The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-03

The crowded state of our Columns Isst uaak
prevented US from making any comments upon
tns communication Of our friend "Moses.
we propose now to offer few thoughts sug-
sested BY that and previous communication.
And hrst, We would remark it as a singular
coincidence that, before receiving "Mose.'"
article We had made quite copious extract for
the Examiner, published on the first page of
last weeks PaPer,) from the very article In the
Edinburgh Review, which he praise. so highly.
We certainly think that the readers of the
Examiner will have some curiosity 10 see an
article % highly commended by both the friends
AND opponents Of emancipation. Most heartily
DO we advise them to obtain the article and
Pernse II thoroughly, for seldom can more in
efesung and instructive essay be found No
one' As IL seems TO us, can read the article with
oct having his heart cheered by the proof.
presented OF the imPrOvability Of the most de-
graded portion of mankind, and his mind con.
Flheed by the arguments adduced to establish
the TACT Of the essential unity of the human
race. The writer demonstrates, by the irrefuta-
bic evidence Of physiology and psychology. the
uath OF the doctrine that every tribe of human.
kind no matter however low In intellect and
morals, possesses those essential elements Of
humanity which by an impossible barrier sepa-
Iais man from ell other earthly beings; which
distinguish him as msn and render him cspshe
OF Indefinite and iIiimItAble Improvement
This doctrine harmonises perfectly with the
Bible account Of mans origin, and with the
glorious New Testament doctrine of human
br0thsrhOOd-the brotherhood of all of every
name. race, cslor and condition.
Now, "Moses' processes TO believe in. and |
does believe in the New Testament, and vet he
strenuously defends an institution, which utts,-
Nv denies the unity Of the race by DENYING to
The black man rights-the right of liberty
which our Declaration Of Independence gro.
nounces the inalienable right of all men; an
institution which laughs to scorn the doctrine
Of human brotherhood, and declares that the
black man, SO far from being a brother, is NOT
even man, but thing, chatte, to be bought
and sold, as horse or hog or any other article
OF property is bought and sold. There may be
consistency in this, but we confess our inability
TO see IL. =
= Moses" asserts that ''the Almighty, in y
making shem, Ham and Jsphet to differ. in I
tended and PurPOsed all ths consequences of S
that differing, and that, therefore, whether it is
In the abstract right or wrong that the white d
man should govern the negro, we cannot help 4
II; that there is necessity that it be 500 4
"Hhefher IN The abstract night or prong - r
Does "Moses" mean that the everlasting dis S
tinetion between right and wrong Is sometimes |,
overlooked by Jehoyshl This, we confess. is a d
strange notiOh TO us. for we had supposed that ID
the Bible taught that God, the all holy, cannot Il
look upon Gin except with adherence.
"Thers is necessity that IL be So" Wbv.
here IL fatalism, genuine fatslsm, of which the a
dsvout Mohsmedsn need not be ashamed o
Slavery TO- therefore il Is right. A few wears d
since, some American citizens were in slavery il
in Algiers. Suppose friend "Moses'' had been p
one OF the unfortunate caPtives. and that, on Il
asking his Aigerine. master TO restore him to 81
liberty the Jealous Mussulman had replied a
"What ever is, is right Allah 10 great, and if
IL had not been right for you to be in slavery. n
you would not b" would the reply have been y
entirely sstisfsctaryi Net 90 satIsfactory we "
imagine, but that our friend would have taken ri
the earliest opportunity Of escaping from bond al
age. /"
But "the Almighty made shsm, Ham and M
'sPhst to differ, and therefore he purposed all al
The consequence Of their differing" All the m
The slave trade, no less than to
slavery, is one Of those consequences; vet A
Moses pronoances the slave trade infamous re
md strocious! Does the Holy One Of Heaven di
purpose infamy and atrocity9 til
IL ID true that the Creator has made hi, chill vi
iren to differ. To some He has granted more gu
privileges than to others. The white man He is
'as favored In every way. A thousand adyan. GU
ages and means Of superiority has He given TO ia
his part Of his family; but II we know aught jee
y HE character, as revealed in his beloved Son. Pc
u Of his purposes as manifested in the benign Is
eligion Of Jesus, He never designed that these me
advantages and means of superiority should b. SEE
Used for the purpose Of injuring and degrading pr
he less favored members Of his family. On the oil
onfrary he desires that every privilege enioyed as
y one OF his children over another should slim. thi
late the favored one to earnest exertions IN inc
ehaf Of the less favored, that thus the d;v;,. IL
lessngs may be shared, and all hearts united mel
q christian love and gratitude. Let mot the ligl
Mantle of Christs holy religion be thrown over int
umsn error and wrong. More than once ha, 7
been thus desecrated. In the dark ages the art
neuisition stole this livery of Heaven, and. "
aving concsaled It's own fearful and fiendish pas
'starss, staiked forth angel Of light. Let an
ct slavery in this enlightened age, claim for and
ssf and is great progenitor, the African slave