The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-26

end gentleman delivered an address which we
have not heard highly spoken Of, and TO which a
good many persons have requested us TO make a
reply. They tell us that the community expect
some remarks FROM us; and we have determin-
ed in this instance to obey the voice Of the peo-
pie.
The speaker to whom we refer contende6 that
slavery was an excellent institution that twas
authorized by both the Old Testament and the
New; that at the time in which the New Tes-
lament was written, God did not interfere with
slavery, though it existed in much seversr form
than it does at present. He quoted passages
from some authors to show what kind of slavery
Godhad approved, OF RETAINED from disapproy-
ing, in ancient times, and inferred that, OF
course, he would not disapproye Of the mil1er
form that exists in modern times. lie asserted
thatthose are in euor who say that the slavery
which exists among US originated altogether in
violence and robbery that the slaves had been
generally bought; that the trade was m after Of
bargain and sale; that the condition Of those
who had been removed from ATnca had been i'm
proved.
We do not know that if we had followed the
dictates Of our own judgment, we should have
thought it worth while 10 reply TO such an adj
dress. IL from some Old ruined convent, which
the owl had made his home for centuries, the
gloomy ghost Of some monk Of the DARK ages
should come forth, raise his slow-moying hand,
and in deep sepulchral tone deliver discourse
on the divine night Of kings, and the glory Of
''the good old times when the robber baron
had nothing to do but plumber and destroy, we
do not know that II would be important TO at
tempt TO overthrow his doctrines. Perhaps il
would be better TO gaze al him in wonder for a
while, and then suffer him quietly TO disappear
The Afncan slave trade once had its defenders,
bot we thought that time had gone by. II has
been pronounced piracy by the civilized world
and all engaged in it, the laws condemn TO the
gallows. The horrors Of the slave-ship have been
considered second only TO the horrors of hell
and the commander often capable Of giving in
stmction even TO a fend. But here we have
one among us, even in the sacred pulpit, who
sees in this nothing but bargain and sale
Clarkson and WllberfoIce, and others of the
great and good in the eighteenth century, thought
it worth while TO devote their lives to the aboli
ton Of this accused traific-a Christian minis
ter IN the nineteeth century believes that all
their labOrs were directed against mere bust
ness Transaction! We are confident, however,
that the speaker would not justify the deeds con
nected with the Afncan slave-trsde. He per
haps spoke without thinking, in the heat Of dis
cussion. II is strange, too, that he should make
a statement uttered in this way assume so inn
pOrtant a place in his argument. Probably he
has not Informed himself ON the subject, and has
merely some vague idea that the whites bought
from the Afncsns the prisoners taken in battle
lie probably does not know that the wars il
which these captiyes have been taken are the
wars Of the wdf against the sheepfold; that OF
the appearance Of a slave-ship on the coast, fir,
burst forth in the village, and the wTetched in
habitants have rushed out Of their burning home:
into the snaTesOf the slaye-tTader; that the hus
band has been taken from the nee field, the wifi
on her return from visit, the brother whil'
planting vans, and the sister while going int
the water to battle. lie has probably neye
learned that the slave-tTadeT has bought witt
shells and beads those whom he knew to hav'
been taken IA wais made expressly Tor the puT
pose of capbling them. II is charitable to sup
pose MN lgnoAnt oil all these ihlngs
The gentleman stated that the condition o
the African had been improved by his transpor
tation to this country. This is true, in som,
respects; but was that the object Of the villair
who stole him, or caused him to be stOlen' Wa
ii to promote tie happiness Of the African tina
the slavs-dealet condemned him to all the nor
rors Of the middle passage-to worse than IN,
agoniss of dsahl We are to suppose the ira
der possessed OF kind, benevolent heart, will
his own way Of showing it
There is no such thing as uumi,igatsd eyi
in the world: ant Of the greatest evil, Provi
dence brings some good. Its well for ms tina
he does. II our wicked deeds brought upon u.
unmired evil. we should be in a wretched con
dition indeed. Even Herod's murder Of III,
Innocents was FOLLOWED by some good results
But we are not to justify ourselves because ou
hi-intentioned actions by the arrangements o
Higher Power have sone good consequences
If we had stolen the Africans even with tn
intention Of bettering their condition, we shoul'
be guilty. The Deityhas never given us per
mission to edo evil that good may Gomez
Bishop Wsrburton lived in the eighteenth cen
tury, but II appears thst there is minister o
the gospel ain the full blaze of the nineteenth
century" who might barn from him. ain a,
cuse OF this violation says he, cit hath beef