Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-09-25
Extreme Southern views.

Two OF the leading spirits in the re.
cent pro-slavery New School Presbyterian
Convention, at Richmond opposed Union
with the old School body. Their objec-
tions, as regards the Slavery issue, are thus
rcportcd:]
Rev. DIR. Ross. The old School must
adopt the views of this body on the sub
ject of Slavery. There are but three the
ories on the subject of slavery, namely:
l. The Sin Theory.
3. The federation Theory.
3. The Ordained Theory.
The first is the theory of the abolition.
lists, and maintains that Slavery is contra
ry TO the eternal principles of right and
wrong, as laid down in the Bible. The
answer is, that there is no principle of
right and wrong apart from the will of God.
The second theory is, that Slavery is
not sin in itself, but always a condition
of natural evil, not approved, but only
tolerated of God, and that all under it
should relieve themselves as soon as posi-
bic. The Dr. said he would defy any man
to prove from the Bible that God only
tolerates slavery.
The third view is, that Slavery is Or
dained of God as good in his providence,
to the master, to the slave, and to the
community so long as he continues it.
According to this theory, the master is
not an outcas; nor subject of pity, but
the representdtiec Of God IN a great rork
Of fJenerolence The Toleration Theory is
the Old School view, and he did not now
wish to join that body. .|
He went on to define the position of the
stakeholder and his right, and expressed
the opinion that where conscience was op.
posed to conscience, as was the case be-
tween the North aud the South, there was
70 resort but the sword The South will
no longer bear that Sin Theory, and will
but few days longer submit to the Tol.
Grafton Theory.
REV. DIR. BOYD. The next objection
urged to union, was the position Of the
Old School with reference to the subject
of slavery. BY the act of the Assembly
o. s., of 1916, it was stated that the tes.
timony of the Church for sixty years bad
been uniform on the subject of slavery,
and that there was no necessity Of adding
more.* Now, by the action of 1918, this
Assembly. o. S., testified that aare.y ,cas
contrary to the most precious rights q man,
opposed to the spirit Of the Gospel, &c.
The endorsement of this testimony in
1916, was never repudiatcd by the o. s.,
so that now the o. s., as body, are as
effectually abolition as the Cleveland As.
sembly.
If could say as DR.. Rice has, ri en-.
dorse every word of the act of the Assem-
bly, of 1885," aud if the o. S. General
Assembly will endorse the words of DR..
Rice, then l would declare them to be
distinctly on abolition grounds. lie
would say that as far as principle is con-
cerned, the Old School Assembly has
gone farther than the New School Assem-.
bly,. They both hold the action Of 1918
as true.
DR.. Boyd's speech was delivered with
great power, and made a marked impres.
sion upon the Convention. Heannounced,
with great boldness, the extreme Southern
doctrine on the subject of slavery, and de-
Tended it with all his ability and earnest
ness. His ground is precisely that Of DIR.
Ross, viz. that the only true and defensi,
BILE view of slavery is, that it is an insti-
tuition Dirine!y ordained. He said, in
plain terms, that he could have no choice
between this position and that of ultra alb.
clifton. He must be either pro-slavery
de fender, or Northern abolitionist.
From present appearances the Old
School will not receive any portion of
those schismatics unless they come in
"tbrough the door," and adopt their own
distinctive doctrines and practice in full. ]
Presbyterianism, VS.. Slavery.
The following is the unanimous De-
claration of the Presbyterian Church of
the U. S. of America (before Division) in
1918, as VIC find it in HELPERS "Impeu.
ding Crisis of the South" and referred to
by Rev. DR.. Boyd:
ave consider the voluntary enslaving
of one part of the human race by another,
as a gross violation of the most precious
and sacred rights Of human nature, as ut
terly inconsistent with the law of God,
which requires US to love our neighbors as
ourselves, and as totally irrecoucilable with
the spirit and principles of the Gospel Of
Christ which enjoins that all things what
sCever ye would that men should do to
you do ye even 80 to them. =
We rejoice that the Church to which We
helop0 commenced "a early "A anv other