Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03
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POMEROY, OHIO.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1857.
FANATACISM.

times, into the meaning of terms as they
are popularly used I, Among all the words
ofthe language, there are none,. perhaps,
Of f'eueh frequent use by a certain class, as
the one we have placed at the head Of this
article. u has, been. for years, the chief
ammunition in the magazine Of slavery,
aud thousands in therchurch bave been ST.
lenced, and out ofit, crushed by it's power
If any one presumed, in the mildest terms,
to. question the, Divine right o., Whipping
womcnl and stealing babies, the CRY Of, t'fa7
natic,'' let loose on his devoted head the
rampant fury of slavery and it's servile
n,inions. No arguments were to be wasted
with fanatics, Of course, and therefore, de-
nuncation, slander, and misrepresentation
wete used to blast the reputation, and as
fore runners, prepare the way for the mob
toqompletc the work. .,..y ... ....
Thank Godl those times are past in
most places, andthe term fanatic has nearly
lost its effectiveness. There is now oeca-
siopally, an attempt e sustain the system
with arguments. This sa hopeful change;
because in the very nature Of things, the
human mind is SO constituted, that All ar
gumert framed to susfaih wrong must be
inconclusive and fallaeious; and this will
be transparent TO all who are not blinded
bv their connection withthe wrong We
lave been led to this train Of reflection by
reading, a speech delivered by the Rev.
Dr. Ross, of Alabama, in the late General
Assembly of the ,Presby terian Church.
The speech occupies eight columns of a
large paper, and is being published in the
south (and in the North too) as an unanl
swerable argument in favor Of slavery and
all its c6ncometants. tits claimed 10 be the
most powerful and conclusive effort tbat'has
ever been made, either from the pulpit or
the forum We wish we could lay the
whole thing before our readers, chat they
might see the best that can be, done by way
efargument for The perpetuation, of slavery
and fts' brood of 'conyenial 'nccorhpani7
,i,ents. mnt Tt would showthen also the with
ering,, blighting, binding effect which II n
connection with the institution lnust have,
not only on the moral sentiments, but oZ
the Intellectual perceptions of men. Here
is a man of acknowledged learning, of
wide reputation ns logician, ,--9of high
standing as a profeessedlyo oGhrstian MINI
ister, III. Doctdrof Divinity in the Church,
standing in the highest Court of that
Church in America,-eyidently put for
warda the chosen champion Of the cause
and that effort now scattered like autumn
leaves, to sustain slaveiy! And yet, the
Arguments produced, TO our minds, would
DISGRACE the vericst "Devil woIshiper"
ON the coast of Congo; but to the suppor-
tcis Of despotism it appears different. g. 1t
was intended, and is evidently expected,
10 counteract all apti-slavely sentiment
in the Chugch, and bring It, in all is
branches. and with all its moral power, to
support and sustain slavery as God or
dained and BibleH sanctioned institution.
That our readers may have taste Of the
logic and religion of the Dr., We will treat
them to the following long extract, hoping
its length will not prevent its RECEIVING a
careful pertlsal. The DR.. says r.fN
7r..I neyer.vet produced this Bible, in its
plain unanswerable authority for the leliI-
tiou of master and slave, but the anti -sia-
yefy man ran away into the fog of his He
brow or Greek flaughter,) or be jabbered
the nonsense that God permitted the sin o
slayeholding amongst the Jews, but that he
don't do it now! Sir, God sanctioned sla-
very then, and sanctions it now. he made
IL right, they know, thenand now. Iiav.
ino- thus taken the last puff of wind out o.
the sails of tile anti@slavery phantom ship
firm to the 21st' clap. Exodus, VsaS ano
5.8oCfodl in these verses, gave the Israel
ties command how they should buy anC
boJE the Hebrew servant; how, under Ger
taiT conditions. he went free; how, under
other circumstarc lie might be held u
Aerv;ce' for ever, with his wife and children
D6n'trun into the Hebrew! daughter
Brt~yhat have we here-Ays. Ia l!'' nc
If n man sell his daughter to be a male
servant. slie shall not go out as the mer
servants do If she please not her master
chm hatIs l,atrothed her to himself, theI
ba shall lst.i her be redeemed; to sell hel
,,nto n Strange nation he shall have no pow
or. seeing he hath dealt deceittully wIu
ltera And If re hath -betrothed her unto
b;ssot,. he shall deal with her alter th'
manner of daughters. LII he take .hln
another wifs; her food, her raln1ent and hel
dptSsof marriage shall he not diminish
and if he do rot these three unto, her, theI
sbaIl ero out free without money. HoW
sir the wit OF man can't dodge that pas
saoe unless heruns away into Hebrew
IGreat I.aughter.) For what does Too
ssvq Why this-sbat an lsrpelte nlghl y
ssil his own daughter. not only IN seFNii
tude. but into polygamy; tnat ING Ap'5e
,o;,ht. if he pleased, give her 20 hl5 i7Sr
fora wife, or Jake her s9 nilnSft ,Icats y i.s