Litchfield enquirer., 1833-04-18
FOR THE ENQUIRER,

FOR THE ENQUIRER.
 Mr. EditOr-In the multitude of valuable periodi. calls which at the present day flow in upon us from all quarters, I desire notice one edited by Mr. Charles Dcnison, New-York, entitled "The Eman. cpaIor." Believing that free discussion ought to be encouraged f we'll conducted since this is one orthe best methods of coming at trwh I confess that am grat6ed with this accession to long list of period. icals; hoping that it may be conducted as 10 ad. vance the cause ofIrulh. But have some apprehen- sions, notwithstanding, that il may be liable to involve as much truth tn obscury, as it may brng to Iigh- You are doubtless aware, sir, that the Emancipator advocates the cause of insan, emancipation. can say that | heartily concur with the friends of instant emancipation, that slavery cannot be justified by the word of God. But from this concession. I be to manumit immeda tely our 2,5O0 O0O slaves, as the friends of instant emancipation would have it; even this could be brought abou, with the consen, oi slave holders, by direct egisla,on confess ,,a, l am a hearty friend Of the American Colonization Society. Nor can l we'll be silent when hear this christian and phau,hropic society grossly vfed and condemned the apologist and oEs;s by rech- less zealos Of the and strange doctrine o instant
 
 all to apologize for the vice of slavery. that disposed fall in with every sentiment afoal upon the community, aud paImed upon it by the sweeping declaration, that man cannot raise doubt against the doctrine Of instant emancipation, without bee smng the apoIogst of sin.
 Alter an attentive perusa ofthe Emanci ipator, Mir. Editor, am satisfied that it contains much truth, blended with considerable But in descanting upon it's meriis shall for the present con6ne myself to one or two picces written by the President of the Western Reserve College. This gentleman, in one of his communications, lays down the following prop os,iOns:
 lst That slavery, under whatever mitigatiOns, is a palpable violation of the divine thou shalt not steal, and is so much more plainly so, than any other which can be named, human being is valuable to himself lan any other object which can be stolen from him.
 2d. Tine slave system involves directly occasions the violation of every other commandment of the DecaIogue. Sd. No species Of fwckedness can be ex- pelled from human society, without openly arraigning before the divine law, under its own proper name the history ofssvery furnishes exception. There. fore, 4th It is the duty of every speak out on this subject. The writer then follows with this decla- ration: " Should these conclusions he adopted. the American Colonization Society. which has wonder fully fortified itself in the favorable regard or,he chris iian community, must be ahandonsd-must be openly wihstood as the apologist Ofsin.'
 I consider it therefore incumbent upon me in this investigation, first to decide whether these proposi. lions true. Second, whether this inference is de. rivale from them. With regard to the lst proposi. lion would say that consider it true under certain limitations. The writer seems 10 eoufound slave hoding with slave stealing, the slave trade. These are evidently distinct objects; the latter is paI- pabIe violation of the 8th commandment; whether the former is, admits some doubt.
 The slave holder pays money for his slaves-ihere- fore according siric, law. they his property Bot since it De admitted that tho Greater has made all free and equal, i, follows that man has right force another labor for his own ben. e6-that if he does, he takes away the products Of his hands we'll his liberty, which may aad per- hsps ought be considered Co be violation ei the sth commandment.
 With respect tO the second proposition, would any that believe ii be essentially correct. As IO the 3d proposition, have some serious doubts, which claims that species of wieksdeess bs expelled from human sOeiey, without epsny aFraigniag is bs fore the divias las under i's Owa proper nams. would ask the writer under what name has dFUnkes-