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BY JOHN X BACKHOUSE. LlBERTifrlE CONSTITUTION.,. ION. a VOL. XXL- -no. g. NfeWBERN, IV. C. WEE KLY- WEUKESDAT, MARCH 1, 1837. TERMS. v when paid Within tbrefe months after subscribing ; when paid wiihireiv;nitnth?. $3. 50; when not paid within TheTSentinel. one year, f 4- vu. I " . s: --. - per-tweweBto, hy the year, $15. 00 (for ' two squares or less i and five dollars for each additional square. By the nmnb.r, 75 cts. for the first insertion, 374 for each continuance. j : j;: jj .:.-.-.. . ICr On ill letters addressed to the Editor, the jwrta must be paid. J :,;'j; ". :; j; ;j .; . War Department, ) . January 1 25, 1837. y relation to CLAIMS provided USES in of by an act of Congress p assed 18th January, I57, entitled "An aci fl iu proviue for the payment of horses and fither property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States' prescribed in pursuance of the 4th section of thesaid act. v'. r All claims under the provisions1 of this act must be presented at the office of ihe" Third uii'('-AbTjrir;''yi Department, before the end itf lne f,ef 1 session of Congress,, and each must be substantiated by such evidence as iV hereinafter! designated, with I respect to uAn art In V cases of the class under ' which it falls. FIRST CLASS OF CASES. By the first section of the law it is enact- That any field "or staff, or other, officer, rn ou n ted-m i uti a man, volunteer,!) rangei, or cavalry, engaged n the military service of the United Slates since the 18th of June, 1812, or who shall h teafUr be in said service, and ;has sustained! or shalljsustain damagej without any fault or negligence on his partj while in said service; by the loss of a horse in battle, or by the loss of a horse wounded in battle,, and " which has died, or shall die, of said wound, or ' being so vvoundeijl, shall be abandoned by pr der of his officer, and lost, or shall; sustain damage by the loss of any horse by death,- or abandonment, in consequence of the United States failing to supply sufficient forage, or because the rider was dismounted and separa ted from hisjhorse, and ordered. ijo do duty on foot at a'siatioln detached from hjis horse, or when the officer jin the " immediate command ordered, or shall! order, the riprse turned out to graze in the! woods, prairies, or commons, ... because the United Stales failed,! or shall fail, to supply jsufficient forage, and the loss was or shall be consequent thereon, or jfof the loss of '. necessary! equipage Inconsequence of the loss of his horse aforesaid, shall be j allowed and psid the value thereof . Provided, That if any payment has been or 'shall be made to any one .; aforesaid,! for the use and risk, or for forage after. the death, loss, or abandonment of his , horss. said payment shall be deducted from the valueithereof, unless he satisfied, or shall satlsfy the pay master." at the time he made or proof, that he w,is remounted, in which case, the deduction! sfiaJl only extend io the time he was on foot: Atd provided atsoi if any pay ment shall have been,! or shaft hereafter be, ' made to any person above mentioned, on ac count of clothing, to which he was not enti tled by law, such pa) menf shailjj be deducted from the value of his horse' or accoutre : .- rnents." ? !" j - I f '-" V :' ..,!.. '.',' 1 To establish a claim under provision: the claimant must adduce the; evidence of the officer under wliose command he served when the loss occurred, it alive.; orj if dead, then of the next survivi!ngi,officer; describing the pro perty, the valuej thereof, the time and manner in which the loss happened, and whether or not it was sustained without anyj fault or negj ligence on the'claimant's parti The evidence should also, in case the claimant was remoun ted after the loss, state when he was remount ed, how longj hje continued so, and explain whether the horse whereon he was remounted had riot-been furnished by the United States1, or been owned by another militiaman oi volun teer, to whom payment for the I use and risk thereof, or for its forage, whilst in the posses sion of the claimant, may have been made; and if it had been hus owned, should name the person, and the command to which he belong ed. And in every instance in which the claim may extend to equipage, the several articles of which the 6ame consisted, and the separate va jlue of each, should be specified;; I - ' -y - -l i - r r ii , ' i SECOND' CLASS OF CASES. The second section of the law enacts: "That any person who, in the said military service, as a volunteer tor draughted militia man, furnished or shall furnish himself with arms and 1 military accoutrements, and sus tainea or snau sustain damage by. the capture or destruction of the same, without any fault or neJigenjje onms part, or who lost or shall lose the same! by reason of his being wounded in the service, 'shall be allowed and paid the the value .hereof." 11 I ) - - Each claim rinder this provision must be es tablished by the evidence efjthe', officer who commanded the claimant when the loss hap pened, if alive;' or it dead, then of the next sur viving officer; describing the several articles of each, whether or not the furnished by the claimant, in lost, the value same were not; what way, and: when the loss occurred, and whether or not it was sustained without fault or negligence on his partJl ' THIRD CLASS OF CASES. M. The third section of the law enacts: any "That any person who sustained or shall sustain damage by the loss, capture, or de struction by an enemy, of any horse, mule, or wagon, cast boat sleigh, or harness,, while such property was in the military service of the United States, either by1 impressment or contiact, except in' cases wheie ' the risk tq which the property would bi exposed . was agreed to! be incurred by .the o wner, if it shall appear that such loss, capture,!! or destruction was without any fault or. " negligence on the Iart of the owner , and any person, whoj with I L. , .ti in.li A.il' 'i vuk anj aui lauu.ui negligence, susiaiucu vr shall sustain "danr. age by the death or abandon ment and loss of any such horse, !mule, or bx; while in the service aforesaid, in consequence of th!e.failure on the pait of the United States, to, furnish the same with sufficient forage, shall be allowed and paid the value thereof.' Hlr To establish a claim under this provision, it win ue oecessary ip proauce tn lesumony. oi the ofiicer or agent of the United States, who impressed or, contracted for the servire of the property mentioned in such claim, and also of jtne pracei under whose immediate command the stnie was employed at the time of capture, destruction,' loss, or abandonment ; declaring in what way the property was taken, Into the service of the United States, the value thereof, whether or not the risk to which it would be exposed was agreed to be incurred by the owner, whether or not, as regarded horses, mules, or oxen, he engaged to supply ' the same with' sufficient forage, in what -manner oss happened, and whether or not it was sustained without anv fault or negligence on is part. . ''. .- -i,rv , ' fThe sixth section of the hw enacts; I ! That in all instances where any minor has beei or shall be engaged in the knilitary ser vicej of the United States, and was, or shall be proided with a horse or equipments or with military accoutrements, by his parent or guar dian, and has died or shall die, without paying for said property, and the same has Been, or shall be lost, captured, destroyed, or abandon ed,; n the manner before mentioned, said pa reni. or guardian, shall be allowed pay therie foron making satisfactory proof that lie is en titled thereunto, by having furnished the same;' : -i "f; I"' va j - f "A parent or guardian of a deceased minor, will, therefore, in addition to such testimony applicable to his claim as is previously de scribed, have to furnish proof thathe provided thelminor with the property therein mentioned: thai the minor died without paying for such property ; and that he, the parent or guardian is entitled to payment for it, by His having fur nish ed the same. j i - I The seventh section of the law enacts: j ; 'fThat in ail instances where' anv person, o ther than a minor, has been or j shall be en gaged in the military service aforesaid, and has been, or shall be provided with a horse or equipments, or with military accoutre merits, by any person, the owner thereof, who ! has risked, or shall take the risk iof such horse,! equipments, or military accoutrements on him self, and the same has been or shall be lost, captured, destroyed, or abandoned in the man-; net before mentioned, such owner shall be al lowed, pay; therefor, on making satisfactory proof, as iii other eases, arid the! further proof that he is entitled thereto, by having furnished ih4 same and having taken the risk on him- self.";- ;;.:-i..i4.v--;-rh-r : J'r : J ""5p5ttle3 "the testtm nny tn ' hu ppo rt' wf his ipiaim nerein Deiore requirea, every sucn own er,! therefore, will have to prove that , he did provide the horse, equipments, br military ad-j CQUtrements therein mentioned,) and took the risk thereof on himself; and, that he is enti tled to pay therefor, by having furnished the same, and taken the risk thereof, on himself; and this proof should be contained in a depo sition of the person who hadbeerl so provide by him with such horse, equipments, or mil tary accoutrements. In no case can the production of the evi dence, previously desciibed, be dispensed with! unless the impracticability of producing it be "clearly proved, and then the nearest and best other evidence, of which the case may be sus ceptible, must be furnished in lien thereof, jj : Every claim must be accompanied by a de position of the claimant, declaring that he has not received from any . officer ot agent of the United States, any horse or horses, equipage,' arms, accoutrements, mule, wagon, cart, boat, sleigh, or harness, (as the ease may be,) in lieu 0 the property he lost, nor any compensation for the same, and be supported, if practicable, by the original valuation list, made by the ap praisers of the property, at the time the same, was taken into ihe United States service. j;. j AH evidence other than the certificates of officers, who at the time of giving themj were in the military service of the United States, must be sworri to before some judge, justice of the peace, or other person duly authorized to administer oaths, and of which authority, proo fiould accompany the evidence . a. F. BUT ER. Secretary of War ad interim. AF?Roy. Jan. 24, 1837. ANDREW JACKSON. I Treasury Dxpaetment, I. Third Auditor's Office, Jon'; 27, 1837. Each claimant can have' the1 sum,' irhich mavi be allowed his claim, remitted to' him di rect1 on his signifying a wish;: to that effect, and naming the plaee of his residence ; but if the money is to be remitted j or paid to any other person, a power qf attorney to him from the' c'aimant, duly executed and authen ticated, should be forwarded with the claim, j I j To facilitate the requisite searches, and a void delay ir. the adjustriien of the , clairtis,5 each claimant should name on his papers the paymaster or. other disbursing officers, by wnpm ne was paid, for the service of himse horse, wagon, cart, team, boat, &c. ;y--fS:--. -: ' ' PETER H AGNER Auditor. Editors of newpapers, in which the laws of the United States are nnblished. in the seve ral States arid Territories, are' requested toi publish (herein, the foregoing rules once a week, for four weeks, and send their accounts to the Third Auditor for payment.' : : 7-4 j Dlt. CHAPMAN if TTJTAS jqst received, per Schooner Perse- vera'nee a fresh supply of UKUUS AJNJJ MEDICINES Newbern Oct, 80th: i ; ! 4 and, the 'Abolitionists I AB cuapjoiuH oi iree. uiscussion ypq jend To. the Reverend prViIliam K Channing; fcirl have! read irith attention yourlletter of IstjNovember lasivaddrdssed to Mr. James G. Birney, but perhaps intended to answer the double purpose of a pastoral letter to your dis civics ui iuc, auoHuonaryi scnooj, andt oi an appeal to the sympathies cfjhe public id their j In the former light I haH nothing1 Jtb ' say o u. jtou may qeserve, asyou appear to as sume, the office of trieir biskop!; and certainly tney neea Dom cnastisement and instruction. But when your classic pen. invokes respeet ft?r the principles arid; compassion for the penalty jof their offences against society,' the attempt calls for a reply. hpjt&vpu; to the 'taBi regretting that , it hands. . his not fa len into labltir I You hold up the partizans of immediate emancipation as persecuted christians, andif any of them should chance to be knocked crn 'the head in an abolition riot, you would doubt less proclaim thetn jphristiaii lartyrs. . I ui derlake to prove that neither the principles nor the measures of the abolitionists arej sand tioned by thef Gospel; on the contrary that they, are in direct ibontraveniion of its -precepts.;:. ;;..i tv I f ;f , ., ,k :. , I pass by .the express institution of I servi tude in the Old jTejstament, not out cjff defe rence to the too common errorjof underyalui4g the maxims f thfs former; economy, but : for want of space, and because the doctrine of tlU Old Testament ocj this sobject is illustrated ry the clearer light of the new. ' ' J Occasional allusions are ma le in the Gos pels to the relation jj of master1 and slave ; and in no instance did the Saviour or his apostles intimate the smallest censure o iU thoughjit must have been continually bepre their eyes, and indeed pervaded the worll. "When 4e consider Chnst's habit of rebuking crimes that fell under his observation, aridof engrafting his doctrine i upon-r jarticular cases, , as they arose, this silence has the force of a positive ca non. For as he spared no sin, so he never wasted words in multiplying ordinances.: ; In the Epistles, wie find the duties of master and slave treated irf connexion tfith the other domestic relations, Ind as clearlr defined, and put upon the; same ground of rootal obligation, as ihe duties' of husband and wif, '"and of pa rent and child. Not bare submfesion is incul cated, which! might iihave I beeA Construed into a politic expedient, adapted to the unfcrlunate condition ef idisciples in bondage, and condu cive to the favorably reception of the .Gocpel: they enjoin the most sincere respect, and the most faithful! obedience, 'bot with eye service as men pleases, 'but in sin den ess of heart. f taring " ahd!that as well "to the (To ward" as to j;"kind and gettle roasters. Nay, more, and what shuts up the argument, he relation was; held to be equally binding be tween Christianj arid Chrktian, as where the believer was slave io an iifidel. 'Allow me to quote, witn a running comment, one passage which sums up j the whole Idoctrme witl force that cannot be evaded or roisunderstoj St. Paul, writes thus in his! first epistle to Timot Let as many servants as under the yoke' slaves in the strictest sense "count their own masters Worthy of all h'jm our; that th narrie of God,- and his doctrine, be not blasphemed. Disrespect, therefore, in Christiari slaves, not only open?disope dience or revolt, but any thing short of pro found and j heartfelt reverence towards their masters, would expose their religion to re proach ; and to attribute such conduct to the teachings of the gospel, is, in apostoliek judg ment, blaspheming God. "Arid they ? that haye believing masters, let them not despise them because they; are brethren ; but rather: do them service; because they are faithful believ ing! and partakers of the benefit. These things teach ; and exhort." Here the tie of Christian brotherhood is urged as a strong bond pf roaster and slave. If the holding of men in bondage had been regarded by the .Au thor of Christianity, as the accursed thing which it is held to; be, by our new light refor mers, would it not have been, at least to those who embraced the faith, forbidden ? Woujd this institute have! been left on record for per petual observarice ? "tbk4 thinss tkach and bxhot. Tain is the pretence that it is a Christian duty to denoiio.ee slavery ks a deadly sin ; and that at the Tnazard of the Most awful calamities upon those: against whomlthe denunciation is pointed ! 'So far as the Gos pel is :conierned the"; lueson is settled as plainly as language can settle any thing. Abolitionists may talk about human rights; and Christian benevolence : but the record is a gairist them. Their pretensions to scriptural authority are mre wOrdsf; with about the Same truth, and 'much to the same purpose, that you, sir, cry ! The - Cros's ! The Cross !" while you jdeny the power of the cross; while, iri the pride of votir heart, you disown I the character Of "a child of wraih by riature,1 and rederrintion through thle blo'od of atonemer t :1 ivliU.voudenvChrist"nndmademanilestinthe flesh" 44 to put awav sin by the sacrifice of? himself," and thus solving! the mystery jof a God of inexorable iusiice. forgiving iniouilv, ' i i.vi -L v -f . j v . . : : . ; i ana exalting transgressors to a pamcipaiiuu oi his nature and his throne. . ! ' Pardon 1 this if digressive illustration! into 1,,. t Ka h0n A Ktr trhnr nstpntatjnns f. fertationof the Christian faith. The apostle rtminwV.! If ariv man1 teach otherwise 'he is proud, knowing ; nothing, but doting riiterally, sick, diseased,! ahout questions and and your coiumns l to the defenders of abolitionism; may X use them for itl exposure? rir lrf j ' -4 M- n "l PLAIN TRUTH. strif es of wordsrwhereor cometh envy, stHfe.iprehensionsof the slave-holding btates, ana Uailing eril snrmisings, eryerse disrmt ! ; : ' "- ; I -ill 1 - . , J ! ngs of men of corrupt mipds; and destitute ofi the truth." Judging from the energy of this re buke, and the fact that this and parallel assa ges are confined io the later epistles, it would seem that the patterns of our bra wlers : about slavery, had already 'sprung tip in the. church, and that the last quoted clause was intended for their especial heriefitJ How graphick the description is of modern abolitionists! of their swelling 'self-conceit their, disputatious igno rance, their intolerant and reckless' fanaticism; and of the jealousies, the dissensions; the heart-hurniDgs" withj which they' have afflict ed, arid yet more threaten to arUict our coun try. L " , No, sir; The abolitionists are not sufferers for righteousness sake and be assured, if you fall in the cause, you will not obtain the glory of martyrdom. Bullet me, tell you what. they are. They are busy-bodies, seditious inter- meddlers with other men s matters ; and their dissolution of the gover n- practices tend to the ment under which we live, and of the (solemn league which unites jthis yast confederacy! into one peop. a gai n, they disobey holy writ, which enjoins peace and submission to "the powers that belt I am not speaking of the right of revolution, the right of a people to rerriodel their form of government ; but of the conduct ofa faction in one quarter of the coun try, seeking to embrjoil the whole nation in or der to compel an alteration of the laws of an other quarter.5, ( : ' ' j ' ' f No argument ean strengthen the proposition, that, except where restricted by the Federal constitution,; each State has a sovereign right to manage its own internal affairs, and slavery Among the rest, without anyj foreign interfer ehcei It is equally clear that slavery is not forbidden by that instrument. Itiseven recog nized as the basis of representatipn and union between the North and the South. The right to hold slaves is therefore stronger, than if the States were disunited, or if Congress, possess ing jurisdiction, had declared the right by ex press enactment. Then it would m the? one case rest on the general principles ol interna tional law ; and in the other case, it might be revoked ; and ' the; abolitionists would have some shew of reason to endeavor to procure the repeal of an obnoxious law. But the right now stands as one of the terms on which the States came together; and it cannot be touched, without a violation of the compact, nor in ail human probability without dissolving the con tederacy. And if l, rightly understand the; general tone of the anti-slavery writings, and 1 especially a political address put forth by the leaders of the party duringf the late Presiden tial canvass, they abjure the Constitution of the United States in this respect, as "an ac cursed compact," not binding on their con sciences. Neither dq you, Sir deny the ten dency attributed to their measures ; but you evade the point, on the .flimsy truism, that innocent-cause-may ehaace to produce fatal effects, and noble projects are often calumnia ted.' Your argument even seems to imply, that the danger, though real, should not deter your friends from their course.,' i1. J I '--" The avowed: object of the abolitionists, is to break up slavery at the South : but, say; they, we will da it, by moral suasion, and therefore we cannot; be prevented without-a ureacn oi the liberties of speech and of the press. ; Do I not state the design and argument, fairly? Your sagacity, sir, cannot fail to perceive, that this mode of reasoning is a petitio princi pit, as to the right of interference, and shiel -ing their error! behind a privilege dear to the. heart of every freeman. If the object is unlaw ful, will you maintain that itia sanctified by the means t On the con trary,' do not the means, whatever they may be, become infected with the guilt of the intent ! It is an abuse of the sacred freedom of speech, to make it sub servient to an illegitimate end. fIThat is a right of defence the palladium of our'fiwn liberties ; it does not extend to cover assaults on the rights of others. Were a State in its corporate ca pacity to turn abolitionist, and to attempt by moral suasion or otherwise, to con train the South to give tip their slaves, it would be justly deemed an impertinent dnd offensive act. And what' better right have the citizens who com pose a State, or any part of theriij to attack; the institutions of her neighbors! Is rightful pow er generated by division! May we, with pro priety, do! that as individuals, iwhich Would be good eause of war, if dotte by us in the aggre gate? I challenge your learning and rhetorick . to point out any solid ground of distinction between the two eases. 5 But say these incendiaries, we do not mean to interfere with the rights of the Southern KtAtPc not at all ! Ve do not cro there : we reason with our fellow citizens at home. True, the terrors of Lynch Law, and. Statute Law, sAPm to have abated their missionary ardor in that direction. Your flock for the most part imitate your paternal example and (hurl th- ir firebrands from afarj But to wnat purpose is their zealous system of propagandism in the North. their five hundred travelling agents. their; groaning press,5 arid boasted revenue, if it be not to accumulate a power or leeimg ana prejudice here, which shall tell Upon the South? We have 5 no slaves to liberate.1 The sin, if sin itbe. does not pollute our soil, tit would hardly be spoken of, were not the subject forced upon us bv incessant agitation. There- is 1 ceivabte obiect. but to force the South to give up their negroes For to imagine that they will do it voluntarily, until there is fcha'nge of circumstances that the l ;il ii;nnsh tttSv ttrnnprtv.'ond It peuic wi; ichuuw" ..v.. ;r.r- loose upon themselves a horde of blacks far more numerous than the whiles, is as absurd s to suDDOse they will set fire'to their cotton field, and drown, (if they could,) their rice plantations. The natural and inevitable ten dency oi ine aguauon o4 lus buyjt:, uB been been shown to be, to arouse tne spirit ana ap- j to aggraTat8 the evil? the abolitionists- pretend ; to deplore. And experience proves the jus ticeof the reasoning. For iustead of beinff induced to abandon slavery, the Southerners - are the more closely- wedded to - thi arid have abridged Ihe privileges of j their ne- groes ; in order to counteract i thei intrigues , of these mi?chieyous fanatics. Yetj this, sir, ' is the philarithrophy, and such the firmness . that you laud and would commend to our ad- miration. ; Were the advocates of emancipa- . ti on inhabi ian ts of the 1 southern states, ; and their lives and forljunes pound up inj the same bundle with theirs, we rnust honour their' de votion, whatever might be thought of their judgment. But that patriotism, is.jvery sus picious, which is to be indulged at the expense 6f . others : and - modesty as . well as good sense ought U to teach . us to ".leave , the connection of social evls to 1 thosej'twho are principally concerned. Thf rage or fashion of abolitionism, however, or whatever else you . please to call it, is restricted by i noj limits of place. ( .We are lectured with equal; zeal and ! authority hy an emissanT; from Europe, as by L oracles of.native growth. , The disease is $1& ' specific in jtts nature. Neither red, white or i copper colour affects its eye. Black is the on- ( ly fancy. jThe serfs of Russia, ihe; exiles in Siberia, the slaves of Turkey, and the millions" of Great Britain and Ireland in a state mor& degraded, t lan that of slavery, rpove ; little or no sympa ,hy ; nay, England jriota in the . wealth of plundered, and, subjugated India, while ail the British benevolence of jlhe day is alive to the misfortunes of the Africans iri this country, though they are incomparably better on than one nail ot the population o; mat King dom. The conduct ' of this faction! would only move langhter. did we hot tremble for the con sequences' of their madness. It is . painfully ludicrous o see with what assurance and per fect. self-complacency, a crowd of half-bred clergymen, silly women ,and ker men, scarcely one in a thousand of whom know the true state of things at the south, or compre hend the bearings of the s ibject, i ivill dogma tize about; a problem,1 which the wise fear to contemplate. If you believe them, there is no difficulty at all in thej matterV f They would free all the negtoes at once, and make their, masters richer.betterand happier by ihe change; v Lne experiment threatens them with ruin. " Oh The whole sooth cries out with one voice that' no !" oolly answer ' these sapient quacks , "There is no danger. We emulate the exam-ph- of the English in tlie West Indies. Let us -alone and you j shall presently pee how your condition wijl be improved." "But consider," say the southern peopl !, " that the military force of the British ernpire is pledged for the protection of her colonies, and berj wealth has paid the slaveholders for their property : be sides the success of the operation is yet : piob- lematical." "Property!" exclaioi the, Aboh-. iomsoi have-avr jproferty in youris!r;fc' you already owe there more than y n are worth. ' Don't mention comperisati n : i it shocks.; our; principles. If thef English hare not quite succeeded,! it is because they did not make the negroes free enough. : I We under- stand the thing ; better. But danger or no ' danger, dear I friends, we : must practice upon yori for the; benefit of mankind." " We cannot, reply the southrons in a rage, " puf fer you to tamper with our lives and fortunes. You shall not disseminate yourj ppison here. If we catch any of your itinerants jtve will give them a coat of tar and! feathers.! .Unreason able men,' rejoin these paragons cjf meekness, "negro-drivers ! men stealers ! dealers in human flesh ! tyrants ! persecutors ! ;you.vio late the liberty of speech in our pf rsons !" You may ask, sir. whether I justify the law less violence which has been inflicted on abo litionists ! I frankly janswer No i neither do I sympathize with ; its; victimtv l The majesty of the laws must be respected . for! their own Sake, arid for the good order of; society. But no punishment can be too severe lor tnose who wantonlv disturb the neace and union of our country, and urge on a catastropne.wnicn, . :i -Jr'ii !.l1j S!.v. t.l4 u ever it nappens,musv oe nuisueu ui; u wuu of our southern brethren. This crime I charge upon the anti-slavery !: leaders.';)., Whilel con demn the- occasional ' outrages which 'have been' committed in a community provoked by pestilential demagogues, (the more unpardon t able, because they profane a sacred right,) I cannot but regard this "phenomenon as an ex traordinary effort of nature to expel a disease, which the ordinary functions of the body pol itick are unable to resist, And j the symptoms indicate the cure Let the cause be removed, arid these 1 extravagancies 'will ceaseV Give over I address yov,' sir, as the representative of the sect give" over your pertinacious ef forts to excite a flame which your fellow citi zens apprehend riiay;endanger 1 their political fabrick. ; Be content s to ' entertain i your own opinions'Withriu;-' jforcing f down Xtbc throats of the community, and you will hear no more ot abolitioiri riots. ' It is the best' ser vice, Relieve me, that you can render to : the liberty you profess. But, so lori as you per- , sist in your mad career, you have; no right to claim pity because you are burned by afire of your own kindling. IHIt" You havej reverend sir, essayed a classifica tion of the'opporieAts of your faction. f- Per mit me to; answer Ihe catalogue by 'substitu ting the great body of sober 4rid intelligent j men, who Iqvc their country, their wnoie um- i ted country; and to group for your contempla-' tion, a counter list, of Hie characters of some, who swear with ' you by the same standard.' You have Ihe disappointed moorii-struck states- men; resyess innovaiors.amoitious oi noiun ety ; visionary enthusiasts men . . of weak heads and con'upt iminds : ' crafty politicians who embrace any cause to strengthen their in fluence ; and the mass of ultra new light pro ririan. who hold "for doctrine -AL hf ,.. i . PLAIN TRtrTlT.' j;!ir Mi I. IT S' .1 i; ' J
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