhaHo
was specimen aud typo.
Of Ohio, indiana. and Illinois, hunt Of goaly
aoroHa the Ohio by sayory, stood with thelr
churches, like wals OF aaauihnt, against slavery
aaHEtesaion:. Such men ,wero lsanlslp, ctotlers,
ailleland, tho three Dlckeya, Bishop, Of Mimi
| University, and othors.
a. Led BY tI,oso grest aud good mon, tho large.
synod OF oindinnat IN 1881, got apart @dny OF
cry. Thoy refused ono Noy. Sir. Harrison
lcaye to labor III ono Of their cllurohos beoaune
ho hold nlayos ~ right Of hls wifc, and they also
appointed crothors Fullerton, and Graham =
rhoodorg b. Weld draw lii !eadtinr iioas and
arguments concerning tlo bondmon Of the Old
| Tehtarnont. Graham, wf1oao wife had froed her
| Slaves, apostatized, nnd wrote in dotonBo Of
sfavory. For this horosy againas human rights
hc was suspended from the mtnistry,-the only
caae. bcllevo. In church history whero adyo-
eating oppression WIS punished by m eeoloBl-
! astical court.
| Tho sona and grantaonB Of those mon and
thcir congregations .sare tbs men who fought at
Horny, Donolsqr, Shiloh, mid Tioksburg, and
their work there showed tloY vera neither no.
|; ;8overnment-men or Don-conteBtanta.
in 1884, tho noxt yonr aftor. tho fore-
mentioned fast zordorol aud pamphlet. issued
Of Cincinnati: Tint Society consisted ut first uf
ruptlon in Church and State. to aro,,Hc public
sontlmout In Now England, aud to mako slavery
odiotss. But their peculiar views soon separated
ho voting 9rth2ao1 5ns1 Aboionst7 u to Eaa
I Lewis :Iappan!, Joined, us at tho West, and re-
moved Dir. haley and lis paper, tho Philanthro-
pist, from Cincinnati to Washington, whore it
oocalne the Nationas Fra, in facs as in i's,ne.
Meantime tho aaiated Bonjamln Lundy, Mr.
Garrfaon's former partner, and the herald and
harbinger OF this whole movement, Ind removed
his Genius Of Uniucrsat Emancipation to La
partly deaf by foYur contractou while forrotlng
out the TexaB lniquity; mud lying OF the ground
without shelter, ho had como out to these prai-
iics to ao., lik9 n tho evening snrs full Of mock
/ to fell on young printer from Massachusetts,
who whom he heard Of tho death Of Elijah Love
Joy, who fell by hia printing g~press exclaimed,
~ will go sud Btart an. .Antl-sayery paper in
1liinol ls." 10 catt,v, according to hls word, in
timo TO close the eyeB Of Lu,lIy; removed his
paper to Chicago as the Western Citizen, and,
after ton yoars Of trial, had the satisfaction, tn
1848. Of sceing this, county give a cloar snti-
headed by Gen. Taylor aud LowiH Class.
l have not nnnod, nor need !, that young Mus
Baohusotts printor who haH since represented
our commercial intereBta at ono OF tho English
ports; and who has united with tho venerable
aud beloved 1uen who were hu first oounaollors
Aud supporters in giving ue thiH reunion.
Sustained from these tlireo main centros OF in
tollIgence, viz: Now York, Cincinnati (aftor-
ized and united On the groat American doctrines
Of Christian government, and tho Christian ro-
ligion; the anti-slavery host moved steadily aud
snbllmely onward to tho CONQUEST Of TIC mind
OF the North; aud. Though the war and the
proclamation of Mr. Lincoln, Inns giyon us a
united and free country.
VIC have nov reached -
.>. TIE END or OUR ROAD.
! can go no fartllor. Lot us here paslao on this
apue summit Of Our history and see what pre-
dicted Hconep and objects lave fs1lod to appear;
what have dsappeared; and what actually do
appear around lla.
Doforo tho abolition VIC .wero "inceudiaries, =
and " aabassiue." Wo wara putting million
flaming brands and knives, soon to be bloody.
into the hands Of slaves for the dwellings, and
Congressional rocorls, aud you will 500 those
predictions of Ara0n aud masBhoro pointing tho
periods Of almost every Southern speech. We1l
such devastation aud havoc have como not, how-
liberate attompt to Hubjugato the North to do
stroy popular government, and establish an Enl-
pire to. tako away the baliot-box, and put d
crown and sceptra in itB Btead,
blHCo tnhk hLLdtupttA ttllne aThluHE ClFlZRtton
md tho ago is quellcd,. VIC 500 no burning dwell
inEH, And uear no ahrioks of distnny, oxcept per-
lapn tho work Of some white brigand called XII
Kiux, on AL unofendlng neighbor; or some po-
votes of the blacks! Tie papers, however, do
contain aomo grave complaints against tho freed.
naon, as that. III the Lofiaintures, they vote too
heayy taxos, and, in tl1oir religious meetings.
themselves nay cure the ono. and Intelligence
may euro the other. But Of all the ecarccrow
scenes by which mnbs wero set on the Abolition
ISIS not one haa put in an appearance.
But willis gloomy fancies have tailea to up
pear,
s1EnN REALITIES HAVE plsArpEAREp.
We are no longer ashamed Of our tlaK. We
seo no moro under itB. folda tho Bcourging Of
women and tho Halo of bnbes. Wo bius no
more at tho Blaye-prisons Of Franklin aud Arm
fold, with thoir human auction. blocks, licensed
by cur representatives, aud standing Ill tho
ahadow OF our ; National Capitol. Wo no
longer witness the. agouios. OF families torn
SsSy sy dosa as1s @ hGa' q sf s
aud RepreE Eentativos. We no longer feel Lko
AcBh-wouuds tho reproaoh Of our nntional hy-
pooriBy, nor grow pale ut tho olauk Of fottors On
hands which have meyer committed q crime. We
no more, with the patriot Quaker girl:
Think Of our country's glory
Her broad flag stained aud CORY
With tho hoarded guilt Of years.
Nor do wo ''tromble," withJo7eseo,,, "whon
VT remember that God Ia lust, and that Ills JUS
tice cannot sleep .foroyer!"
Q no, mol Far other objects and imagos rise
smiling around us, and cast
THEIR PLEASING IMAGES
into the future. We SEQ at last our holy religion
saved from roproaoh mud rejection as u gospel Of
inhumanity and hate-h religion Ea.icttonfng
slavery. :Wo here the hum and rustic OF thou
sand eohool-honses, whore little children, in
ntead Of lessons Of theft, md vice, and crime,
are roadng tue name and attributes Of tho mer-
cifu1 God. And NO Beo thousand Thousand
atalwart lnborers ou1tiyatng tho soil to bring
those children broad.
We soc, too. now, ten Thousand simple cabins,
each sacred as the castle Of q king, and the law
standing sentinel at their doors, and warning tho
aggrossor that he enters ut bis peril. Aud We
hear through thoir thousand orevicoB tho prayers
and thaukBgiyiuga. ave, and happy shoutings,
too, to the God ef the FREQ.
:. Let not ambition muck their useful toll,
The!r houely Joys and destiny obscure;
Nor grandeur hear with disdalnful Hntle
The short aud simple nnnAls Of tho poor.