beth, and we suppose the "gentle spirit" of Southey would eagerly add, the Puritans of the reign of the martyred Charles!

1. These "sinners greater than the drunkard and the glutton," were so "like the devil," as "not to be ashamed to hold UNMANNERLY DISPUTES against those men they ought to reverence, and those laws they ought to obey ;" and

2. "They labored and joyed FIRST TO FIND OUT THE FAULTS, and then to speak evil of government!"

As these "pests of mankind" could hardly have been duly punished by the "gentle" inflictions of those dignified, merciful, CONSERVATIVE tribunals, the High Commission Court and Star Chamber, I know of no better expedient now remaining to strike a salutary terror into all modern innovators, ultraists and incendiaries, than for that prop of the constitution and laws of this republic-that great supporter of the UNION, the "chivalrous" Judge Lynch to offer a "large reward" for their bones safely delivered on the "south side of the Potomac," where they would be treated according to their merits. But this is a matter which it becomes us to give over to those "gentle" mobs which are "headed" by judges and representatives, and made up of "gentlemen of standing and property." In the light which LEONARD WOODS, Jr. pours upon them, such men as Justin Edwards, and Moses Stuart, and Calvin Chapin, and William Goodell, and Edward C. Delavan, and Gerrit Smith, and Alvan Stewart, and thousands upon thousands like them, who with "eyeless vigor" have rushed beyond the limits of the old conservative doctrine, "that the abuse of ardent spirits as of every thing else, is immoral, and their common use to be dissuaded on grounds of expediency" and such men as Moses Brown, and Nathaniel Emmons, and the Tappans, and William Jay, and James G. Birney, and William L. Garrison, and Elon Galusha, and Samuel Crothers, and N. S. S. Beman, and the Wrights, and the Cox's, and the Rankins, and thousands upon thousands like them, who regard the act of holding a human creature as property as sin;-all these men in such light may see the "finishing stroke of their own picture." But we are sure they will be cheered instead of mortified when they remember, that according to Mr. W. himself, only a slender feeble partition stands between them and the Non

conformists. To such company we are persuaded they would gladly be joined, living, dying, forever.

In application to the Non-conformists themselves, Mr. W. does not deny the justness of Walton's description! He dismisses the old calumniator with the following remarkable sentence: "If this description should APPEAR to be unjust towards those for whom it was intended, it may be urged in apology, that it was EXTORTED from the gentle spirit of Walton' by the strength of his love for the venerable Hooker, WHO SUFFERED MUCH FROM THE OPPOSITION OF THE NON-CONFORMISTS." p. 536.-Hooker, amidst the sunshine of court and church favor, "suffered much" from the helpless, bleeding victims of court and church vengeance! So much indeed, as to extort from a gentle spirit such a torrent of gall and wormwood! What a problem have we here to solve!

As a specimen of Hooker's "suffering," take the history of his quarrel with Walter Travers, his colleague in the Temple pulpit. To Mr. Travers, the old church historian Fuller, whose authority is of great weight in the English church, gives the following highly attractive character: "His utterance was agreeable, his gestures plausible, his matter profitable, his method plain, and his style carried in it the flowings of grace from a sanctified heart." Hooker preached in the morning, when, according to Fuller, "some said the congregation ebbed," and Travers in the afternoon, when "some said the congregation flowed," "the first occasion in the view of some, of emulation between them,"though Fuller thinks that Hooker was "too wise to take exception at such trifles." However this might be, they differed from each other, in some respects, in the doctrines which they taught. This difference led to I know not how much disputation, "unmannerly," of course, on the side of Travers. At length Hooker "suffered so much" from this "dreg"-gy and "pest"-ilent Non-conformist, that he made complaint against him; when Archbishop Whitgift-a great conservative of the powers and prerogatives of the "gentle" Elizabeth-suspended Mr. Travers at once, without any warning. For Mr. Hooker "suffered so much," that, as Mr. TRAVERS was going into the pulpit to preach on the Lord's day afternoon, the officer served him with a prohibition on the pulpit stairs! The grand offence laid to

his charge, "was, that contrary to the orders of the Queen, he had brought disputes into the pulpit!" Hooker “suffered so much" from this Non-conformist, that "TRAVERS, left to the mercy (mercy!) of the Archbishop, could never escape from his suspension, or have licence to preach in any part of England; upon which he accepted an invitation into Ireland, and became Provost of Trinity College, in the University of Dublin; here he was tutor of the famous Dr. Usher, afterwards Archbishop of Armagh, who always had him in high esteem; but being driven from thence by the wars, he returned after some years into England, and spent the remainder of his days IN SILENCE, OBSCURITY, AND GREAT POVERTY!" How must the gentle spirit of Walton have been wrung to see Hooker "suffer so much,” as Travers was called to endure! Mr. W. also may have been exposed to "unmannerly" disputants-may have "suffered much;" hence his ready sympathy with Walton and the venerable Hooker. Such sufferings might be greatly alleviated, if Hooker's LIBERAL DOCTRINE could once obtain firm footing and general prevalence in this land, viz.: "Mr. Travers ought to have complained to the High Commissioners, and NOT HAVE CONFUTED ME IN THE PULPIT; for schisms and disturbances will arise in the Church, if all men may be TOLERATED TO THINK AS THEY PLEASE, AND PUBLICLY SPEAK WHAT THEY THINK." A good doctrine on which to frame an "apology" for the Synod of Philadelphia for their late "gentle" suspension of Albert Barnes; for how much have they not suffered from the opposition of this "unmannerly" Non-conformist!

It ought to be added to this account of the "sufferings" of Hooker, that Mr. Travers was junior preacher in the Temple before Hooker was admitted to its pulpit; that after the death of Dr. Alvey, senior preacher, Travers was hindered from taking the place of "Master" only by the scruples of his" unmannerly" conscience, which would not consent to his subscribing to Whitgift's arbitrary test; and that Hooker's magnanimous subscription brought him over the head of Travers into the "Master's" place.

We have dwelt thus long on the case of Hooker and Travers, to illustrate, through Mr. W's remarkable apology for Walton, the spirit of the anti-ultraists, with whom we have to do. Whatever may be the measure of "manly pa

tience and religious composure" with which they are gifted, it is very clear and certain, that there are "sufferings," which can arouse even their sympathies. But what sufferings; and whose? Not of the persecuted and oppressed. It would be vulgar, to regard them and their fiery trials, with tender compassion. Insult and outrage are their proper allotments, from which it would be "unmannerly" to attempt to escape. But when they see iron-hearted tyrants, and lordly hierarchs exposed and "confuted" and resisted; what indescribable yearnings do they not feel! What impassioned "apologies" are "extorted" from their lips and pens! And can NEW ENGLAND, with all her veneration for the Puritans and Non-conformists, commit to such hands her sanctified sons, to be trained for the labors of the pulpit! In this day, when the King of Zion is marshalling His armies for the battle, are the future leaders of "the Sacramental Host," to be taught by their appointed guides to look on and see an old, time-serving angler spit his gall and venom in the faces of those noble confessors of the soul-trying reign of Elizabeth, with complacency;—aye, and to frame "apologies" for the bitter and malignant calumniator, which imply, that the Non-conformists were treated well enough! Among the signs of the times, which we are in duty bound to observe, we regard none as more dark and portentous. And we cannot scruple to call on the friends of God and man in New England, and especially in Maine, to weigh this matter well.

Among the features, which characterize the "dark and grim visaged picture" of the "ultra reformers of the present day," which Mr. W. "finished," he describes the following habit. "In the earlier stages of their efforts, they are seen groping after some simple, unqualified principle, on which their own minds can rest, and by which they can act upon the public And since they have nothing of that depth or sagacity of mind, which would enable them to discern the true bounds of principles, how far they apply, and where and why the application of them fails, they soon arrive at some unlimited generality of doctrine. And their business thenceforward is to carry it into effect, even in cases where its application, to an unsophisticated mind, must appear plainly unjust and pernicious," p. 524. For this habit, Mr.

W. regards the "over-zealous advocates of temperance" and of human freedom as remarkable.

The ultraists have good reason to congratulate themselves, that in his discriminative arrangements, Mr. W. has not assigned them a place among the men, who never, either at the commencement or termination of their efforts, grope after any simple principle, on which their minds may rest and which they may make it their business to carry into effect, but who compass their ends by perpetually ringing in the public ear various changes on certain ominous phrases. When they would set the rabble at their heels upon their honest neighbors, they make them bark and bite by shouting in their ears; The Constitution must be preserved, though they themselves are violently assailing it; The Union must be maintained, though they themselves are stabbing it to the heart; Beware of amalgamation, whilst they themselves zealously support the only system of amalgamation in the nation! Doubtless the "strength of his love" for these "gentle conservatists" instead of permitting him to censure them, would "make him their apologist."

With our readers consent we will venture to propose a case to Mr. W. and his fellow conservatists. They doubtless remember the Priest and the Levite, who, when they saw the prostrate wretch that had been half killed by thieves, passed by "with manly patience and religious composure" on the other side. It is easy to suppose, that those men retired together from that collection of " gentlemen of standing and property," which, as a mock-tribunal, had condemned Jesus of Nazareth to endure the death of a slave. The silent awe, which the dignified demeanor of the great Sufferer had impressed even on their minds, the Levite at length thus broke; Holy Father, much as I abhor "that deceiver," I cannot say, that I am altogether pleased with the scene we have just been witnessing. Such a rude violation of human rights alarms me. I fear, first, that the sufferings of the Nazarene will attract general sympathy, and thus increase his followers; and, secondly, that those who have raised a mob to trample him in the mire will some time feel the weight of the same iron hoofs.

Priest. Such extraordinary evils, dear son, sometimes break out as demand extraordinary remedies

In such ca