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,1 .11 1 r THE OREGON AKODS. ' ' rvlUWIO iVSaV MTUSUAV NOHNINO, ( BT WILLIAM L. ADAMS. TBRXS-The At aui Kill be furniehed at ' Three DilUrtand Fifty Cent! per annum, in I Miiflt inhecrikere Three Uollurt each to clulie o ten at one office in advance When tkt minty it not paid in advance, four , Dtllan will be charged if paid vithin ix mtnthe, and Five dollnre at the end of the year. i wo uouarejor i montneNa eubecrip liw received fur a leee period. or n, paper diecontinued until all arrearage) are paia, unie.ee aitneopimnaj the pubWhrr, hi Lav whit Lov It Lefl I Ike. ! i' ' , FROM Till OIS.IUN. , Oh 1 lor while luvo ii lofl lo tlire ; Oh I lavs whit love is yel thin own j ' Tli hour will come when bitterly . Tnou'lt mourn by silinl graves alone I . AaJ 1st tliy breast with k:tiiea glow, A il gentle Ihoitffht) wild n litre move, ' While yel i been, through wenl and wo, i Baal Co lli oti own, iu fmlhlul love. . Aid foerd thy lipe, irnl keep Ihtm t'.ll Too eoon escapes an angry word : "Ah, Heaven! I did nut inenn it ill!" Bui yet, henirrvwed aa he heard. i Oh 1 love while love la left lo th Ohj love while love if yw thine own ; " The hour will como w hen billlerly Thon'lt niouru by int graven alone 1 Unheard, unheeded thi n, filas I . Kneeling, thou'll hitlo thy strcanvng eye Amid the long dump churchyard grass, Where, cold anJ low, thy loveJ one lite. ' And murmur t " Oh ! look down on me . Mourning my cmme'ei anger atill j Forgive my huetty word to thee Ah, Heaven ! 1 did not mean it ill." lie lirare not now thy vo ce to Mi's, ' In vain thine arnta tire flum lo henren I v. And atilled the loved lip's fond am, It answers nut: "1 hate foigivi-u!" . II did forgive lonR, long ngo I ' But minty a burning tear he ulied O'er thine nnk ndnev aofily now! j lie tlumbera w.lh the silent dead. , i Oh I lov while lov i left In thee ; Oh ! love wh le lovo i yet thine own ; ' "' The hour w II com when bitlerly , Tbou'lt mourn by aileut graver ulotie ! v 1 CUmbere'e Journal. Tu laataa Htatc. 1 The progress in civilization of several of the In dian tribre occupying Territoriea went of I lie States will anon bring up a new qnestiati for the d. c'ion of Congress. What shall he done wi;h the Indian Goverumruta or Stalce that are now fully organ ized? Are they to be finally mlniiltnl into the Union f la a new removnl. ntanne future time, to b made f tho tribes civil ied ami christianized t make room for the Cuiicatinn wave rolling west ? Or an foreign government to grow up in the very heart of the lerritory of llie L'u le.l Stale I The Cherokee organized a regular government early a 1831), eopying the peculiar feature of the Constitution of the U nitcd States. The for.n of legislation and the iirrnngeinent of the court of t'ustice to nearly resemble those of the Stales that, mt fhr the tawny skins arouu I him, tlte traveler into the Cherokee terrilory would sciir.rly find ny indication of hav'ng pn-e.l its boundaries. This tribe has improved in nil urls of eiv.l zat'on to such a degree lb it muiy of its prinepil men would rrneethe refined society of any naiion. In respect for the law, regard for popul.ir e luniti'ii, and public monli'y, tin I the ailopt m of a'l the legiueiet an I advun'njfs of e'vi!izati..n, the Cher ekec have taken a position whicli forlii I any for cible interference with their right lo h' territory they uecupy, to suit t!io cone l eiires or o'nia e the an ualy nhiuli tho exiitui.o of their S;n.e Biiw present. The Ch'H'taws formed th 'ir gwernnvnt, taking the lottilut on if the l-'u ted Suites for .he r model, in 1834. Imitating their more pr-igr. wive white neighbors, last ye:ir they roviied their CoiWitul on ndalopted even the most in note forms of nvivrrti inent and n.ime of oflic"m wh ch preva l ill each of Use State of our Con eder.icy. The C'lii.kasaws, lately separated from the Choetaws, have also followed the example of the two trib mentioned, pud Ihu tho third govern ment, with inititution identical with our own, ex ist on the bonier of the Souih-wesiern State, oc cupying terrilory ceded to thorn by th Cen.-ral Government. Th Creeks are taking steps to cve ito the fourlh Independent orgaiiiz vtoti of a State form of gov ernment; and w:ll soon present mi example of the Influence of civil latinn, in a ibver.in the oiisioin and traditions of il race iiidigeiiuous tu the con tinent These Indian Statea nre a 'rango nniina'y. -They nro not a put of the Uu on, nor ate ihcy kuown iu law to exist. The white man cannot pas through their territory w thout a permit, nor can he take with him, when he is allowed lo enter the Indian domain, certain arisen of merchandise, even though the packages are unbroken and are imply designed for the .New Mexican market. This aingular slate of tiling cannot ex at for many ! without forcing itself upjn the attention ol (lougrsss. The tide of populat'on ia steadily rolling West In less than ten years it will beat against the bur rie now thmwu up ugaiuat it invasion of the re treat of these civilized nuorigne. Even now the emigration must ersn the territories. These In dian Stale cannot exist when the Caucasian race presse upon them aa independent governments. The people civilized, and attached lo tlte soil Ihi-y have improved, cannot be removed to remoter wihls, nor without serious discontents, is it likely the United States can subject them tu the coudition of other territorial organiz itious, by an abrogation of the constitutions they have eiiubfuhed for them selves. .What then is to be done w th these Indian Slates? It cannot fail to give greater interest to this question that each of Ihene Iu linn Stales have adopted the social institutions of (lie South. Tho Indian are slaveholder. N. 0. Picayune. "' The Slav Tv4 Rf-ottted. It is no wonder that foreigners cannot comprehend our government a'd our peo pleit is a hard task to ourselves, W con tradictory are the facts and the proress.d.'s, the ereuts In one part of the country and )th ereuU in toother, at one and the same period. While President Buchanan is an ouncioj that " Cub is the only spot in (the civilized world where the African slave tntfe is tolerated," and is grieving thereat, out of his extreme regard for ' benighted At fica' and while Mr. Toucy, Secretary of the Navy, is pleased to report that all ru mors of attempU to land cargoes of slaves tition our Southern count has proved un foundedat this very time we have appar ently reliuble intelligence that eighty slaFes, direct from Congo, have been disembarked in good eondition at some point between Florida and Georgia, where they readily brought $700 each, making an aggregate of $56,000. ' The government organ cop ies frotn a Charleston paper a statcraeut that tho yacht Wanderer had arrived, bav in,. previously landed further South, after a dashing frolic on the broad Atlantic, and doing, no doubl, tnrne naughty ihtngi. She wifl, however, receive o cheerful and forgiving welcome.' fcot a word of com ment does the Union make upon this an nouncement, although it knew 'well enough what 'the naughty things' and the cheerful and forgiving welcome" meant Within sight of the Capitol a merry party will as oemble at one of the hotels and become in deed ' cheerful' over the Wanderer's feat, and drink success to all such future enter prises. More than this, the Washington torresponJent of an Administration journal writes that ' the Wanderer's case was de liberately made as an experiment to test the constitutionality of the United State mm A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jeilursonian Democracy, and advocating Vol. IV. law ajrainst tlto slavo trade. Mr. Lamar or ueorgia gnve nonet to secretary Cobb that the cate would be mad',' Vfe siilintit whi'tltiT these several state ments, when nut totretlwr, are not enough to puzzle unci Htnrtlo nil pltgn-inlnded citi- zens. Whut the precise fucta arc. and whut will be their consequences, Is for time ''c ' fffnorally aware. Since the ayHtem of to solve. But yet there Is littlo room to peut'oii" and bounty land acts was inonjru doubt that tho Wanderer lias actually im-1 rated, tlio totnl diKlmrsements lor pensions ported and disposed of a cart'O of African M ninety millions of dollurs, and the nejrroes, who are to become slaves on our southern plantations. In June last this VI'HMI.I H'flB COI9IKI In nW Vn.b .1. ..... ...... in A.vn XVIK lllllier nlln- p;e 011s circumstances. But on the earnest protest of her owner and commander, Capt. Corric, aplunter of South Carolina, she whs released. The next we heard of her was iiiroiiurii inc letter of a naval on cer on board the U. S. shin Vinccnucs. olT the coast of Africa, which stated that 'the . i l tr i .i . . yncni uanmrer nun mo ting Helen are both up the Congo after slavi s, so rej ort- The proimbility is that Congress would ed.' Tho writer added: 'Keen eyes ore nnve l''tated hefore grunting the ituiner upon them, and they will have to be smart ! ou penion and land bounties which have to get off.' But get off the Wanderer did. for our next tidings from her reported her arrival at iiruuswick, a little port of entry in ueorgiu. As to tho statement, so authentically made regarding the pioneer nature of the enterprise towards the re-opening of the slave trade, and the notification thereof to Secretary Cobb, it is too ntmarkuble to be passed over, although its truth remains to lie sifted. V nrious events have lately trans pired which lend it strong confirmation. Jiut we prefer to wait nud see what steps arc taken by our authorities for some would seem to bo unavoidable before commenting upon the great issues which appear to be wrapped up in this singular event. Boston Journal. Kansas. A dispatch from Kansas Cily says that a quorum of both houses of the Kansas Legislature met at Lawrence on Jan. 3d, and passed a resolution to meet and organize at Lccompton on the next day. A caucus was also held for the purpose of fixing upon a place to hold the session nearly nil of those present being agreed to adjourn from Lccompton to some other point iu the Territory. At night a general caucus of the ultras was held, and nomina tion for offices made, embracing Mr. Larsa lere for Speaker, Mr. Dclahay for Clerk, and Mr. Thatcher for Printer. It was the general opinion that this organization would carry everything and control the House. Confessions of a Table-Mover. Mr. Geo. P. Paine of Worcester, who has for a long time been known ns a powerful ' phys ical medium,' and has made hundreds of converts to spiritualism by his manipula tions, has, according to the Evening Post, made a public confession in New York that he has cheated from the beginning, deceiv ing his wife and most intimate friends. lie declared his belief that most of the reputed spiritual phenomena are sham, although of opiuion that some of them are real. Mr. Paine exhibited a piece of ICo. 2 wire ns the veritable apparatus by which ho lfhd moved tables, and converted hundreds to Spiritualism. Mr. Paine's confess' a was hastened by a sharp examination of his manifestations by Mr. Coles, a former me dium, Smith, tho razor strop man, and an other gentleman, who cornered him, and he owned up. Paine says he resorted to deception iu order to meet deception, and ultimately expose it. Physiological Investigation. There is a movement on foot, says tho Philadelphia Bulletin, to ascertain the comparative phys ical strength, size, &c, of men in the Uni ted States and Europe. In Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural Sciences hawe chosen the police force as a fair representa tive class of men, and a set of scientific tests have been provided, by which their strength and general physical condition can be ascertained. Inquiries will be directed to the following points: age, birth-place, birth-place of parents, weight, bight, torn- plexion, sizo of limbs, dimens.ons of chest, strength of lungs, size and developments of i tLsheaS, weiauies mm muue wiii be curious nnd interesting. up jgj- interesting agricultural statistics of, Ohio have been published by the State Ag-1 ricultural Society. There are $7,000,000 , rrh of how in the State: $5,000,000 worth of sheep; $21,000,000 worth ol cat tle; $485,000 worth of mules and asses, and 750,000 horses, worth $45,000,000. The total annual value of agricultural pro ducts reaches $153,000,000- The Baltimore Patriot believes that the next opposition nominee for President will be Johu Bell of Tennessee, or Edward Bates of Missouri, and begs its readers to mark the prediction. , i K..1.1.-1. . .t,. ! JIUHA ilArLS. .. I close f th service, Ke- Mr. Hsyiie or oi Alien tfret church marked that h. Ii.i thrl.t best id pram uvuiw - enee to th unf'irtniiat tranwetioa if Brother Tho:na. II reuesud I bey should ask no ques tions shoot the mailer, nor make any comments on th affjir, and he would maks all eeemrT ex-. - tk. .fr..uMi ft waa mnsiiis' to Dot e a most every man, woman and child a-king- "What c lh.l wm r - Wkat h Brother j Tkitnti done I To Boos mica in ine - . , . ITn u.. preseher pointed ot diinctiy il. 1 remove this proscrptive feature from the brhf and Thomas in hi ronfregat 'on who ! jongtitut'on of the State, and a resolution SSEi! to this effect has engaged the consideration arrviees. Tt " Bt Tliomas, on of th twelve, I tBe Legislature HOW in SCSSiOn, but failed Wtr WU"J"!to recv, its farorabl. action. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 19, Thb I'FKsio.y Svutpm. The old allying ,na' repumica nro ungrateful,' can tmrilly I tie applied with justice to tho United Stotea, Upon the aoldien of the revolution, of the wur of 1812, and of tlie Mexicau war, or upon their fitiu'lie, Ima been extHiided niore of 1 10 natioiml trtwue than the pul- ',omtity of hind 62,739,302 acres, llcek- on the htni (riven in bounties at 1,25 IHT HITH I I1W Hlllfllllir matHU flllA VADV BtltM I -n. -iuvumv ivuuni tiiv .wimim 01 0,16 huuiir.'d and sixty-eight millions four I Imndred thousand dollurs. Tho nuiulHT of Brmy pensioners is now 10,123, requiring "r ",,!ir payment the annual sum off;,J02,- IUOj ami there ore 892 navy pensioners, who receive yearly from the government $140,601 making n total cxienditure for pensions of over a million of dollars annual- lieen bestowed from time, could their ulti- mate amount have been foreseen. We have no doubt, however, that they have been productive of vast good, and prevent ed a great amount of suffering. According to the recent report of the Secretary of the Interior, when the supplementary act for tho relief of surviving officers and soldiers of tho revolution was passed in 1832, and forty-nine years after that war, a committee of tho House, after an eluliorate calculation, estimated the number of soldiers then liv ing who would bo entitled to its benefits nt 10,057, and that tho minimi expenditure would be S007.COS. On this calculation the bill was patted. The number of claims filed under the law during tho first year was about 25,000, and the whole number filed under it exceeds 38,000, or nearly four times as many ns was estimated. The whole amount extended for pensions In the year 1831 was JS1.281,C7'J; in 1833 it was $5,100,203. The increase caused by the act of 1832 was therefore $3,815,624. It was further estimated by the commit tee that at Ihu end of seven years, filly-five years after the Revolution, there would be none surviving to receive its benefits; yet there are now, nineteen vcars luter, about two hundred soldiers still on the rolls, and the gross amount expended under tho act is now over $18,000,000. The committee could'linve hail no expectation that, the sum to ho drawn from the Treasury would ex ceed in the aggregnto three or four milions. On the pnssnge in 1853 of the act granting pensions to the widows of revolutionary sol diers, marred subsequent to 1800, the esti mate of the Pension Office was that $24, 000 would be sufficient for the first year; but nt the next session it was found neces sary to nsk for an ndditionul sum ot $200,- 000, which was voted. From the records of the Pension Office it appears that fifty-three years after the war of the Revolution 5000 widows were living whose marriages took place prior to liSd. Is early ono hundred of them are yet alive. Iu 1838, fifty-five years after the close of the war, 1 1,8 10 widows were living who were married between 1183 and 1794. In 1848, sixty-five years after the war, 6,442 of the 11,810 were still alive. The amount of fraud that has been prac tised upon tho Pension Office is very great. Last year fraudulent bounty land claims amounting in the aggregate to 175,000 acres, were detected and exposed. Previous investigations had brought to light a fraud ulent issue of 225,000 acres. President's Message in Europe. The President's Message had been received and printed in full iu the English papers, which had commented upon it with great freedom, and considerable severity. The London Times, in particular, is extremely acrimoni ous. It draws particular attention to the preponderance of foreign over domestic matters referred to in the message. The Times also draws attention to its quarrel some tone, and considers it remarkable that the United States should have a catut b'li against almost every Stute from the Gulf of Mexico to Cape Horn, and asks whether it is possible that the weaker party can always be the aggressor. The London Advertiser's Paris corres pondent writes that the French Foreign Office has heard, with some surprise, Mr. Buchanan's notification of the desire of the American Government to purchase Cuha. This part of the Mes8age t ronsidered n)0re fit fls t F fc Govrnment hnd previously notified to the American Minis- tr its determination, in conjunction with England, not to tolerate the cession of Cuba to the United States, even were Spain to .consent to sucn an arrangement. JOT The U. S. forces at Salt Lake have opened a new road from Fort Bridger to Camp Floyd by way of the Timpauogos river and White Clay Creek, which, al though no shorter than the old (and for mcily supposed, only) one, is vastly superi or in the grade and the abundance of wood, water, and grass. On the T.'mpanogos river is a fail of eight hundred to a thousand feet, and the mountain and pastoral scenery is snienuiu. me aireiims uu mo ruuw I abound m big tront, ano we coontry IS lull rf QtyK b , of game. course of exploration. North Carolina is the only State in the Union that excludes Jews from holding offices of trust and profit Mm efforts h within its limits. I Many ineffectual efforts have been made to - Wool Growing iw Califobnu. The Sun Francisco ph-pcra any that the wool bus iness in California at the present day ia one of immense importance, and iti sU-ady UD,8r7 H'ractcr, growiti(r out or the por and rapid increase protnisca to place it ere ,tTt3 of orU u provided for by our long at the head of its articlea of export. Tha Hulletin ennfi.mU thnt rl!f.,riiln i . few years, will produce wools equal to the! finest Australian, so desirable in the Euro-j nean mnrltnt It ia am.iim.v1 Ii iwMn. comiHstent to judiro that tho clio of tJ)0 v w . . , ... . . present year ulone will reach a million and a quarter pounds. Tim Santa Fo (X. M.) Gazette states that 105,000 sheep are obout to bo tukeni from Bernaillo and Vuleutia counties In Bernaillo and Vuleutia counties in Territory, overland to California.- o Is also a drove of 10,000 from Oh'o, I at Santa Fe, bound for the same des-i Unit There now tiuation The San Francisco ' Prices Current' soys: " Considering the rapidity of the natural incrcuso iu this State, and the stimulus that large profits Imve given the wool business, it is not improbable that there will be a million sheep In tho State against the next shearing season, and that the wool export in 1851) will bo in the neighborhood of throe million lbs. It is only recently that general attention has been culled to the ex traordinary advantages of Culiforuia as a wool growing country. Now. however. people are fully aroused to the importunce of tho subject, and past progress is no cri terion to judge the future improvements in this branch of business. We hear of otiitc a numiH'r or men m tins city who are mak ing arrangements to stock ranches with sheep, nnd it is not improbable that the de mand tor choice nocks will be extensive, perhaps causing advanced prices." Par Ine u. o. beuate assembled in the new chamlicr on Tuesday, Jan. 4, which Is said to be a commodious and beautiful room, nnd of a much chaster stylo of deco ration than the Representatives null. The new Chamber will nccommoduto one hundred Senators, provision being thus mado for eighteen additional States. On the occasion of leaving the old room, the Vice President and Mr. Crittenden both delivered most eloquent historical addresses, feelingly alluding to tho scenes whicli tho old hall hud witnessed. ftsiT Ex-Senator Footo of Mississippi having been invited by a large number of Mississippinus to address them on political topics, replies in a letter very shorply criti cal upon Jeff Duvis's late speech. He is in favor of either running Douglas for the Presidency, or joining in a new combination to defeat the fire-eaters. Dr. B. F. Hutch, tho husband of Cora L. V. Hatch, the celebrated spirit medium, announces that nine years of inti mate acquaintance with spiritualism has fill ly convinced him of its demoralizing nnd ruinous tendency, and he now intends to expose its sophistries and the gross evils which flow from it. J The New York police report that on Thursday evening a negro from New London, Conn., while in a groggery nt Five Points, swallowed for a wager of $15, five lbs. of tallow candles, five of raw pork, a pint of lamp oil, and a quart of whisky. no was shortly afterward found insensible in the street and sent to tho station-house. The glutlon recovered after a while, with the help of a physician, but laid his illness to the Five Point whisky. tSr Porter's Spirit of tho Times says Woods' challcngo to fight Heenun is ac cepted, Treenail's friends having deposited $500 with the editors of that journal for the opposite party to cover as the first in stalment of the proposed bet of $2500. A moor Kivrn Trade. Mr. Pickens, our Minister to Russia, writes that the trade of the Amoor river gently filibus tered by Russia from China is something like $30,000,000 a yenr. Revival or One Spirit bv Kiu.l.vo Another. Recently, the people of An- derson, Ind., 'asserted their sovereignty' and 'cleaned out' fourteen liqnor shops and, low groceries. An effort hod been made to inaugurate a revival in the churches, but poor success attending the religious effort, it was thonght the doggeries were the cause of it, and an organized crusade was made against them, and their destruction com pleted. now to Kill Mice and Rats. Mice and rats arc very easily destroyed, if we set about it in earnest. Oct live plaster of Paris and flour, mix thera dry in equal quantities, lay it in dry places, and sprinkle a little sugar amongst it. Both rats and mice will eat ravenously of the mixture, the plaster gets firm directly after it is moistened, becomes a lump inside them, and kills to a certainty. I l& The London Herald remarks: The rumor (denied at the time) . that Mr. Rol- ert Chamliers, of Edinburgh, was the au thor of the ' v estiges or the Natural His tory of Creation,' is confirmed by the new British Museum catalogue. 19 A corner in a woman's heart! once get there, and you, nay command the whole (tooauv tho eidof Truth in every issue. 18, No. 45. f Far Ike Argue, Htavery Mel Tasjikl la th Bible. A course of nrvitudo that U of a voluii- " Ie duties 1 oMiusbands and wives, parents and cltil- drt'n- 8,J u"uil,lr -lascl '" '"". This 1t existed ever since B11'" S"" ' aX POOf. "1 will COUtillllO t0 ex!ht M o"? 8 poverty Is In the world, u"dt'r ll,c "' t;"c t vant. Tho pro-slavery party makes these duties, that arc rec'prociii, ntuily to slavery, aud not "nt-lry men givo it the Mme ,olul,0- "tmn is, the lonner Mme ,olul'0"- rostnt is, the former tc" us t,,e hw:tutIon b from heaven j tho IfllU'r ' do,,,t belicve ,n7 8udl tUn& buUrc 0,1 tho t!me WHii,ll' aftl'r C0l,SfrTa" tive ground, unwilling that tho subject should bo Investigated. I take the posi tion that the duties spoken of In the Epis tles and elsewhere so frequently between masters' and servants, and ulways made re ciprocal, cannot be mado to apply to shive ry without doing violence to truth. Not that slavery did not exist In those days; I know It existed but voluntnry servitude existed too. Why, then, this readiness to apply the provisions of tho Gospel to ab ject slavery f It is said everywhere, ' Ser vants, obey your masters' not slaves obey your musters; there is not such a text of scripture in tho Bible. I will hero statu the difference between the two, that It may be fuirly understood: Voluntary servitude, such as the Bible makes provisions for, allows the servant the a of becoming one oHhe contract ing parties, to sell himself, if he chooses so to do, iu consideration of a certuin sum, for a limited time, during which he is the ser vant of his roaster, and is required to obey him upon just and equitable principles, be cause he exercised bis own agency iu cuter- ing into this relation, and tho master is re quired to render to his servants that, that is just and equal. Not so In tho en so of slavery. The slave is deuied the right of the exercise of his agency, and compelled to submit to the will of the tyrant iu all things, however unjust aud unreasonable his requirements. I hero ask, can a man in this condition bo held responsible for his conduct upon principles of justice ? I an swer, neither is there a court of Jtistico ou on curth, or In heaven, that con hold a man responsible for his actions unless ho be ul lowcd tho cxerciso of his nireney. It is clear, therefore, that tho justice of God makes it utterly impossible that the recip rocal duties of masters and servants, as taught in the Bible, should ever lie made to apply to slavery. Justice cannot require that to bo reciprocal where, on the one hntid, all right is denied, and, on tho other, all power is given; and further, I would ask, wouhl our heavenly Father delegate the right of property in one niun or nution of people to another, denying unto them the right of the exercise of their agency in this relution, while it is evident from the teachings of His word that lie refuses such servico in reference to himself? That Qod holds the right of property in nil men, is a truth that will not be denied, for Ho has mado man, aud bus the right to control and direct his services in all things yet Ho chooses not to exert his power in com pelling men into his service, only ujion prin ciples free and voluntary. I understand this to be the theology of Cumberland Presbyterians everywhere. From the pul pit it is sounded forth in thunder tones, free volition, free will, free agency is re quired upon tho port of every soul of man in coming to Qod, or then hell and ruin nre to bo their doom. And still many of them insist upon it that Qod bus appointed tho institution of sluvery, requiring man to render the service of a slave to his fellow, when ho refuses ns a just and holy God to accept of such service to himself. This is a paradox that is rather difficult of solu tion. Sluvery is a dependent relation, it is true, but it grows not out of the wverty of this world, but out of its tyranny and op pression. R owes not its authority to the word of God, nor to tho curse of Noah against a wicked Ham, nor to tho mark that God set uMn a wicked and murder ous Cain, but to the introduction of sin, where every evil work had its beginning lying, fornieution, adultery, theft, murder, man-stealing, and every other aiomiimliou that a wicked and depraved heart under the influence of the Devil could possibly invent. I here remark that the provisions of the Gospel for its removal are precisely the same as for the removal of every otlw r sin; the system or morals introduced liy Jesiw Christ, requiring ns to love God with all the heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbor as ourself, is the antidote. This Is the basis of all the sound philosophy and religion in the world. To love our neighbor as oarnelf, would lead us to ac knowledge the right of oar neighbor, and ri'gard them as sacredly as we regsnl our own; this being done, confidence would at ooce be restored. To do to others as we I would have others do unto ns, tot chains of s ADVERTISING RATES. On squar (13 line at tea) on Insertion, fl.OO - - two insertion, 4,ll) " three insertions, 5,00 Each subsequent lusertloo, 1,00 Rsasoaabl deductions to thus sUv advetlia hj th year. JOB PRINTING. Th raorniToa or Tin ARGl'S n turn lo inform the nubile that he his just received a large stork of JOli TYl'K and other new print itiK material, and will be In the si eeily ret ipt 0 adilitiotis suited loall the riqiiiirmrn. of Ih s lc ealiy. II ANIHilU 8, 1'OhTKI H, W.ANKS, t'AKDH, ClKCULAItH, I-AMPIILKT-WOIIK and oilier kinds, dime to order, on short notice. slavery would at once be off, and the op prccd would go free, God would be hon ored, nnd tho world sjiecilily regenerated. A wrong application of this subject is what is doing tho mischief making shivery ap ply to servitude as though they were ono and tho self-same thing. Ilcneo the readi ness upon the part of pro-sluvcry men to refer to Abraham's servants, born In his liouso and bought with his money, to justify them iu holding slaves. It Is very true, Abraham had servants born in his house aud bought with his money; but it is no more true than tlmt Solomon, fifteen gen erations afterward, had six hundred wives and three hundred concubines. I eupposo Drighnm Yonng nnd his adherents would refer to Sulotuou's v.ivcs tp prove the right ' of polygamy with the some degree of read iness as the pro-slavery man to Abraham's servants to prove tho right of slnvery, and, I must be allowed to say, with just as much reason too. For tho sin of slavery, God overthrew Tyre, Sidon, aud Babylon. Read Ezckicl, chap. 127, v. 13, aud Rev., chap, 18, t. 13. In Ezekiel it is called trading in tho iersons of men, and in Rev elations it is called 'slaves and souls of men.' Judas, for betraying and selling Christ, was deposed from the office of tho ministry, and shortly after committed sui cide. This shows how one sin prepares the way for another: he sold his Lord and master for the paltry sum of thirty pieces of silver, and then went and hung himself, the lust act of his life, excluding him from ; tho kingdom of heaven. This man Judns is prophetically set forth iu tho one hun- drcd and ninth Psulm, calling for the judg ments of God in view of these lust and crowning sins of his life, in a light clear as noonday. Touching this subject, pro slavery ministers grow as eloquent as other men. They bring down the hot thuudcr- bolts from heaven upon Judas who sold his Lord, and their decision is, let him be ac cursed. The thought seems never to havo entered their minds that they too, many of them, are guilty of the same sins, or sins of a kindred naturo to that of Judos. Ho sold Christ in his actual person; they in the person of his members, each for filthy lu cre. This is true, or then it's false theology that Jesus Christ lives in the affections of tlio Christian, and our Savior has stated falsely where ho has said ' Inasmuch as ye . have dono it unto one of tho least of these my brethren, yo have done it unto me.' Mat. 25: 40. This connection in Matthew shows in unmistakable terms tho intimate connection existing between Christ and his members. I hero stnto that every act that is dono to a Christian our Savior recognizes as being done to him in person. What (says Paul), ' know yo not that yonr body is the tetnplo of tho Holy Ghost which is in you, which yo havo of God, and ye are not your own, for yo are bought with a price.' 1st Cor. 0: 19, 20. Reader, the price that was paid for you and me was not thirty pieces of silver, neither was it eight hundred or a thoiisund, but it was the heart's blood of the Son of God. Do astonished, O Heavens, and tremble thou, O Earth, at tho blindness and wickedness of man, that makes merchantable properly of his fellow under the pretense of godli ness! He that sells a man, though ho may be as wicked as Judus, sells him for whom the Savior shed his most precious blood, or then it Is not true that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world. Less than fifty years ogo, tlio use of in toxicating liquors as a beverage was not thought to bo wrong, even by Christians. It was used as n sidc-hourd accommodation on all occasions. I imve Known larire ' stews' (as they were called) prepared by the good sisters on sacramental occasions. Preachers and people all drank of it, and considered it a good creature of God, and they were as fully confident of it too as any pro-slavery man can bo nt the present time thut the institution of slavery is tauyl.t in tho U'ble. The light, however, began to be reflected by a few noblu spirita iu tho country, such as the Rev. Messrs. Deechcr, McG ready, and others, who were at least . fifty years in advance of the age, showing that tho Bible forbid the use of Intoxicating liquors as a beverage, that it was morally wrong, and ought not therefore to be tol erated by the Church of Christ- the peopl-i began to think, and then to act temper ance societies were organized lecturers went forth tho light increased, until many of tho States have passed prohibitory laws against its sale as a beverage, and I be lieve all respectable denominatiens of Chris tians have made it a test of fellowship. Now, I ask, would this great moral reform have been brought about in Church and State if the subject had not undergone a full and free Investigation f No, is the re sponse from every heart. Why, then, ob ject to the Investigation of the subject of ilsvery f or any other subject involving tho interests and happiness of man ? Indvtd, the only way that moral reform can be brought about is by bringing truth to brar apon the mind. 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