Show mr douglas on the preachers our readers have been advised that the ministers of new england sent a protest against the nebraska bill to the senate mr everett presented it it was in the following words to the honorable the senate and house of representatives presenta tives of the united states in Con congress garess assembled the undersigner undersigned under signed clergymen of different denominations in new england hereby in the name of almighty mighty Ai god and in his presence do solemnly protest against die passage of what is known as Nebi nebraska aska bill or any repeal or modification of the existing legal prohibitions against slavery in that part of our national domain which it is proposed to organize into the territories of nebraska and kansas we protest against it as a great moral wrong as a breach of faith eminently injurious to the moral principles of the community and subversive of all confidence in national engagements as a measure full of danger to the peace and even existence of our belo beloved ed union and exposing us to the righteous judgments of the almighty and your protestants as in duty b jund bound willever will ver dated at boston this lot day of march A D 1854 mr douglas arose as soon as the memorial was read and immediately pitched hed into the preachers among other things he said it protests against our action as being a breach of faith as involving a moral wrong as destructive cfall of all confidence con and as subjecting us to the righteous judgment of the almighty it is presented too by a denomination of men calling themselves preachers odthe of the gospel t has been demonstrated in debate that there is if not a particle of truth in the allegation of a breach of faith or breach of confidence it has been demonstrated so ol olly clearly ly that there is no exe excuse use for a any man in the community who believes it ariy longer yet yei here we find a large body of pre preachers achels perhaps three thousand following th the e lead of a circular which was calculated to mislead and ilece deceive lve the public they have here come forward with an atrocious falsehood and an atrocious calumny against this body and brosti buted the pulpit prostituted prostitutes the sacred desk to the miserable and corrupting influence of party politics ex |