Christ and his apostles enjoined on their followers unreserved obedience and submission to the civil authorities.  I need not here quote the language of our Saviour; it must be familiar to every Bible reader.  I will, however, quote the remarks of St. Paul and St. Peter, on this topic.  The former says, “Let every soul be subject to the higher powers.”  “Whosoever therefore, resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.”  He instructs Bishop Titus to put his flock “in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, and to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work.”  “To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing meekness unto all men.”  St. Peter says, “Submit yourselves to every ordinance of men for the Lord’s sake; whether to the king as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers.”  There is neither precept nor precedent in the Bible, which will countenance opposition to the laws of our country.  No, not one word in the sacred volume, that can be thus construed.  Opposition and resistance to the civil authorities, is one of the many corruptions winch have crept into the church of Christ.  Men “have become wise above what is written;” and truly as our Saviour said unto the ancient scribes and pharisees, “they shall receive the greater damnation.”

What a marked contrast between Christ and his apostles, and the apostles of modern reform, alias abolitionists.  How dare they professing Christianity to fly in the face of the laws of their country?  How dare they resist the execution of those laws?  How dares Mrs. Stowe inculcate disobedience and open resistance to her country’s laws?  Great God! shall our country ever be freed from the dark and damnable deeds of religious fanatics?  Shall our country ever be freed from the curse of curses, religious ultraism, bigotry, and delusion?  Let those who profess to be the followers of the meek and lowly Jesus—­those who profess to take the Bible as their guide, cease from their unwarrantable and seditious opposition to the laws of their country; or otherwise let them renounce the Bible, lay aside their Christian garb, and appear before us in their true colors, that we may know who they are, what they are, whom they serve, and under what standard they are fighting.  Throw off your masks, gentlemen; don’t try to deceive us any longer; some of us understand you, and we intend to expose you, and hold you up to the public gaze, as long as the good Lord will vouchsafe to us health and strength sufficient to sit in our seats, and hold a pen in our hands.  Your conduct is a reproach to the Christian name, a stigma on the Christian character.

SECTION II.