New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-23

!. had riv,n svay al be W. worth; but 10 The PROV
dtpce Of God it was DOW all gene. lie oeheved m
the sgi alton OF ibe suhect, a. by the trutn would
come out. By II the Bible had become ort'er under
,ood on the subject of Slavery ct The S)uth; and while
ID, ,houd eley st@ the black man be did not believe
al God fruwntd az saveholdlng. Uncle lons
CABIN aimed one enGTnity piled upon sno'ner, sni
gave lOpg impression OF Slavery; YET " one "
en- iti, was no- awful than the murdeT oil lr / AK
nan in Boston He said the Detroit resolutoos were
all bguou.; they were Ike gum-elastr c6paDle o'
beng tcheG ard contracted az pleasure 10 SUIT any
Interpretation, and were msnlfr-tly framed ~ sGt I'll
sides. He coIsi tered that his question, Whether
man could hold three slaves thirty, had not been sn'
swersd. twas question OF capacity. lhe Emperor
of Ru.-s held 60 OUO 900 Of serfs and was any insn
such fool here be spoke il with respect as to say
God looked down on tue Emperor with vengeance ior
this The Moderator stated that the only question
b, fore the Assembly was: " II Slavery WA san,
what power had that body over II Y But the point
Of bow or 10 what e1teot the Bible msfe slavery
.in was not tie question before the Assembly that
yas the reason that the Bible had not been terred
to- Tie question was, then, if Slavery was ssn Whist
power bad the Assembly over il He sgreed that
tlis vas all pleasantly said, but when man charge,
lin with .n, he wanted the Sin proved from
the Bible. There vas constant sttempt,
the plain English version Of the Bible and to show
hat there were faults in the translation and tbs;
given word in the original had different meaning.
King James, Bible showed that all power over men
Noah. God had given al power over life and hbTty
"a Noah. al as much the Emperor of Russlt,
Cueeu Of England, or people of America h,t it.
there was 10 such thing abstract night 10 life lib
eIty and pursuit Of happiness-for man came into
the world with these rights circumscUoed, SIMPLY be
cause he Was in human family. Man was restrained
BY circumstances under Which he wa. born, by the
relations Of the community, by the relations OF the
family and the State. The fact of bis being born msfc
him subject to the authority Of the parent and the
State Dr. Ross here read the 2lst chapter OF EIo-
dus 10 sustain bis position.
DIR. WIsSER-Does the Bible sustain polygamy'
Dr. Ross said II dd. And, as regards that subject
be war not afraid of IT, He then read the 25th chapter
Of Leyiticus Were the buyer, of the bondman OF the
leatbtnman stealens' Certainly not. They owned
the services ard not the bodies and souls OF her slaves
The speaker then sdverted to the subject Of selling
wives. That, be said, was still modern practice.
fstLer and mother would permit their daughter to
mary repulsive old man often times if he had
money! This no better than legaliZed pro'titu-
ton. On the subject Of poygamy, .he speaker sald
that il was sustained BY the Bible AMI not CRIME
until it WA forbidden and when it WAS forbidden it
was abandoned.
A vote on~se question was then pressed but "a the
Rev. Mr. ID D of Virginia had expressed desire
that Dr. Boyd and him-ef be heard, the subject went
over to Friday. The Assembly adjourned to meet at
. O'Clock to unite in the communion service