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only isimplied in the curse oftheGibeonites .7’
From the viewwhich I have taken of this
eubject,I think, I may venturefto ina.k.e the fol-
lowing statement, viz. That tvhatever takes
place by‘ Divine ap’point‘irfent. cannot ‘be sin‘-‘
ful.‘ But the toleration .of'property in’ man as
well as perpetual se__rvitude-,-‘slavery-among
the Jews, ivris by Divineanpoinitnent. There-‘
fore. slavery among the Jews was not sinful.-
I-I:iving_examined the. Old Testamfntfl
little on this subject, it willbe. r-xpe,d~i~.'_nt_~ to
continue this examination a little farther in
reference to the New Testament. In order
to come directly to this sulject, I will ask
the following question.‘ Were any of those
christians addressed by St. Paul',‘in his
Epistle, slave holders? Some of the aboli-
tionists answer th'is question] without qiialifii
cation in the negative. But it is hoped for
the credit of men of information that there
are but few, who_deny ‘a fact so plain, that
men of ordinary -capacity, uubiasedby pre-
conceived opinions, might come to a differ-
ent conclusion. Among those claimed by
the abolitionests in support of their ‘views.
Dr. Clarkl holds a prominent place. As
much however, as he was opposed to slavery,
he appears to treat the subject with a great
degree of candor and propriety. He allows
th-it the Greeks and Romans "held slaves.
the conditiou'of whom was wretched in the
extreme; that they could appeal to no law.
and they could neither expect justice or equi-
tv. That there were those converted to
Christianity who held slaves is too evident
from St. Paul's epistles, to be denied by any
except modern abolitionists. When St.
Paul gives instructions to masters, he means
those within the Chtirch; for he says, “for

what have I to do to judge them. also _that
are without," Cor. v——l2. And there is no .

reference to unbelieving inasters,excc pt,w hen
he is giving directions to servants orslaves in
reference to their conducttotvard such mas-
ters. VVhen he says "let as many servants as
are under the yoke,” (w/zicfi means slavery)
'counttlieir own masters worthy of all'l_ionor,
that the name ofGod 5.-. his doctrine be not blas-
phemcd,” he includes unbelieving m«'.8!.t:l'S.
Tim. vi—-l. But was it not the duty of
those believing masters who hold slaves to
set them at liberty .7 St. Paul gives no such
direction. His direction is, that masters
should give to their servants, ‘that which is
just and cqual.’ VVell, immediate enian_ci-
ptitioii is just and cqual, says an abolitionist.
And suppose it is .7 Thitcould not have been
the ruenning of the apostle, for he says, if
any, (rcfering to those under the yoke) have
believing masters let. them do them service."
Anl the apostle ad-:ls,“'I‘hese things teach
and exbort. If any man teach otherwise,',t
and consent not to wholesome words, even
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the
doctrine which is according to Godliness, he
is proud, knowing nothing. but doting about
questions and strifes of words whereof com-
cth envy, strifes. railings, evil surmisiues,
perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds.
and destitute of the truth,” &c. Just and
equal in St. Paul’s sense, therefore, must have
reference to their conduct toward them ; such
as alloivin-3 them necessary food, raiment,
rest, ti-.c. The fact is, that sla very was al-
ways connected with politics And as
Christ’s Kingdom was not of this world,
Christianity does not interfere with, or con-
trol civil government, any farther than it is
cnlcul:ite'.'l to do by its own moral influence.
The gospel is designed to benefit and save
man in whatever condition it may find him.
But mark this; that where it finds him there
it leaves him. I mean that it does not
chinge his secular condition. ‘ "Let every
iuan abide in the same calling wherein he
was c=.illi_-d. Art thou called being a servant
care not for it.’ That servant, in this text

means slave is clearly implied from the con-

text, “but if thou mayest be made free ;"

neither can the phrase,"be not ve the _°°r""“l5
of men H be (, ,.,,,,...-.i min a prohibition for a
I

..c. vain to su mit to his condition, as some
have allowed, but only to "use it ml/tar,”
where he mig/it be made free, otherwise it
would be inconsistent that he should “care
not for it.” But if St. Paul was not on the
subject of slave)‘;/, then he prohibits all kinds
ofsul:rj,ectio-n as servrmls without qualification

The a'bol'itionist is left to the choice of after-
natives. “Care not for it,” must mean then.
if his condition was unavoidable, patiently to
submit to it. If all l/tin-gs work together for
good to them that love God, then it is cer-

tain that unavoidable slavery must be favor--.,

salvation of the soul.

ble to the "

therefore. St. Paul does not reqo'?'=.~ ' 
lievrnfl toasters, the iiminedi-‘Ja .:. f. r--.;'E>:~

5 -*;.ce
-;,rranny
. Now as
slaveholding is

-‘ " .. » .d the apostle give di-
t;“» are now’ to conduct towards

of all their slaves, he en?-*-*:v.. -— =6
and respect of the l-1-'3-».~‘ - 
and oppression : =i.- .5 . * 

the al)t)liti'.r1’-' I '» ..t :>'.'.
sinful '

.;.=-' '.'ll.l'IOl3ll. recpiiring their imnie
Does he comtii.-e at

with adultery or murder, is it‘ not‘ passing
strange that the apostle should say so much

. on the subject. and never once hint at the

evil or roltihiition of it ‘I For St. Paul’ to forbid all

sin, an then give directions concerning the trimmer

uome particular sin should be committed, would be
to me a most shocking absurdity.

 

“Note.—-If slavery is six under all circumstances,
as the A.I)O'lltl0nlSl.5 say it is, and it takes place by
Divine appom-tnient, then God must be the author

of sin. But this they are unwilling to admit; and
therefore. they are forced to the barefaced absurdity
that slavery is not in‘ the Bible.

h\'ot‘e.—If' any prefer M’r‘. Wesley to Dr. Clark
for authority on this subject, they will find that he
admits that slavery “prevailed particularly among
the Jews, the Greeks, the Romans, and tlfe. ancient
Germans. and was ti'an.=.iuitted by thetn«to- the vari-
ants kingdoms and states which arose otit of the
Ronian Em, ire.” ,

i;\‘o.te.—-Dr. Clark in his comment on this text _

riftys “It appears there were teachers of n dif‘i'ei'ent
kind in he Church, it sort of‘ religiouslevelers, who
preached that the converted servants had as much
1-ight to the master's service, as the master. had to
his. Teachers of‘ this kindfliavc been in vogu
long since the days of Paul and ’I.‘iiuot.liy.” How
adiiiirithly does-this scirpture apply to- prevent such
circumstances. And if‘ Dr. Clark had been a proph-
at, he cou.lrl'uot have said‘ anything which would
have been more applicable totho present time.
{sNote.—-I-Vlien the slayer-y mentioiied! in- the
bible is refeiired to, it isreplied by some ofthe aboli-
tionists,tlia=t' it is notlikeAi1iericaiivSl:ivery.. But
I contenrh t-hat; slavery in» thembstraeb, is the same in
all places..tmd' in-all‘ ages. Slavery, tlierefore, is
‘Hg gl;i;;,v_5_,. and: the‘ trcatinent of slime: is another.

against Ham 5.». his posterity; C-nrserl be Ca- rriug_§,,l7*’r-.l?,0.litit;.,;fi,,] 
’ ftaan,a servant ofse_r1:anls shall lie be-at does it

- tfotsu fficiently appearthat perpetual slaverv

_ _ _ I suppose that
whatever ex 1’. there is in slavery in the abstract. § it

 

 
 
 

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apostle fltjjllitlbiiigdirij? w il,’h 
But all)» cruelly nd ofipre
 with sl‘ :V.’;.<‘TY 0* fl0l§_,__._.
'§'tid_’thewfe'fore it isisiiiful. But
forbids .slav.er.y .(say-..,t.lley)._.b_itt.ll1...p9§ili!..§.Q-
zind by i,inplic_ation. ,_ ,,Vl_7h,e_re?_ In Isa. lvi,ii-_-
6.” "I’s"ii’ot‘ith‘is t’he"jus“t that ‘I have c'ho'si-ti“?
To loose the bands of wickedness, to . undo
the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed
"got free, and that ye break every yokez" ’ Is
not -this ~< clear?-~ Yes;it-is-clea~rt--to=-me that
those who quote this passage do not under-
stand it. I have alreadyishown the different
kinds of service allowed under the law : one
of which was perpetual servitude. Now
can any out-suppose that God," would insti
tute sucha law,'and then inspire one ofhis
prophets to tell the people that it was his
choice that they shou_ld,b»reak that law, al-
though it never had been. ab-rogalerl?
What inconsistent repri-'senta,tion of scripture
this would be! There is scripture, _how_ever,
tlat will elucidate _tlii_s passage. -By the law
of Moses no Hebrew was 'allowe_d to hold a
Hebrew in servitude, for a longer term than
si.\ years in succession. In the 34th chap.
of.I_c-t,’_€’.miah, from thc.8th to the l6ih verse,
we have a history, the import of which is
this 2 the Jews b-wring lield't—h_ose in servitude
who were .free'by iholaw, Zedelciah pro.
claimed to all such. libert_v,'to which the‘
people consented by a covenant. But such
was the _corrupt state of the Jews, that this
conduct was afterwards regretted by tbeni,
and they caused those who were free by the
law, as well as their own covenantto return
to a state of servitude. Hear the prophet.—-
"Therefore the word of the Lord came Unto
Jeremiah from the Lord sayiiig, thus saith
the Lord the -God of lsreal,_I trade a cove-
nant with your fathers in the land of Egypt.
out of the house of bondtuen, saying. at the
end of seven years let go every man his
brother on Hebrew, which hath been sold
unto thee, and when he hath served thee six
years, thou shalt let -him gofree. from thee,
but your fathers hearl,'en+~d not unto me.
neither inclined their ear. And ye were
now turned and had done right in my sight.
in proclaiming liberty every man to his
neighbor: and ye l a‘ made-a covenant bcfo e
me in the house w_hich._is called by my name.
But ye turned and polluted my name, and
caused every man his servant and evv-r_v
man his handmaid, whom he had set at lib-
erty at their pleasure, to return and brought
them into subjection. to he unto you for
servants and for handuiaids." As the Jews
were rcproved for breaking the law and not
for keeping it, to apply that passage in Isa.
against that service which the law allowed,
would be a most glaring i_uconsistcncy, and
incompatible with common sense. Now is
it not clear that the burdens and oppres-
sive yokes, to which Isa. referred, were the
same of which Jcr. complains, that thefallv
ers of the Jews of his day had been guilty
of forcing upon the people’? And does not
the circumstance, that Isa. lived more than
a hundred years beforethe time of Jer. tend
to corroborate this idea ? But is not the
Saviour’s golden role, “As ye would that
men should do to you, do ye also to them
likewise,” as well as that passage, ‘Thou
shalt love thv neighbor as thyself,” against
all slavery by implication? As the law of
these passages is quoted from the law,
Lev. xix——l8. and as Christ says the former
"is the law and the prophets," (i. e. the de-
sign and sum ofthem,) and asthe law allow-
ed perpetual servitude, therefore these passa
ges could not prove slavery sinful under the
law. And as the observance of these pas-
sages is binding under the christi in dispen
saiiongand St. Paul recognizes the ielation
between master and slave without fixing lip-
on it the indelible stamp ofmoml evil, I con-
clude that it is not as easy a task as some
people have imagined, to prove from scrip-
ture, either positively. or by implication, that
all Sl:I'~'c holding is sinful.

That St. Paul acknowledges the relation
ofoiaster and slave, between Phileman and
Onesimus. is too evident to be disputed by
me, the opinion of others to the contrary
notwitlistandiiig. Neither does he require
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Tinioihy is set at,Libe-rt_v’.” ' Heb. xiii-_—23.=n

éilffied of 

gt-s have reference to a state.-‘of slavery? I‘
‘presume not. ;Tii{a -_truth,is,-.,that-t.huy_.rcfe.r
to a state ofirnprisoniiient, ‘where the‘~pris'on-
-er..~at -least in -soi'ne_-cases, -was «bound.-with a
chain. sl.;P:-lll says, f'that for the hope of
Israel. I,ain bound with ihi_scbain._” I will
only ask, if it is ingeni/.ous’. or whether it
has any favorable tendency, to rniscons-true,
01' make Such 61 pl-sin misapplication, of ii
passage of scriptu re ? _

- It appears to me that it might have been
quite imprtident for the Christian Church,
to have. required iinruediate.t-mancipation by
its uiembers of all the-irslaves. ..This would
have been themeans no doubt. of spreading
discontent and insuborriiriation among other
slaves, which would have effected the
claimed rights ofithose out of the church;
and the churcd would would have been ac-
cused of disturbing the peace ofcommunity:
and thusla scandal and oditim would have
fallen upon the cause ofchristianiiy. V\’hi|e,
therefore. as menibersof civil society, we
have a right to act on this subject, yet when-
cver ecclesiastical bodies, undertake .to.con
trol this subject otherwise than what is war-
ranted either byiprecept or Httimplc in s'cr'rp-
ture, we may not . wonder if discord. confu-
sion and sc/i.z'sm,_shotild be the consequence.
Arid notwithstanding the Anti-Slavery Soci-
eiy at their last anniversary, ‘in N.~Y. ap-
pointed El'CUflll’Tllll.el3"I0 preparea declaration-
which should announce the judgtiivnt of the
American Anti-Slavery Soci_ety, concerning
the coinrnon error, that their enterprise is of
a political, andnot religious character.”-—
Yet it will .iemain political. And therefor»-
Ithink triiiiisters of the gospel are iiiedcllingz
more than they ought to d_o with this subject,
What is their enterprise? is it not the. abo-
lition of slavery ." If slavery, or the abolition
of it, is religious, why ask political or State
legislation upon it? But if it is politica._l.
then-[ ask, why should eccl--siasticalbodies
intt.-rfere with the subject of politics? If
niinisters of the. gospel would use their ef-
forts to convert the people to the pure reli-
gion of.._lesus Christ, would not this haveth«
besl. and safest tendency to correct erroneous
politics, and nieliorate and improve the con-
dition of man. __

In conciusiuii. I would remark. Mr. Edi-
tor, that these are my views ofthe Bible. and
also, of the mischievous consequences which
I apprehend, will result from tl-e. (‘nurse
which some of the abolitionists are pursuing
on this subject. And although I may differ
froin many others, who have no better rigl.t
to their opinion than I have to mine, yet I
profess to be candid, and as _voti have not
much _of the kind, Mr. Editor, perhaps it
might answer for varii-ty, and also. give an
opportunity, if I am wrong. to convince my
ofmy error. And if your readers wish to
know iuore about me, if it will gratify their
curiosity. I wiil inform them that I live
'down t-ast’——laave no slaves-—fecl no desire
to have any--—h,ave kind feelings for the-
slave and the free; and wliatevet‘ C(’nSlll‘e}

w hfilher I may be considered only worthy
of silent contempt, it is all the same to me.--,
Only let writers take care that their pen:
don’! b/.isler their fingers.

August, 1843. A LAYMAN. .

“Note.-—How consistant; would the abolitionist;
represent St. Paul, when he says, “remember theni
that ae in bonds,” if they say he means that th ostl
who held slaves should emaiicipate them; while lit
was exhortiug servants under the yoke, and had be»,
lieving masters, to do them service, aml espe ciallg
ifnone of those cases of servants mentioned in thd
New Testament have reference to SLAVERY. Alas!
Such reasoning is enough to make a man stunl
tiptoe.

Yale Col/egc.—--'l'he closed windows 9"‘
impressive stillntss in the "I ' t '
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for that relation. lst. Si. Piul acknowledg-
es the right of property in the 13th verso-
"\Vhoni I would have retairied \-."‘l. in ‘

in 1/23; stead he might be‘ 
me,” "that l/ig/ bee. -‘Z: ' .1

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were ofiiece:-:‘.7.;--.-*,.,.§ . g
If Oo:..=7::- el?IVt', how could
his .--.-i?i.<=»: tv *7‘. Paul be C0ll9i(Ir'l'e(,l of

. »., -;-rviceofl’hileman’.? Would
 -. -. had a pr-rf-ct right to serve him
ewn account ’.? 2nd He acknowledrges
,2 ..t. his conversion did not change his civil
relation by sending him back. o-.l. He ac-
knowledges the lawfulness of his perpetual
servitude-, by siying, “he therefore departed
for a season that thou shotildst receive him
forever.” It is true he says, “not now as a
st-rvant.* that is merely, but also as a brother.
If not now as a son vant, implied his emanci-
pation, how could Pliilemiiri receive him for
ever? which to me would be a plain contra-
diction. As it is not probable that the term,
"in the flesh” implied any natural relationt
if it does not imply. the rightii of property
which he held in him as his slave, than I
.-.vould ask, what does it imply 2"

1 will notice one more text of scripture
,which is quoted by the abolitionists us being
..opposi-d~ to slavetty ;. and is, I- think, as often
pt-rv'ertcd' front its genuine meaning. ‘ Re-
member them that are in bonds,” &.c. Heb.
xiii—-3. There are several passages of
scripture which refer to this subject. St.

*Note.——If'Onesimiis wast not a slave, ‘and St.
Paul sent him back’ not as a servant, how ridicu-
lously absurd would it have been for St. Paul to
send Iiitn back “for ever" for his ‘profit’—-when in
fact, he did not bclongto him at all. Ifthere is no
difficulty here. thenl confess Iam in the “slotrgli of‘
despond.” VVill‘ some one, who is not in the bnire
himself, please to help me out?

’rNote.-—It was his right by the civil law, and the
scripture eiijoiiis submission to every ordinance of
man for the Lord’s sake, and especially where it is
not f'orbi(}den, or does not interf'ei'e with the salva-
tion of’ the soul. If the law forbids emancipation.
isnot the master tinder s_oine obligation to that law
as well as the shive, until that law is repealed? If
the law f'oi'hi"ds the circulation of batik notes ofa less
dcnoinination than five dollars, it is a crime to cir-
'culate‘s'.ich notes, atltbottgli the act in an abstract
sense is perfectly iudifi'ereut. CLAUDIOUS . coni-
_in:inded all Jews to depart from Rome, and the
cliristiitiis felt tlieinselves under obligation to obey
that command. although it might have been oppres-
sive; and‘ the remaining iii-Rome,‘separatelyfcoi1.-
‘sidcred. would not have been a moral crime, but

.‘=vei‘l'iatile(l and re-organized
 ,..-t:imen,ainouniing to something

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 ;i’;’:,e 20,000, has been washed, new labellei

and beautifully arranged. In addition toth;
old Cabinet, 3 new one of about 3000 speci
mens, comprising a rare collection of Amer)-
can min--rals. has been purchased at an ex
pt-use of about $2.800 of the Austrian Aul
hassador, and added to the Cabinet, ivhic
before surp:iss«-»d in value and variety, ever,
other collection of minerals on this contineril
The new building has been COillplf'Il‘(I, am
the College Library temporarily removel
into a room in it, which will ultimately bl
occupied asa reading: room. The cente,
apartment of the new edifice. desitzncd fo,
the College Library, who-'n’ finished will bl
the most chaste and l’-; ntiful apartment n‘
the, kind in the United States, ‘ The pros
pect ofa large Freshman class, at the open
ing ofthe next term, is highly eucouragingl

The 97th Anniversary of the ’ College pl
New Jersey, was celebrated at Princeton Qtl‘
ihe 27th. The degree of A. B. was cool
ferred on G3 membhrs of the senior class an
34 of the Alumni were ad-mittecl to the sec
ond degree of A. M. i , .

An Anti-Mormon. Mo'vcmenl.—-‘Delegate
from several of the lawyer counliesion th-
Milliary Tract, wereto‘ convene at Car
thage. on Tuesday,» 5th inst to take into con
sideration the propriety ofadoptingd-'fciisivr
measures in relation to the Mormons.. . The
late refusal on the panel Governor Ford tr

'!na'nd‘oft'he‘Governor ofhtliissouri for Joseph
Stiiith. hos awakened ii spirit which we’feai
may’ end in bloodshed. -The Missourians,
‘.20 000‘in number, it issaid, st~~nd'ready’ tr
co-operate with the Illinoians A are‘!
crmvd was exp Vcivd at Carthage on the» oc-
casion. ~ .

The Trollirig fI’Itlvl6/I. -—O:i_ i\<lon.rl:iv. the
25th tilt. the fr0ltl’il_‘_Z’ll”I-'Ilt‘l"l, three mi-|'e him!-J
hetwr-en- Atnericns and Dotcliinaii, for $l250
came oil at the Bo-at-r-ii course.--The ifirs
heat was :\_\‘0fl b_v A.uieric.us. in 8_~minutes, 4
.-ec.ond_s The second by I)u_tchman in«.8
niinutes, ll‘ second. “In the ’fOtl’tIl'I:.'DlJ.llch

would havelaccoine imnh-, by tlii.-obeying oiiv-il.law-'..

‘Americas the winner.

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Noiv”'d'oes any o1‘$e".t.e‘li"eiv‘e’tlidt"t-heiée’ jfassé-’ ’l'fd‘-,rddih

may receive for expressing my opinion. zin-

tions for term ti':‘ = 1- ~ ‘;“l. 1.--'..-2.“-. - --

[he faculty anri , -r, -,g,.,_ ',‘l,;/“V ‘nnpl-0ve_ d(‘bl.5 .? (ApplEI|JSr‘) -NOW’ (_TPUll9fUf‘n, ID9-

,,,,.m3 l~ ,‘,» pp-,.-’(,i,,,,,s§d,,r‘;,,,,. me Va; long to Massachusetts——but ifl belonged to
M,,,€,,,,":,,,i,.,,y C,,,f;;,,E., ha. a deeply indebted State, I'd work these ten

isstiea new writ‘ in complianc‘e wit-hihe de ' ,
‘most enthusiastic applause of the ‘assembly,

‘man broke down in the second‘ mile, leavitrg§industr'ious~“yo'ung ui’an-,"' nd'tlie support "of

 

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State Agricu tural 0I3.II'ly?ll Rocht-'s?l?r on
«{l‘-nesda.-_\«=Mlr=d=nesr-la-v-aall-51’-h’i;-.r;.day..ot....last.
,\Vl:{"_l(. ,_It is estiriiziied that 30,000 persons,

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g digrecit bbd"y of §tlie“:fo‘rrii«:rs of

Western New York. ‘were present. Mr.

,,W,ebst;ei‘~,;1 '_l\_l'r. Vii‘,n=B,uren._,:, M_r..' Grangen‘,-.,
Go’v."Bo'tick,’ Go'v‘.“Séwa rd, Jauiie’s’S. iWti'd's-'1
worth, were-a-rnong t-he disting-u-is-hed i-ndivid»
uals who took part inthe proceedings. The

cityivas filled with visitors, and every ave-

nue leading to,.it was crowded constantly on

Tuesday wiih'vehicles,’cattl'e, and ‘pedestri-
ans.‘ ’ Almost every thing that nature cai-

produce or art desire serms to be included

in the catalogue ofariicles exhibited. From

all qu.-itters.of her wide dosnain, the Empire
Sltilt’/appt‘al‘S to have contributed of her
treasures. One writer estimates that there-

were at least 4000 wheeled cari*ia5_»es in full

operation. and 10,000 horses. And in thr-
show ground some 60 , Durham Bulls, 20

stu=l-horses, several hundred sheep and hogs,

atbousand horses ofall kinds &c.

Upwaids of 1 I00 persons sat down to the
Agricultural supper on Wednesday. Messrs.
Van Buren, Granger W'adsworth, (who act-
ed-as President,) and many others spoke clo-
qucntly on the occasion.- The Mechanics’
Fair, the Orphans’ Fair, and the Agricultur-

 
 

uni ry._.§ an v sitii,.,,.

'4.

On Thursdayat ll A.‘i\’l. the. plowing
match commenced. Eighteen teams started
for the piirse, i.n presence "of thousands of
spectators. In the afternoon Dr. Beekiiian,
of Kindérhook, deliveredthe annual address
lo a company of IO or l5000 in tlie,Exhibi-
tion field upon the banks ofthe Genesee riv-
er,“ near the falls, Mr. Wardsworth presiding.
Upon the==stage_{werig Mr. Van -Buren. Gov.
Bnuck, Gov. Seward, Christopher Morgan,
and other eminent gentlem'e'n. In the even-
ing _Mr. Webster made a great speech.-

After Mr. Webster had spoken, addresses
were-made by several others andihe subject
of repudiation, having been alluded to, M r.
Wi~.bste_r rose again and said:

Mr. President and gentlemen. what is the
credit and character of this glorious country
to which '.vr.~ all belong, abroad? -\'Vr-. are
rich; . we are powerfttl; we have all the
tYlP3_nS ofaccomplishinc whatever virtuous
human desire can embrace. But what is our
crew it .7 I am not one of those disposed to
con-plain or to stigmatize in any way the
efliirts of the. Sl.‘.-lI(.‘S of this great union. who
have sought for fo: ds abroad to carry on‘
their enterprises and improvements which
thv ir sense of utility has projects-do.

9 On the contrary, I think that the circum~
stances of the times and the necessities of
the case may justify, at least to a_ coitsitlt-i-
able extent, the engagements into which
some of the states. especially the \Vi-stein
states, have entered nbroatl. AIHOTIQ‘ l-’i0SF
which havejiisttfi:ibl_v become involved is
the stile of Peunsylvzinia, the richest state in
the Union, in my jtidg-nient—perliaps I
ought to except New York—but taking her
miner-.-ral, C0lnt'i1Pl'Cl:ll and agriciilioral
facilities into con.-fiderntion. I don't know on
the face of the earth, excepting England, ‘a
richer state than t'tie state of Pennsylvania.
[-‘Fake off her debt-,’ said Governor S_eward]

her debi.’ -Her debt-—her (lent?--What
can be the debt of «T1 state like Pennsvlvaiiia,
that she should not be able to pay it —that
she cannot pay it, ifslie will but take from
her pocket the money she has in it ?—-Eug-
l:ind’s debt is engrafted upon her very soil ;
she is bound down to the very earth by it ;
and it uill affect England and Englishmen
in the fiftieth generation. But the debt of
P unsylvani:i—-the flf’lll. of Il.linois.—tlie debt
of any state in the Union, amounts not to a
sixrence in comparison. [Cheers] Let us br-
Americn-ns ——but let us avoid -~-- . ..
the character of -°" '

pn~- .

. ‘ Li ‘.ii)i'iS
. .. , .L..ut( of us—if they
.. ituelcss say you doo’t pay your

fingers to their stumps, I’d hold plow, l’d
drive plow, I’d do both, be-fore itshould be
said of the state to which I Iielril7f.T"fl, that
she did not pay her debts. (Loud cheers)
Thnt’s the true principle-——let us act on -"'1.
(cheers) let us ‘go it,’ to its full extent !-—
(Deafniog applause.) If it costs tis our
comforts, let us sacrifice our com‘orts.; if it
costs us our firms, let us mortgage our larrns.
But don’t let it be said by the proud Capitul-
ists of England, ‘you (lOll’t,p:1_V your debts.’

Let us say to them, ‘we are not your slaves.
weare not pauoers; we will not be your
debtors; we willpag/—-prorluce your bond
--here is your money——ta/re it!

lfmy professional earnings are of any
worth—if'they were wanted-—if my form is
wanted, if the conveniences of life for myself
for my wife and inycliildrcn are wanted. so
far as I am concerned, as far as America is
ici-ncerned, come and take them.

1 wish to breath the breath ofan independ-
ent man. A citizen ofa proud and honored
country, I abhor the idea that my daily liap-
piness is to be marred by the consciousness
th:it_aoytliing disgraceful hangs on the cow'-
tiry or any part of it. Let us gentlemen, be
proud of our country. but lt'I us pvt-serve for
that country thecharactt-r ofa just and debt
priyingnation. Let it never be said among
the nations of Europe that the United States
nfAiiierica—-the nation which had its birth
in the glorious scenes of ’76—the country
of Was.hiu:.;to.n-—the exainple oi.all . repub-
lics--cannot, or will not pay its debts‘! _

Mr. VVe-bster sat down amid the loud and

a‘fte'r'which were given three deep and sep-
ulchralgroans for repudiation. '

 

, L,'[/‘cr.'ts of Mia’/e»'ism. ‘We learn that a
V(Hlll:_7,‘tlitiU moi.-d Bliti‘-II. belonging in
B tliiiuv, has become rielaii-;ri=t'l from the ef-
fe-‘=s (II t'X"ilPiitt-tit silt-iiuiiitr the 'pi'e.-chi:i-_-
ofthe M_il_le-"rip. doc.t_r_iut-s.~ .’\i'p'i’r:aii3.in it’-as
:n:i«i‘t- by his fi=ieri_ds 2- d'.i_v'or t-an since In
have liitn place-‘d’ in thv Agliiis House iill ar.
;T.=l[)\‘_7'f’I‘I'§F’I'lI’S‘:CQ'Il'lgl_ he made to place film in
the REl.'l‘t'§_ll. at Flart-ford, which was,‘ g'i‘.i‘nte_(l’,

,W,'e A u ode rsttind, th at he is _:) n ‘i_-gent plzi rv_ fall

 
 
 

be en a-.fz‘t’i«-ore iiri- i_

ii‘ of ‘h I-‘i'v_ Yorlr-.3"

al Pair, were .*ii‘i"o'p»*n*at~rirt-um-»-s4t....s_.,...

My friend Governor Sewnrd says ‘take off’

 

Mord; in C,,_,r,2_7_z3;,e,cticut.-—.,(,)n Sun_d,ny. the ,_
. €1"l‘t‘fl’_l.lI'I murt '£‘\\"_-fig CO|Il:Ili,;IW_‘,

'tfield -id. = in __,., dl§t&i\'n, "__.,:i%.'i 

jiil»s-fr ,1 't\i«;,§ia-n'%gi\i .. at-of .o'..tj-_

of th . most ’i‘§‘?p«-='c?i:i"l1Ie and"-weiiltliy farmei‘.§”
...i.!.*..ll2tL!...!.::.8.i.9n...,.iv<t.ttt..19 .9ti9.§.‘=‘..h.. .i-2.....ti:-.2 ..,'.!.‘£.J;E‘.t.
in’; with all his family except his wife, and

didf"n6t?rei‘ur-ti til it fter.'thesev“eiii‘iig?- ls»-rt-ices.
were over. When he |‘elUl‘l’lt'd, he found his

wife weliering in her blood! ,Slie_. lsiy Iipotifl,
her back in the centre of the rootii. lier skull’
ctzushed in..ll.t<r,fic_e,horrihly l]‘.lI_l.I.l,iI_l.t”(.l,_ her

throat cut and seven, stabs in her breast l—

By her side" lay a'bt,itch'er,k'nife, some keys.

and threechairs, \vliich were _ broken and

bloody, the‘ scene in ‘the room was appalling

and frightful. It isiupposed they found her
alone,.tind in attempting to rob the house,
she resisted them, and becoming exasperated
they committed the diabolical and most bru-
tal murder. She was about 50 years of age.
She is represented as an estimable but cour

ageous woman. of a large frame and justthe
one to resist an attempt at robbery. She has
ihrcecliildren and was universally esteemed
the whole family being |'I|PlliI)t‘l'S of the Con,-
gregational Cbiirch. The house was rob-
bed ofabout $80., Several persons have
been arrested on suspicion, but as yet, noth-
ing definitc. has transpired .t_0 implicate any
one in the horrid transaction.

 
 

Episcopal Com:enlion.—-'I‘he fifty ninth
annual Convention ofthe Protestant Episco-
_dai Cl1’ifI:cli—-fhr:tl1a .Easte.i'n Diocese of N.
York, was commenced, on Wednesday inor
ning, in St. P_aiul’s church in that city.——
There was a very full attendance both of
clergy and lziiiy, and many clergymen were
pres--nt froni.othe.r Dioceses, among whom
was the Bl>l]t))') of New Jersey. ,

The Bishop of New York d---livr-red the
fourth in the St‘:|'It’S of Cbarg«-s he has ad-
dressed to_his Diocese on the Origin" and
Doctrines of the Church. It was .i continu-
ation-of the some general subject to which
he has called the attention of his clergy for
the‘ last three years. ’ _

The subject chosen by him embrace-rl
points which have been the soi,irce_ of great
uneasiness among those who look with ap-
prehension upon l‘useyism.,

Mr. ll'ebsIer.-—-'I‘hz-- N--tv B-_-tiford Bulletin
’.~‘-|yS’lllfll. it understzinds from good :iuit_ioiit_v
that Hon. ‘D~ni.l Wwl star will ad-lress’ the
Whigs of Plyinntith Mass. at their app:-o:u-b
ing County (jonvt-utioii. It ..dils that hill.
W--.-bster has explicitly (lr’('l5Ilt(l that if his
st-'i‘vicr's were at all ilvsirable ill the t’UtlIlfl_Q
State c.impai«_rn. l/tog, mtg/ll at (I.7l_’I/ time and
in any why be (‘.(Hllfll?ll'ltlr'.'I. lf tlii- be true,
nnrl we l'i;i\'t- no doubt it is, we have :1 tolt-r
nhlv decisive iridictitioii of the quarter to
which he intends to ‘go.’ His R.'H‘l'H-‘SI r
speech, so far as it r« lived to politics at all.
was filled with sound Whig do-iiiue and
will he responded to tilt’, frii-iids, of lb
American Tariff throughout the cotintr_v.

 

 

Grerz-l Cal/mun 1lIeeti/ig'.——-'l‘lii- D-mu -
crnis held their ineetiog iu Saiinde-i’s Hall,
night before last. to chosvo DHl";Iillt‘S to im-
Stzite Convention. Ex‘-Cmvurnoi Ed '.\':Hfl.\‘
was in the Chair. and Colin M. Inflvtstill,
Jonathan Stndtlurrl, I-I-'-nry W Ee'fi-./uruls, W
A R"}’n()ltIS, were chosen ilelt-g.~it«~s to the
State Convention‘ ’ These geutlemin were
not even asked to ‘show their liautl,’ l~tit oi.-,’
volunt:iril_v avowed their pref-‘rt-nce for .l0"~ti
C. Calhoun. "\‘Vli:ll.11}li[ifl\i’II'~‘ Grundy say .7
The. H:ii'tfnrd delegation is Kan Button to
the death,’ but the New I-liven one has
strength and Ctllioun metal ‘to the l.uh.’-—-
Colin M lngersoll. Esq. off---red a serii-.- of
resolutions in f--vorof the District S_y.-it-in.
and complimentiary to C-tlllf)Un,. wllich put

 

SUMMARY.

I. O. O. F.--The ct-lehr ta.i of the first
Anniversary of'l‘tiaines Lodge. No. 9. of

the Indept-iident Crder of Odd Fellows, ta-
-..-kes-plac.e today. .i. I-‘-NL*\V-2- London-.---—'I3he,~.-ad-.

d:re,_sses__t)ti ,th_e.occa_si‘on,, w_il_l _l,-¢;\tlel,it'ei‘éd by
tvir‘: Writ.‘ Ef Viliberi,’ E or‘ ’’this‘‘ tiify. The
steamer Chnfnpion left here this morning’
\VIl.l|E-'>SulDi'E."30O jiriemb-er of the { or''ilc'-i‘,” f/and
gm‘ ..’ sprinkling’ at i..tii'.=-s.‘_.N. H. Pal.
S-unday _7"t'(1fL‘Pli‘Ilg."-,"I’I’le VI-fasbiington
Correspo'ndr-nt of the’Jo'urnal‘ of Co‘mmerce,_
says that it will be gratifying" to many ‘of
l.Ili.'ll' readers to learn‘ that Postmaster ,,.(3eri-
eral Wicklifle has already. put an-end -to
Sabbath. m:iil_ . transportation on different
routes. amounting in length to upwards of
80,000’fii'ilE's. ~ ’ ’ . ‘ '

, In addition to the well of'Mc. Church,neai'
Fort Hamilton. Narrows. L’ I. D which wé
mentioned the oiher'(la'_v,:weflenrn that sev.
eral others in the Western part of Long Is-
land, have sunk about fifteen , feet, to the
great inconvenience’ of the owners, not to say
alarm ;' for if their wells rest upon so an.-:5.
ble a foundation. thrir houses may be expos-
ed to a similar disaster.

It has been stated that the West Barnst:i-
ble church is the fiist Independent Congre-
g_r.itional church of tlintname in the ixorld.
lt \\’ s organized in l6l6. in England, prin-
cipally through the instrtimentality of Rev.
Henry Jacob. it ho was chosen and constitu-
ted the first pastor. ;

The Philadelphia Sun recominc-nds a tax
on all lioiiie-tnarle spirits. constinu-d or man-
ufuctiiretl in Pt'DllS_\‘l\'fll'll=i; , and says, it,
would pay the inter:-st on the State Debi, as
well as-absorb the priricipnl. A good sug-
gestion, better than repudiation.

Brofe U72 —'l‘be .l.\/Illlr‘.fI'.t*’ Camp Meet-
ing at Warehoiise Point broke up in confus-
ion last night in a reg-Jl -r row. A Corn-3.
pond»-rit ll)f()|"US us thatsotne of the brethren
and sisters ‘got bv the ears’ and call d -aclv
0ll]el'-n’atI':PS-I00 ind.-cent in appear in print.
C) vi-lint a row l-—Harl’i C_01l7'.

Senlcmerl -—Tht~ rererenrl Amos Lefovre
cont-it-ted t-lthe seduction of Miss Eslht--I’

tiiinistr-riiig poison to hQ'r u ilh n H'.l)r(lP!'(i|)$

Llesi-_ru. has been s-int: nci-d to three yo ar's

seivitiide in the Pcriit«-iit'iar\'. .
H/or-7'i.'¢/21/. -37.71. Co 17:71..

'l’iiI~ S:iv:irtri:'ili _G- orgi-iii. .-"pm l-'lfH_) of Mr,
i\'If'I)llfl‘>t-' S:t\‘.< fir afipt-f1t‘.‘~‘ in lw f~ilin_t_y lust
-he walks \-.itli :i fee-'-lv tiii.-'.e=n.ly «_-:i:t, writ}-
ltis rii=i'vtHiS system is ii~:i<li- lfI'H"lii"JllS l~V
Um l-rust (-’.\'''lIl'fllf‘|'lI. ’ It is ii‘-el;ii:(~l-4-Iv fa
look llp')tl so n-ililc H \\‘i'--clr of u l:iimari be-v
tug .

The Paris Press vnnrmnv--s that .\l. [,~:--
grvue, the Ft" rich A«i~bu~s'.irlor !o fihiim n tilt
leave for that tIf"$l.lI)tlllI-D on it e l5Ih of Octo-
her next, as-comp-nietl by his fir.-i svcrtt=iiy'
-incl six nfllv r tJll.z(‘lH-‘S. a pf-ysician,:.nd sev-
vral cnniiuerr.'i:il dc-lo-_v._r::ie.~:

In Great FRIIIF, N H. on the night of the:
filth iust.. a =l\\'t‘llllH_" house was blown up
by powder which h d be-on plncml um].-r it
Try some .~‘L‘(il]llt'lf'|-‘l, while all the initiates
to-re aslr»ep. Fortunately, no person was
seriously injured.

Maine —--—TltP l’oI'tlarid Argus of IV;-d.
n-"-;-tl:iv has the following’ in relation to ll),-
cornpleciiori ofthe rrprr-sentritive branch I of
llr‘ lt’f."lSl.‘ll.lll‘t-_‘I ‘Uur list stands now, D.-mo-
r-rats 59. Whigs 24. 1 unknown, 2 Aholi-
iiooists, and 25 vacanciis and unheard fro-." ‘

Vve have rec!-iverl the n:-3"’ ' .‘.--.~1,1-_;
ofthe flt':|ll] of D’? ’

=i~-ize"-;' .'-' 

each dernocrat upon his 'lfltIo*pt‘fld:lnl. sov-~*
eigntv.’ and quite a muss wn- M’ . E » 
though upon tel’: . ~ 2.’. . .7, ... _.

:' _, . - _. ..,,.. _.._

t.>\' 9. ‘~-
‘=“--.-' ~. -: ‘ I‘-. I-.':..uci.~'
‘- ~' ' ‘ ‘ ....-uti, and the rt-so

= t,-‘iarles A. Inger.-‘oil in rt--turn,
cu me down ‘like a thousrintl of brick,’

upon
the ‘.'flllittt'lI ex-Captain. They had a rare
time of it. but tit" Calhoun men swept the

course.—-New Haven Courier

Loss of the orig Wm. To._2/lor.-——We
learn from the Norfolk Herald of 'l‘iie.srlay
that the brig \Viii. Taylor, ,F:|ll'fi"l-l
Ct. which sailed from this port bound to
Apnlacliicola, with I valuable cargo of dry
goods, groceries, &c.. went on share on
Body’s Island, about l0o’clock on Wednes-
day night last. She went down in short
time after she struck; vessrls and cargo
supposed to be a total loss. Some of the
passengers from the Brigarrived at l\’nrfolk.
on Sunday night. in the schooner Eugenia.
Capt. Coffee, having lost their clothes and
other property.—N. Y Paper.

Terrizbfe Tempest in Florirln. -The re-
cent tremcnrluous tempest in Florida was one
of the most destructive ever known in that
vicinity. The city of Port Leon was com
pletely prostrate-d. The storm comment-rd
with a frcshwind on VVedriestlay ‘morning,
the 13th inst. but subsided ill.‘ evening. At
abniit ll o'clock, P. M. the gale fresh:-no-d
and by midnight the whole town was swept
with the fury of a hurricane. Every mire-
house in the town was l-idfi it with asinglv
exception. nearly every d we-llingi house was
thro in from its foundation, many of them
were crtislied to atoms. and the loss of prop.
erty was l'lllHI€1)S(“. Fourteen pwsnn.-, some
of them a-mom; the most valiiahle citizens
were I(I_I‘0‘“'F| to have been droun-'d,,

A capital storv is told of Judge-—'l’app:in.
one of the Ohio Senators Congress, who
isiinfortiinrtely cross-eyed. A number of
years ago he was judge of a newly organ-
ized county court, in the eastern part of the
State. In those.-days of primitive simplicity,
or perhaps poverty, the bar room of a tavern
was used as a court room, and the stable as
a jail. One day during the session of the
court, the-judge had. occasion to severely
reprimnnvl two ofthe lawyers. who “for.-
wrangfing. An odd 'ool.'i’ri¥_-4 olsl _.--.-.-t.».-nu r
who-sat in one corner listening appara.-mly
with great satisfa -tion-to thv i'+-pro.-"ii", inf»!
presuming on olil i'(‘q'H'IIllia|iCI‘ and tau

i|ltl§,TttS3\\3'Pll- lrnuun gnorl h-nrior, sung nut.
‘give it to ’o-m. ol»| giu.b‘+-t eyes I’ -xv}...
iwas t'b:it‘?' inquire"-d'ihe j-i.l._n=. ‘If uas thi-
'e_re,old boss,’ answered the chap. rising him’
sell"ti‘p‘. 'Sh'erifIi’ observed the judge" with‘

(’-l'‘'‘' ’ ~ " .~ "3 , ;;i.. v.;:._‘.,.-,,.-':.
I :‘ 2-ounds’
 ..r:; :,-t_ =-. l..u!le.=S mob on the
 1111.-rcn Ark Iulcl. 9!/"t ufl

T/Lam/csgiring.—-Gov»rnor Motion of
Mass-ichu.-eits, has appointed Thursday the-

.,r: /.1 -»-

."\

Th iuksgivinc and Prayer throughout that.
Commonwealth. _

The labor.-rs of New .York City have"
held a public me--ting for the purpose of fix-

prict-. at which they will labor.

The Vestry ofTriniiy Church,New York’
have contracted for an organ for the new‘
building at a cost of'$l0,000. ft is to be
made by Mr. Erben, the eminent organ
builder.

Col. Johnson's organ, the Lexinigton Ga-
zett-—-. says that he will proci ed thence to
Ivasliington citv ; and, that he will perhaps-
visit the New England States lefore he re-
turns to the West.

Bennett. ofthe N. Y Herald,
lishecl assaults iipou O'Connell, and

has pub-
Buck-

come as nntorioiis in England as in this coun-
try, for blackguardisni and scurrility._" 

Mr. ’\’athaniel Paine, the keeper of ‘the-
Ciistom House for the past thirty-years, was;
yesterday removed by Mr. R-autoul.

' Boston '1‘-ransceiyit.

A very energetic Methlidist preacher in-
Arkausas is collecting funds in aid of the‘
;\’lissi.tna.r,v Society. He takes pigs and’
poultry. and it is said, meets with ~gre:it ,en-
couraga-ment. 

W-ssrs. Harriers. piil’)lisl'l"t‘.=. the copyright:
of his cel--brat d work on Book-keeping for.
the Sum -of_$40,000. I i
In the cmiatrv parts of Car.-~.r l, 5-ms 3 en
Montroal Herald, thousands are glad to w‘orit
for two dollars a month." _‘ ’ ' "
A United States Annual Crinventi-'un of’
Universalisis met at Akron, Ohio, on- the20I
of September. - - , ' .
Collector Resi_.gncrl‘—J‘udge Morgan, Col’-
lector of the Port of N}-w_O'rlc-ans has "for-
warded his resignation on to Washingtoyn.
.Litc.b_.fio/rl Co Agv'z'cuJl7z'r-a1 Society Fair’
am/l (.'-all/e Show. ink:-s~ place on the 27ti'|
and 28th inst. ' A‘ gre >t‘dis-wlay is ex-,'.ect'ed‘.

f--arm--l in ,Ci~u‘i,nnatzi and israhout’ stinding
out an exploring agent. .

It give _vnun_flic‘e. said at man-nf ,-.m,-,,-,- V
to an ‘applicant for a ")laofn,_. will ,,,,,", ‘did the
party in carryingoiir its principle-s.

I.-Shfiililtl m<.!€l i\v'illin'gly. said ithe i othcr,

his widotvcdimotrhcr-.~— Courier.

l
l
i

great gravity, ‘take that‘ old boss, and" par
him in the stable.’

but 1' don"t believe the party has got anv-
principles--—-Solar!--’ I '

\\-’norlburn in I3rti(lfoi'tl-county, and of nd- '

ihirtieihday of November, as a day of’?

in! upon one dnllir perday as the l0Wt’S_'I}:""d i

ingharn, and from apn--arances.hirls fairitovbe-I

..I~'uriP.< Arlington Bennett sold to the-

Ii‘/i1i.rz'k'-rifrnz:—An associsitiian. has , liner}. -_

 

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