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7r7^T ttatt? 1. riAMDEN. SOUTH-CAROLINA, MAY 21,1850. . NUMBER 40,
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Poetical Elcpavtmcnt.
TOGETHER.
The elm tree old, felt lonely and cold,
When wintry winds blew high,
And looking below, he saw in the snow,
The ivy wandering nigh ;
And he said, "Coujo twine with those tendrils
of thine,
My scathed and frozen form;
For, heart and hand, together we'll stand,
And mock at the baffled storm?
Ha! ha! together."
An"S so when grief is withering the leaf,
And checking Hope's young flower?
A?d frosts do bite, with their teeth so white,
,In disappointment's hour;
Though it might overwhelm the ivy or elm,
If alone each stood the strife?
. If heart and hand together they stand.
They may laugh at the troubles of life?
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.ua: na. i?n|ivt.
A STOJIY FROM LIFE.
BY CHARLE? SWAIN.
Love!?I will tell thee what it is to love:
It is to build with human thoughts a shrine,
'Where Hope sits brooding like a beauteous dove?
Where time seems young, and lite a tiling di
vine;
Yes, this is love?the steadfast and the true,
The immortal glory which hath never set;
The best, the brightest boon the heart e'er knew?
Of all life's sweets, the verv sweetest vet!
,ir
THE CONSPIRACY OF FANATICISM.
Evreywhere liberty is surrounded bv open or
secret enemies. She is compelled to be forever
on the watch, and the condition of her existanna
Jo otornnl viirilanr.e. If she falls UsleC'P bllt
for a brief period, she will awake like Gull ver,
bound to the earth by invisible ligaments. Ambition
and avarice, the love of power, and the
love of gold, are perpetually prepared to ass^j]
her slumbers; hypocrisy and pretence lying in
wait to practice their deceptions; and the selfish
is always warring against the social principle.
Those who flatter themselves ihat by
establishing free institutions, they have perpetuated
the blessings of freedom, and that the first
struggle once over, there is no longer any
? r~- avarh'nn frt nro<nrvf> vvlmf tlir?V
UCtUOOll^ 1V1 VAVtllVu V" |/> vs/v? * X- .. J
have acquired, will dud .it last, that though the.
outward forms of liberty may remain, the substance
has gradually been flittered away, leaving
nothing but the shadow behind. The
Temple of Freedom is, in this respect, like all
material fabrics?subjected to the dilapidations
4>f time; ana if the occupants are not careful to
watch its decay, and repair its damages, jt wjll
become at length aweatlier-bcaten, rickety ruin,
incapable of affording shelter or protection from
the inroads of man, or the elements of nature.
The people of United States having?at the
jcost of long-suffering and many saciiticos?
won for themselves tl>e inestimable privilege of
.seH-govemmeiit, promptly set about availing
themselves of their newly-acquired freedom,
and sought to perpetuate it by the adoption of
a Constitution, securing to all citizens the blessings
of liberty aud equalit}'. For this purp >se
thev denoted their wisest and most virtuous
xitizeiu?- men who had been the most efficient
instrument* in the attornment of independence
.?to form a written bond of union, specific in
its principles, plain in its provisions, simple in
its words, and level with the comprehension of
every man of ordinary intellect, that all might
distinctly know their rights and their duties, as
at one and the same time, sovereigns and citizens.
Tins being done, they adopted it as their
guardian and guaranty, of their own free will,
.and set themselves down under their own vine
and fig-tree, to enjoy in peace what they had
won by war1 and secured by wisdom, They
believe they had done all that was necessary,
and that their word would last for axes.
This Constitution wont quietly into operation,
and under its fostering influence, the people
of the United States have distanced all their
.contemporaries, and enjoyed a deirree of happi
ness and prosperity without a parallel in the
history of mankind. They have increased ami
multiplied sevenfold; they have expanded over
.a territory twice greater than that of Rome,
when called the mistress of the world and whereever
they have gone, they carried with them the
blessings of Christianity, civilization and liberty.
One might suppose a bond of union, which bad
led to such glorious aud beneficent results,
would, ere this, have been consecrated by time
to eternity, that it would have become so sacred
and venerable in the eyes of all who shared
in this unparralleled prosperity, that uo citizen
x>( the United States would dare to lift his hand
jor his voice against it, or bear even to listen to
juiy blasphemous demonstrations upon that
which has showered down so many blessings
i>n their heads; 0ne might hope, pj least, that
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filenames appeuueu to mai lusirument wouju
have saved it from being denounced, as it has
)>een, repeatedly apt} openly, of late years, by
/anaticism, as "a gross violation of the law of
and the rights of nature."
At the|r bead stands the name of Washington?
a man ?)QW universally recognized by evefj
Christian pepp}p spd every sect, as the purest
fnbst perfect exampju pf public and private virtue
presented by any ggp or nation?a n)an
hailed with one voice ana one heart by twenty
millions "f freemen, by the highest and noblest
ft( all ti'les? that of Father of his Country.?
Among tliejp |s Franklin, whose wisdom and
j)hUauUtrojvy appear in every page pf his writings,
and every action of his life. There, foo,
we find JVfadisoi? jibe Sage, and Hamilton the
(-ijcfero, of hjs country^ Rut ledge and Pinpkney
pf the (S&HP& ?d Living?(pn; S^or^an,
Gorham, Langdon, and many otlier illustrious c
citizens from the North and the South, whose i
names still ring in the echoes of their country, I
and throb in the hearts of their countrymen. 1
All these men thus selected from the groat masr 1
with special reference to their talents, integrity :
and patriotism?whose names are identified {
with all that is sacred and venerable in our i
past history, it seems, set their hands and
seals to an instrument denounced by the i
fanatical abolitionists as a gross viola- I
tion of thej law of God, and the rights of!)
c.?v William Llovd Garrison, and ! I
Abby Folsoin; and so say Senators Seward
and Hale; and so says Joshua Giddings? men i
who, if their most impudent claims to wisdom I
and virtue were conceded, ape not worthy t" 1
tie the shoe-strings of a Washington, a Madi- i
son, and a Franklju, Yet such are the insects j
that buzz, and the reptiles that hiss their venom i
in the face of the Constitution and its /tanners. '
It might have been rationally anticipated; 1
that having established the edifice of freedom on (
the great basis of liberty and equality, and Last <
ed the blessings it has scattered so profusely on J
our heads, we had done and expeiienced all ;
that was necessary to secure it at least from i
internal-enemies, and perpetuate, through ages, i
that Constitution, which is the ark 01 our saiecy. Hut
there are two great enemies to human free- 1
doin? king-craft and priest-craft. These are I
always at work, in some way or other, undermining
or openly assailing the liberty of thought '
and action, and under pretence of curbing the I
8'eo I, p itting the'bit in his mouth, the saddle on
his back, and riding him till he either breaks
down, or tosses them over his head. Some- 1
times they are pngaged in ih.1 struggle which 1
shall ride foremost, and then flic people stand '
some chance of escaping being trodden down; I
and sometimes, indeed generally, they combine I
together, and hunt in couples, when they are '
sure to he irresistible. Against church and ]
State, united there is no adequate defence; since; i
while one appeals to the hopes and fears of (
mankind hereafter, the other applies them to '<
the present state of existence, in the glianp of i
temporal rewards anil punishment. Betwixt
the two there is no escape; the mind and the 1
bo Iv are equally enslaved. The chain is forged :
by one, and riveted by the other. 1
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i lie American iievoiminn suoun uie miumra
of kin^s to tlie centre, and are now no longer ;
supported by opinion, but fprpe. The Divine '
light of kings, and the doctrines of passive obor 1
dience and non-resistance, have become obsor j
lete as maxims of state?that slavish devotion
to despots, which was disguised u ider the name 1
of loyalty, has been superseded by flie more 1
free and manly principle of patriotism; and 1
what was before prostituted to thrones, is now
devoted to our country. Thus, the fonuda- '
tinn*, of despotic power have been gradually 1
undermined, and it has been necessary to seek ;
new props to sustain the rocking fabric. The 1
monnrchs of Europe have accordingly, one !
and all, become models of piety, and sought the 1
support of the gown and the bayonet, to enable (
them to quell the rising spirit of liberty. Im- 1
mediately on the downfall of Napoleon, they 1
formes! a conspiracy against the freedom of
mankind, called itThe Holy Alliance,''and
violated the rights of almost every state of Eu- '
rope. wIn the name ofth? Most lloly and undivided
Trinity,"* they parceled out portions
of the pcopl , as the Spaniards did tlie Indians ;
of South America into Encommdrros, and
placed them under what masters they pleased: I
ihoy violated the torrjtorjal rights of one State, 1
to b.'i-t >w what wag wrested front it on auoth- (
er, and outraged every national feeling all in the 1
name of "l'he Most Holy and undivided Trinity."
Never were there such pious sovereigns, ;
so zealous in the cause of religion ; and never 1
were human rights more grossly assailed un- 1
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ueriisnqiv sanction.
The cloak of hypocrisy proved go success.
ful in concealing (lie encroachments of tyranny, (
that it has ever since been worn. Every effort (
lias been made, and is still making to render ^
liberty and infidelity inseparable, and despotism (
synonymous with piety. The zeal of the op- }
pressor for the church is only equalled by his
oppressions of the people; and the most pious ^
of al) monarehs is he who least studies the hap.
piness of his subjects. What cannot now lie ]
attained by open violence or political craft, is ^
sought to be gained by religious hypocrisy;
and what the .State wants jn strengt i, it borrows
from the church, which in return is remu- !
nerated by royal bounty and subserviency.? 1
Thus they play into the hands of each other; '
and thus, ecclesiastical ambition h;i* bcouawa- ,
kened to a perception of the possibility of once
more reviving those ages of darkness, when the '
dogmas of a priest superseded the authority of;!
the State ; and the decisions of a council, or a j1
tc-xt of Scripture perverted from its original an- I'
plication, \vWis paramount to all temporal laws,
all social institutions, and all civil authority.
The jieople of the United States, when they
divorced Church and State, arid placed all religions
denominations on a footing of equality
in civil rights, believed they had done every
tiling necessary to protect themselves from those
dangers which are Inseparable from a union
of the two great influences that govern mankind?opinion
and force. IJut (hough the air
may be excluded from vpssejs hermetically
sualed, the love of power, and the hankering
after wealth, cannot he shut out from the human j
lintirf 'IHwit. ti'ill fiml 'ill ontrimi'o fimiioivluiro 1
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by some means; Jiml if you shut the door, j
squeeze through the keyhole. Wo have too j
wiuch respect for true religion and unaffected ,
piety, tQ indulge in any undue- reprehension,
hut it is impossible to shut our eyes to the fact,
which is demonstrated by the history of all past
ages, that as a body, the jtliupe.h has been more
remarkable for a systematic unrelaxjng spirit of
acquisition, both of wealth and ppwer, than j1
' * Sep Declaration of i>ie JfoJy Aljlanco, I (
litber kings or States. The latter receive their
inpulse and direction from a succession of ruers
of various tempers, vie ws and caprices,
vhose maxims are perpetually changing; but
;lio maxims of the church never change, They
ire uniformly acted upon from generation to
generation, from age to age; and however different
the rulers, their object is always the same.
Iheir great end is to obtain dominion over the
minds of men, knowing fun wen uiai mis is
by far the niost stable Foundation of power,
ind that it carries with it every other acquisition.
This influence, when acquired by proper
means, and confined within proper limits, is no
ioubt in the highest degree salutarj', The precepts
of tl)e christian faith are Indispensable
auxiliaries to the civjl laws, and the doctrine of
future rewards and punishments a powerful restraint
011 those deeper and more secret crimes
which, though by far the most fatal to the
happiness of mankind, can neither be estimated
or punished by the law. While the preachers
of the Gospel confine themselves to their
appropriate duties, as shepherds of their folds
< t_ ?is? ? ,i._ : i: ,
--to Visiting uie SICK, relieving uie iiiuigem.,
administering consolation to the wounded
spirit, inculcating the duties of religion and
morality and impressing upon the minds of
their dock, a respectful deference fpr human
laws and institutions?they are a comfort and
blessing to mankind; the)' may then justly call
themselves the ambassadors of God, for they
represent his attributes of beneficence.
But when, on the contrary, they step out of
their consecrated sphere, and depart from the
example of the author of their religion, in studiously
abstaining from politics., and attempt to
substitute the laws of Moses, interpreted by
themselves, in place of those of their country,
they invariably become little better than firebrands
of dissension. They cease to be the
preachers of peace, and degenerate into instruments
of contention. They mingle political and
ecclesiastical asperities?politics and polemics
are huddled together, aggravating the bitterness
of party feeling by the infusion of religious
bigotry and sectarian zeal; and the invariable
consequences ?qrp cjvil dissension, revolution,
arid bloodshed. Qf all the deleterious poisons
administered to human infirmity, the mixture of
religion and politics, of clerical and temporal
ambition, is the most fatal to the repose and
happiness of mankind. The preachers of the
Gospel should keep themselves sacred from t ie
polluticn of such an amalgamation.
Their influence and usefulness, in a great
measure depend on being thought moie pure
and pious and disinterested than their fellow?
creatures; and it is impossible they should be so
without withdrawing themselves, at least, from
the two great universal temptations of mankind,
ambition and avarice, They cannot serve God
and Mammon; they cannot become more sanctified
than the rest of the world, except by abstracting
themselves from its seductions. The
gown and the band are not armor strong
enough to protect them from those potent en??.
inioS, when they come in conflict; and there is
no safety but in fleeing from the contest,
Hut every sincere, disinterested advocate of
piotv and true religion, must rejrrct to see that
(if late this abstinence from worldly a flairs,
ami especially politics, if it ever existed, has
been gradually dying away, to be replaced by
a busy, meddling, and arrogant interference
with the cjvjl power, in all its peculiar and appropriate
functions. The church, in reality,
seems making rapid approaches towards governing
the State, and there are distinct auguries
that the conspiracy will at length succeed.?
Members of the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States have declared,
in their places, that a dogma of fanaticism?an
issumption that has i|u foundation in the law,
[he Constitution, or the Scriptures?is superior
ii auuiorfiy, anu cousiiuues a more luipermive
obligation to obedjence, than either laws or constitutions;
and these men represent the declines
of some of the most imposing conventions
of the most numerous denominations of
Christians in the United States. Jt is in this
ivay that all reverence and respect for civil laws
mil civil institutions are attempted to he sacrijocd
to an isolated text, or a naked dogma, assumed
without proof, and sustained without argument.
The authority of the church is thus
it ouce placed above that of the State.
It cannot hut strjk" all reflecting minds, that
his substitution of the authority of the Bible,
i place of human laws, is in its practical opeMtion
the most dangerous enemy ever let slip
igainst those principles and laws which have
)een adopted by the people of the United
states, as the barriers ol their freedom. When
exts of Scripture stand in place of law, there
s no rule for the government of mankind, and
10 security to their rights, M ? all know that
scarcely any two sects agree in the interpretaion
of the Scriptures, and no two in their ex
lunations of many texts. Each interprets for
tself, and each believes itself infallible. Nay,
his diversity of opinion extends not only to
sects, but individuals, and many who nominaly
belong to a church, dissent from some of its
enets or ordinances. There neither is, nor can
hero hu, anything like unanimity in the intor retations
of Scripture, nor consequently aijy
sanction to give it a universally recognized au
horjty equal to that of tVe Jaws and constituioii
of a people, deliberately enacted, and soljinnly
sanctioned by their sovereign will,
There being, then, this acknowledged and
totorious diversity in regard to the doctrjues
?f Scripture, it follows, as an unavoidable remit,
that whenever these are substituted in place
>f the constitution and laws of the land, there
.vill no longer be either laws or constitution ; jn
)ther words, no rule of action, no guide to a
hifinitik nnr fitrliU fiiwl mil* rlnfinfi
?v,,,"*v ft VI VfifA vui vfifMvw
is citizens, that is universally applicable to, $n<J
miversaJly recognized by all, There will bo
)ne law lor pach sect, jia^y, one law |or pach
individual; lor every umu win ueuume mo uyyii
interpreter of the law, which is tantamount to
being his own law-maker. There are very many
texts of Scripture, which, taken by themselves,
and without connection with their explanatory
accompaniments, are either in direct
contradiction witn each other, or totally irreconcilable.
Each one may interpret these, as
his interests, his reason, or his passions may
prompt him?oppose or obey the law it imposes
at pleasure, as a point of conscience?and in
stead of a court of justice, appeal to the Pandects
of Leviticus.
In this state of things, there are but two ways
of enforcing a general obedience to the laws.
You must convince or compel the refractory.
If you cannot persuade, you must enforce obedience.*
But obedience' to what? Npj; a Jai^
which all interpret nlike, hut one about which
all. more or less, differ. There must be infallibility
somewhere, and that will only be found
in the light of the strongest, as was the case
with the Puritans of New England, who adppt:
ed the laws of the Twelve Tables, " until they
could make better." And what was the consequence
? The verj' men who sought refuge
in the wilderness of the new world from civil
and religions persecution, became, of necessity,
persecutors *iipniselves I for the ja^-s they thus
adopted, rendered it indlspensablethatall should
think alke, in order that all might obey them.
How it happened that freedom ever took root
there, we cannot conceive; for, with all due
respect to their many noble characteristics, we
are free to say, that of all enlightened people
we ever heard or read of, they' appear to have
least understood, or, at any rate, practiced the
true principles of civil and religious liberty. It
couiu not ue otherwise, i he moment they
adopted the Levitival law, they erected a hierarchy
of pi iests, for none others could interpret
it authoritatively; and it became necessary that
#|1 should believe alike, in order that all should
voluntarily obey. Hence religious persecution
and civil oppression; and hence that spiritual
oligarchy which domineered over New England,
in virtue of being, like Mahomet, the
sole interpreters both of the law and the Gospel.
The'habit of referring to the laws of the
Jews, instead of the more pure and perfect
creed of the Sjavjour, is not ^*et extinct in that
quarter, and lias at all times predisposed the
people to substitute their own interpretations of
the Bible for the statutes. Under this influence
they have made man}* inroads on the personal
rights a id personal liberty of the lowly citizen,
by interfering with his amusements, his business,
his relaxations, and many of those indulgences
which he has jusf as good a right to en.
joy iu his 'sphere, as the most wealthy millionaire
in kis, so long as he does not violate the
rights of others, or disturb the peace of his
neighbors. They have also inherited, from the
same source, a strict observance of outward
forms and demeanor, which, thpugh they may
not make people better, at least make them appear
so to others, and think so themselves.?
Lastly?and this is, perhaps, the most mischievous
portion of the entail?they are undoubtedly
more addicted to superstition and fanaticism,
than tliu native inhabitants of any other
n /><! /?!' TTnStAii Vbtlno Tlinlp ovnito.
jMMIIUJI III IIIU %J k'lilllTSi M ftlVII
ments are almost always religious; and profcnl?lv
nine-tenths of the strange, extravagant,
absurd notions, in faith and practice, as well as
of those varieties of transcendentalism, such as
anti-Masonry, anti-Sunday mailism, and Free
Soilisin, have originated either in New England
or among the descendants of New England,
emigrants, in all parts of the United States. It
cannot have escaped observation, that all those
iims, and many more besides, which have disturbed
the peace of the State of New York,
originated and raged most fiercely in the western
counties, which are jn a great measure peopled
by emigrants from New England and their
descendants. In thus speaking our sentiments
freely, we are far from feeling any hostility to
a people who possess sutlieient good qualities
to atone for this single characteristic foible or
infirmity.
The political and personal freedom of the
people of the United States cannot be directly
assailed, with any prospect of success. They
all know their rights, and love them too well
to surrender them to force or persuasion. To
enslave theni they must be deceived. It is useless
to attempt it by laws sanctioned by more
human authority, for they are their own lawnmakers,
and still more so to resort to force, for
they have arms in their hands, and know how
to use them. They are, moreover, sufficiently
.Ili.runt tii <><iiiirtr<i|iimrl nil tlin pigments of
politioal despotism, and it is difficult to approach
them hi any disguise, that, if not promptly, will
soon be detected. To rob them of their liberties,
it is necessary to fry an nmbuscado and
take them by surprise. 1 ou must tlirow the
lasso and trip up their heels before you venture
to put the .saddle on their backs and the bit in
their inouihs, Neither the sword of the soldier,
nor the arts ol flip civilian's gown can
crush them.
Hut there js another gown, much moroofJVctual
in concealing the approaches of despotism
and disguising the conspiracy of ambition and
avarice; one which, U'hen not used for such
purposes, is justly reverenced throughout the
Christian world as the emblem of sunerior sane.
tity, but often,, too often, used as a cloak for
hypocrisy. It js from under this, ''.at tljfi rights
of tho people of the United States may be most
successfully assailed; and [ nip greatly mistaken
jf there is not now maturjng a great combination,
thp object of whiph is to establish
the Divine rights of the church, jn pjuce of the
divine right of kings,
The first and most effectual step in subjugating
mankind, is to stimulate then) to that dp#
In tho reign pf Horjry the Eighth, ft I#H' wai pawed
for ftxtfthlidiing uniformity in poliginua opinpjni, gut it (
fjjd tjot ?n'wr (lio purpotBj
Vf vuviiuoir.9111 Mill VII OlllUliiJU} (AS laiiaii'.
eism. Once subjected to its firpp, the mind becomes
perfectly malleable, and may be led into
any degree of folly or extravagance. Whoever
directs a man or body of men thus over!
heated, inav lead them where he nlenceR
hits only to erect a golden calf, or a Chines#
Josh, and lliey will fall down and worship it
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ne mis oniy 10 oeuume a joe amitn, or a wil- '
liam Lloyd Garrison, and propound some stupendous
dogma, to which he arrogates the sanction
of Heaven, and they will batter down everything
in its way. He has only to tell therq
that the laws apd constitution of their country
are in violation of this great dogma, and they
will institute a crusade against them?cry out
"Deus Vvlt! Detu Vuli!" like the follower*
of Peter the Hermit, and Walter the Moneyless,
and dash forth to desolate the earth, and
baptize their hopeful offspring in the blood of
their fellow-creatures.
There is strong evidence of a growing *oet
of this species of fanatics in the United States,,
not perhaps so numerous as the noise they make
would seem to indjeate, which either is, or prea.
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Minus to ue, uuuer me dominion 01 one s|iigie
idea, and to have only one single objppf, tft
which they are willing to sacrifice everything
else?the peace, the happiness, the laws, the
Constitution, and the existence of the Union.
They call themselves, by way of distinction,
" the friends of the entire human race/' ppd
appear to have assumed the responsibility qf
all the evils, real or imaginary, qnder the sun,
with the exception of those for which they are
really responsible. This new species of fanak
ics recognize no country, no friends, no kindred.
They are the friends of the entire human race,
and nothing less than the circumference of tl)g
wor|d cat) set bounds to their philanthropy,
?n 11 l . . l ri l el rt
yyj pan lultaui, ui?uio iimiicu m ivo upci?iuuu?
for their boundless benevolence. As to the social
duties, they are beneath attention; and as
to the domestic ties, they are still more insignificant,
nay, they are actually sinful, since they
interfere with their sublime devotion to their
particular and exclusive protegees, " {he entfre
human race." They desert their duties to their
country, their kindred, and their friends, to go
wandering about the world: iu some place*
converting Christians to Christianity, iuothera{
disturbing the peace, and preparing the way
for bloody contests and revolutions; in others,
destroying the innocence and happiness of thp
natives of Polynesia, and paving the way for
their perishing by the corruptions of civiliza
tion, long before they are fitted to enjoy its
benefits;* they have extended the sphere of
moral responsibility to everything they are
pleased tq denounce an evil, gnd thus assumed *
right to mpddle with other people's afiairs, at
pleasure. Everything is detestable that does
not suit their taste; and regardless of the old
proverb?a species of maxim always founded
in truth?that " what is one man's meat is another
man's poison," they make their own tastes the
universal standard, pnd denounce every
other as " a violation of the law of God. and
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the rights of nature."
With this particular sect of Christian philanthropists
in the United States, there is, however,
one singular exception to " the entire hu-_
man race," and that is, all those who have tho
misfortune to bo their own countrymen, and tq
have a white shin. Their philanthropy is devoted
exclusively to one color, and " black i3 your
only wear " they tolerate: all their five sense* ^
are devoted to the descendants of Africa.? '
Their eves dwell with unceasing delight oq
woolly heads, flat noses, thick lips, crooked
legs and cuciimber-shins; they listen with no
Dleasure to anv other sounds but the voices of
r %/ ....
orator Douglas and his fellow Tullys, and relish
no other odors than such as come from the spjc^r
regions of Ashantee, Timbuctoo and Monomotapa.
In short, their moral responsibility exfends
no farther than to the wrongs of Africa.
There is no other race in this country worthy
of such high supervision; no law, or constitution,
or civil institution, of the least consequence
|u comparison \vith the|f emancipation; and no
sacrilices they will not make to that object?:
but their money.
These "friends of the entire human race/'
with the exception aforesaid, would be of little
[ consequence, had they not of late vears enfisteh
more than one powerful denomination of
Christians in the United States and elsewhere
in their behalf and at last one great political
pnrtyor a considerable portion of it their
auxiliaries. With these alliances, they have
become so formidable as to make w;ir on
the Constitution, In those very Halls of Congress,
where one might suppose it would havo
I ecu held sacred. In that stronghold they havo
advocates, who dare to proclaim, in the face
of their countrymen, that a fanatjpa) dogma,
assumed without proof, and sustained without
argument, is of superior authority to tiiat lyonstitution
tl?ey have sworn to support. At the
head of these new lights, js a senator from the
State of New York, \yliq, being qur fellow-citizen,
we fpej hound to gjvo a passing notice, u
one of his constituents.
See the te*timopyJof Liciit. Wine. " Lo? Grlgoi," ami
indeed nil other*. except the missionaries themtelvM.
(To be. concluded in our next.)
Prom the Rio Grande.?The steamer Monrnouth,
(-apt. Freeborn, arrjved yesterday from
Indian River. We are informed by a passenger
that just previous (o the sailing of the steamer,
l*nf nn nvnrnoa litiH oprirnrl fn ^nnnml fl\i irr(T?
tiKtw mi v/i|#.vou ""m c*ri fivu u? v>viiviai * '''OO *
from the Kio Grande, stating that the Camanch?
Indians in great numbers had attacked the United
States forces on the Rio Grande, and killed
one hundred an,d thirty piep, \Ve have no certain
inforrnntjnn, and hope that the report is
exaggerated although we fear our troops in
that quarter have suffered greatly.
Savmnak Gtiorgim.
Alum and Mujjato of Sodp' fcavo been foui^j
jn Columbia county, Georgia.