For Frederick Douglass' Paper.

PROVIDENCE, April 3d, 1854.

MR. EDITOR: SIR:—In reading over the
remarks of the counsellors of this nation,
in the United States Senate, I was struck
with the idea of Senator Pettit, as to what
disposition should be made of the memor-
ial of the three thousand New England
clergymen. Mr. Pettit said that the Sen-
ate had an officer chosen for his ability and
information, who was a brother clergyman,
whose duty it was to expound divine law
to the Senate. He would therefore move,
if the motion be in order, to refer this
memorial to the Rev. Henry Slicer, Chaplain
of the Senate, with instructions to inquire
and report to the Senate whether the Ne-
braska bill was a violation of the law of God.
Before the Rev. divine shall attempt to an-
swer or comply with the request of Sena-
tor Pettit, I beg to remind him of a ser-
mon I heard him preach to a colored con-
gregation, both bond and free, in Alexan-
dria, Va., in 1835, from the tenth chapter of
Romans, and the twelfth verse, which reads
as follows: "For there is no difference be-
tween the Jew and the Greek; for the same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon
him." Mr. Slicer went on to show that the
Greeks were as dear to God as the Jews;
for the Lord had declared, by the mouth of
the Apostle Peter, that he was no respecter
of persons. He then made application of
his remarks to his audience, and said that
Christ died for them as well as he died for
the whites. In fact, he told us (for I was
present when he delivered that sermon)
that we were entitled to all the privileges
and immunities of white people. In con-
clusion, I ask Mr. Slicer how he can say
the Nebraska bill is not a violation of the
law of God? If he affirms that it is not,
then he will repudiate the doctrine, and eat
up the gospel that he preached to black men
in 1835.

JOHN T. WAUGH