her services. She has received a "large fee," and all this was
done under the pretense of serving the cause of liberty! Yes, truly,
she is serving the cause of liberty with a vengeance. Had all the
despots of earth leagued themselves together, for the purpose of
crushing civil liberty, they could not have given it such a shock, as
has been done by the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Well may the
friends of republican institutions bow their heads with shame and
regret. The moral influence of the great American republic is
destroyed. The friends of liberty throughout the world, mourn the
disaster.

Mrs. Stowe is the modern Eve. Old mother Eve said, "The serpent
beguiled me, and I did eat." Mrs. Stowe may say, "The serpent beguiled
me, and I did write." Yes, she did write. The daughter of a clergyman
and the wife of a clergyman did write a novel; and other clergymen
seem to think it a fit substitute for the Bible in Sabbath schools;
and ere long, other clergymen will, I have no doubt, read their text
from it in the pulpit. God preserve the world, from clerical knaves
and fools. Of all the curses, that ever were permitted by Almighty God
to fall on wicked and deluded nations, there are none so much to be
dreaded, as corrupt, bigoted, fanatical clergymen. A clergyman--a
minister of God--a minister of the gospel of peace and glad tidings to
all--who with his eyes open, will countenance, aid, or abet, any thing
that destroys the peace and harmony of this nation, or that threatens
to result in disunion and civil war, ought to be hurled forty leagues
deep into perdition.

I entreat you my fellow citizens, to open your eyes and look around
you! Behold hydra-headed infidelity stalking over New England, in
clerical robes. Behold _others_, who have so far lost sight of their
calling, and the spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that they are
opposing the execution of the laws of our common country! Sowing
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