dissentions and exciting feelings of envy, jealousy and hatred among
our citizens. Be not deceived by their clerical robes and assumed
sanctity; it is all lighter than a feather in the balance. My friends,
there is danger ahead. Beware lest you be led blindfold to ruin by
canting hypocrites. These are the men that endanger our liberties.
Stand aloof, give no support to religious bigotry and fanaticism. I
call on you as Christians, as patriots, "to touch not, taste not,
handle not the unclean thing."

Pardon me, my countrymen; I am an American citizen, and as such, I
speak and write. I know that I shall incur the displeasure of many by
the expression of such sentiments as the above; but shall the fear of
man deter me from warning you of your danger? No! heaven forbid! My
country is my pride; my country is my boast; my country is my all; and
woe to him, that would dissolve this glorious and heaven favored
Union, and stain her fair fields with the blood of her own citizens.
He that rebels against the laws of his country, or bids defiance to
the solemn compact which binds together these States, is a traitor to
his country--a traitor to his God. He that would destroy the
Constitution, which was framed by our revolutionary sires, let him be
accursed of God, and driven forth from the habitations of civilized
man. Let every Christian--every friend of our beloved country,
respond, a hearty Amen.

Mrs. Stowe has slandered her countrymen; hence, the great popularity
of her book! We listen with pleasure to a recital, of the vices of our
neighbors; we roll it as a sweet morsel under our tongues; but oh! I
don't tell us anything about their virtues; we don't want to hear them
spoken of! Friend, speak evil only of your neighbors, or else, be
silent! We don't wish to hear you speak well of any one. We have no