Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-10-12
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From tke Greeuriiie Mounia,nesr
SLAVERY.

nm early period Of the world; and Noah,
by the spirit OF prophecy. lorctold that
Cainan should be servant Of servants unto
bis brethren, aud the decree Of Heaven
cauno, be disanuulled. The PersiaHs, The
Greeks, The Romans. the Jews. and other
nations Of antiquity had their slaves, aud
which they obtained by conquest, orpur'
chased with their money, or they were
born in their houses; and modern nations,
suck as the English. the French aud the
Standards have supplied their Colonics
with slaves; and the English refused 70
discou,iuue the trafc. when requested by
hrr Colonies, while the trade was Protta'
bic for her commerce; and by oppression
und taxation the majority Of her own sub
;oc,s are reduced TO state bordering on
starvation. Millions Of bcr oppressed
suhiccls in India are in worse situation
Than the slaves in The United States. yet
she would now join with tho enemies oil
our institutions in disturbing the peace aud
harmony Of our Government.
The Governor Of the world has made
distinction between The iam'les oi The
car.h. The Caucasian. or white race, Is
evidently at ihc head Of the human lamIiy.
The siruc,u,e uf their bodies aud et'ergy
Of their minds places them aboTe The 9th
c, races OF mcn.
The Scriptures oflruth have sanctioned
The practice and prescribed rules Tor The
government OF master and servant ~
6raffsr, the "fa,hcr Of the faithlul,' into
whose bosom Lazarus was carried, had
many servants. and he was confederate
Mi,h Mamrc tho Amoriie, and his two
Aso,hrrs, Eschol aud Amer. Genesis xiv:
f,, And be armed his trained servants,
horn in his own house. three hundred and
ciab,ecn, and smoic Chc,orlaomcr and
,he kincs tina, were with him, who had
smi,lsn Sudom, and had carried of Lot as
prisoner; and il he had Bis servants.
born in his own honSc, ahie 10 90 forth To
war. the women and children an'l lhose
unable, would probably exceed one thou
sand. Abraham did not Interfere with The
rights Of his conIeJerateS, rs the enemies
Of our institutions would milinsiy do with
the property Of the Southern States.
Genesis xvi: 8: ".tnd the Angel Of the
Lord said unto Hasar. Sarah's maid. re-
turn To thy mistress, and submit, myself
under her haud." lie did moi counse! her
10 run away or make her escape. Gene.
SIS xvii: l3. "Iie that IS bora in thy house
aud lle that is bought with Thy mouey
must needs be circurneised." Gencsi.
xiv: 35. "Thc Lord hath blessed my mas
irr greatly. and he is become sreat-and
bc i,atk men servants and maid servants"
Gen. XIX: 10. "Bui The seventh day is The
sSabbalh, in il thon shall not do any work
--,or ihy man servant nor thy maid SER
yant." The fourth commandment is
moral preccpi. and IL recognizes the cliar-
meter OF man servant aud maid servant
! Yeyit;cus xxv:li 81 46. "Both thy bond
nteu and thy boa,lmaiJs which thou si'al,
have, shall be ofthe heather that are round
nbnai you; Of them shall you buy bondmeu
and northumberland you shall take them
ns an inheritance, for your children after
Won 10 inheri, them for possession--!hey
Shall DO yoar Lonilncn forever" The
eypression 6ondmsn means slaves, and the
Judicial law delivered 10 Noses was in
+. conformity wiih the fourth commandment,
whieh recognizes the rsiociplc OF master
and servant. And Jesus Christ, when he
c5rus in,n the world, did not set aside Tho
order Of Governmcn, which God had es-
mhlished among tho nations Of the earth.
Mathew xii: 2i--Chist said. Render
therefore unto Cesar tho things which are
Crsar's. and unto God the things which
ars Gods" and the Apostle Paul, in his
epis,le ,o the Ephrsiana. chap. yi: 5 says.
"servuu,s be ohe6icnt 10 them that are
vonr masters according IN the flesh. with
lcnr and trembling. in sinsleness OF your
hearts as unto Christ" Titus ii: Q and
10. Exhor,s servants 10 be obedieni unto
their own masters, aud to please them well
IN all things. no, answering aenin nor pur-
Ioiuius. bul showing all good fidelity, that
they NAV adorn the doctrine OF God our
Saviour in all things. And Paul sen, back
mon. his master.
From tho foregoing quotations, ii is evi-
dent that The character of master nnd SER
want, and their relative duties, as pfescri
he'd in The Scriptures Of truth, have the
sanction of Heaven; therefore. let no man
c,,vc; or cmhczzIe his "ueighbor's man
servan, or his mail scrrani," or Interfere
with the peaceful relations Of our common
cpun'ry.
We arc unusually sralified TO be ena
hled to iuiorm our readers, upon the most
undnub,ed authority, thai all The liabilities
Of this State, :or the present year, 1912,
have been uuticipa,ed,i e. that they have
in every instance, both in Europe and The
Cuilcd States. been provided for before
the day Of payment. To many Of our
readers i, will not be uninIerestinG 10 add.
that the entire deb, Of the State for bank
capital, (which is Tho only debt tho State
owes,) now outstanding IN the form Of
bonds, is only S9.S7l,550. Showing
reduc ton, since tho last official reports, of
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