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tbing only, mast leave him to take on fai own BOufthe" iesponsibilitpf lb choice. ! " i V v We pass lo the second paragraph" of Jthe arch- bisbbp'sXetter.'- If has succeeded in affirm ing any doctrine of religious liberty, it is a doc trine which", as We have Been,xpcW wide ihedoor for persecution .Let us Bee now what he denies. "I denvV with the Catholic church, mark ' that, greater "any right - of oner.man, . by physical oercion, to AAmf,1 U MnmmA-ftf another'-man. -.Hence, therefore. I am opposed to all penal laws having ho t coercion of ? conscience for their object. Vj We abstain ironi - criticisms upon . im tuuicu language,' lest wefeay be thought, by those who have not carefully examined the annals of persc cution, to be disingenuous, and disposed to make a man anoffenar,forwo'4)It(i8;demal go for all whicb any reader can claim for it, -after, reading the remainder of the paragraph' " In'-countries which are ' already divided and forokon. up into religious scets,V the. archbishop proceeds "mutual toleration, kindness and good will, in all the civil imd social . relations of life, consiitutS at once, n my opinion," the duties and the fights of aIL!tl If toleration inrcligiou3 .re lations ishere enjoined at alljirhich is not cer tain, does not the reader see that It is not on the ground of inviolable rights of conscience but as an expedient in view of the circumstances of the case ? ''Butl am not aware,' continues the! archbisLop-, "that a Protestant State, " -suclEi . as Sweden,' is bound, by way of granting religious liberty, to place Atheism on the saxne,footings as LAXth eraajsml' Would you say, sir, that Swe den" was not bound to admit you, a prelate of the Catholic church, to tlw free exercise of your, re ligious convictions, to the freedom of your minis 'try, and your converts, if you made any, to an undisturbed profession of their faith ? Doubt less you would not so say. ' You would claim freedom, because your religion, in your :xstima tion, is the truth, and nobody has a right toSop pose the truth. We would claim that freedom for you, sir, not because we hold in such esteem your faith," but because 4we respect your religious rights. You are a man under responsibility to God, and are entitled to profess and teach fwhat religion you please, or no religion, without let or hindrance from the civil power, so long as you do not disturb the civil peace. And for that reason we would assert your rights in rthe same language in which we would assert o'ur own. "Neither am 1 of opinion," the archbishop goes! on to Say, "that the sovereign Pontiff, whose Bubjects are entirely Catholic and united in be- I Iti I - U 1H1UUU Lt I LUTUW lllS : LDLiLLUS UtJUU lUi MIC preaching of every form of Protestantism and Infidelity." Just as if . the "subjects" of. the Roman Pontiff were all Catholic and united in belief ! They are not so. The traveller jour neying through Italy finds the Pope, and Popery treated with contempt in every stage coacnV The rope dwells m tne internal yy to-aay, not Dy the permission of his 'subjects," but under the protection of a foreign and detected soldiery. Thousands in Italy would profess Protestantism in an hour, if, there were no Inq uisition. , So much for the harmony of the States of the church! And as to every form of Protestantism, and In fidelity ," let such phrase goforspeciahpleading. Let the question be as to ny form of Protestant ism, and as : to any ministers of it, even those who,' toe archbishop told the "pedpla, congratu lated him on his promotion,---would ho recom mend that such should enjoy the right,5 or. even privilege! office worship "and free teaching in Home r No. 'Heat him again : "As spiritual head of the Catholic . church on earth,- ho (the Pope) is bound to preserve the revelation which has Christ for its Author. , To encourags oppo sition to that religion would belto take sides with the father of lies, and I am 1 sure j sir,' that you (Mr, GreeleyJ would hardly expect the Pope to go so farv" "TTuSjiells the story, to tolerate Protestantism is "to take': sides with the' father of lies,? and the arehbishop has told ' us before, Jn his first paragraph, that this is no part of "his idea of religious liberty. - Thi3 is as we supposed at the beginning'. Ve have no doubt that Arch bishop Hughes, tolerates Protestantism in Amer ica because be cannot help himself. He has no they must le blind indeed, who are, led astray by bis studied general professions . v ; . - What Mr. Greeley will say to the archbishop in replyf waV.itoprt'iti . We wait with 'some intereslf . to see ':, No man is .bun to the; wall as.i an . interesting specimen 4t ecclesiastical entomology. -' KET. T." J. FisHER.This ; dlstinsmlshed Brother passed trough oiar city last week, on Lb way home from a series ofmeetings at Cane Rnn ; Scott countr, at Salvisa, Mercer coutnty! where his .labors .were crowned with great Buceess. At tne latter place, more than eighty nave been aided to the Baptist church. He seemed to be in fine health, except a slight cold ; fund 'expect soon to enter the field again. He has pressing invitations from all quarters from St.' : Louis , New :YoA,j GeorgeUwn &c. &o., and not'yet mbuaucu ntuvu wj Bwcpb uxafc. ft ej. jtttc. g . . . v. ; . v ' - ' - ' ;-.-- A New Order of BaptistsWo nnder . stand that'the dUScnlty of the; Baptist church in Caldwell county; with: the Rev; John ill, for tLe pleaching , the possibility of apos iacy,.nas.- resuitea in tne lonnauon 'of a scp- ; erate and distinct denom lnation of Baptists, call ed the' Baptist J Reformed CLurcL, . numbering at thisjtime, upwards of one hundred members.- -Their doctrine , is in . direct opposition to the original Baptists ra - that : county 'Ixridlnioi ' (XV. G. Jlepullicdn.' ' " ; ' :t " "' : There. will be a total Eclipse of the Moon, .visible in all parts of the United States, roh the night of Tuesday, the 6th of January .beginning at 5 m 7 sec. v" J 1 o'clock; P. LI., and terminating at 43 m 7 t:.. xt 2 A. Ut - ---- there ever creater andacitof lnisrepresenUtion?J THE RECURDEB, , IB JRJLTE 3 ET HV. (P. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1852; To the Patrons and Friends of the Ilecorder. A happy New Year to you all J To contribute to thb desirable result, we hope that each of you will continue to receive .our weekly visits. It is, 4io8t chilling to an "editor's feelings to receive a letter on- taiuing, these miserable words ' Stop my paper ? Such a letter" we shall expect from none of :you.- During the past year we have endeavored to inerest and instruct you to: 'what extent we havei succeeded in our endeavors, you can'best judge 1 - Jg; ; We shall condiact ' Use Recorder on the same bVin ciples as heretofore, and we hope to receive.from he Baptists of N. Carolina a 'hearty and cordial corope- ration u .1 Shall the Recorder be Sustained? Friends of the Recorder! We ak you this q)aps- Uon in all sincerity-Shall the Recorder receive pm its friends such solid expressions of their approbation as shall enable its Publisher to continue its wedkly visits lo them another year ? : Much ; has been 4dne in its favbr hut much yet remains to he done, ila ny subscribers are still ia arrears. 'If any- 4ebt should be promptly paid, it should be the subscrip tion price of a religious i newspaper As the rteW year has now begun, it is a" favorable time for taining new snbscribers. !lf pur friends will oji) use a little exertion to induce their acquaintances to suhscribe, the list of the Recorder vrillsooa begreat- Uy enlarged.., ; . ' i--...,', ' '. ' We. were greatly, pleased with the action of the kSavaunah River Association, in relation to the circikr lation of the Southern Baptist. Resolutions wcr4 passed in favor of the paper, and then agents were appointed by the Association whose duty it shotxtd be to make collections and obtain subscribers for t ve Southern Baptist. Quite a sum was collected, and several'new subscribers were obtained at the meet ing: .of the Association. Our brethren of the Pee Decl Association in this State, pursued a similar course. j ": That our readers may understand the feelings qf of the brethren in this State in regard to the Recoct der, we copy from various Minutes the Resolutions ppassed respecting it : --. ' - Resolutions passed at the Bap. State Convention ot ICC. , , .. . - : Jtesolved, That The Biblical Recorder," by it long standing, its general circulation, and by the gen erous withdrawal of other similar papers Irom any clmsion or. public patronage, having become tlie att- j mitted Organ of the Baptist Denomination in tb,is state it is still more important than ever before, that it shild be well supported and. ably conducted. Jtesolved, 2ny , . That it would meet the wishes of! tins body, and we believe of the patrons of the paper generally, that the Rev.'T. W. Tobet should continue as the permanent Editor. : Resolved, 3rdy, That if the Baptist public would now1 come forward and give to this periodical that liberal support and that faithful and punctual pay ment which its increased importance deserves and demanxls, we believe that the proprietor of the paper would be able to give to an Editor a suitable salary. , From the Chowan Association Minutes. r:. Jtesolved, That we fully concur in the arrangement which has been made in securing the services of El der Tobey as Editor, and that we .wilt use our endea vors to aid our gistef by encouraging a more general circulation of the Recorder ; also recommending that each pastor become an ageutfpr'the paper. From the Raleigh Association Minutes. JlesoIved3.Tha.tlha Association request the Conven tion to appoint brother Tobey as Editor of the Re corder. Also that the pastors of our churches be re quested to use their influence to increase the circula tion of the paper lest it fail for want of patronage. :. From the Jievlah Association Minutes. Jtesolved, That we earnestly recommend the Bibli cal Recorder, edited by bur able and efficient broth2 errT;"W. Tobey, as worthy of the patronage of our denomination. This periodical is the only organ of the Baptist Denomination ' in North Carolina. It is chaste in language, neat in style, and sound in doc trine. We heartily approve of the spirit and ability of the present editor. " 'v . ' From the Tar River Association Minutes. Jtesolved, That we are' truly grateful to bro. Tobey tor the able and satisfactory manner'jn which he has discharged his duty; .That the Biblical Recorder ia a good paper, and is worthy of the patronage not only of our church, but of the public generally. That we try' to Increase the list of subscribers until the present number shall be doubled. t From the Flat River Association Minutes. The Biblical Recorder, edited by Rev T. W. Tobey is allowedly the organ of the Baptist denomination in N; C.i receiving the warm, support of, as well as weekly, contributions from, the ablest men" in the State. ;. ' . - . . j , ,-, -. From the Pee Dee Association Minutes. . v Resolved 1st, That each member delegated to this Association who is not a subscriber, do now subscribe and take the Recorder for one year. 'Resolved 2d, That each member of this body," and particularly our ministers, will consider themselves special agents' of the Recorder.' .:: .i: ''r.zxi iFrom fa Yadkin-Association Mtnvtes.- 1 Jtesolved jTh&t we recommend our churches to patronize the Biblical Recorder in a liberal manner.1 . In addition to , these, we have, beard from, others hat favorable resolutions were passed, but we have not yet received copies of the Minutes. The Free-Will Baptist Conferencevals6 passed re solutions favorable to. the circulation of. the Recor der. ' Now, if brethren will old V-4 into eflect, and give us some of thesrf of the Nl C. Baptists as well as the Resolves, we shall be enabled to go on with renewed alacrity ana vigor, ' All pas tors of Baptist churches are respectfully requested to act as agents for the Recorder, both to ohtain .new subscribers, and to" forward 'the amounts 'due from old . subscribers." We ' hope that our brethren -will feel the importance of bringing this matter before the people, of their charge, and of .urging them to aid in supporting their own denominational paper. 7 : All business letters should . be & 'ressed to A. Meredith, .Esq.., All communications to t the Editor of the Bib. Recorder," Raleigh, N. C . . , Curtositj of Literature. r ; One of the most amusing accounts of the " travels" of an article written by an American, Prof. North of Hamilton College, we find in the "literary World of December "6th. The article was entitled " A visit to Howe's Cave.J' It first appeared in the Knicker bocker, an American Magazine- was inserted with out any credit in Sharpens Magazine, published in London reprinted inlitteirs Living Age as an ori ginal English article, and is usei by the New York Evening Post as' "the statement of some EngUsh gentleman" on which to found some corroborations. The whole journey of changes was performed in se ven months. ; 1? Dcaft of an Editor. . - ' -' J ....':(. The last number of the . Weekly Message comes to us in mourning for the death of its editor, Rev. S IX Uumpass. He died Dec. Tilth, at Salisbury, to which place he had gone to atlend the meeting of the Methodist Conference. : V -. . Montnliest The following popular monthlies now He pon onr table : -- Southern Iaterary Messenger for December, Sartain's Magazine for January, 1852, and Godcy's Lady's Ebok for Jan.' 1852. i ,77e Southern Literary Messenger is one- of the few works which can stand upon its own merits.;; Jt has been established for many, years, and has not, each month,- (ailed to give satisfaction to its nnmerohjs patrons ! The Decem$ef NPlcqntalns tTe "third chapter of the Historyof Richmond ; a continuation of. the ScenesJBeyond the Western .Border; .Poetry and Relion No. Old. Churches jn Ta. ; Cupid's Sports and other Tales j - and 'everal'nieces $t PfigL nal Poetry. The Editor of this ilpnlhly ' actsTwell his part.n . v 1 - I -Yk- j-I" " ? SartainU 'Magazine for January is'a heauti f ul No. The amount of reauing matter nas been increased to 104 pages.A Twenty-four engravings illustrate the work. , The , feature, in. the' work., which, ail .must commend, is the employment of native, writers, for the encouragement of Attierican Literature;? ? '' Godey Lady's Hook for January is superior to any thing this enterprising publisher has ever Before givun to the public, ( He has faxed his ingenuity (o give his lady readers ant ngre edible. iSurpiisaV We cannot understand how. he can do so much for sd tie moneyVs-r.-M J?..- --4 -The publisher of . the Recorder ::will sendlihe Re corder and citherGodey's Book' Or ! Sartain's' MagaX uue jur uue 3 cur, iu auy une w uu viii ccuu utui juui uollars. . : .. ., : . . . . ,-,, , - Reasons for Withdrawing lroia Iho Episco pal Church: Published by RequesU ' From a Manuscript of 1S25, with occasional adtll . tious of present date. "" . . ..; , .LETTER V. -., '; . , , . .. To the Editor of the Biblical Recorder, Mt Dear Brother : " . In my last letter I gave a detail of the Episcopal Formula fowtbe Baptism of Infants, containing the solemn engagements of faith and practice assumed by the sponsors in behalf of the children j the posi tive declaration that the Infant is, by the act of Bap tism, regenerated by the Holy Spirit, and the. con sequent thanksgiving to Almighty God for confer ring upon the tender nursiing' so great a benefit. The letter concluded with a historical statement of the contradictions and absurdities in which the church of England involved itself by binding all its Infant members to believe and obey tbe religion which hap pened to he, for the time, the religion of the jState. J acknowledge that this objection docs not lie against the daughter of that church in this country, which hot being at all connected with the State, is unex. posed to as many mutabilities of creed as those which yexed and tossed her ill-fated Mother. But still, my denial of the right to bind unconscious children to a qerlain faith and practice, holds good against the daughter church, for that feature she has retained. The child, I would choose to say, as soon as it is capable of understanding its duty,-is morally bound Ktp believe and to do. all .which it considers God as paving revealed and commanded : and that from prior ind superior obligations, founded on its relations Jo Its Creator, and not founded on the'promises m?,de for X by its proxies. ' Its proxies bind it to their faith, and make it acknowledge, all thro' the period 'psi .'its praising and pupilage, that it .is bound to believe nd to. do what they have engaged it to believe and lb do, and because they have stipulated these 4hings if! its stead. I hope nothing here said justly exposes rfle to the charge of holding the doctrine that parents have no right to leach and inculcate upon their chil dien what lhey;believe to be 'truth and duty.! God has not only given them this right but laid them un der an imperative obligation to do so. This, how ever, is very different from compelling their children tq take vows upon themselves. The child is made to declare, whenever, it repeats its Gatechism, . that it "hinks itself bound to believe and to do what its sp)ns6r8 promised for it;" that is: "to renounce the deHl and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh to believe all the articles of the Christian faith : and - --- -- , ; to.jkeep God's holy wilt and commandments, and wilk in the same all the days of its life." "Yes verily" exclaims he, I think I am thus bound and " by God's help, so I will." Now, let us look at the solemnity dnd the extent ; of these promises before promises which, might well make the most pious yong person, or even an established believcr besi tate and tremble eVe he uttered his assent, and de termination to fulfil"3 them. -Yet are these solemn vows and promises put into the mouths of all the children, frivolous and wicked as well as serious and devout, who hypocritically and profanely vow to Go4 that 4hey mean to renounce all evil and to walk in his commandments all, ther days? of. their lives. when in fact they mean to do. no such thing end Lave nb conception of what lhcy,re about. , To make a . -1 1 -r-.' 1 t wnxien coyenani who aoa, as ioaanuge recommends in hs " Rise and Progress,n has . heen thought; by wisemen a dangerous snare t the cbhscience,even in persons of decided piety. - Many such persons have has brought themselves into- grievous agonies' of nund) if they shouldVby reason of infirmity," 'violate any particulars of this covenant. : How thelican e children "of Go4 and the ehildren:otjthe.. devil dren-systematically to utter heartless and 'bfp'riti cal vows before Ligh Leaven, during the "whole, of meir tnougnuess and ungwiJy . minority 1 I -accuse themitaot of voluntarily doing wrong. I know " that thousands of elcelient and godly parents do it and think Jhey are performing a pious work. ' But I can only offer for them the apology and the prayer offer ed for us all by the expiring SajnouTr rdtheKfor give them for fay Jcwte no? uihoiihey o f ttXl These are, as I conceive, weighty -ohiections to the Baptismal Service J but they are not sb apt to occur to the mind and to prove a stnmbling" block to the conscience as what I am nowr about to ' iiotice. ' The declaration that every childytehm baptized, is reen- ercted by the Holy Spirit, and the giving of arty thanks Jo God for fa same, is the part , which, as -1 mentioned before, first roused my attention and my scruples. These scruples were rendered more pain ful and intolerable, when, as was sometimes the case. ?cjo. vuuuxcu vi jtue same lamuy were presented for.Baptism, some of them old; enough , to te very wild and sinful. To believe that these wild assptf colts, (and when I use such language I mean it only in the sense in which Scripture uses it, and in which it is used in sorrow and in pity by the sweet Chris tian poet : ' " Man is the genuine offspring of revolt; r - Stubborn and sturdy, a wild ass's colt. to believe that these young sinners in all their native rebellion against God, are, by the sprinkling of water on their faces, changed into new creatures, so that we tnayarrantahly thank God for the divine trans formation, would demand for proof the plainest prom ises of God and the most undeniable testimonies of fact and experience, ; If any apologist should say we as- cribe to M wafer of Baptism any?. made Virtue t 0 produce a spiritual jreoovatitjn i,jwberea we attribute the change to the power of God exerted in answer to prayer and in conformity with his faithful -promises then I say, show me the promises and sly ,vme the facts. ;.You -can; jshowJ neiiher.i veo.f if-' ou could show me a command . to baptize infants and make if appear that this . New. Testament rile look the place pf circumcisiopfuBJer the old-Dispensation, perfect aaalogylbetwcen theJ wi wpuhl not prove that the washing of the Holy Spirit goes along with the washing of water.""Did the circumcision ' of "the heirt go along with thej circumcision t- of " the. fiesh, among the nation of Israel, or was there any promi ise td that effect 1 ; So ar fom it, thaftheT language of God implies the direct contrary,, since he gives ' to inc WUOie Vl uiui Uiiuvii, uu uau uccu Liituiutjcca in infancy such' eihortations asJ tneWf Circumcise vour hearts therefore,"an4 be n'o morestiS:hecked,1' (Dcut. 10 :16.) HBrcak upour fallow ground . ' ' flttej fypurMlvea-to tor3, and;tateiaw,ayihe foreskins of your heart, ye; men of Judh," (Jer. 4:4. And he promises as an ad- dMonal "grant "of mercy tothemu when thiy tBhonld reach the promised land ; " The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart and the heart of thy seed, td love the Lord 'jhyi'?Cdil"witbj:;klb;tn that the circumcisibri hi the ' heart ' was an additionai" "and' bseuehfA bfessing'aM' manifested by their loving the Lor J' tMr, Gbdwithair their .heart." In entire harmony arid coincidence with this Old Testament language, is hedeclaraUon-oi .the Apostle (Rom. 't :28, 29.) that there is anutward circumcision of Abe, flesh-quite ; ( different ftom, and worthless in comparisonwith the circumcision of the heart the first making a man an outward' Israelite merely the latter; and the latter alonej making , him an Israelite inwardly and itruth. ' So that the closer you push the , analogy between ' baptism . and circumcision, the worse it is for the argument of the Baptismal Office and the Baptismal Regeneraliohists. The analogy of the new rite to the old one (if there be an analogy) proves not the eimultaneousness, or the ordinary .connexion of the grace wih tbe outward ceremony but rather the contrary ; the latter .having been imposed on all the nation at their birth as a part of their subjection to a heavy yoke of ceremonial bondage j the latter being a spiritual blessing, often wanting to the nation which had received the fleshly circumcision, and promised as a gracious and an ex tra gift when it should please the Lord their God to work in an especial -manner upon their hearts.: As the Episcopal hurch has no warrant from God & expect or pray for regenerating grace at Baptism (whether of Infants or Adults,) therefore to assert that it is conferred and " to yield hearty thanks to Him for the same," is as baseless a vision of fancy and superstition as a heated brain ever conjured up. And as it is entirely unsupported byjScripture, so it is in violent contradiction to facts. The children of Episcopalians, whom their church declare to be re generated in Baptism, are no better than those of non-episcopalians, all alike exhibiting sad proofs that they are "a seed of evil doers," alienated from God. Every pious and sensible Episcopalian parent confesses that these young baptized ones of his house hold are the grief of his heart and the cross of his life, by their stamg and prevalent tendencies to evil? and if you were lo ask them what is tlie strongest. proof o them of the corruption of human: nature. they would probably reply: " the opposition 'and enmity we discover in our own dearchildren against a religious life and against our best efforts for their temporal and eternal welfare.5' But the advocates "for Bap. Regeneration contend that the work of God's Spirit on the heart is latent and gradual and that as we cannot tell when "animal life begins, neither can we tell when spiritual life begins j that the grace given at Baptism is often felt working in the young heart, many times withholding it from evil and prompting it to good ; and if it does not grow until it occupies and rules the whole man it is because it is choked by the cares of the world ad the weeHs of vice until it dies. Now to this I reply,, that if regeneration be so diminutiyepnd-yinert a principle m the heart, as to allow the vast multitude of . bap tized children to live such worldly ungodly: lives as they do live, then it jaqt.'w.orth contending fpr, and by no means deserves so grand and jmpging a name. " We have not so learned.. C&nst,'', He hath ; taught us ; that regeneration is "a being bora of God,". that it has a mighty name because it is'ial mighty . no less than being raised from' a. death in ; trespasses and sins to a ! new life of ' holiness and love--lhat f whosoever loveth, is born of God" that " whoso'- ever is bom of God,'doth not commit sin" that M he that committeth sin,' that is habitually and allow edly "is of the deri'aiii thaCin 1 tits' the 'children of GoJ are manifest, and, the'ehjidren of Jjhe. devil He tells us that Hereby we are io know the ''offspring of God from the offspring of the devil-Mhat it "is ho obscure mark hut a manifest one. . When therefore any of these ungodly thousands' do ecpijii'tpify 're ligious, it must be by regeneraUonij being l born of God.1? To maintain the contrary i to : maintain that men may be " born of God and yet be living in unrighteousness which, the Apostle tells fns,Jiis a .manifest mark of the children of the devil. When men are living in sin, they are according tp him man ifestly the children of the devil..? Thfen they canhot at the same time;. You will npt wonder then, that the more I reflect ed on the plain and luminous declarations of Scrip ture on this subject xorroberated by facts staring us in- the face, and jsaw its contrariety o the language of (he Baptismal bffice,4 which I professed to believe, ; T", .-,r"c f?V? uscjVer every cmiu at fief ted on this rontrane'tytimo that I must quit a church hqhiing such? attunscrip- tural and false.tenetv and jrequiringmqf ; to javDwiiit and enforce it DPon others BuHt is so painful and so formidable a thing to break up" all oxli oldTtieS, particularly the dearest ties (and such 'are our reli gious ones) that I, like every ,one,w7Binular;case, "" "ob"-" uJY ociuuieo, irieu 10 silence inem dv tujut-uu? juicrpreiauons, oy om ana nign and venex-a v .uuuiiij, Uj j.iccuimg ueiore me mmu jine ruinous consequences to religion of unsteadiness and change in ministers of ;the gospel. ? But this letter is already too long, 'and you must wait for my next; to bear of my hard endeavours to maintain my loyalty! 10 my 01a motner and to escape the pain and the shame of an open schism. t WV Hooper." Raleigh, Deci,li3th, 1851. . : . . . .; CacDiTiBLX The seven thousand five hundred pu pils of the public schools of Baltimore have bad a band ome block of marble prepared- foritisert-oa in - tbe National Washington Monument.'11 It is fonr feet in length and two in width," and contains suitable em bellishments and inscriptions, with, the motto, Let him who bears the palm merit it." .What are the forty-eight thonsand pupils of the Philadelphia schools doing , They are equally as patriotic as those of any other city. x. Paper. . . - " . vou misrepresent us Vhen vfcu aBsert that 1 iv- eftma fi'mA nrn informed our readers that Col. Wheeler tad xnnitted to mention the fact of the exis tence of the Recorder injiia jst of.newspapers in the Stale: Since we have seen the last few numbers of the'Fayctteviile Observer and of the Wilmington ileVktd, vtfe are almost entirely reconciled to j the omission. Our friend, of the. Herald is quite- cheer ful under' the" infliction imposed upon him. Hear him! .; ' And this hrings ns to another topic of personal inter est. Ourself is concerned and we'll unhuithen. Havinsr borrowed a copy of Whreler's History of North-Carolina, it will arrive in this out-of-the-way place for 6ale some timenext year we suppose,) and glancing over its pages out eye rested upon the jfol Fowihg record, iri the' chapter devoted la a notice of the press f the Stated ? , ' 1 rf- Ji "Wilmington Herald, i TAtfOTT.BpSBv" A native of Shode Island, horn 1802,, practical prin- Mentallv . abusing the historian whose fatal accu . lie duuiu w -r - racy had killed, oar ! matrimonial prospects in this locality ; forever, jre'' addressed ourself to thes?: pur- . . r r '.'LI.. . ft. .. .1 MVMAMAVtA ' Anil SU118 COmpaUDie wiiu uur age aim cicucuvc. this afibrds an pominity.lonbserve iri a very rnild and paternal way that hereafter oar grey Lairs must be respected Jl We are one! of the fathers, '(hypothe tically. of course,)- and, now ncc the secret rs out, and the game upr (no youhg girl will go forty-nine, csneciaDv .with all these Cbapel Hill youhgsters'in the streetsll our thouehts must be turned Tupon the inculcation, if not . the" practice, of virtuous, deeds and morarconsiaerations. F Tr?T1 w but once and rthenTonlvi for a daV.. But we will give him tho particuiara so that' be can correct ii in another edition of his work.'" We were .bom doivn among the oysters and clams on Wrightsville Sound in Kew Hanover County, N. C, which sufficiently accounts for a yearning we nave towards those suc culent bivalves,; and here we might shopt bfl and enter upon a elowinr euJoeium of our native State, but we deemit unnecessary, inasmuch as the, afore said State will thrive in despite of avor or affection, hcbfn of indifference.' ' Therefore we leave the eulo- gihm hbove designated to Wiifcr who has ' his pen in harid-V 'The date'bf - our birth is , no you don't, we'll send you that in a private letter, but, eicuse our young blushes as the" Raleigh Post would say, not .publicly before all these girls. It seems from . the history that we are a practical printer. No such thing. 4 Commenced a printing career, last iMay,ana pretty mucn an mat we Know aoout type now, is, that we Gave lots of bad on hand, which we intend to replace with new so soon as we are firmly established, and our patrons pay up. If you really wish to know a little of our past life, we will inform you that we studied Law sufficiently to ohtain a couple of LL-Csnces from the Supreme Court, and then waited for the -business, linally, the business branching off very properly in other directions we bought out the Chronicle . and got into Paradise. -There's the sum of the matter. 1 History to be histdty, must be a correct record of events. Mr. Wheeler could have readily obtained the particulars. Why he did not, in his lives of the great men of this section, like Plutarch, give a truthful history, is a question which may impair the confidence in his work. Being handed down to poster ity cheek by jowl I with Owen Holmes ;Wm. S. Ashe T. Lorikg and Price &, Fulton, we wish to go down correctly. . -j . . ' . ' : ' To sum up, we would observe that a person who aspires to the position of an historian, should.be care ful and diligent in the collection of his facts. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. y Washington, D. C., Dec. 12, 1851. When Mr Judson visited .- this city a few years ago, after an absence fibm! the United States of rnrei 1iM.11 iujri.y tin, ue, wiuiesseu ior me nrsi time in his life the' deliberations of Congress ; and on re turning from the capitol he-remarked, that there was no scene which he' had had a stronger desire to witness than that of Congress in session, that he often thought of it when in India, and that he was now more sen sibly impressed, than ever before with the magnitude of the trust committed to 'our national legislators. Like Mr. Judson, every good citizen ought to ob serve with ! interest the proceedings of that body which exerts so ; controlling an influence on the des tinies of the nation! In the "True Union" of las1 weeTc, is an excellent editorial article on the "Duty of praying for our Rulers," which is worthy of being extensively copied :and read. ? ' The thirty-second Congress began its first session on Monday the 1st instant In the Senate the Hon. Wm. R. King of Alabama took ihe chair as presiding omcer, and m the: House the Hon. Linn Boyd, of tucky, was clected speaker, and , John W- For ney, of. Peimsjlvania; clerk! ( 1 On the 2d, the Presi dents Message was' sent in. Or the Dth, the Rev. u. x . iiorgan letaovtist episcopal) was elected chaplain to the House,' and on the 1 1th, the' Rev. Dr. Butler. (Episcopal) ; chaplain" to the Senate. ' Not much' business has yet been done. iTLe. most promir nent subject. of debate has been the Kossuth resolu tions. "'1 "'Irt Tj'V i " tr..r-. . On the first day of the session, Mr. Foote gave no tice of his intention to iniroduce a joint resolution for theopurpose of appointing a joint committee of the two Houses of ? Congress "to make suitable ar rangements for the, reception of Louis KossuthfGov- ernor pi Hungary, on nis arrival in the Umted States; and to communicate lo him assurances of the pro found respect entertained for h"m by the people of the LTnited States, and to tender to him oh the part of Congress, and in the name of the people of 1 the United States thehospitalities of the .metropolw of the.Union.V JVlien this resolution was offered, Kos sutb was 'bftt&ayttfrwuirtry;and' his arrival at New York was daily expected.. 'lie -. was ' conr ing in consequence of the following resolution passed -at the last session of Congress : " Whereas, the people of the ..United States sincerely, sympathize with the Hungarian exiles, Kossuth and his associates, 'and fully appreciate the magnanimous " conduct of i the Turkish Government iri 'receiving and treatiBg those nuuic ciiits wun jkintuiess ana nospuaiuy , and whereas; it be' the wish of these exiles to emigrate to the United States,' and the will -of the Sultan to permu mem 10 leave nis oomimons lrxeretore,. Re solved, &c? That the President of. the- tTnited States be, and he hereby is requested, Ito autho'rizetbeem pljoyment of some one of ,'tbe public vessels which may be now', cruising in the4Mediterranean, to; re ceive and convey $0 ,the United States the said Lou is 'Kossuth1 and bis associates in captivity.?. The purport of this resolution s very plain. : There is in if no mvitation toTCossuth to 'visit the United States! . . 1 . . lor ponucai or, any otber purposes, but it simply of .'."t "' "' H m . . 1- ' . ! . fers to him and bis fellow eaalesra passage to this country in t aTpublic. vessel, if they wish w to emi grate hither. -. - : - :3t i v, ' ,r The resolution of Mr. Foote ' was warmly deba ted in the SenateVand, oh; account of the opposition It met with, was withdrawn on the 4th instant.' On its being withdrawn Mr. Seward - gave notice that he would bring in a jointTesolution, That the Con gress of the United States in the name , and behalf of the people of the United States, give Louis' Kossuth a cordial welcome to the capitol and to - the country,'. This resolution was introduced in the Senate" on the 8th, '.when Mr. - Shields t moved as an amendment "that a committee of three he appointed by the chair to wait upon Louis Kossuth, Governor of Hungary, and introduce hiraio the Senate." RpZT" welcome have also" been offered. in the Honr'3c none.of them, either in the Senate or the Hoaaeh been acted on. 1' ,UilTe 1 . In tlie mean time Kossuth had arrived. ' Tie edStaten Island on Friday the 5th, and the ntxU" ' was received into New York,1 in thenridat of tbe tumultuous applause, and with the most brillia-ni geantry. Immediately on his arrivaChe'a frank avowal of the objects of his ' coming t0 a country)- Ipu'rpose was rot, as 1 had heen an? 5 pated by theresolution of the last Congress" to igrate" to IheTJnited States,' but he came to oLt. I finahciaVnmterial, and political aiiLT' and onle ing the opposition which the resolutions to welco him .had met with in the Senate, he was free t6 del " clare that, had those, proceedings reached him bp fn. V nejeixurope, nejWouiu nave nesitated aboat ing to this country at all. - Numerous public bodies have waited upon li& and 'presented to him addresses. To the deputation from Brooklvn he said: "Merely to accent TSneth ities; 1 had not time for. . I came not for the purpose of enjoying hbspitality for my own person, but to benefit the principle of liberty and the cause f . country.? f To; the Democratic Young Mea's Com-' mittee he expressed the Lope that ? should, he trU by battle come ngainy the tyoUnglmen c would not be intimidated by tjie distance."' Atio a bc3 hiswn-fojjnt him to pay1 theirrespect he nia-the ; treasonable v dclaratiorittit Tsjthe duty1 of the, 'emigrants' to cbey me here as mucL as it is at Lome.'. 4 ' ' ;' -i liytnese ana many simitar avowals, Kossuth has. placed his object distinctly. before the people of ftf United States, khd it : remains for them to "decid whether, charmed by his eloquence and moved ty . sympathy for an oppressed people, they will ijjTOlve themselves in the distresses and tumults of iapro. tracted foreign "war, with a- stronger probability of retarding than hastening the spread of the trn pri,j.' cipls of, liberty, or whether, keeping in vievr the policy. laid down by Washington ahd fdlowcd wjih. such , happy results thus far, they will still cqptinne to discriminate those influences whose inevitable tendency, must be to complete, as they have alrea dy begun and are now; effecting, the Overthrow of oppression in all nations - - W. D C'" P. SL The Senate adopted to-day Mr. Seward's resolution of 'welcome to Kossuth. Mr. Badger of yotir.Statej made an able speech-againstit. ' For the Recorder.- . To the Chmxbes of Chowan Associalion. Beloved Brethren : jAllOw an humbla member among yon, to present to your prayer-: ful consideration, some suggestions seriously and maturely pondered by himself, in regard to our common duties at the present crisis. Our church es during the last season, many of them, have been greatly revived by. the blessing of our cra cious Redeemer on the faithful labors and pray ers of his ministers -and people. We look abroad over the spiritpal domain of the' Chowan Asso ciation, and behold within its limits, upwards of eiobt thousand members of the family of Christ. Besides,! there are at least ten limes that num ber of immortal souls that most, in the providence of God, look to our ministers; andurehes for itistroctron-irltho way'of H and examples, " as the truth' is Jn! esusV Tho- fidure destinies of these souls; arc mysteriously, but most clearly and intimately confided to" us, and made closely dependent on thefaithful per formance of our present duties. " We cannot shrink from the responsibility imposed on us to. be " the salt of the. earth," where our Lord has appointe'd, and mainkins our lot ! We must en lighten the darkness aronnd us V unless the light thai is in ns be;darkness,w;and.if so, how great is that darkness! Low destructive to the souls of them who are nigh to ns, but without God and without Lop3; in).tue world ! r 5 c ' - ' Here then are' the things I respectfully submit- to aii. ; v , . . Suggestion 1.. " Let thero ho light." Let. each minister and. mAmltni- n inmMiui tU circulation of the Biblical Recorder, by send ing at least the sub scription in. advance; 1 How cair wc bo active, ' while ignorant of the whole field for our prayers and efforts, both at.homt ; and a Jffl4, local and, general.-; I s?it nbt to firhrV uncertainly, as one 4 th cjairwbej wohaye no definifo aiOT, no system, no expectation qf any gool r sull ? Many, persons know scarcely any thin of what is going on ;of high import to tbcm, even in adjoining counties,. because, they do. not rcceiro the Kecorder. Suggestion. 2. u Let brotherly love continua." Heb. 13:1. j ; - TLat Union meetings be Leld, at least quar erlyy of the ministering brethren deacons, . and 8ttcL otLer members as choose to attend, in or der to promote 'the : unity- of the spirit in the bonds of peace-f-tLe. harmony and love of thff isterLujres,enc all so indispensabla to the edification of the church Of Christ In all great tital and fundamental truths, we trust there is a substantial agreement amongst us: and " In thjngs not' fundamental, a in-things jesse in & things,' Christian love" is a 'good motto for the, government of Christian- fellowship. " Sug. 3. The field is the World !" The ts Ublishment ofa interest an feeling' among ns : 1. By the cordial adaption 'of aMissionary to Chraa, as Las beea agreed upon by im t Sr.- By keeping tip the month ly concert of prayer and VoUcctions for missions at night in the towns,imd pn Satj)atL'afiernodna in country cLurcLea : Byf freely distributing the Home and Foreign Missionary Journal among the people : 4By abbatrj ebooI instrucion to the young of our congretionsV kll which mea sures Lave a decisive influence! on church exten sion, both at Lome and abroad . " Ve ought to hold on to the rope,' while our brethren descend into tLe dens of heatLenism.v Baptists Lave Id in this work, in modern times. Can we retrac our' steps,' or give place to otherswithout ehama. andgnat?;j; - '! - y.'f . ; suggestion 4. Train op a child m tbo ,vJ Le should go, and when Le is old, he will not: depart from ! it. . By; coirdiallyVj unitedly, sad liberally sustaining the noble enterprize of our Association, the CLowan Female " Coll ;giate In stitute, located within qut owtf limits," and des-
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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