The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-11-13
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Tl,e Highey law. /.
Undelfhi ifsaa i3leS 6SIfg eaatiutfai
lei Saais IL nrlirlH thcsXsTies, piece of
sfptletrg fl :s;srS psessnlaii,3ns and init
hfittsgt s,sa 81 have IatelY tnep With.
IShe aaishfs, letter expressing iieif
sflspriss thai any sisuHi doubt tlte
SeSistence .pt biialhWr iaw than tGaI
Which IL rtpbodis in lie & ns,ilu.iotipf
The UnictN States;ss' slietau deeidraEn6sc
of sympathy Witb SEWARD, and an
eSpFessi1n ff their 9inrtar III "tle
gRilessalid cortenip'uons siiner, as,lioyi
call il, Will which he MAS met III 8lhp
Seraie, use the lnllawing lMg,agt in,
rotation 10 ID G paai9f nj HAT body:
NshaaSa ua;ieii iias fencifc,l&s0Dl, u
state, that in tie high places Of her
5power{timre Is no rcco4uiiitn Of Cod
asunI, the claifns oftis government, when
iIsYen becaIncs the occasion oftlr full
e~ssgabloau,y and rapronth, if one ven.
iurts 10 suggest lliat,he luW of God is
paran1mN,uI all mere hunmnla there
IS Just Feason fpr far ipslsG ) had for.
hkenathttt pssti0nE
Eaw,aNYo can{mra.r suppose those wri.
tefs so ign0rant as not 10 know, that III ap-
Z plying this trnisn 20 ;lp Senate uttIie U.i-
led States, they ara guilty of as grnss a
misrepresentation could we'll be uttered.
1.-THE inHicritS OF that body hy sOlcmn. lcgjs.
IHlve S;ict, i'll that very caal,EtacDgn.seh
fully the supremacy Of Gods Nw. 'rhcy
knew ap,l Acknowledged thu; lia'supre,rn
Lhw-glserli hid spokcu;Hui ,hJtst Mas. sin
III them to make ruii What h. bad com
mandcd. There never wasa gtosycr out
rage, a more pn'pahlc falschuoi tl.pn the
assertion, that ~ oven becomes fon the
port OF tie Senn,p The occasion Of the foul
est }pblplny aud repyoach, il oa: ventures
tosuggGst thatl!ie lawof God is nara nnnn,
TO oil mere human law No, II was MIR.
Scwarsl wiin dHuai in liia' august, body, To.
Q ta9ide Gle di"iue lawly his .'irali;nn''-
denoancing as sinful Ike very thing which
Sod lad commanded his servants 10 "tcach
and c3huri.'' The Senators here called
"seohicss,' recognised the entire cu;nci-
dancn OF the Constitution o. The U.iilc,i
S.aies with those divine teachings. In
eFirit aud ttns;gR. III thai respect, il and the
divine law are The ss,nc. Hence .he.r
%'.ob'oqny and rcprnach' were east upon
AIR. Seward, not because he maintained
that The law OF God ~ paraiuount to all
(, mere human law" hut because hc made
conscience Of its violation ,iroug'l adhcr-
once ~ his own dooaiNs!
We have characterized The ;cnrh'nr< nf
the ConGrpgatiuua!ist as 'intiici." And
they are. The fa!l spirit uflrii:'i;y rci.:ns
in thctn. To illustrate what we mnnn:-il
is mos! dec'sively taught IN he New les
tamcni that !, , gsu$ Ci,ristS,nd his Apostles
wrought miracles. But, saws the iniidc!
"a miracle is impussihIe;'' hence al The To-
clAratio,;s OF t!n sacred writer's on iIi:s
subject are 10 DO set wh6ily aside. Bltii
is 40 less clearly set forth rs the viii cH
God, that as many servants as are un''crt he
yoke should "Soint ll!c,r own masters
worthy of all honor,'' and .lo ,hrln SER
vice." AVA that the ministers o. Christ.
should "tench AMI cXfort these Thin rs,"
And yet in view If all tbs, hir. Seward,
the editors of the CnnGrcga,ionnlis and
:f,eir co-aholitionistF, lay down the dogma,
TINT slavery is sinful, thatslavchoidcrs are
wicked oppressors, tha; ali slaves are great
" oppressed. consequently The relation Of
mns.cr and slaye could never meet with
81 osher,than God's condemnation; that mas.
.ters ARE TO he accounted worthy of ii! DIS
honor, that, no "snrvice'1 iss,o lie done To
them; on the contrary that their slaves
should ne. oYlgssfanEawa y from them, but
that they aJgat IlpFaaset!! ~ sWhnvra sl are
ci1piaaassss 8sce, aadf assist IN es-
nhssisa ha u bplte Of Gsoa's teacll.
&: aasi iasi-seLagidc-bY: hesc men,
by aalierimg tu5iile!ro Hn dogMI-lhc sir:
tulness of slavery! Never WAS there more
:opef and daring rflcllty than his. Ana
yesEtsPsc are the men who dcr!ain a:ajn-r
the hcgcnaracy Of The tines, Tie "Goilcss''
character o our rulers They themselves
i set human opinions above the divine law,
and then lament that hy tbs very act the
sanctions OF mora! obligations arc done
away! Wcarat fran lc!.cynrs 10 the "iigh.
or law The lax Of God. That commands
our most %rroinaal reverence; but from The
authority 0! ihcsc ren Is c!.I.rr G.aHers o,
Jaw or Instructors IA NapraIs we bct leav"
to dissent So3,tern Pr-rsbge iaa.