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VOL. 1. YOEKVILLE, S. O., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1855. 43.
ilcligions.
From tlie Carol:na Spartan.
LETTER FROM COL. KEITT.
Messrs. Editors: In your issue of the 13th
instant, I noticed a letter addressed to tuc by
i lie Rev. Mr. Buird, to which you editorially
invito attention. My disinclination to CvVjlesiastical
controversy arises from *ny studies,
taste aud habit, and I cannot be induced into it;
but I will relieve myself from an crronerous
position, however, unintentionally placed in
h\ .. |
u inference legitimately dedueiblc from
ihe letter is, that 1 charged the Presbyterian i
Chu.ch South with lukcwarinncss or indifler- j
enocupon the subject of slavery. I emphatically
disclaim any such inference or imputation.
To put myself right, I will re-state my pro
positions, and adduce a particle of testimony.
I said that we were upon the eve of uneonjccturablc
events. That a struggle of line-;
?|ualled fury was swiftly approaching us, and j
that if the ties of the Union came out of it ;
unront, they were made of sterner stuff than
the history of the past assured. That the ;
bonds of the Union bad resisted political agi- j
tation, but could they withstand religious fury? j
That abolitionism bad travelled from political
dominion to religious convictions, and had infected
the whole mind and heart of the North.
That under its palsying touch some of the
strongest cords which held the Union together
had Slapped, and that others were assailed,
and, I belived, would give way. I said that
the Methodist and Baptist Churches had divided
upon the salvery <|UCStion ; that the agitation
was embracing the Presbyterian and
Episcopal Churches; and I be lived tiny, too,
would be rent in twain by it.
I alluded to ibc Presbyterian Church, as to
other churches, because I knew that the North-!
ern members of that particular church were ;
not beyond the reach of Northern sentiment,
which I now believe, to be radically abolition
izcd; and because l Had a distinct impression
that it hail nut been intact from agitation.?
This impression I had obtained from passing
events, and from a grave and specific declaration
of Mr. Calhoun. I have just refered to
the speech of Mr. Calhoun which contains the |
declaration, and find it ample and conclusive :
to my vindication. Speak i up of the effect of.
the abolition agitation upon the religiouscords
whieb aided to hold the f'nion together, he.
said:
The first of thfiaO cords which snapped under I
its explosive force (abolitionism) was that of
the powerful Methodist Episcopal Church.? !
The numerous and strong ties which held it !
together arc all broke, and its unity gone.
"The next cord that snapped was that of the
"Baptist, one of the largest and most respectable
of the denominations. That of the Presbyterian
is not entirely snapped, but some of
its strands have given away."
This was uttered by Mr. Calhoun in his dy-,
ing speech, in the .Senate Chamber, on the j
4th March, 1S50. In this, his last legacy to \
the country, who will charge hiin with perver- !
sion or careless statement, or want of inform-1
ation upon the slavery rjuestiou^.
I have the honor to be,
1
Your most obedient servant,
LAWRENCE M. KEITT. !
Orangeburg C. //., Sept. 18, 1855.
MR. BAIRD'S REPLY.
To the iiilitors 01 ttio spimanrmrg express: t
Gentlemen : Having noticed in your pa-1
per of tlie 27th ultimo, a U tter from the Hon.
L. M. Kent, addressed to yourselves, in relation
to the statements made in his late speech
respecting the agitations and the divisions in !
the Churches upon the slavery question, to j
which I had called his atlentiou, I desire to
make a few remarks in reply.
In the honorable gentlemen's aversion to
' religious controversy" I most cordially sympathize.
Certainly the less of that article the
better. .Still, had he been better posted up in
relation to its true "status" past and present
even tins speck of war would not have occurred.
llis full disclaimer of any intention to
place the churches referred to in any improper
light is all as it should be, and is just what I
gave hi in credit for in advance.
His written statement of the positions taken
by him in his speech, is certainly much less
full and strong than the effusion uttered in the j
ardor of debate. The "pictures" of the pu- !
_ frid masses with which wc were supposed to be !
in contact are left out: no mention is made of (
the "publications;" and the positive assertions j
respecting present "agitations" and future "inevitable
divisions" have changed into modest
deference for the opinions and statements of
Mr. Calhoun. ?So far as it goes I take no exceptions
to it?am glad only that it so far con- 1
firms the account of it which I had before j
published.
As no attempt is made to refute anything j
which I had asserted respecting that whole |
matter, except the introduction of Mr. Cal- j
houu's statemcut in relation to the division of
the churches, I shall consider all the rest as
tacitly assented to, and confine my remarks to
thutoue feature of his letter.
It has been too much the custom of politicians
to make statements at random respecting
church matters. Divisions occur; but tiny
do not know for what! One it is known, was
caused by "the explosive powder of the aboli
tion agitation." me lniereuce wituuut
natiou, is. that it was so with them all ! One
took place upon a sectional liue?all must have i
done the same. Some have divided. The
oracular response forthwith is?" division in 1
the remainder is inevitable I" Thus all are
booked alike, and shut up to the same fate !?
Such is the sum of the kuowledge, iu ecclesiastical
matters, of many of our most eminent
statesmen! such are their hasty conclusions^
and their declarations, in their public speech- 1
es ! Nor can we expect it otherwise, absorbed 1
as those men comuiouly are iu professional duties,
and in the investigation and the discussion
of the great political questions which agitate
our State and national councils. But 1
these things being so, I trust it will not be
? ? ? ? l ? II T - ?
considered citlicr presumption in me, or a needless
tax upon public attention, if I take up
" seriatim'' the churches referred to in Col.
Keitt's quotation from Mr. Calhoun's speech,
and set forth the leading facts respecting them
and their divisions.
The error into which Mr. Calhoun fell was
that just mentioned?grouping all the churches
named by him together; reprcserftiug them
as having the same sort of organization, considering
each as a representative body, formed
after the manner of our political government,
with a great general council as their common
bond of union; and each, except the Episcopal,
as having burst asunder In the saub en//,
ml frit;,] thwhite cttn.ir. There were, however,
radical diiFcrences in their organizations,
and hence the main differences in the effects
of "the explosive force upon them." Some
of those peculiarities I shall notice.
In his enumeration of the "spiritual cords"
which served to hold the union together. Mr.
Calhoun says : "The first of the cords that
uuui'i u> c.\|nuM\i; nurir, mi* mat *?
the powerful Methodist Kpiseopal Church.?
The numerous ami strong ties which held it
together arc ttll broken, ami its unity gone."
Now, although its ties were numerous and
stromr, as I shall show, yet it had a single feature
of organization, which, as things are in
this country, shut it up to inevitable division.
And such would have been the ease had the
ties been ten times stronger. "Its ties all
broken." ]>ut what broke them? 'J'ltis! //
lii-haj)* arc nat i/iaci .<an, hut it/w rant <>r <.Y( ((/atari/
j icitinr ilat\< i ach can/t r> ii"' > art
it* all'i) Jtis/ta/i a.< m t/(Q J'ra/?.<la,it I'.'jasca/iat
Church. Had each the choosing of its own
Bi>hop?it would be dike people, like l>i.dn>p '
But in that Church the (ieneral Conference
elects the Bishops. And from the nature o!
their church organization, a resident Bishop
i of South Carolina ordoorgia is a> uiueh, < ;
was before the divisions?as much the Bishoj
of New York or Ohio as of his own State !
Alii/ tli is (t //*(/> fjnit //f i/n'4*l'tit i ,f
. t I I I 111* I I i * 1
that riinrrh?ssaVeMoKlMig msimps Inoil uif
South empowered by their Church organizatioii
to officiate in Northern conference >, where
the explosive force, was ready at all ti:ne> for
burstiuii upon whatever came in its way ! It
was a popular outbreak from a northern ?nference
again-t Bishop Andrews who by the
constitution of tin Church was as much Bishop
of that conference a- of any at the South?it
was this that raised the ^t ?rm and the earthquake
in the General Conference of 1S1C by
which the church was divided. Tlie Sout'
ern ntetnhors had uo alternative. Tltey iniet
sec tlicir own resident Bishops ' unfrocked,
or divide the church. Tin y chose divisi .n> :
and they have iiie approval ??t the whole South
for doing so.
While, then, I free'3* admit all that Col
Keitt, Mr. Calhoun, or any other man could
demand?viz : that the division of '-the powerful
Methodist Episcopal Church" was caused
solely by the abolition agitation ; that the sun
dering was thorough and complete ; that it
was upon a sectional line, and very nearly upon
the line of demarcation between free and
slave territory?the Baltimore Conference adhering
to the North, that the ties which before
held it together were numerous and strong?a
common and endeared faith and worship; the
Bishops holding a supervision in common over
all the Annual Conferences, then an elective
quadrennial General Conference, as the common
source and centre of the highest legislative
and judiciary powers of the whole Church,
and, in addition to all these, a large church
property, held in common, cemented the whole
body by its metalic attractions. All these ties
were sundered in 1844 ; and in 184") the two
sections formed themselves into two distinct
ecclesiastical bodies, since known as the Methodist
Church North and the Methodist Church
South. But while I admit all this?and admit
the necessity of the occurrence, organized
as that church was?yet I maintain, as above.
(hut it teas solely oxcitig to that feat are of their
organization?the sending of slave-holding
bishops, into the Northern Conferences, to officiate
among the local ministry and the populace,
thus bringing them in direct contact.?
Just such an effect ensued as would he produced
by sending an abolition bishop among the
Southern churches. And from this very cause
.1 L? .1 111 1 111*
trie route wouiu nave oecn cnmpeiieu, 111 a
few years doubtless, in self-defence, to have
broken up the organization?rejecting an abolition
i.it f an the 2forth laa! done a slueeholder
!
In the General Conference the bishops are
not brought in contact with the people. Hence
the strong probability is, that had their bishops
been chosen as in the Protestant Episcopal |
Church, and had they been diocesan instead j
of itinerant, "the Powerful Methodist Episcopal
Church" might, ages yet to come, have
remained united. Put this being the direct
and sole cause of the division in that church,
and it being theouly one which possesses that j
type of organization, it does not follow that j
any other need divide. And I shall now proceed
to show that no other has divided in any
such manner, or from any such cause, or is
likely ever to do so.
" The next cord that snapped," says Mr.
Calhoun, " was that of the Baptists?one of i
the largest and most respectable of the denominations."
Now in common parlance we call
the Baptist Church a "divided church." And
from the above quotation from Mr. Calhoun's
last speech in the Senate, as well as from assertions
made iu political speeches all over the
couutry, it would be inferred?that there' kid
been in it, as in the Methodist Church, the
sundering of huge bonds of strength ; or the
snapping of cords, the severance of which required
a prodigious explosive power! But
here are the facts: The Baptist Churches arc
seperate and independent organizations. They
have a community of faith and worship ; but
no organic bond ever united them. They never
had a General Assembly a General Conference
or^Geijeral Convention. Nothing over, under,
around, or through, ever formed them
into one bodv ! Outside, of the church and
?'t ,< -1"* ?; i .
without any direct connection ?jrith it, certain
voluntary societies were fogged years
ago, consisting of individuals' nrolfty ,.pf the
Baptist persuasion, whose object* were the
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' S? .?
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nnn-irWW I mi mm
j publishing of bibles, and other religious books, c
I and the sending of missionaries into foreign 1
j fields. To these societies, churches or individ- t
1 uals sent their money, or sent it not?purcha- !
sod books from them, or from other sources, f
t 7 ^
i just as they pleased ! Kvon here there was no t
j organic bond of union. In process of time v
! certain northern fanatics raised an outcry u
; against sending slaveholders abroad as mission- i a
j aries upon the funds of said society ! "Well," j
i said the southern members, "if you reject our j u
missionaries on that ground, you cannot have o
i our funds, We will keep them ourselves, and v
i send otit men only of our own choice."? 1
J "Agreed,'.'said Ilicse from the North. And 1 c
I then, to T>)< r- r.f fi'i-tln r <l/'(}icu/(!ts?as in the 1
| days of Abraham ami Lot?an amicable par- '
; tition was made of the foreign missionary
I fields ! This touk place in 1S4~); and (Ids inis
'h th'cUum uf (hi1 J)>t/,(,'.<( C'lutirli !?the.^ only
division that has ever occurred in it hy f
means of th?? abolition agitation ! t
! Since that period a Southern liuptist i'ub- i
i lieation Society has been organized ; but chief- 1
1 lyasa matter of convenience, and Ibr the sake ! *
j lit' independence, for it was nut in relation tn ;
j ilii? hooks of tlie northern publishing houses ^
; hut solely in relation to their missionary opera- *
; tioii> that the dilliculty arose. I have said
that the above-named Societies were Irotn the "
lir>t aided or patronized by churches or indi*
. . ' |
viduals just as they pleased. And ,/">'/ so // .
: <'<//./.' There is no ohureh-ciniiecliun with 1
' any of their societies, north or south. All is
; voluntary. Southern people of cour. e incline 1
t ? their own missionary and publication societies.
So with those at the north. I'm' iff fan
, HH,(. S"t'n fjj / > yhii j-.ifi'.i'I if/ th m
! riiiiniimt?tor even to 11 i< dev. in 'ins hn'n.
1 : ml largely through the whole South, are found
( on sale and il>r uilt, I'ibles and I e-taim nt- 1
. from thy jJaptist IJilde Society in New ^ ork !
The sum of tlie whole matt- r then is that *
, trietly speaking. no cord" which eotihl in 1
a11v sense he regarded a- a i 11d ol union he- 1
t tweeii the States of thi- I niun everiias snap- *
1HVI, tt>V tin ft'fj'tsh *1 t't VlU mi
fur as there wele voluntary a-socialier- <?t*tv
denomination outside < f il:i ehutv!.. it- tn. iii
! !? ) > cxei'ei-e tile .?-:!!::? five ?*i..?:?-! :i- hefnl't? '
1 all unititiir in "u-. and aciinu - ] irately in re-. /
! <jf;tl'il 11> other- ! //"' tin I'fii 'iff f h'T'ii t
' .< '/, iii flu'>' I iufi tl ii''t t! i < ' i" '
I flint if fm< t' i'In in?i- ill and jn'i?-| ?" -
; i>;ts and ;.'i inir ?n its way ivjuieiiiLr! ('
In relation to the JVeshvteii.in Church :> 1
' a word" fMnnectin^r the So.re- of tl' nit.". 1
I Mr. Calhoun says : "Thai of tiie I'n .-hy feriaii
i i- nut entirely snapped, hut some of it- strands 11
J have iriven way.* Xn*v i! m thi-single - :r- '
| I'liee?audit i- ^ ill tiiat It - uttered nth-it "
1 -peeeh nil the subject ii<> ??|r?* can til! v:!< ! lie 1
i intended hy the inn/ t!<- - .'? ,
1 de-ist. therefore, irmn it\ emijecuires, .-nd "
I proceed to state the factfs ?.f the ca-e.
In the year 1*01. a well meant hut injudi- ' v
! i-ii.us "l'laii of I * nilm*' was ctneivd it.: i he
j tween the (leiieral Asseinhly nftiie 1'iv !?\t?*iian
Chureh and the (ieneral A-- . i.ii't n of
t'nniiec icut. for the nriraiiiz itieii and sunti ?rt "
. (
??f churches in the f'rnntier settlement- in the
northern parts of New York sunl Ohio. Thi
i !: ii i?ro\va ;.;rerw:tr<:> to \>r lime los 111:111
"litters patent lor the rearingof h\brid church- ^
es." The platform was Mosaic, and those built
1 upon It weiti like it, only "more so!" Their
loose organization lel't an open door for the in- !'
/ 1 | f
traduction of error. Greater latitude was taken
as their longitude westward increased.? "
Passing years brought on "confusion worse i 0
confounded." Most of the "isms" and errors !
with which the earth has been afilicted were 1 "
soon found taking root in that soil. Those 1 .
strange mixtures thus conglomerated mostly 11
threw over them the Presbyterian cloak, call- 1
ed themselves by the Presbyterian name, and U
claimed for themselves a representation in the
Presbyterian General Assembly. An exposition
of the true state of things among them
called forth complaints from other parts of the ^:|
church. Remedy for said evils by the usual i w
process of trial by church courts was deemed j 1,1
impossible; and as a dire necessity, the Gen- I
ral Assembly of 1837 dissolved the "plan of J 'I
Union" and declared the four Synods; three j S(
in New York and one in Ohio?which had j
been thus irregularly constituted?no longer
a part of the Presbyterian Church ! This was j ^
the first division of the Presbyterian Church j a'
?an excision by the General Assembly?not j w
upon a sectional line, nor in relation to the j "
slavery agitation?though the fanatic al clement j w
was largely there?but sobhj in relation to ! ^
errors in doctrine and iniconsstifidiuiiaf organ- I 511
ir.afion. In no sense whatever, then, could i 01
this division be called a severance of the bonds j ca
between the North and South. A separation ; ('!
of that kind of element was, on the contrary, ; ^
calculated to leave the remainder of the church (il
more homogeneous and united. j ^
In 1838, delegates from the Presbyteries of {,V
those exscinded synods claimed their right, as j j
before, to seats in the Assembly, but were rc-14
fused. A large number of the members pro- isc
per of the Assembly?some from sympathy j ?j;
with them in doctrines, others from disapprov- ! ^
al of the summary process by which they were ^
cut off, withdrew from the rest of their brethrc
rei) and constituted another General Assembly
which has since been called the New School
Assembly. This is what is called "the <tin's- ri!
ton of the Presbyterian Church." J$ut here ^
attain, as before, it was not by "the explosive j ov
force of abolitionism" that this division was j 1'
produced. It was solely from other causes: j ;,t
nor yet was it upon any sectional line. It was j
neither into North and South, nor East and \J1'
West. The area of one body was the area of I
thai other. The two bodies were continuous ; th
frotivthe extreme North to the extreme South, pa
Each wa^u spiritual cord, binding the States hi
together; and-.?o have they continued ever tu
since. ^ | la
The only other separation in the Presbytts i A
rian Church, which oapln ^ny proper sense be ab
called a division, was the voluntary secession CI
of the three Presbytcrie^rfjw&ttstituted the mi
"Free Synod" T^jstseparation j,//
was from both the Assemblies, and vrajuinudc j-m,
solely on the ground of .rraJ^i^^igaer
principles. But althbft^l^W^Wtjiie North eh
side of the slavery line, upon any or
line at all j nor aid it bropJw^atijcpreviously j a i
xistiug organization. The faiil synod was
ormed in November, 1?? 17?ten years after
In; division into the above named Assemblies
?and because that after an unrelenting and
nil-length Trojan waVimja^loth Assemblies,
hose exquisites could notlbring either of them
ip to their "christiai^standard." They withIrew,
formed their own organization, and. now,
t their headquarters iu Hiplcy, Ohio, they
rc publishing abolit^ir books for the "refor- j
nation" of the two Ai-emblies, and the rest i
f mankind ! Hut thi separation instead of
Weakening the bonds of those Assemblies, must
lave left them both inii sounder and better
ondition. Neither are \ ise separatists of any ;
brec by oinsekcs. way'of evil they
n?l?oi Th/?r 1 1 t?11 t !l
nt? > l win; u utu ui\ > ru'vi ? vui ~ ??
'feeble ii lk"?an ecJeciV sin-on pure family j
uticcrii, 'fathered from hot It the Old and the I
sew School Assemblies, without sympathy
loin either?"otic idea men''?kept in counenance
chiefly by their own sell-complacency.
These arc the divisions, and the only ones,
hat have ever occunc ' in the Presbyterian
'liurch in the Poked States. While, then 1
ake rank with the for- .oust in admiration of
lie ability, the candor and the patriotism of;
Jr. Pallionn. I maint ni that he could not
inve examined this matter with his accustomed
ecu racy on other subjects.
The facts in the case-stye piain and palpable
?may be known am! r-ad of all men?and
hey will l>e muml as am \e >tated. Most pusiively.
then, do I assert. that n<>t n /i/ij~> < c< n
lot to say a ? > '/ ?/?*/"---of tin* Presbyterian
spiritual cord" has Wen severed, so far a.11
11 ol.nivli tens I'Vor :i ImiOiI ?,!' onion liotweeii
lu- States. The t\v- x .vm- formed in ls:'-v
lave since tiiat ]>ciiod doubled in size and
irriiiitli; ami arc iu"'.V' ('(impact and united
hi* day ilian even 1 v i
In relation to the IVotestaiit Kpiscopal
'httreh, .Mr. rallmnii liim<.lf boinir jud.e. n..
livid.m had taken pla. in if, up to the time
it'<!? liverinir hi< speed. in 18?)0. Nov lie* any
ime ("i'cuiTt d. 1 no'i -e also that tin* !! v
dr. loixtiiii, an Kpi.eej.al minister in Asli iil...
N. in an ai.ie!" recently puldi-lied
n the "Spectator" ci t it place, ill relation I-?
'el. Keiri\ statement*. o. elan - '/<<
I f i,l ,<fit i'i i'i/ ////.? )l I'i . r>'< h' I II II'I :I' 'I J"!
I ISI'I' SSIhll III ij" (lIU'l'ill*! 'Ill I'l II f 111 il '' / til'*'
/ hi'i/i! Ami lm al 'l ei.Icily coiilim... m\
tiriiii i" .-f: lenient*. t' Im division ot tin t
luiivh ('ii, t In' <nl'iici e Ma very lia* been anicipa*
-il bl'elv CVe',li'oeellV. 'I oil. llelll
lie Smi'%--'4.te-ti iic'i Y a
i i" t'.t '-ai.ie .'Pi'- P. . jg . .j. iu the 1 ah i lar,
..n Kj i.eopal |.a; r pn/rTA,.^ ^ | M(
i.iiiieeir ? iv!t rrin . t. the coumi"pirit
i ; . I iii'i'ii. ' ( ( . ;,i 'iitio; m
ami cii.i i can.. . #..j?;t!.ii exe,: i:h lit.
ay.: "I <!o n? t ?p Jt'oiadvisfdlv when I
ay. a* 1 ii \v ilo. in i iji* !.;vihren o! llie Smith,
ha*, they may e i-h V \. Kiiirlainl advent
I'Jliie 1 eve till wet i .<1 three cllUI'.'hIIK'II
m.'Hi; tie- .?nti .'.'.Very:. ifetois. / loin </. /, '
.'/ /, - i . / '. ' <./ 1,11/ frond*, miii
/ j;/ /' / / // I,.,, Air lit), in
I'lati-'ii t" the settled ] 'lev of tin it* Oeiicral ;
'oliYelliim! to . ; I! Olbjecfs fo I'l* it'll I'rclli '
lie jjiva: I'l ji-et - I'm- v, h they convene, the :
line writer says : "V* I -ii the bi.hops pro.* by* |
r* ami laymen tr-.m he exfiviii.' North ami
"tiili meet i?: the (ii in.ral (.Vuihil of the i
htir.-li : tin diii; r -iiee can iios-ildv arise i
" I
i thai l !y mi stieh a -ithj'-ef as slavery; for ;
..ranlint he hl'Mllnlit i:i) i,U('>tioll. It Would '
ot he entertained tor : nnjincnt on the Hour 1
f the (icreral Convention. ll th the Notth j
nd the Smith would mite, to a man, in throw I
7 t
iir out a tonic so in. 1. vaut!''
Another remark also if said writer in rcla- !
on to the . eon]" in tl,.r church is this : 'Nov-!
r was it stronger than .it the presi nt moment, 1
hen religious fanatic' :u and political detnaiiirtu'isiu
arc tu^ririiiir t the heartstrings of
ic I'nion itself!'
From a careful inspr ::ion of the facts iu re- j
itiuii to the whole maLer, as above stated, it .
ill be seen that entirely too much has been j
lade of those church divisions. An immense '
ade has been for many years carried on upon j
nito a small capital. Of the four churches
i hiryb, paraded bcfctyMhe public as already
ivided or (loomed to that late, thrrr hare
ndr no nor/ of n "smijoiinif of cord* heftrerv
'nrth ond Sovthr Ttitf present probabilities
so arc. that the said enri'i-tion ..n their iwrt
ill be postponed toe frr distant period?most I
kcly until after the n,illeiiniuni. Indeed if j
e keep in view the cause of division in the |
[elliodist Church and hear in mind that the '
id cause of division docs not obtain in any
ic of the other churches?nor is there any
iusc or similar collision?the idea of future
visions may be cot^ulei^d as obsolete. The i
aptists, never having come together, cannot i
vide. In llm Presbyterian and Kpiscopal > i
hurdles, the people appear in General con- i
mi lions only through their representatives.? i
hose bodies, through their members are from s
1 parts of the Union, arc at once highly eon- i
native and in their deliberations far rcinov- 1
I from the influence of popular tumult, even 1
it had its existence vht masses. Thus i
r they have stood "unmoved, unscathed."?
nd warned by the past, they will never run
cklessly upon the breakers.
That the Methodist Church divided outfit,
and upon a sectional line, is a fixed fact. \
ut as matters now are, it will be seen that ?
en this division need be no cause of alarm. .?
lie difficulties which hung over their horizon i
the time Mr. Calhoun made his speech have t
I passed away. Mihodism is Methodism [
st as before the division. c
Could we take in at a glance the whole of ?
at Church, and did we not remember the i
ist, ic might be difficult to discover anything i
it perfect unity?except that the "ninth sec- 1
in" of the Discipline has been thrown over- fc
aid by the Southern portion of the Church. 1
Iter all the noise, then, tlat has been made
out this "division of the powerful Methodist J!
lurch"?au earnest searcher after truth fright
well inquire: u To that. has the. sat J e
vision amounted so far asthe abolition move- s
jots are concerned, or as regards the inter- h
t'j.cvf that particular church or any other e
ureh?the interests of any one of the States *
ol' tlib uJilted States?" We have now had g
teo yeara trial of the result. The effect* iu u
! some prominent and permanent shape shuuk
surely by this time be visible! Again, then, i
ask; What ami ichcrc am thnj f
In conclusion, I would add, that havingmy
self "seen some service" in defence of tin
South, and also in direct assaults upon th?
Northern Abolition forces, my sympathies ar<
wholly with those who are pur.-uing the saim
line of action. But I deprecate the results <>
such efforts when the thrusts made at foes riv
down friends as well as enemies : Or when the
guns employed are so loaded that like those o!
olden time,
"When fired at duck or plover,
They kick their owners over."
Very respectfully yours, &c.,
Washington Baird.
.Spartanburg, Oct. 10, 18;V>.
IJfeccllancAus ^cubing.
From tlie Washington Union.
A GLANCE AT THE FUTURE.
Sebastopol lias fallen before the allies, and
; England and France arc in full possession of
flic Black Sea and its vast and mighty trade to
the East. Russian power has beeu swept from
those regions, and the allies will find no enii
ph.ynicnt there for their immense naval forces.
I Their steamships, with all the improvements
in modern warfare, arc the most powerful the
world has ever seen. Where will they employ
them? Inactivity will he their ruin. There
; :? no i|UCstioiibut many, if not most of them,
! \vilN>e sent to the Gulf of Mexico and the Pai-ilic
eoa>t. The Cuba question, with all its
; intricate connections, will be re-opened under
! ibe direct auspices ot' France. In fact, the
impotent Clown of Spain must inevitably fall
into the hands of Xapoh'uii, and he will direct
the poliev of Spain as absolutely as if it were
..lie of his provinces. England, in attempting
to cheek the power of Russia, has built up a
far greater, and practically more to be dreaded,
power-under Napoleon. He has done, in a
| verv short time, more by his diplomacy to sub
! juirate England than his great uncle did for
; twenty years by bis arms.
Are we prepared for these new and great
oiiesiions of policy Where is our navy to
i meet all this tremendous armament of France
and England? True, we have a commercial
marine the finest in the World, and which has
Heretofore been the basis of our great naval
i '..itw- rand resources. Buttle new inventions
: :in>] new mode of naval warfare have to some
^^n^vlnwid France from the great necessi'
in ?S
i l'ui;lui,w;7' ,w.viw1'w.co tiwt ;^TCmight
o'fstjS "in ln ^ ;inJ ;)JJ .pally
I arose from th** Co,?merciaI marine of onc*
and its wants P l''e other.
But not so tj<T- England has v ,st P0SSCs';
sions all over tin nv>r/d, and has ' 0 divide her
forces; but Franc H':rh her com .'eentrated navy
in the pre-ellt pos,*''U 'the world, is the
Cijiial ol England. I.^i'wnere are we? Split
up into nr.serahle factions, and forming com!.inations
to plunder the revenue of the government
in local expenditures of selfish purposes,
instead ol looking abroad to the deep game
;or power which is now playing before the
world.
From Cape Florida to the Rio Grande, there
is not a single foot where a war vessel can seek
protection, except at Pcusacola, although it
embraces a coast of seventeen hundred miles,
the most exposed in the world, and from which
issue the productions of the richest country in
the world, all unprotected. The productions, (
which now control the foreign commerce and
exchanges of this country, all have to pass under
the guns of Havana?through that channel
?ami those guns, ill loss than three mmitlm i
will be under the direct control of Napoleon, j
with a steam navy well calculated to strike
terror into the hearthstone of every family in
the South. 1 forbear to allude to the conse- !
nucucesof emancipation in Cuba, and yet, it .
Napoleon's star continues to ascend, ascertain
as fate, emancipation in Cuba will come.
It is time to sink local factions and come ;
together for the great struggle that is impend* j
ing. The heart of the great mass of the A- !
nierican people is sound. The politicians arc !
corrupt, and they prevent truth from reaching |
ihe people. Lot Congress meet under a mcs- ;
sage from the President?truthful, stern, aud j
bold?developing our position and relations in j
the world. Let it be a master-hand, touching j
upon the great .interests and destiny of our re- j
public, calling upon the patriotic of every sec- !
tion to rescue the country from faction aud
corruption, and to save our institutions from j
their overthrow by foreign power. Such a i
message would be responded to. Let one-half ;
the revenue be immediately set aside expressly
to increase the navy upon the most improved
system of modern warfare. Withhold the
Miserable appropriations to local objects, and ,
i 1 ir?i -
or corrupt purposes, ana seiusn corporations. (
Move for the country, ami the whole country, (
md nothing but the country. i
'RICHARD HENRY LEE.'
BOOTS. i
There is something, to my thinking, partic- ?
llarly imposing iu that simple monosyllable I
4 boots." It conveys to my mind an idea of 1
iolidity, strength, swiftness, power of endu- 1
ance, personal capability ; it images all the [ 1
mergotic and active properties of our nature. *
[here may be other integuments equally indi- ?
ativeof manhood, but there are none of which >
l male wearer is so proud as of his boots. To 1
ndue the femoral garment on one's lirst entry c
nto life is something; but to be booted is to v
mve life itself at the point of the toe?a foot- c
all to be kicked whithersoever ic may please v
he fantasy of the kicker. I
The man walks not on two legs who has for- v
:otten the joy and pride with which he put on i
lis first pair of boots, particularly if he be old
nough to remember the palmy days of Hes- j,
ians and Tops, when the material terminus of 0
umaiiity was a shining well shaped boot; ti
ven in the tnorc than half concealed Welling- ?.
on, there was a consciousness of stability and y
;race which nothing else that was wearable s
ould iuipart. a
Hats and gloves are temporary ornaments;
ther articles of clothing depend more or less
n the skill of the tailor, but boots depend up !i
themselves ; self-reliant, they stand alone.
.Vhat a wretched slip-shod creature a human
>oing is without boots. In that forlorn condi1011
he can undertake nothing ; all enterprise
s impossible; he is without motion ; a thing
it only to have his toes trodden on. But if
iie thought flashes through his brain that he
iust be up and doing, what are the first words
tiat rush to his lips? "My boots !" Nothng
else could express the fixedness of his new
oorn purpose. Suppose he called for his horse
r his arms, what sort of figure, having them
oily, would he cut without his boots? He
could not ride a furlong, or hold his grouud
igainst his foe a single iuch. But give him
lime enough to draw ou his boots, and a new 1
man starts at once into existence, ready for
anything. !
You have only to say?in language that 1
savors rather of blank verse or the Elizabethan '
period?that an effurt is bootless, and the folly '
?f attempting any adventure without boots 1
becomes at once apparcut.?Household ]Vords. '
The author of "Babie Bell" sends us 1
the following, entitled " Queens," addressed
r,, **** .
Myself unto myself did breathe tliy name:
'Thus but a little moment, nnd a gusli
Of darkling fancies, like a twilight rain, (
Made music in the pauses of my thought!
I had been reading of some ancient dames, 1
Doth famous now in history and song? <
Of Doadicea, the English Queen, ;
Swart Cleopatra, nnd the Joan of Arc?
llow each had thrown her woman nature off,
And that exquisite modesty which should i
Forever drape a woman. Some wore crowns;
And one did wear the martyr robe of fire :
One stalked through blood, so thirsty she for fame, 1
Ami one leapt in the festering arms of Death, I
Because?became, it was her humor to! .
Now fame hath taken these women by the hand
1 And led them down the Ages. Let it be.
I Fame's smile is not God's smile! Sometimes tbe <
World |
j Fawns like a spaniel at the feet of Sin.
i And musing thus in twilight sort of mind,
A -weet thought purpled nnd grew ripe within? ?
A heart flower?call it as thou wilt. 'Twasthis:
' There has been queenlier women than these
: queens! I
Some tJmt have tempered and subdued their souls
Unto a fine and unheard melody!
Fire-side martyrs?martyrs whom Time knows not
There ever have been women in this world
I Whose loves might touch the angels; who have
walked
I With twi'iplit in their natures nna tneir eyes.
And pufl'ervd more, and dearer been to Christ,
i Than these fanta-tie Amazons!
i The pure, the meek, the beautiful in heart!
Sepi
' Know T nfiiu- who?e love has been rehuket'j
I \ -:iifrg' ? N?
' u ' J c strong. and weak, and passionV-13! !
.it her, heaven? Was she not wora^j I Of;
t> n<eli is to he a deity in strength, \ I
f A snint in purity, a fiend in hate ? ' 1
! Know I of such a one ?" Ar d thus it was
Myself unto myself did breathe thy name.
From the Baltimore Sun.
BEHIND TIME.
! A railroad train was rushing alone at almost
; lightning speed. A curve was just ahead, be- ;
i yond which was a station at which the cars
j usually passed each other. The conductor was J
i late, so late that the period during which the j
| down-train was to wait had nearly elapsed but (
; he hoped yet to pass the curve safely. Sudi
denly a locomotive dashed into sight ahead? J
In an instant there was a collision. A shriek.
j a shock, and fifty souls were in eternity; and I
j all because an engineer had been behind time.
j A great battle was beiug fought. Column j
| after column had beeu precipitated for eight Q
| mortal hours on the enemy posted along the t
; ridge of a hill. The summer sun was sinking f
to the west; reinforcements for the obstinate 4
t<
defenders were already in sight; it was necessary
to carry the position with ouc final charge,
or everything would be lost. A powerful corps
had been summoued from across the country, ti
and if it came up in season all would yet be b
right. The great concjuerer, confident in its a
arrival, formed his reserve into an attacking a
column, and led them down the hill. The | tr
whole world knows the result. Grouchy fail- ;i(
ed to appear; the imperial guard was beaten ]J
back; Waterloo was lost. Xapolcon died a ti
prisoner at St. Helena because one of his mar- ti
shals was behind time. tf
A leading firm in commercial circles had tl
long struggled against bankruptcy. As it had ;l|
enormous assets in California, it expected re- y,
mittances by a certain day, and, if the sums '/k
promised arrived, it? credit, its honor, and its sc
future prosperity would be preserved. But
week after week elapsed without briuging the iU
gold. At last came the fatal day on which
the firm had bills maturing to enormous a- tr
mounts. The steamer was telegraphed at day- b(
bratfr^but it was found ou inquiry that she
brought uo funds; and the house failed. The 0}noxt
arrival brought nearly half a million to oV
the insolvents, but it was too late; they were _
ruined because their agent, in remitting, had c0
been behind time. Wi
A condemned man was being led out for ex- nn
ecut'on. lie had taken human life, but uu- i 0f
dor circumstances of the greatest provocation, | th
md public sympathy was active in his behalf. ;lft
Thousands had signed petitions for a reprieve,
i favorable answer had been expected the he
aight before, and, though it had not come, jui
jven the sheriff felt confident that it would sa|
fet arrive in season. Thus the morning passed w;
vithout the appearance of the messenger. The jei]
ast moment was up. The prisoner took his ter
dace on the drop, the eap was drawn over his W(J
iyes, the bolt was drawn, and a lifeless body pr(
iwung revolving in the wind. Just at that
uomciit a horseman came into sight, galloping i
low 11 hill, his steed covered with foam. lie jn
arried a packet in his right hand, which he tje,
raved partially to the crowd. He was the ^Ci
xpress rider with the reprieve. Hut lie hud pCl
ome too lute. A comparatively innocent man t00
tad died an ignominious death because a wa
ratch had been five minutes too slow, making |,a,
ts bearer arrive behind time. cje
It is continually so in life. The best laid
ilnns, the most important affairs, the fortunes l
f individuals, the weal of nations, honor, hap- ter
liness, life itself, are daily sacrificed because lew
ouiebody is "behind time." There are men He
rho always fail in whatever they undertake, a \
imply because they are "behind time." There
re others who put off reformation year by 1
year, till death seizes them, aud they pcri>;
unrepentaut, because forever "behind time.
The Allies have lost nearly a year at Sebasto\
pol, because they delayed a superfluous da)
after the battle of Alma, and came up too lat?.
for a coup dc main just twenty-four hours "be
hind time." Five minutes in a crisis is worth ^
years. It is but a little period, yet it has often
saved a fortune or redeemed a people li
there is one virtue that should be cultivated
more than another by him who would succeed
in life, it is punctuality; if there is one erroi
that should be avoided, it is being behind
time. 1
,,,,,
A MOTHER'S TEARS.
We clip from an Address delivered ^before
the Ladie's Mount Vernon Association,
July 4th, 1355, by Beverley R. Wcllford, Jr.,"
which we fiud in the Southern Literary /Messenger,
the following striking passager?J'History
records no more suggestive incident than
the memorable termination of the siege of Rome
by Coriolanus. No child ever perused the narrative
without extraordinary emotion. There
? ? ? * mnnAftlc* ttr l V* am rvlTV*/.#
IM bUUJULIllli^ 111 It vruitil ajjjicaio vritu au ci" .1
that may uot be resisted to the heart and tb
consciousness all. Who has not iu iiuagl
nation dwelt upon the sceue ? A stout an
sturdy warrior, steeled by years of active mil
tary service against the pitiful appeals of filtering
humanity?the victim of fierce and u
[roveruable passions?smarting under a ke<
sense of accumulated wrong?consecrates tl
energies of his lifo to the avenging of his i
jury, and exiled from the city whose annah 1
military prowess had adorned, sallies forth
infuriated minister of wrath. Sacrificing
higher and more enuobling aspirations?m
ing forever the hard-earned laurels of the
tor of Corioli?he seeks, even at the prie
i traitor's fame, to purchase a satisfying
seance. Rallying aiound him an army o:'
mcmy he had prostrated for her, he th
himself with an exulting legion upon th<
feuding city, and thunders at her gates. palled
and prostrate at the realization of I
seemingly inevitable doom, Rome trembles
fore him. With humbled pride her haugl
senators, iu solemn procession, come to sue
mercy. Disdainfully repulsed, they dispM
the ministers of their relieion to woo with
IIUJJC9 Ul 1UIUIC UI19B aiiu luuujiuaiv
prospect of a coming retribution. But all
vain. Unrelenting and unmovedIbvevory :
peal, the stern veteran
rnf' vaca^f o v*?ns atid
sion, awaken at the whisper of a mother T
name, to beat in every pulsation of the hoar:
and thrill through every fibre of the frame.?
There is a sentiment of holy veneration in th>
soul of the child to its mother, which he mu*:
sound the lowest depths of infamy who maforget
or disregard. With streaming eyes am
anguish heart, the Roman mother kneels t?
plead with her traitor son. Appealing tohiti
by all the hallowed memories of hisuueorrup
ted boyhood, and chiding with the alfectiouaU
"ebukc and tendprnPMQ tliat nn tVnin
uother's soul towards an erring child, she couures
him to relinquish his cherished purpose
rhe warrior is unmanned. 'Talk not of grie
till thou hast seen the tears of warlike mcti.
?earful, but of brief duration, is the straggl*
if contending emotions. Instinct triumphshe
cup of vengeance is dashed uutasted from
he lips. Rome is safe again. A mother'*
ears have changed the destiny of the world."
ANOTHER "BABY." ,
They have got a new "baby elephant" up
awn, the product of one of the elephant*, we
elieve, belonging to Barnum's travelling mengerie.
Being too uuwell to go upou her usu1
summer tour, it was left at home wc believe,
) recuperate for a season. The result is thia
ildition to the elcphautinc domestic circle.?
loth Buffon aud Goldsmith tell us, as a scion6e
fact, that elephauts never gcatate in cap
vity. However proliGc in their natural state
icy never give birth in the domestic conditio!
lose authorities assure us, to other captives
id such used to be the case. But, a f<
iars ago, one of the female elephants in t!
oologieal Garden, at Regent's Pjh-I* T,<-?n.tr .
it the example. An elephant in the Jard.
"s Mantes at Paris followed it within atweh.
onth. A year after an elephant in this c:
ive us an imitation; and now, f*s if our eoi
y must still keep ahead of all competit*
'hold, we have another!
These baby-elephants are very interer
tjects. They are perfectly formed thro",
it, and differ from their parents only in
but that difference is so amazing that i
nics ludicrous; and when you see the !
ilking to and fro under its mother, you
t resist the impulse to laugh at the od>.'
the comparison. And then the bulky 1
cr's care of her baby is so human-like;,
ectionatc! Give the baby an apple, fo .
incc. The mother elephant tirst takes it i
r trunk, examines it closely, aud then :
rns it to her iufant to eat, having apparent
tisfied herself of its innocuousnoss. \?.l
th everything else. The watchful care, r
ilous fondness, the assiduous and untiring
uion of the parent-monster, is cmincn
rtliy of iuiitation by many a being who nit.,
jfession of a greater share of intelligence.
Temperance Made Easy.?A barkeej
Rutland, Vt., complains that the autho.
i have put back the temperance cause f<
irs by prosecuting him. He says that t!
>ple wore becoming so well trained that tin
k liquors from him which were twu-thir.
tor, and if he had been let alone, he won.
/e got them so that they would have drat
ar water within six months.
At a meeting of the unmarried pri
b, which convened not long since, the ft
ring toast was drank in sileneo : AVomantaveu
reward her, 6he is ulways iu favor t
vell-conducted Preu
^"Marriage is the Burasry of