The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-24

in Canaan. Thus were they madea "ser-
want of servants to their brethren"
But again, in Rev., chap. xiii, verse 10,
John declares, that " he who leadeth into
captivity shall go into captivity" Now.
ON the principle of Bible interpretation
before us, we are fully authorized to not
only hold the STAKEHOLDER as our property,
but to place him in the position of a slave.
He leads others into the "captiyity of
slavery" and thus places himself, our
friend being judge, directly under the
same curse. How foolish and absurd to
conclude that, because prophet of God
has uttered a prediction which win in lis
time be fulfilled, that therefore we are the
Authorized agents of God to execute that
curse. ~
The Bible abounds with just such in
stances, just such parallel predictions !;
and if men were not engaged in wrong
doing, they would never dream of shell
tering themselves under such sheds of
straw.
We shall not stop to notice an amusing
Indian tradition lugged in on page 18th
! by the author, to sustain him in his fanci
ed position. drowning men catch at
straws," and he probably thought that
interested men might be easily gulled by
such an Indian yarn.
Next in order comes the famous phys
biological argument, which derives all its
power from its circumlocution Virtu-
ally it amounts to this, "that God made
tie Posterity Of Ham for =staves," and
that we areacting the consistent Chris
tian" to keep them in their place. The
author startles at this horrid charge, and
denies and disowns his own legitimate
inferences. But let us look at the facts.
He tellsus that God found it necessary to
curse the ground the second time, to
change the character of the earth, by in
creasing physical disabilities, which did
notexist before-he found it necessary to
change part of the human family, in
order to adapt them to this change; and
he determined thatno part ofhis footstool,
especially SO valuable part as the trop-
les. should remain uninhabited and un-
cultivated; and says that these tropical
regions never can be successfully cultiva-
| ted by free and voluntary labor. Now,
this, that Coz, when he cursed the ground
the second time, so changed man that he
was exactly adapted to that change, that
is, to cultivate a region of the earth which
he intended should be cultivated by men
who were not free, that is, by Slaves.
/ grant that the African is exactly
adapted to endure the scorching rays of a
tropical sun, but what then? Does that
prove that he was made for and should
be kepta slave? Because. the Indian, the
Esquimaux, and the Irishman are adapterl
| to their respective places of abode, are we
to enslave them? am far from admit
ting the fact that God cursed the ground
the second time, to the degree assumedby
our friend, which, according to the state
ment, was the antecedent reason why he
changed his creature man to thing.
We are told that God cursed the ground
the second time, and changed man to a
thing, and that he intended that this
"thing" should cultivate the tropical re-
gions. Did God take his Giving spirit, "
''his glorious image" that being, the
highest and brightest of which he could
conceive, and the most exquisite which
he could create, and change him from q
man to ching" and leave no trace o.
this stupendous change? There is no
one particle of evidence of any such 8
change. We are to believe, and thai
without shadow of evidence, that wher
we cross an imaginary geographical line
that there we find man removed from his
high exaltation, stripped of all his glori
, Gus attributes and God-given rights, anG
doomed to the life of slave! Whert
, does this tropical region commence? &c
ographers designate that portion of the
earth's surface, which lies between tht
, tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Cap
ricorn, as the tropical region; but from
the argument of our friend, / would con
! clude that, instead of this line cutting
, the United States az or below Cape Sable
| in Florida, it turned at that point to th'
! north, until it passed the most northern
. slave State, and darted down the Ohio til
it struck the west bank of the Mississippi
and then was suddenly whirled quit
around the entire State of Missouri, t.
again zigzag itself around Kansas to th
, place of beginning. How whimsical tn
, idea that right becomes wrong by merel,
crossingan imaginary line, and how cred
ulous must the people be who can b
gulled by such foolish phantoms.
/ grant that the, muniicence of natur
in the tropics and the enervating infiu
, ence of climate, which naturally produce
. great hssitude. may have had much t
do in. degrading the colored man; bu
this is as Tar from being an argument ii
, favor of radical change in his nature
as it is that he was intended for slave.
! 1 am not surprised that ignorant mel
should urge the argument "that menta
, inferiority" was the mark which indicatet
, the slave; but that intelligent men shoul'
, even allude to it, shows most conclusive
J. ly that we are but one round higher il
the mental scale than our despised brother
5 But suppose God did curse the grouni
the second time, did change man to
E thing, what then? Are We to hold hin
t a slave! Where IS our authority? w
E cannot show one particle. We may d
: ike the proud Assyrian did. execute til
{ wrath of God on Others, and, like him
be severely punished for doing it.
$ Onpage lave are told g that the Amer
: lean Indians are the descendants of Shem
. and the Europeans the descendants 9
Japheth. And that when Columbus dis
. covered America God enlarged the bor
: ders of Japheth; and now NE, his Dos
t terity, are literally dwelling in the tent
n of Shem. Fine accommodation this
g and enc which reminds me very much 6
t q sermon | heard when boy, from th
|, .stwelve stones'' mentioned Ia the thir
It verse Of the fourth chapter of Joshua.
II The minister said: "Nox, nay believe
brethren, you know thatwe good old Bar
Il fists have Just one meeting amontb. an
] that Just makes twelve IN year. Thes