The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-08-22

briurlng 10 bear with them tho interests oil
The elcIous aud nnprIncl pied, oyer"helm
common scnsc mud reaSou--as God some
times permits 10 be done -you may triumph
Such triumph we have witnessed III Great
Britain. But Trust II is far distant here .
Nor can II from its nature he extensive and
enduring. O,hcr classes Of Reorners, an
lmatcd by tie same spirit as the Abolition
ISIS, attack the institution 81 marriage, and
even the established relations oil Parent and
Child. Aud they collect instances OF bar
barCus cruelty aud shocking degradation
which rival, # they do mol throw into the
shade, your slavery statistics. But the
night Of marriage and parental authority
rest upon truths as Obvious as they arc IN
changeuble coming home to every human
being self impressed forever On Inc jndivid
ual mind, aud cannot be shaken untll the
whole man Is corrupted, nor sUbyoued un,
al CIVILIZED society becomes putrid mass.
Domestic slavery ls not so universally IN
defstood, nor can II make such a direct ap.
peal TO individuals or society beyond lis
pale. Here, pr Ind,ce and passion have
.
They mGy, as they have done, effect great
mischief, but ,hey cannot be made to main
tain, in the long run, dominion over reason
aud common sense, nor ultimately put
down what God has ordained.
! gu dony however that slavery Is Sane
toned by God, and your chef argument IS
that when lac gave 10 Adam dominlon over
! the fruits Of the earth and the animal crca
too he stopped lhero. i" lie never gave
him any right over bis fellow men ou
restrict the descendants Of Adam to q very
short list OF rights, and powers, duties and
responsibilities, # you limit them solely to
those conferred and eulotned IN the first
chapter Of Genesis. 1t is very obvious that
10 this narrative of the creation Moses did
not have II ia view 10 record any part OF
the LAW intended for The government Of
man in his social or political state. Eve
was not yet created ; the expulsion had not
yet taken place Cain was uahon; and no
allusion whatever is made to the manifold
DEGREES of God to which those events gave
rise. The only serious answer the urgu.
meni deserves is 10 say, what IS so manl.
! testify true, that Gods not expressly giving
to Adam any night over his fellow men
4 by no means excluded him from comforting
/ that RIGHT on his descendant which he IN
4 fact did. We know that Abraham, The
. chosen one Of God, exercised il and held
property in his fellow man, even anterior To
! the period shen property and land was &C
knowedged. We might infer that God
! had authorised IT, But We are not reduced
to Inference or conjecture. A the hazard
at fallguing YOU by repetition, will ngaln
refer YOU TO the ordinances OF the scrip
lures. lnnumerabte instances might be
quoted where God has given and comman-
ded men 10 assume dominion over their feel
low men. But one will suffice. 10 the
twenty fifth chapter OF Leyitlcus you will
'ind Domestic sl0rcrY-PreCtSeiy such as IS
maintained at hls day in these States
ordained and established by God, IN Ian.
gage which | defy you TO prerert 30 as to
i,dre q GnAbt IN any ho..ss'i mind thuf ms
institution was fouadcd by Him and dc
creed 10 BE- pcPtaaL lqooto the words /:
1 I.cvilicus, % CHI. A ": " Both thy
! BonImcn aid thy Bondmatds which they
shall have, shall be Of the Heather Ami.
cans tina, are round about you of hem ye
MaH buy Roqdmfa and Bondmatds.
/ 40: Moreover Of the children of the
strangers that do solourn among you, OF
them shall 70 buy, and of their families
tat are ,"uh you uhtch hcy begat Ia your
iaad descendants OF Africans ! AID they
shall be your possession"
SO: " And ge shall take hem as IN in
hcritoncc fer your chthirsn atteT yop, "a
/ iahcrtt them far Il possession. IHEY SMALL
/ BE YouR HoNunFN FOREVER
/ What human Legislature could make a
decree moro full aud explicit than this =
1 What Court Of Law or Chancery conld de
/ feat title to slave couched IN terms 50
clear aud complete as these Aud this Is
the lac Of God whom you pretend TO wor'
ship, while you denounce und uaduce Us for
/ respecting IT,
Ii oeoms ecarcely credible, but tho fact
IL so, that you deny this law so plainly
written, and in the face of It, have the hardi-
hood To declare that " though slavery is
not specifically yet It IS virtually forbidden
IN the scriptures, because all the crimes
which necessarily arise out Of slavery, and
which can arse from no other source, are
reprubatcI there and threatened with divine
vengeance Such nn unworthy subieflugo
Is scarcely entitled 60 consideration. but
It's gross absurdt,y may be exposed IN few
words. DO not know what crimes YOU
particularly eu1e to as arising from slave
~. Bot YOU viii perhaps admIt-not be
cause they are acnouuced IN the decalogue
which the AbohtoHlsts respect only so iar
as they choose, but because It is the tmme
dtdic interest OF most mou TO admt-tha
dlsobudlcnce to parents adultery, and steal
M are cumos. Yet these crimes "ne
ccssar,Iy arse from the relations of pa
rent and child, marriage, and The possession
Of private property, Mt least they "caI
arse from no other Sources Then, &C
oorjiug to your argument, It is "yrtuail
forbidden - TO marry, to beget children, an
TO hold private property ! Nay, IT is for
hidden TO live since murder can only IL
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