The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1851-02-14

1 against the supreme law, and therefore all hu-
man legislation on the subject is imperative
and void, saiter showing its existence sunder
every government in all parts of the earth, he
iufther replies:
Dat there is higher authority for the deter
, ,il''ia''en of this question, than anything we
nave yel suggested. The existence Of dpmes~
.tc slavery was expressly allowed. sanctioned,
ana si regulated BY the Supreme Lawgirer, inthat
% uisine economy,swhich He gave the Hebrew
osate. Inc faet Is open and undsputed; the
record and proof Of il are in the hands of ev4
cry man who has in his possession copy
OF the Bible. All the ingenuity and art of The
Aboiitionists in tie United States can meyer de-
stroy the necessary conclusion Of this admitted
divine sanction of slavery. thai it is an ins,tu-
lion which may lawfully exist, and concerning
which, governments may pass laws and dexecufe
penalties for their evasion or resistance.
ITO allege that there is a higher law, which
makes slavery per Sc, sinful, and that all Inc
legislation that protects the rights OF masters
and enjolns the re delivery ofthe slave is neces
saTlly void and without authority, and may be
conscientiouslY resisted bv arms and violence,
Is an in6del position. which is contradicted BY
both estaments:-which may be taught iDthe
gospel of Jean Jacques Rousseau. and in the
revelation of the Sceptics and Jacobins, who
promised France, half a century ago, universal
equality and fraternity; gospel whose baptism
was blood. revelation, whose sacrament was
crime; but it cannot be found in the Gospel of
Jesas Christ, or in the revelation Of Gods will
TO men. Wedo not mean to affirm that sincere
ana conscientious persons may not be found who
have persuaded themselves that forcible resist.
ance TO slavery is obedience to God and that in
the increased light os the nineteenth century:
the example OF the Jewish economy, and the
teachings and practice of our Lord and The
Apostles. are antiquated and of no binding force
upon The .conscIences oil men. Such honest
but mistaken persons should remember that if
the institution of slavery is necessarily and from
ITS naturesnful aoao. it must ailoags haze beenso
as universal principles admit of no change, and
their arguments, therefore, an impeachment of
the behevolence OF God, and denial of the SUI
preme authority of the Gospel, as a system Of
ethics They. must, to sustain their position,
assume that we are wiser and better II en- than
the Saviour and the Apostles, and that the gev.
ernment OF God and the Gospel need revision
and emendaiion. Such conclusion is ineyila-
Die from The premises, and would affsetionaialy
warn all who have named the name of Christ, |
and who have been betrayed by passion or SYM
patfy into such position, 10 see 10 ii before
they take the inevitable plunge, with the CARR
son school, into the gulf Of infdelity would |
respectfully entreat them to remember that this
is not the first proclamation. Lo, here is Christ,
or there which has proved device Of The ad |
versary; that Jacobins Fonrieriles, Commu.
nists, and Jewellers Of all sorts. reject The Cos
PEI on the ground that it does not come up to
heir slandardof liberty equality and fraternity,
and has no sufficiently comprehensive views 81
the rights Of man.