, 1874-06-15

conqucring 1cBpot1am whose aggressive nd
vauces bocame more resistess, and ita Success
sivo victories becoino more complete" (Vol. I.
T'ha picture is not exaggerated. It wns high
ttnlo to strike directly agai1at Hlavery itHeIf.
Nothing short of this could havo Rtnrllod tho
nation, or could liaYo met tito e1igeuces OF the
crisis.
MODERN ABoL1TIoN1sM.
AHT1-sLAvERY AND rno-sLlyEGr FORCES ORGAN
lied AND IN ruZ FIELD OF ACTION.
The appearance of "modern Abolltionsn1," Us
it WIS called. astoniBhed the Church aud tho Ma
tion, rs though Bonle portontous comet had ap-
pcarod IN tic armament, scattering peetllouco
md destruction in eve,y direction.
What vas It? III government, Inv, and poIity,
1t was simply return to tho "self-evilont
truths " upon which, according to orr Declara-
tlon OF Independence, our Government was
founded, with precisely that specific application
Of those trutha 10 tho question OF Slavery which
tho euthor Of that Declaration Ind him
aclt recommended, with forohodings Of
Divine Judgments il such nppl-
cation should mt DO mado. In religion, NOR
nifty, Christian ethics, anl Church-responAb
tics, 1t wns simply recognition Of tho fundn-
mental truths, principles. uid requirements, Of
| our common Christianity, aud with precisely
sucl applications Of tlom to tho question OF
Slavery as had boon made by Congrcgationnlists,
| Motho1ists. prosbyterians, and other nccts, iu
this country, ind by the Roman pontifr long
bcforo,-ns wo hnyo already recorded The dif-
forenccs between modern Aboliionanl," md
| the Church mud Nation alarmed ut its appear
nnco may measure the moral aill political dig
| TANGO Travelled downward by tile Chuch aud tho
| State during tho intervening years.
| AltnpHt simultaneously, however, with n re-
yiycd snirit or 1il,.rtv ,nd Artig,vor,, or j,,ut
preceding it, '''' - JAW
n1stalEAn1r nEvtvAIs or nE.1o1oy
ind been Witnessed iu tho 1au,l-alavoiloldIng
| Btates and almost, ii not quite uniformly under
the ministratons of EYangolista, or pastors,
sympatlnzing with the slaves, and very many Of
labors, some Of them it,nora,ing as Anti-Sayery
lecturers through the country; i,,sonluol. tllat
wien cestain conservative ecclosiastics Eols called
upon to protest against the unwelconlo intrusion
Of Anti-SinyerY lecturers iuto their pnrslea
they insinctiyoly included "preauhora and
"itineratins eya,lgetsLa" in Tile same casogury
Of ttisturbers. [seo Gooaelfs Slavery uild Aut!-
Slavery, p. 430-l.]
| Among Abo!itoniats Of different rcc.g and
| divers ylows, it has boon common renlar,s TINT
those roylvala OF religion we're the means Of
converting themselves u,d others to 'smolor,,
Aholitionism, because, in those resivals, 1he
duty Of immediate a,ld unconditional repentance
Gradual onI fru.1nautsrv m, ondn,aat nnmat;m,on
tn,as,t md codaI ,n A,~Ivn@ th;a ."o,I,;mn
IN Tia snif.cyiI,out sin of s1veI,ninc W.. ths
,n.s t,h ~ .,art ~ VI re
,s1 rsoat nsu D,a ~ o'it;a,, S19rs ~ ~ ~ .lo
aus af fis ina,s of n,,a,,il w. ll' ,o,
euv;"ioa - nat,,roi iutco ;yiI na
,,l t., ~ eoneotoos' ,S.;a ""a faAeots
~ H. 4, 'u1 1shno "i. nv e oaaaro, ,,,,,1;o
ooo;as ~ Mo1, ~ u som.r huoo oVenlane
taauns s ~ .u'5 soulls' 'ne 'nooe'n aGta-
''oa ap!eAta ~ nhvo ttAsn ..
,,ns's. bshrEn noLp uroS MORAL rhlaeirLH
M',1 u,'ia 9''hn1es i;.. teus sentshsnt 9lan that
cxcitomont that Aad accompanied il the intell-
BltY OF xcal on both sides OF the STRUGGLE. tfLa
| nonrie Ind lonrnI nrI warn 1,;is sianr,;,
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