Christianity And Slavery

üear wliai a slavdMlder says of tbai spur.1ous reügion which mukes rnurcinndiáe of iis beiievers. 'The bells from seven cliurchoa weekly toll in my ears Uil I ani deaf witli t!ie snuüfl.'cnilng np the peoplc toworslnp the Ever Living nnd Omnipotenl God. No mkish Júpiter, oor drunkèn Bacchus, nor prostiiuted Venus, nor obscene and liideous Pui),ri)!ei tlie consciences, of the iiluminated people of this ciy and State - yet these scènes which would have addcd frcsh int'-iniy 10 Bubylon, and wresteil the palm of reek leas cmelty from Nero s bonfire, in Homo, have been èóncled, 'nol n a corní-r.' and the sontinchs of Him who.e Utrm is not shortemd,' fiom ihe watch-towers of Israel, have not eea.ed to cry out, all isuelJ;"- Cusstus M. Clcnj, of Km. it?3 The Missouri monstealcrs hnve been fortúnate enough to overtake and capture two helpless fugitives about forty five miles from Quincy. A white man in tlieir company was held to bail to answer for the ofFence of decoy ing the slaves from their owners. There is a statute in Illinois agninst assisting the fugitive, even when passing through that State. We believc. such a statu! e would be hormless in Michigan. There are thousands of freemen whose feelings would harmoniza with those of the patriot of the Revolution, wiiq exchiined respecting onc of Kirfjj George's statutcs- 'ƒ swear to disobcy tt!" Oj The Michigan Stnte Gazotte, a Clay Whig paper kindly greets us thns: "We hope tho amislavory party mny vet triumpli, as we have no doubt thcy will ifthey confine their eiTorts witliin Constitutionol limits, and do not loose their influence by overaction SmpeJIed by a blind zeal.' We appificiate its good feeling toward ''the anti-slavery party.' But liov can tha Editor, with such a feeling, wish to have an invetérate elave-holder at the head ofthegovernmenL? ff?0 The population of Irelund in 1841 was 8,175,283. The females e.vceeded the males 150,000. '- ■ - - 055 The order of Odd Fellowa appears to be on the gain throughotit tlio country. It s a secret association, like Free Masonry beingprobnbly nothing more thon Musonry reVived, They claim to have charity for their object. We notice that "Rev. Bro. J. M Maffit,'" late chaplain to Congrc?s recent] v addressed a Jodgo in Boston. We sec n'o iieceisity for such combinations to do goo', while they can rcadily be used for every evl purpose. ff?" The Allany Patriot says of the scheme for armexing Texns to the Union , We know (hut Tvlbr is personally eno-aged in tlie intrigue, nd has been so for ttvo yenrs pnst, at least, nnd tlint he means to eet the votes nthe South by favoring it. He is just the timlicr to make" a traitor"or nny pther rn?ca! ftfc lies u profane,"slavc-holding member of the church! A corrupt fdigïonigt is niways worsetlnn a born and bred Dcvvil." Webs-ter and the olher members of thr Cubinet have been èpgagéd in the same plot.'" EriVjr. Dalton, an Aidcrmnn in Detroit, hOB teen apprehended on a cliarge of cmbezling a consíderíihlc amount ofShinplastcrsand warrants which were cofnfnitted to hirh lo be destroyed. We bclieve the case is not di-cided. It is trHwi'ht ihat, admitting the facts to be as alledged, he will escape punishment because the warranis were without legal vaiue. iGr The Superintendent of Public Instruction has appo.nted the following gentlemen to be the Board of Visitors for the UniverfiJy: Hon. J. W. Gorden, " F. Sawvrr, jr. E. M. Cust, Robert McClelland, Rev. George Duffield. The public exnminnlïons vvill commence the eihth of August ,and continuethree or four days. OT?13 The Editor of the Alliany Patriot says of JohnQuincy Adams: "We fihall never forget tho emotions of reverence and love, when with deep feelinir he to!d us, thaf. hef dl that the remnnnl ofhis Ufe ivas consecrated to the over thr ow of slavery. That word he wiJl never unsay. That decisión he will neer recal. Heaven appróvcs ofit, :md liis own heart ïejoices in it. GODBLKSS KIM!"