Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-09-28

exercise OF such control is sinful usurpaIior
Ina; father cannot control u child in an,
degree, or husband his wife, without viola
ting the laws OF God.
Iheso are the legitimate results OF the doc
trInes, which the abolit,onists have all nlons
been preaching and these men, rho are n "
maintaining them, are consistent and honest
ou1 they are fools or dupes OF crazed brain
Inc conservative aboliiionists are opposed
20 'hese ultra doctrines of Garrison s. Co
hey are stanch advocates of ono white man
at The North making slaves of as many other
"niia men as he can but they are shocked
and horrihed, that a white man of the South
! should make black men work for their yict>
GaIs ana clothes. This is about the point of
uiherence between these philanthropisis, who
are threatening 10 eXterminate each other.
we quote the Garrison creed in their own
words Wv"
=, we come 10 the unanimous conclusion
mat God neuer did giue to man dominion
o0e' man-that men, women, or children
never should be subjected, in any kind or
ues'ee' 10 Inc vii! OF man-that when one
man, IN any way OF TO any extent, subjects
another man TO his will, he invades the pre.
rogative of God"
An enquiry was started-W hat Institu-
'ions among men necessarily tend To subject
man 10 The will Of man? Whatever thev
might be, II was concluded unanimously
'ha' they were nahum in ss-wrong i'm them
serves. Our school system, from the infant
school down To the University, as now con.
stitu'ed and managed, il was thought tended
to enslave the mind of man 10 man. 10 alien
ate the soul from Gsd, and bind il in chains
OF human servitude. All civil governments
are designed 10 subject man 10 the dominion
OF man, and of necessity tend 10 this result.
herefore all human governments are usur-
Pa'''ns necessarily wrong; and no one " no
has entered into the kingdom oil Chris, should
have any thing TO do with them.
he Church and ministry were canvass
Ell. Some OF our circle thought these in sti-
tu'ions' as now constituted. necessarily tend
10 SUBJECT man to the will OF man, 10 take
man out from under Gods dominion. md
subject him 10 mans. IL was thought thai
many ministers preached themselves rather
than Christ, and were more anxious 10 es. !
laoiish their own than ChrSt's influence o. |
yer men,
nus we settled the question, that God |
alone has right OF dominion over man-tbat
ne mas never authorized man TO exercise do |
minion over man in any form-not even pa |
RENTS over their children for their duty is IN |
but TO Gods. Nor man over woman, A NUS
did we conclude, that no institution design.
ed, or necessarily tending, like human gov.
ernments and slavery, TO subject man TO the
dominion of man, can be approved OF GOD.
They must be wrong"
A Mr.. Woodbury., brother of the Secre
larry Of the Treasury, and the leader of the
other branch OF the Aboliiionists, holds forth !
as fellows:
81 am an abolitionisi, and am so in the !
strictest sense of the term but psver swal-
lowed VIM. Lloyd Garrison, and I never
tried TO swallow him. Ii that be the ''Shib. |
hoieth, If that be the test, | am no aboli. !
ZIONIST and never was, though have said |
and done for the cause what have. have
seen as think, in Mr.. Garrison, decided
wish, nay, a firm resolve, in laborng to over
throw slavery, 10 overthrow the Christian
Sabbath, and the Christian ministry His
doctrine is, that every day is a Sabbath, aud
Christian ordinances-ihere is no visible
church. Here ! would add also the notion
OF his that the people have no right under
God TO frame Government Of laws 10 nro-
tect themselves against those who would in
jure them, and that man can apply physical
force to man rightluily under no circum-
stances, AID moi even the parent can apply
the rod TO the child, and not be, in the sight
OF God, trespasser and tyrant.
"Now we have enough 60 do, all must
see, 10 raise two and ha!E-miilion Of men.
degraded now to the level of brutes, 10 The
summit level Of Humanity. Bot if with this
we are 10 overthrow all human gov ernments
all family government, the Christian Sab
bath sBd the cburches must stoD lit.
ing. Ii is of no use. The cause can never
go--and never ought to il it could - Uhig