Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-03

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semhing hisown 10 as.,n.fo form rule Of right.
to manifest sarlnus emotions. Ia will to act
and that lie cav hua body suit.i to such a
- Ri; fG-n !. ii p. - that he created man.
male aud fsnale." Gen. |: 81 that he made
the woman "oni Of the msn:a (Gfu. .: ~ that
be made " ihr man the image aud glory OF God.
hat the woman the glory Of the man. Neither
was the usn created for the woman. but the wo
man for The inan." q Cor. ~ Tha, he inside
the romnrDto be the weaker vessel. II Pet. B =
Here then 6 I'd created the race to the beginning
two--a male aud female man--one of them not
equal a. the other IN attributes OF body aud mind
aud. a, shall see presently not equal in rights
a. TO government. Observe. this inequality wa
fact Il the two in the perfect state wherein
they were created.
But these two fel from that perfect state, be.
came deprased aud began to be degraded in TOO
dy add mind. This statement Of the original IN
equality ~ which man created. controls all
that comes after. in Gods providence. and ia the
natural history ofihe race.
Providence. in its comprehensive teaching
says--that Gnd saon after the flood. sub Il
the race 10 all the influences Of the different zanc-
Of the earth: That he has made Of cue blood
all nation Il MN. for T., dwell on all the face #
the earth. and bath determined the times before
appointed, and the bounds ot their habitation:
that thy should seek tie Lord, If haply they
might feel after him. aud find him. though be be
not lar from every oDe Of Is Acts II: 20.
81
These "bounds Of their habtatione have had
much - d. in the natural history of man. For
" all men have been created. = or, more correctly
horn. t-ince the - created once only.
ii the fif,t1 with attributes Of body and mind.
derived from the two unequal parents. and these
attributes. in every individual. the combined re-
sui oi the parental natures. All men," then.
o'ne into the world under Influences, upon the
analgumated aud uslntied body and mind, from
depmviiy and degradalian sent down during all
the generations pat and, therefore. under eau.
- II inequality. acting nn each individual. from
eimBte. from scenery. from food. from health.
from sickness. from love. from hatred. from gov
eminent inconceiyabe in variety aud power
Under suoh causes, 10 produce infinite shades of
inequality physical and mental in birth-it "ail
men were created equal l. a., born equal in
attributes Of body and mind. such "cfeation
would be- a violation vf all the known unalogifs
in the world OF life.
Do, then, the facts in mans natural history
exhibit this departure from the laws of life aud
spirit Do they prove that ''uli men are erca
ted equal - Do they show that every man, and
every woman. Of Africa. Asia Europe. America.
md the stands 4 the seas, Is ''ercated.' each
one. cqgni N body aud mind. ia each other man or
woman the face If the cnfth. and that this has
always been
Need | extend these questions! Mrthuk-,
81. ! hear GA say, What others have told me-
TINT the dccaraiion' j. tot Ia be understood
affirming what l. 50 clearly false but merely
asserts ibai all men ARE created equal" in nat
ulal rjait,.
firtay. that this is not the meaning Of the
clause brf,reu.. for TINT i the mrnninr of the
nc,t sentence, the second in the series We are
considering.
There are, as | have SAID four links 10 the
ohain 81 thought in thi- pn-sage-l That all
mon arr created equal. > That they are en-