The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-09-13
NUMBER 4T.

portions Of this territory as admit OF their
pref able employment " HON will i. 10
jure Those who live remote ard have no
slaves! Certainly not; for if tbs country
is suited 10 The cultivation of cotton and su.
gar. they do not propose to 20 there 10 pus.
sue this cultivation With free labor. II, on
the contrary, this territory is mol adapted
10 this cultivation, no man will willingly
carry his slaves where their emplo, mcnt
will lie Injurious or unprofiiabIe 70 him
Yet gentlemen. upon some fanailcal notion.
q use The term in no disrespectiul sense,)
upon some general elementary opinion that
slavery is Ell institution which ought not to
be Introduced smong mankind, close their
eyes 10 the fact that il is here; that i. aus,
continue TO exist agi'aie the quesliok Of
free soil, and refuse or neglect to consider
tho practical effect Of the measures they
propose upon the condition Of the slaves for
whom their sympathy is auukeucd. was,
| confess, deeply hurt when heard gentle.
men say, that they wished to COZ fine this
/ institution within lis present bounds until i;
should become iniolerab'r; iha, they wish
cd this ".esteiing evil" instead Of being
scattered, should be daed, until it should
burst and discharge its social corruption
upon the South. Is this to wish fer coed I
i il 10 desire the ni,ig cation &C evils hieh
cannot be removed? i il not, on he cot.
trary, 10 dasre the utmost eggravalion OF
calamity, Involving both slave and master
IN a common RUN?
Sir, the expansion Of The slave popula.
ton is Of the hughes, importance 0 The vel.
fare and Improvement Of the slaves. Nhat
do oar friends expect, supposing their Ut
most wishes 10 be gratfedl Are they, or
their constituents, acting upon any Of the
principles ahlch 10 times past have govern.
Cd we'll regulated minds in The pursuit Of
truth and social improvement My honor.
able friend from O5o, Mr.. Cornin, "a
friend feel him to be, much as differ from
him en- this subject, and deeply as grievs
TO hear some OF his sentiments lis familiar
with the history OF the oldcn time; famil.
lar with that Book which teaches US the or.
lcsin-s Of Gods providence in the days that
are past. Now, cir, in that history does my
friend fad any warrant for this spec ies Of
u1compromising and instantaneous ex,irpn-
ses led out The lsraeies from Egypt, poly.
gamy vas established among them. They
had addicted themselves TO il from their
commerce with the eastern ecntiles, and
derived i, indeed from the example Of their
great father Abraham. When Moses, IN.
der The nillenco Of divine Inspiration, pro.
claimed the laws for the soyetnme n, Of their
civil po....y snd internal conduct, Why was
not polygamy insi:nlle ptohIbIledl How
did II happen that for many ,~rndred years
Il was tolerated by the iusiiiutionsUa nc :
Jewish Law siye.f Sir, tho reason given
by our Saviour for this liberation may Of.
tofd u az instructive lessen. In answer
TO On inquiry from bis disciples respecting
The law OF divorce, We learn that Moses
sullared.ihis evil 10 coniiaue 90 account OF
the Jews hardness Of heart. The human
race began with a single pair. one man and
one woman. and that institution. divineIy
established. was intended TO be perpetual.
Moses, lhat wise law-giver, jealous as he
was iot The honor Of God and the purity Of
his people, sough. not an instantaneous cor.
rectIon Of the evil. Hence, for hundreds
of years, the divine institution of marriage
remained suspended, and polygamy was ,ol.
Grated and openly pfactised, until the Jews,
by long course Of training under the di.
vine dspensatons, had become gradually
prepared for the restoration of the original
law in all lis purity, and 10 bear, without
febellous dissent, its authoritative re.es.
tablishuent by our Saviour.
Take another instance, having precise
analogy to The case under our consideration.
VI ben the apostles went forth 10 preach tho
religion Of salvation, they found the ins.
tuition OF slavery existing everywhere-aGd
existing everywhere in form more opp.es.
slve, With authority in tho master far laru.
CT, and the exactIons upon the slave far
greater than IN our own country. Yet, the
laws Of the Roman Empire not only placed
no restriction upon emancipation, but en-.
couraged aud favored it; and the slaves be-.
ing of the same color with The master, the
same difficulties did not exist with them az
With us, to an immediate restoration OF hb.es-
erIy TO the whole, or to any considerable
portion, Of the slave population. Now, the
undecided oblec. of the Christian religion
was to denounce all sin, end to exlirpate all
moral evil, and TO bring in universal moral
good. This is its undoubted tendency, and
this was the undouhtcd purpose Of its first
inspired teachers. II slavery is an evil
which ought no! TO be at all tolerated, but
is Of such detesiable nature as 10 be Ut.
tetly irteconci'ab!e with religious faith and
practice, il was so in the times of the spos.
ties, and, as inspired men, they knew il 10
be so. Yet, wha,was the course pursued by
them in reference to this institution? Az
they made converts, who were slave own.
ets. did they direct, or even recommend,
the immediate or even gradual emancipa.
ton Of their sla,csl Did they teach Chris.
iian slaves tina, they owed no obedience, a.
such, to their Christian masters? Did they
encourage them to escape from tho domin.
ION Of their mastersl Far, very far, from
II. They taught all slaves the duty, the
relipious duty, Of obedience TO their mas.