The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-07-16
From the South Carolinian.
Governor Hammond's Letter on
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Southern Slavery /!
SILVER BLUR, S. C., Jan. 1874.

SILVER BLUFF, S. c., Jan. 1916.
1t is vain to look TO Christ or any Of hi
Apostles to justify such bIasphemous per
versions Of the word Of God: Although sla
livery in its most revolving form was every
where visible around them, no visionary
notions piety or philanthropy ever tempted
Them TO gainsay the Law, even to mitigate
The cruel severity Of the existing system
On the contrary, regarding slavery as or
established as we'll as inevitable condition
Of human society, they never hinted at such
thing as it's termination on earth, any
more than that "lhe Ipoor may cease our
i of the land which God affirms TO Moses
shall never be: and they exhort all ser.
wants under the yoke to count their mas
| ters as worthy Of all honor:" ito obey
them in all thing according to the Aesh
not with eyeservice as men, pIeasers, but
in singleness Of heat fearing Gods" not on
y the good and gentle, but also the for
ward:' for what glory is it if when We are
bufeted for your faults ye shall take it pa
tienlIy? but If when ye do we'll and suffer
TOR it ye take il patiently, this is accepla-
Bile Of God ST. Paul actually upprehended
a runaway slave and seGt him back TO his
master! Instead Of deriving from the Cos
pei any sanction for The work you have un.
dertaken, it would be difficult 10 imagine
sentiments and conduct more strikingly in
contrast than those Of the Apostles and the
A6oitloniss
1t is impossible therefore TO suppose that
slavery is contrary to the Will of God
1t is equally absurd to say that American
slavery differs in form or principle from
that Of the chosen people. We accept the
Bible terms 40 the definition Of our slavery,
and its Precepis as the guide Of our cor.
duct. We desire nothing moro. Even
the rig TO fet," which is esteemed 90
shocking, finds its express license in the
Gospel. l Peter ii. 20. Nay what is more,
God directs The Hebrews to bore holes in
the ears of their brothers, to mark them,
when under certain circumstances they be.
come perpetual slaves:
! Think, then | may safely conclude, and
| firmly believe, that American slavery is
not only not sin, but especially command.
ed by God through Moses, and approved
by Christ through His Apostles. And here
might close It's defence; for what God
ordaIns and Christ sancilfies should surely
command The respect and toleration Of
Man. BIT | fear there has grown up 10
our time Transcendental Religion which
is throwing even Transcendental Philoso.
ply into the shade-a Religion too pure
and elevated for the Bible; which seeks to
erect among men higher standard Of
Morals than the Almighty has revealed or
our Saviour preached: and which is pro-
baby destined to do more 10 impede the
extension Of Gods Kingdom on earth than
all tho ln6dels who had ever lived. Error
is error. II iS as dangerous to deviats to
the right hand as the left And when men
protesting TO be holy men, and who are by
aumbers so regarded, declare those things
to be sinful which our Creator haeaxpress.
" authorized and instituted, lheS.do more
10 destroy His authority among mankind |
than the most wicked can effect by pro-
claiming that to be Innocent which He has
forbidden. To this self righteous and sell.
exalted class belong all the AbolitiOnisls
whose writings have read. With them il !
il no end ~ the argument 20 prove your
by the test Of The Bible, inter
preled according TO it's plain and palpable
mesning, aud as understood BY al man
kind for three thousand years before their
time. They are more ingenious at con-
strung and inierPolsting to cOmmodaIe il
10 their newfangled and etherisl code Of
morals, than ever we're FOllaiF or Hume
in picking i 10 pieces TO free the world
from what they considered a del0sion. -
When the AbOliliOhists proclaim man
stealing to be sin, end show me that Il is
90 written down By GOd. / admit then 60
be sight, and shudder at the idea Of such
crime. But when show them lhat Co hold
Z bond-men forever is ordained BY God
they deny he Bible, and set up 10 iis place
a Law Of their own making. ] must then
cease TO reason with them o. this hEnnch
Of the question. Our religioa differs as
widely ishur manDorl. Ths Great Iu1 fs