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V. , fflMMLlIMA "Ours arc the plans of fair delightful peace, imwarp'd by party rage, to live: like brothers." TJHJKEF, OLiLARS Per Aiimiin, OIVETftAKF-IIV ADVANCE -43?,. " - '1 ' -X roHiisiiknuvT.iiT tumdit, By Joseph Gales & Son. TERMS, , v T'lws DotT.AiiR per nmjum one half in advance Those whodo not, eithcral ihc time oi suwcnmn? V Kuhscqueptly, give notice of their wish to have he Pf.per discontinued nt the expiration of the year, willhcprcsumed as desiring its corHinuicc Until cotintcnnaiHicd. AjVI':RTISEJaEl'TS9 ftat fxecedinff sirleen tinea, will he inserted thrtc limes for a Dollar ;and twenty-live cents lor earn iirlcoiicnt puljication: those of greater length, in proporiion. If the number of insertions be not marked on thrm, they will 1C continued until or d red out and charged accordingly. PERQUIMANS COUNTY. M a meeting of a portion of tlie citizens of Fet ouimans county, for (he purpose of tiikus: into consideration the necessity of (pointing Delegates from that County to tiii't't other Delegates from the District, on the second lucsdav'jn June, in the town of Hertford when and where it is proposed to select some one to be placed upon the Whi"; Electoral Ticket4r the District com posed of ihe counties of Gates, Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck. On motion of Jesse "Wilson, Esq. Jonathan IL-Jacocks, Esq. was called to the Chair, and on motion, of Josiah T. Cranberry, Thus. F. Jones was appointed Secretary. 1 he objects t the nieettna; ha ving been explained clearly and plainly by i .l - -i . . X T 1 . T- r II ' 1 the L-nair, jessc vuson, esq. nuioweu in a manner not to be misunderstood by the whole People. Plain, clear and explanatory, Mar tin an 15urcn's political course stood un veiled in ail its double-dealing before the People. His vote in the rcw-York Le gislatare, on the question of instruction to Mr.cKinjr, upon the admission of Missouri . l IT " 11 1 1 I iiiitowiie union, wascaneuup, anu explain ed in all its bearings upon the Southern Stages ; his vote upon the Cumberland Road Ilill ; his answer to the query From rsorth jimpton, and the support lie is now receiv- hnc; trom llhodc-islanu, Connecticut and oilier Abolitionist sections, were convinc ingly dwelt upon, and the people have spo ken, lie concluded by offering the follow in" Preamble and Resolutions :- The time f or electing: a Chief Maeris'rate of these United . Slates is approach ing, and it re- honvei 'bof.e who feel an interest in maintaining and perpetuating; the purity of our institutions, to be up ami d''m. Two prominent candidates present themselves for our choice. Martin Van r.uren, of -New-Yortc. a d Il-igh L. White, tf Tennessee. ' We are naturally led to examine the pretensions of each candidate. Hath h:ve rrcip;ed ennspicunus places U the public eye. lr. Vwn Buren ws acting in oppus'ulon to the elf ctie-n of Mr. Mudison, at the commencement pfihf lst war ; wh-n the gre: t question before the American people W3f, whether a wr should b piowcuted against Grett Bri'ain for eumler- lrs aggressions and insults ohVrrd to them, du ring manv years. The Kepublie.iii party thro', nut tlie United Slates, supported "M. Madison for the Presidency ; the peace party oppc;sed Madison's election, atrd supported as tlifiie can ilidate, U'itt Clinttn, who ranked h"gh in the Frderal. party. , Attliat t.me of peril, Martin V n Riren uss aniong; the supporters of l)e Wit' Clinton and opposed to Mr. Mad'sn ; We vits lhen hand in glove with 'he Fi deralists In tlv M ssoiiri question tlv.it qtiestion which shook the whole Government Mr. Van lluren tnk idcs with that party who opposed the ad mission of Missouri into the Union, with an ar ticle in her Cons,' Uut ion tolcra inp SJavrrv. hi the Senate of 111'. United St. tes in 1828, he voted tor tliMl TaritT which was more unjust and iinfqaxl than any preceding rr succeed. nz C' n resa ever eiiacted. We further'find hirrin the St nare votintr for a Toil Gate upon the CumUer- ..land Ito-d, thereby . giving; Congress a power unknown to the Constitution. Subsequently, we fiid him approving the Proclamation and the Force Hill, v hich went to .the cnt. re subversion ef States Rights, und lastly, we have lately seen frlrtw r frtm him, wherein he admits that Con- Rrr s have t l.c Constitutional power to abolish livery in the District cf Columbia; virtually piviiig to Congress tlse power of taking away fur property, in direct violation tif the Consti tution. Thus we find Martin Van liuren, on all the priat . questions which have agitated this: courtly t'or the last twenty-iour years, taking t'h-s either against the intervst, honor and riglits "l the wlio'.e country, Or agAint those principles tec nit d to be the salvation of the South. H s poltt'cul course lias been against the South, and we c:mnot, udlnot support Jiim. Ilui-h L. Wliite has tver maintained a charac ter, imsu-pected for honor, iute grdy and patri- tisn' ; ami whether we view him as a Civilian era Politician, very few in tbese States havetood niiicr for tale ntst integrity or capacity tor. gov ernment, until his friends brought him forward s a Candidate, for the Presidency, in opposition to tht- New-Yorklntriguer. Now that lie s'ands ii liis way, we find him assailed on all hand, by those very persons who were formerly loudest! in l.t. ..... tiiL i ' t a .1 t in praise. iriw ns ne cone to merit tins treatment ? The head and front of his ktidiii" is, that he has been interposed bv IlieiHlS W lne.lJ HIS Coimtrv linm Hi rnr-Q- city ot the-0ff.ee holders. We find him goinir iitdil ar.d s ul with tlie South against lbje Abo litionists, and in support of those lights which deem so essential to the salvation ofbur.ci.un. hy. We will, support him then, because we be 1'eve him equally as capable as Martin Van Uu ftn, much more honest, and identified w'uh us Hi it, tii g and interest. 'Retired therefore. That we will support fur the Presidency, HUGH L. WHITE, of Tennes iee, r.nd tor the Viee.l'iv!T Df Virginia. YuteJJTUtwe w:U sPPort General I AUK J,' 1)U,,Y, of New-Ilauover. a. ..iccuoB, lor Governor. Lom JllVe TJ,at Jortlan Wis!orf Thomas "nt. Allen Sunnrlei. Ti ..... ' . . P w il r v'": 1 u"ias wnson ana jos. ZUtCl . gte. to meet of-H ",:.r?.Vu'" in the Town soTin V C M l ue"'y in June next, U .frerf, That this rneetinpr da i disapprove of he course taken by Governor Spatcht mwh cou tie taken bv Governor Spaiuht in with 1 oldii ff a Writ' of Election from the 13th Con gressional District, thereby drpr vine North- Carolina of a Representative in Congress at a period when there is need of her whole strength. Upon the questiQii, " Siiall the Fronmble and Uesolulidns paSs?" they YeTe separate ly adopted ncm. con. It was further Resolved, that the proceed ings of this meeting be requested to be pub lished in the U. S. Telegra ph, Richmond Whig, Raleish .Star, Raleigh Register, Eli zabeth City Herald and Edentot) Gazette; and that the thanks of the meeting be ten dered to the Chairman and Secretary. JON A. H. JACOCKS, Ch'n. T. F. Jones, Sec'y. ASHE COUNTY, In pursuance of an adjourned meeting, held at the Court-House, at the Superior Court of Ashe, in March last on Tuesday of the -late. May Court, in jhe afternoon, a goodly number 'having convened in the Court-House,' Court was adjourned, and the meeting was called to order. Jonathan Faw, Esq. was appointed Chairman, and Fenias Horton, Esq. and Ishain Calloway, oecrctaries. Alter a few preliminary re marks, b Alexander B. McMillan, Esq. the following Resolutions were introduced, read and passed without a dissenting voice : Jitiolvid, That it is our deliberate and honest conviction, thst a criis has arrived in thehistory of this Government portentous of an entire ab sorption of all political power into the hands oh ihf Executive' ; that it iu the theory and prac tice of the'pa-rty in power, to blend together the swoid and the purse of the nation, in his hands, in viol-dion of and. to the utter subversion of the Conftittftion and the laws ; that it is the strong Tortof the Executive Government, to abridge and finally .destroj the Elective franchise, by declaring to the country . who' shall be the succes.sor-an effort 'w1xJcK;uit;'ie"purned by every Whig, by every lover iif ;jiuman right a principle, which, if once Vanctioned and carried out, will have numbered the days of this Repub lic; We call on every Patriot, we entreat everv Tover of Liberty, to raise their voice against this rule Jiesohtd, That we recognize in the character of Col. Joxathak Hobtow, the free principles of opposition to usurpation, coming from whate ver quarter, person or power it may. We do therefore recommend Inm to our citizens of Ashe county, as a suitable person to represent this county in thei Commons of the next Legis lature of the State. - liesolved, That in consideration of the high opinion entertained by us of the political purity and untiring devotion to liherty and true Whig principles, ot Leo. Edmunp Jones, of Wilk.e, we do mst humbly and confidently recommend him to our fellow cit zens of Wilkes and Ashe, as a suitable character to represent the District in tbe Senate of the next l.eeij-lature of the Slate. liesolved, That the Chairman of this meeting sppomt two Miihable persons to reform General Edmund Jones of his nomination by this meet ng- Jifsolrea, That the proceed'ngs of this meet g be published in tbe Kaleigli Register,1 S'ar, ing Watchman of Salisbury, Observer of Fayettevdle, and ail papyri in the Slate friendly to tbe cause. J. FAW, Cha'n Isham Calloway, $ Secretaries. . Tlie Spirit of Fanaticism. In the Carolikian of the SOlh ultimo, we pu.bliidictl a number of Resolutions taken from a pamphlet containing the pro ceedins of the Rhode Island State Anti Slavery Convention, and ptomised f ogive a fttl further cxtiacts in our next. 1 his we were prevented from doing then by a press o other matter. But below, will now be found the Address of the Convention to the professing Christians of Rhode Island. The address occupies considerable space, but St could not well be abridged ; and indeed, we think the same space could not have been filled with matter of deeper moment, or of more-importance to the People of lhev South. We ask that every Southron, and especially professing chris tian's in South, under whose eye it may come, will give this address an atten-i tive; perusal. Professors 'ot Religion of every denomination may here see what is expected of them by the fanatics of the North before they can be entitled to the name of true, followers of Christ, all may view the deep rooted plan lor the over throw of Southern rights, both civil and religious, now in full 'tide, of trrtei atioii in .the north. , "We prociai-m i, that it is time wrxxts all Professors of Religion as well as others, qe up ana aoing to res:sl the tidei of fanaticism which threatens our immediate destruction. Put the sacred cloa of Religion over Vtz most abomin able doctrines, and engage the whole Ministry -in their support and disseminaH tion, and thousands upon thousands will blindly embrace then ; and it will require the united wisdom, virtue, and strength of the whole Union to successfully expose and resist the torrent it is an engine with which the overthrow of Kingdoms ami Republics may - be accomplished. Ed. Car3 ADDRESS. To tht Professing Christians in Rhode Island. The Rhode-Island AntiiSlaverr Con vention respectfully address the profes sing Christians of all denominations ol this State. ,T The Redeemer of men has said of his disciples, that they are the salt of ihe aarth and the light of the world. Indeetl the inference is plain, that those who par take of the betieTblent spirit of the Saviour of the world, will exert a salutary moral influence on lhasc around them an influ-j i-L. ... -i:Kf:.. i'.. ence not onjy ot an enlightening, but ofajin coiifcervauvcficnuuiivj. 1 Inasmuch, theretore, as professors of sentiment is condemned by the very first the religion of Jesus ought to. posses;, princrples of benevolence, by all the corn qualifications fitting them lor a position mands of God in respect to its exercise, at once so important and beneficent to by ihe commission to preach the gospel mankind, we should not be surprised that to all, and by the prayers and labors of such qualifications in them are taken for the people of God to extend the blessings granted by the community in general Hot and the professed church of God tookiaup we hold a connexion with this o-reat na lo a's a guide to the bliudf a light to them tional sin in a manner that makes us part winch are in darkness, an instructor oi ners : in its criminality, if we do not wash the foolish, binding tip the broken hearted, !.ur hands in innocency, by, abjuring it, and opening the prison doors to them that and doing all in our power to effect its are bound, - , overthrow. ;. From members of the Christian church In the adoption of the Federal Consti- the world expect instruction in that which tution we traded in the souls and bodies is true in theory, and aiVexample of all of men and if a poor slave is so fortu- which is holy in practice ; and this, their nate as to 'effect his escape from the thral- obligations to God and their neighbor dom of slavery, at the South, we are bound bind them faithfully to give. if he fait into our hands, to answer the We are not now attempting to show demand of his oppressors in again riveting how faithfully professors of religion, re- on hitn the chains of despotism. And di pond to these requisitions, but are only we still say we have no concern with it ? asserting what Ihe moral law enjoins upon But it is a political question, we are them, and what the world expect of them, told, and ministers and christians have in view ot their high calling and protes- sion. Standing, therefore, as Vou do? the professed representatives of Christ in the worm ineiian rs oi an sin, anu esneciai- y the sin of oppression bound bv the law of love, the first and great commandment, to listen to the cry of the poor and needy we consider it our privilege and duty to address you in 'behalf of millions of your own countrymen, who are at this moment suffering from a system of oppression, which roDs mem oi an in mis world which l Assemu y adopted the report, abolish makes life desirable, and in.its tenden-ied the Sabbath, burnt the Bible, "ni cies does much, very much, to rob them of the b'essings of eternity. This system is American Slavery. , In bringing this subject before yon, for purposes which we shall advert to in the sequel, we would premise, that we do not think that the great wickedness and concomitant wretchedness of Slavery are generally understood at the North. Undoubtedly it is regarded as not en- tirely consonant with the prccepU of the moral law ; yet, for want of investigation and reflection, the real odiousness of the system has not generally, we think, been clearly apprehended. , Wt do not design, in this place, to en-J ter into an exposition of the slave-holder's creed and practice. It is not possible consistent with our circumscribed limits: but we would entreat you not to be con- ent with vague and superficial views of a subject, which is evidently an Achan in the camp ot our American Israel, and threatens the ruin of our whole country, The intrinsic wickedness of American Slavery consists in this : It makes goods and chattels of rational, accountable and immortal creatures, and degrades the image of God to a level with four-footed beasts and creeping things. 1. Thrown, as the slaves are. info the hands of irresponsible masters, their . ' . .. . . physical sufferings are only equalled by the avai ice that exacts from them toil without compensation, and the tvrannv Ihat drives them to unreauited labor with the lash. The lender mercies of slave- holders ar.d slave-drivers are cruel. 2. Slavery denies to its victims the bles- sings of education. And can a pious mind help condemning, in unqualified terms, ystem that interdicts the acquisition of knowledge by pains and penalties, and lives only in darkness, by holding its victims in heathenish ignorance r 3. A most revolting feature in this system i, its nullification of the marriage covenant. Perhaps the" fact is not gener- allv understood at the North, that no slave can enjoy this legal blessings of . L ' A 1 I. I." 1 J I matrimony 5 dui is at ine entire uispusai of his master in this respect, as well as all others husband and vyife.. being sepa - rated at the master's pleasure. This is vubstiiuting licentiousness and adultery, for Ihe pure and sacred institution of marriage. 4. Slavery interdicts the Bible to the sfave. And how,can those who esteem though it might be legalized? No J If the scriptures asr'a revelation from God to this doctrine be true, why did not Shad lost inen-r- Ableto make them wise rach, Meshach ahd-Abednego submit to unto salvation,'' contemplate a system the King's edict ?" Surely they ought -to that prevents millions of immortal men V " 1 -I l t ' I from readrng tins precious.oooK, witn any 01 those wno teacn us mat we-snouia not other emotions than those of horror ? interfere with slavery because of jt poli .Surely we may with boldness and con- tical connexion. ; fidence appeal to you, as lovers of holi- ness and haters of oppression, to labor for its extermination, itji utter annihilaUon."; A strange apology has sometimes been offered for inactivity.it the North, in res- pect to this subject, viz : that we have no concern 'with it because it is not immrdi- ately in our midst. We say this is a strange apology : especially for a proles- sed Christian, whose commission is to preach the gospel to every creature ; wholdoes it belong? Glaringly absurtMjas this U bound by the law of love to recognize all men as brethren; on whom God has laul the solemn iniunctioh1to wage auk universal and Uncompromising war with all unholiness of Jerusalem, toing forth as the morning, shall chase beyond the. confines of earth, the bewildering dark - ness of sin, and fill he whole world with the light of the knowledge of the glory God . Never., we assert, could arsentimentj more derogatorv to the benevolence the gospel have beca advanced, thao that which absolves us from any responsibiUtv !: . . . " I icapuiisiuimjr respect to slavery, because it does not exist in ou r immediate vicinity. Such a salvation to the whole world. 'Besides- nothing to do with politics: therefore hhev t;uht not to identify themsIv vith the abolition cause. So the National Assembly of France, in tne commencement ot i i Kmnnh volution, appointed a committee to inquire and report whether there were and ought to be a God and the committee reported that there could be no liberty on earth, while there was believed to be a God in heaven : and that there is no God ; and that death is an eternal sleep. The, stituted the Decade, and ordained the worship of the Goddess of Lib berty in a vile woman :' arid was not this a political affair? Just as much so as is American Slavery ; and the same reasoning that in- feis that as Christians we have no right to interfere with slavery, because it is a ;;oi7icaquestion, would have justified the people of God in France in giving silent consent, at least, to the horrible atheisti- leal sentiments which those incarnate do- mons gravely sanctioned in their political capacity, and ordained as the law of the land. It is most painful to perceive that the sentiment -that we have nothing to do with slavery because it is a political question, has its advocates among those who filU the higher places of the ChurcHi, land whose influence ought to be exerted in a manner very different from that of turning away the weapons of truth frofm legalized iniquity 'and abominations. What sin, we would ask, has ever cursed the human race, but what, at some period of time, has been legalized, and of course politically sanctioned ? The brothels of France may serve 'as an example. And could these masters in Israel send their sage counsel to the faithful Protestants of France, not to make war with licenti ousness, not to insist , on the strict obfer- vance of the seventh commandment, not ... .i k t.. .1 i r -...! .. " ueuouuuc mc juu-.ueuis oi uou on those-who transgress it, because forsooth, the transgression is licensed by the Gov- eminent ! is constitutional, and of course a political subject!; The same ethics which teach that we have nothing to do with slavery because it is a political question, would condemn all the ancient Prophets and Apostles, and indeed Jesus Christ himself, & would f consign the Bibte to the same fate decreed it by the, atheists of France ?: for that wages uncompromising war with all sin, whether it have the sanction of legislative enactment, or against the civil code of the land. It the objection be valid', Satan & wick led men mighteasily place, all manner of I 1 I 1.1. " I" ' , , tsin oeyonu me province or ministerial oe nuncialion. It needsonly to be legali 1 zed,, and the work is done ! Shall such a doctrine be sanctioned by those who sit in Moses' seat ? It is! condemned by the conduct of every saint of whom we have ah account in the word of God. Did they forbear to rebuke sin in every form, al- have done so, according to the theologyj ll'.t tA l .l. I'll I Another kind of objection is,that it is a subject altogether unfit for ministerial ieyi?r!icc. w Stdl, .it is acknowledged to be a.great sin. And su we are brought to the, very scriptural conclusion, that ministers of the Gospel are to leave the. denunciation of sin to unholy men and intriguing polh ticians ! If it belong not t6:Wmisters to denounce sir), we would enquire to whom proposition is, it is nevertheless the creed 6f multitudes, amorg whom may be found the hishest dignitaries of the church. So thoroughly has this doctrine been taught, and so implicitly received, that I the sentiment extensively prevails that 1 ministers and churches need not expect U revival of religion, if they are in any of J way engaged in the cause ot abolition I What! will bowels of mercy and cotn passion for the poor and oppressed, in "a of j minister and church, inevitably bring upon theui the blasts and mildews 0 Gods curse, and make them like the mountains of Gil boa, where there is nei ther dew nQr rain ? What ! hasit come to-this, the professed representatives of Him who 'went about doing good, teach and are taught, that to plead the cause of the Lord's poor will surely incur His dis pleasure and drive far from us His gra cious reviving presence ? Better, far bet ter leave the vindication oirtis character with professed infidels : . they have. never, so degradedthe benevolent Sonj-of God. No ! so far from such a course depriving a church or an individual of the gracious influences of God's Spirit, th 4 whole tenor of the Bible gives the most posilive assu rance, that the neglect of such duties will be attended with the very curse and con sequence deprecated, by' the objector., Is not this the fact that I have chosen you to loose the bands of wickedness, Jo undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppres sed, go free, and that ye break every yoke? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall spring forth speedily ; and-thy righteousr ness shall go befort; thee ; the "glory ofj the Lord shall be thy reward, rhenshalt thou call "'-.-and the Lord shall answer ; thou shall cry and he hall say, here 1 am. If thou take away from the-midst of thee the yoke, ' &c. Isaiah xviii chapter. Was there ever a class of people that more completely answered to the descrip? tion given by our -bavior of the man, who, going from Jerusalem to Jericho, fell among thieves, than -do the slaves ? And yet to act the part of the good Sama nan towards them, will, says, the objec tor, bringdown upon us thecursa ol Uodl while on the other hand, the hard beaten path of the Priest and Lcvites is the high road to his especial favor ! " We protest against such misrepresenta tions of the moral government of God. Nothing can be better adapted to bring our noiy rcugion mto contempt, and Hood 1 . - rm t the nation with a desolating tide of infi delity and atheism. Furthermore, we think the God of the oppressed has lately given a clear demonstration to the people of" this vicinity that abolition principles in a church and minister, will not hinder a revival of religiom We say this not in a spirit of boasting, but to vindicate the character of God and the ganius of our ho ly religion from such misrepresentations. But many may enquire "what they can do in the cause of abolition?" Averring at the same. time,., that Mhey are willing to d all in their power for the extermin ation of slavery, but they discover no op portunity for them-to work in this cause. All that is done muitbe done at the South.' We; answer, God's infallible word give's ihe necessary instrnctTon, "Remember them that are in bonds as b.iund with them.' ' As ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them." Were you, fellow-Christians, in the same circumstances of two and a half mil lions of vour colored brethcrn at the South robbed of your liberties doomed to un requited labor, and goaded to toil beyond the native energies of your physical pow ers by the lash of merciless drivers shut out from the acquisitionof knowledge, even from a knowledge of the word of God prohibited from religious privileges, and thrust by force into the way to hell, robbed ot your wives and husbands, your parents and children driven to the slave mart, herded with brutes, and inventoried der the hammer of the auctioneer to the now, in answer to the enquiry of profess highest bidder-then hurried far away from ing Christians, what they can doin this wife, children, and friends, arid plunged cause?" We say, that Christians in the . into that abyss where despair lays its iron non slave-holding Stales can, under God, grasp on hope's fluttering pulse", bidding speedily abolish S'avery. , v it beat no more forever j we say, vvereypu And let Rhode-Island Christians re in these circumstances, what would you member that they area part of this res- think if you were told that there were ponsible body.; Preachers of the goSpcJl hundreds of thousands professed Christi- Let youtC pulpits utter holy rebuket; ans within a few hundred miles of you, against this monster sin. 4Lead;ifcht;by who thought not enough oryour wretch- word the appropriate doty: Yon are the edness, of your unmingled woe, to ever watchman on the walls. Sound iht alarm I heartily and sincerely pray for you! Yea, Fellow-Christians, by your prayers you what would vou think if the irrcat maio- can move the hand of HIM "that moves as oinar mercnantitze, ana tnen soui un ity of those Christians pould hardly en- lure to have vour case mentioned in nub - . . -a. .. " i n nrnvprjtlut in rri( nf th mnttt no- pulous'and refined cities in the land, and professedly one of the most religious in intluencc intotnei scale oi a purmea pub the world," not a single house, built for the lie SentimenU which will demand its ex- worship ot Uod, could be obtained in junction : wnicii win sounu hkc inc inun which to hold a nraver meeting, to sunA ders of Sinai in the ears of all those who plicate the throne o'f grace in your behalf and that the candidate for the holy .1 I 1 .1 t l . ministry in ,tne largest nieoiogicai semi- uan uum iiuun nuu iiuucn uum -nary in America, were fauglit,nol to pray can Slavery be utterly consumed, and ths for you publicly and aloud ! Yet this is ashes thereof scattered to the winds ; . but a taint picture 01 tne delinquency oil proiessing innsiians generally in respeci to the duty, of prayer for the poor injured slaves. In proof of the utter forgetfulness bv them in their religious services, ot thislon them to do it wunaavumj class of God's poor, we offer the fact thai:. You look, for thedays oftmlUnnial in the commencement of the Anti-Slavery Lectures, the friends of the cause search - ed in vain every collectionof Psalms and Hymns extant, , tor an appropriate nymn to be suns on such occasions ! There were Hymns adapted to the condi- tion of all other people, nations and angnages under heaven, ' From ureen- land's icy mountains, to India's coral strand," but alas ! the to and a half millions inour country, held in heathen- Uh ignorance, and worse:than heathenish bondage," were 'passed over in silence. i Even the beast of the field and the.ioa - nmiate creation are called upon-to praise . God ; but as for these millions, bearing the image of JehoaHwii'li,ttinrdying spi rits destined to meet tjie retiTbutions' of eternity, ihey alone are excluded the pri- vilege, of acknowledging their Creator : as if a conspiracy were entered into to make them Atheists, whether they would or no ! And as in praising so in prayin g. - The whole world is prayed lor in partrcu- lar sections, excepting slaves ! And now Fellow-Christians, do. you ask what you can do for slaves ? We answer, proy for them -forget them no longer. - Can you lorget tnem ir you nave a nean q iei lor 1 a brother in .distress ? Cor spirits in prison - for. 'soulsin jeopardy for millions writhing in chains ? ... Their wailings are wafted on the wings. of the south wind, and fall on your -ears I ' 1 a .! . 'A. - " wnue in your ciosets in tne prayer meet. ing in the great congregationsayihg, in . a voice" almost choked with lespairf Pray for os. for we ace poor and needy I Pray for us, for we are'oppressed and in chains I Pray lor us, lor we are rob bed of our husbantls and wives, our pa rents and children ! Pray for us,', for we are in darkness "and no man will gWe'us the light of God's word, that we may'se the way of holiness and walk therein ta . heaven ! Pray for us, for our souls are in , jeopardy! Oh pray for us, for" we "are sinking to hell !" . Christians of Rhode-' Island, will you stiii turn a deaf eat, rto. their agonizing cries T God forbid- !""' And moreover, every Mini tt ef of th Gospel, especially, should preach on tliis" subject, that hi3 people may be wellTn formed of its moral loathsomeness and its unparalleled cruelties, & admonished of their duty respecting it. . And churches and ecclesiastical bodies should pass re solutions condemning slavery & denounc- . ing it as a sin, and cause such resolutions . to be published to the world. But still,, if we regard iniquity in our hearts,, the Liord will not hear our prayers,, nortgive efficacy to our reproofs, Every thing sacred calls on the non-lave-holding churches of the country, to . labocin the spirit. of the Gospel with slave-- holding churches and members j -and if they ' wilt not be persuaded to abandon' the enslavement of God's image, to with drav? from them the hand of fellowship. This we aver, and appeal to the authority of God's word, in - justification - of' the position. While high heaven lays us un tier the solemn v injunction to have no fel lowship with the unfruitful works of dark ness, how can we hold communion with those, a part of whose work ft is to rob' immortal minds of the light of God's word and who maintain a system that nullifies the moral decalogue ? ' We repeat it j let the whole Christian community at the $orth fafter the scrip tural preparatory steps have been taken) , practically tell slave-holders, that they cannot ieiiowaniptnem wniiem ine com mission of this great sin (however amia ble they may be in other respects J1 add ; ' we venture to predict, that this temple of abomination will sooa tumble from its ; base and be dashed in ruins. . But we are-told that they are Christians.. And we ask in return, if we are to fellowship een Christians in the transgression of the plain commands of God ? God forbid! Rut we should use this means of with drawing fellowship from them, to bring them to repentance, other scriptural means having proved ineffectual. And . I . I I t I .: 1 P tt .1 " tne wonus uj wimq ra wing ; te 1 1 0 wsn 1 p i from slave-holding inrofessori 7 by bear- - tin? nublic and nrivate testimony against slavery, you willthrowthe weiit of your trade in the -siuls of "men : which will kindle a fire of Christian abhorrence that -U-ll U.. 1. ,1 ..nl'il A mart. xnese tnings oruicm vw uo; anu reveinm; .--r? humanely in the name of the enslaved '. arid boldly in the name of liberty, wC call fpuTity, holiness, anu giory, 10 oe near at 1 hand. uu you cpeci uwiaimuivm Slavery will exist -: when the knowledge 101 n. do the sea and holiness be inscribed on the bells of the horses and on tlie , posts in the lord's House In that qay of univercai peace, ngncu"a mm u- nevoience, wiu, tne groans 01 ipaiaccraicu slaves be heard responding to the driver whip, and the fields and .plains, the hills and dales of the South, be sprinkUd with the blood and watered with the tear, of 1 tnillions of Qod's poor, rouod tov4 i. 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