The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-09-03
Modern Reform Examined.


The Journal Of Commerce publsl,e, the
ioiiowing extract from the for,bcomino
work OF Kev. DR.. Stiles, Of Now Haven. en-.
tllied Modern Reform Examined: or. "The
onion North and South upon the Sut;ec,
OF Slavery" The volume will comprise
something over 800 pages I2 no., and will
oe issued in the course Of two or three
weeks. The extract is taken from the 2,l
chapter. The work is said to be written in
an earnest, animated stye, well fitted TO in.
'siest and attract, so that whoever commen.
ces 'he volume, will be pretty sure to com.
p'ete 1t. We anticipate for it very exten.
s've circulation and great usefulness, toge,b.
er win about the same amount of perver.
SION and abuse which have JefaIlen Rev. DIR
Adams South Side View Of Slavery" The
'ast Is OF course taken for granted.
CHAPTER H.-ARRooANr.
You will permit me to remind vou ,ba,
ms -1nh' Slavery spirit assumes the office
OF Retormer. 1t charges a high immor.
amy anu essays 10 correct the evil.
ii mistake not, oar Modern Reform, de.
.haes tSe!f6y takiny ground an tie teeth OF
NE Me ts0e capitai qualifications Of tie true re.
former.
lhe very hrst motion of an accused mind
Is, TO put upon trial the superiority assum.
ed oy hlm who steps forward to correct il.
80 lar rs facts permit il to question tie
pre.emInence so invidiously asserted, ius,
SO lar they generate feeling of self.righ,.
e"usn'as impregnable TO conviction. and
'he accused will be sure to fling back the
charge in the face Of the accuser: "Physi.
clan. heal ihysef" The primary ouaifica.
tioh OF reformer, therefore. is recttude-
Tue rndeniabie possession of that personal
superiority in virtue practically assumed
oy an attempt to reclaim another from
sin. ''o'"
were candid mind summoned to pro.
nounce the primary property of the Proo.
TeSS $P',7t OF our times, he would be ant /.
respond, it is
ARROGANT.
Inc ke'ormer assumes Is : superiority.
ii. In Doctrine-The great reforming
proposition is this:
'oIaVc"oldtng, or such state of society
as as common at tie South, in the uerv ma
tHre Of tie relation, IS sinful in tie sight OF
'oa. Compulsory serVitude as sin in Itself
ana therefore nerer scdS right at aay time
heVer can Oe rtght under any circumstances
No language can express the supreme
confidence of the Reformer in the truth of
his principle. Let it be remembered if
slaveholding under any circumstances ever
WAS, Is, or can be justifable, then the dogma
ol lhe Keiormer Is over,hrown. can but
glance mt TIE impregnabe array of adverse
evidence
3. Tie aeord Of God condemns il.
The doctrine is discounteaanced.
~ By the whole face Of the Bible
idoiatry, adultery, fornication. falseLood.
THEFT, robbery. drunkenness, violence, mur
der, and a multitude of smaller offences are
never mentioned in the Scriptures w:thop,
decided condemnation, and yet no, one
word ot censnre is pronounced upon mas.
ter and servant, though this relation is
brought up frequently and discussed abun
dainty in tue Old Testament and the New.
.(2) By the face of every code of univer
sal aud permanent obligation laid down in
ihe book OF God. There aIe three record
Ell systems OF divine legislation whose obi
galloh Is commensurate with the extent of
The human family and Tie duration of time
tie eovenant with Abraham, the ten com.
mandments, and the gospe! of Jesus Ch,i,,
Now 1t Is remarkable fact that each Of
these august codes, codes of the very higb.
est morality under heaven, con,empla;es
master and servant as an existing state os
human society, and lays down regulations
Tor the conduct OF the parties but never
Pronounces syllable of distrust of its le
gality.
(3) by the whole face Of Gods treat
ment both Of masters and servants both in
'he OLD world aud in the new. BY Gods
""'hoiily masters We're members of the
Gnu ch IN good standing under the old dis.
pehsaiion, and members of the Church in
GOOD standing under the new dispensation
lhe only slave reported by the early scrip
lures 10 have abandoned The service Of her
master was divinely ordered TO return to
ner duty; The only servant reported by later
scriptures as a fugitive from his master,
service, an apostle himself restored to his
owner. lie whom God selected as the
standard man of his race in the great
hnfch covenant, even the father Of the
'"''"'"'' WIS great slavehGlder. He who
10 ancient times was pronounced by God
The best man on earth, aud through all
titne shall stand the pattern of patience To
lhe race, was II great STAKEHOLDER: and he
whom Jesus commended as the best mat
De hau seen IN his day, whom he seated be.
SIDE Abraham, Isaac, aud Jacob in the king
dom oi heaven, was made known to Jesus
only through his ownership of slave, and
IN The very face OF Jesus boldly asserted
that ownership, and said: "a man under
authority, say to my servant, Do this, and
he doeth it,
The doctrine is disprocea.
~ By Gods direction to the Jews, at
line when they were not shareholders
concerning the manner in which, n, a fn
lure day, they should form the relation Of
master and servant. Lesiticus %: A. Saw
can God direct his creature in the forma
tI.,f Of. al.