Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-11
I rom the Rneaville Tenn Presbyterian Witness.
E.etfer from Dr. Ross.

BROTHER BLACKBURN: | affirmed. in my New
York speech. that The slavery equation has
done. and will accomplish good.
Your very kind and courteous disagreement
on that point, vii! make the occasion 10 FAY
something more thereon. without wishing yon.
my dear friend. TO regard what ! write insi-
tug any discussion
said that agitation ha- brought Out, aud
would reveal still more fully, the Bible, in It's
htion IN slavery and liberty also. the intidel.
~ which long has been, aud il now, learening,
with denih. the whole Northern mind And fhat
II would re-nli IN the triumph Of the true South
rrn Interpretation Of the Bible. tn tn. honor of
God, mud 10 the good of the muster. the slave.
the stability of the Inion, aud be blessing 10 the
world. To accomplish this. the sin per doc
time will he utterly demolished. Tint doctrine
i tho difficulty. in very Northern mind, fwhere
there i nny difficulty about slavery,) whether
they confess it or not. Yes, the difficulty with
every Northern man IL, that the reiaiioh Of mas
icr aud slave Is felt 10 be sin. ! know that 10
oe the fact hive inlked with all grades Of
Norhcfcn men. aud come in contact with all
lcties of Northern mind on this subject. Aud,
know. that the innn who says. aud tries TO be
l"ye, and does, partially in sober judgment, be
eve, that slavery Is moi sin, yet. IN his feelings
IN his cdacated Prejudices, he feels that slave
Is sin.
Yes, hut Is the difficulty aud that is the whole
ar as the question is one of the Bible and morals
,ow, again say that sin per doctrine will in
bis agitation, be utterly demolished Aud when
hat Is done; when the North will know, aud
81. fully perfectly. that the relation Of master
nd slave Is not sin bat sanctioned Of God, tncn
Nd not til then, the North and South can, and
i'll, without anger. consider the following ques-
lons; whether slavery, US it exists in the United
tates. all things considered. be OF he not great
pod, and the greatest good for time, notwith
landing Its admitted evils Again: whether
hose evils Gun, or cannot be, modified and reno
ed lastly whether slavery itself cannot pass
way from this land, nnl the worldl Now. sr,the
lemcnt the sin question is settled, then nll is
daoc. For these other questions belong entire
to another category of morals. They belong
nirely 10 The category of whdt is wise 10 realise
God. This agitation will bring this great result.
md therefore, affirm the agitation to be good.
There is another fact, also the result. IN grent
MEASURE, OF this agitation, which IN my view
roycs the agitation, 10 have been. and to be of
rcat good. lneHn the astonishing rise.& present
liability of the slave power of the United States.
This fact, when examined, is undrniable. And
lis equally undeniabr, that il has been caus5d
u great part, by the slavery agitation in all its
earngs, II isa wonderful development made
y God. And must believe he intends thereby
liher To destroy or bless this great Union
But as believe he intends to bless, therefore
! am fortified in nmiii9ming the good there has
been, and is in this agitation. Let me bring out
To view this astonishing fact
J. twenty five years ago, md previously, the
whole sHvehodng South and w 81 hnd II strong
tendency 10 emancipation, in some form. But
The abolition agitation then begun, and arrested
hat Southern aud Western leaning 10 emancipa
ton. Many people have sHid, and do say, that,
that arrest wns, and il, great evil. sny it
vas, aud Is great good Why' Answer 1t
wns. mud would be-, premature. Had II been car
lied ont il would have been, and would now DO.
"Nll, immense, incpnceivable To master, slave,
Amcrica Ahicn, and the world because neither
master, slave, America, Africa, the world were
n nre, readv for emancipation. God has II great
denI L. do helpreho is ready for emancipation
He iellS us 50 by this arrest put upon that ten
dency to emancipation years ago. For lie put
INTO the hearts Of abol,ioniss to make the arrest
And lie stopt the southern movements all tho
more perfectly, by permitting Great Britain to
'mnnoipnle januicn, and letting that experiment
prove. n II ha-, n perfect failure, and terrible
warning. JAMAICA Is DESTROYED. And
now, Whatever he done for It's negroes, must be
lone with the full admission that what has been
attempted was in violation of the duty Britain
owed to those negroes Bat her failure in seeing
md doing her duty, God has given to US u teach
IA knowledge: and, through us, TO instruct the
world, in the demonstration Of the problem of
slavery.
2. God put it into the heads of Northern men
especially abolitionststo give Texas to the
'outh. Ioxa>--n territory 50 vast that IA bird,
Webster said, can't fly over ii in week.
lany in the South did not want Texas. But
aany longer headed ones did want it. And Nor
hcrn men voted, and gave to the Sont' exactly
hat these longer headed southern statesmen
wanted. This, grant,w was Northern anti slave
faulty, utterly nnaccountabe, but that God
lade them do it.
3. God put it into the hearts of Northern men
and especially nbolitonisiS--ta vote for Polk,
DALLAS and Texas. This gave as III" Mexican
! Var; and that immense territory, its spoil. A
'rritory which, although it may not be tavora.
lie for slave labor, ha> increased and will, in
lany ways, extend the slave power.
L. This leads me 10 say that Cod put II into
| he hearts of many Northern men, especially alb
| iitionists to believe what Great B.tain said,
! IA, free trade would result in slave emancipa-
on. Bat To- the shareholder icanted free tI0de.
g, Northern abolitonists helped to destroy the
IriF policy; aud thus TO expand the demand for,
nd the culture of cotton. Now, SEQ the gold OF
'aIfornia has perPetnated free tfddehy enabling
ar merchants To meet the enormous demand for
pece created by free trade. So, California helps
ne slave power. But the abotionsts gave US
'olk. the Mexican War. and California.
D. God has put 1t in the hearts of the North,
nd especially abotionists, to stimulate the set
cement of new free States and to be the ardent
nds of an immense foreign emigration. The
esut has been, to send down to the Sonth, with
abroad speed and certainty. corn, wheat -four
neal, bacon, pork, beef and every other mag ina
be form flood, in quantity amnzng,and 81 cheap
that the planter can spread wider and wider the
| culture of cotton.
Is, God has, by this growth of the Northwest.
made the demand for cotton enormous in the
North, and Northwest. Again: lie has made
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