The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-08-20
Communicates.
For iho senIincI.
For the Sentinel.
The Institution of EOnd-nien and
BOnd-maids il Of Divine Origin,
and Consequently it is Morally
Blight.
NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER ONE.
0r all subjects of national character ever
presented for the consideration of man, that
which relates to negro equality with the whites,
is unquestionably the most important.
And no one whothlnbs sobsrIy on the sub
ject, can be altogether insensible to the impor-
lance ofthe question:: What shall be the future
condition Of our race?
With these views and prompted by desire
toexteld the knowledge Of the true relation be-
twcenthe master and slave, ath induced, re-
spectfuy to invite the attention Of those partic
ularly who differ with me on this question, to
candid and impartial investigation of this sub
ject in the light of Gods character as revealed
to man in the Old and New Testament Scrip
lures. Is this asking too much?
will give my reasons for this request in its
proper place, as you no doubt, will readily per-
ceive.
God, everywhere in nature, and from the be-
ginning of Genesis, to the end Of Revelations,
is represented as being selfexistent, infinite in
knowledge, power goodness, justice, mercy aud
unchangeable in all of his attributes the absolute
sovereign in heaven and earth
Therefore, futurity and prctcrity can have no
relation to such being as God who wells in
every point of eternity, with whom all that is
past all that is present, and all that is future to
man exists in one infinite, ndivisible and eter.
nal now
And here might dismiss this part of my
subject if it were not that all do not virtually
agree in a;crbng such character to God; in
form they will do this, they will say that God is
infinite in all Of his attributes, without intenl-
ing to convey the idea, or to admit the true
! meaning which it truly bears. 1t matters not
how liberal men may profess to be, nor how
charming to the ear may be the music Of the
high soun ling epithets they ascribe to God;
these, while they please the ear, will blind the
minds ofmen to their best interests, if they have
not in all their acts an abiding confidence in
the unfailins knowledge, power, goodness, JUS
tice, mercy and unchangcablehess Of God in all
his acts, in the creation,in the government andin
the final disposal ofall his handy workmanship
God in creating the world and all things else
and in giving laws for the regulating of man,
must have had either good or bad motive in SO
doing; but who will dare to say, that in any OF
all Of his actsin the creation fall things, wheth
er it be matter Or the laws by which matter'is
governed that he manifested weakness or impu-
rity.
4 Goldocs not make things right by perform
ling them; but he performs all things which he
does because they are right.
Its upon this part of my subject, that de-
sire special attention, and to be regarded with
supreme Importance, in the final and satisfacto-
Try settlement Of the subject under consideration
Tor, iftha institution of bond-men and bond
maids is not ofdiyine origin, from whence did
it originate? this is the question to be settled
and that too, by direct appeal to the word O.
A God.
Y Having, as | think presented the character o.
God upon the principles Of eternal truth, which
are the same yesterday, to-day, and forever,
that he is all knowing, all powerful, doing his
will in the army of Heaven, anI among the in
habtahts ofthe earth, and none can stay his
hand, saying, a am God, change notN'
will now introduce my second proof, in sup
! port Of the divine origin Of bond men and bond
maids, the true meaning Of which is slave
''Both thy bond MEN AMI bond maids, which
thou shalt have, shall be the heathen that are
round about YOU Of them shall ye buy boud
! men and bond-mads. Moreover, Of the chill
dren Of the strangers that do sejourn among
<, you, ofthoui Shall y5 bay, and Of their families
that arc with you, which they bcsat III your
land; AMI they shall be your possessions, anil ye
:. shall take them for your children after you, tc
inherit them for possession, th3y shall be
J, your bon m9n foreytr; but tower your brethren
Y tho children ofIsrael -ye shall not rule, ont
over another with rigour."-ilsottjeps, Is CHIP.
/ Al, 45, 46 Uegsts,
1t worthy ofrcnlrk, that a positive distinc
ton was male, by God himself, between the
poor hired servant, the stranger Of their own
brotherhood. AMI the bonl servants, this, The
children Of Israel were to keep strictly in view
= Us you will see byraaling verses 35, 36, 81 33
4 80, 41, Al, A. 43 ofthe sams chapter which
! reads as follows "And thy brother be wax.
i en- poor, and fltlen IN decay with thee, the
( thou shalt help him: yea though he be astrang
I error sojourncr; thathe my live with thee
take though no usury Of him. or increase; bu
l fear thy sod that thy brother may live Will
/, thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upot
usury, nor lend him thy yietuals for increase,
II ! am the Lord your God, which brought yor
b forth ont ofthe land Of Egypt, to give yoi th
j land Of Canaan, and to be your God. And i th..
brother that dwellethby thee, be waxen poor
! land be sold unto thee, thou Shalt not compelhiu
0 to serve as a bond-seryant, but hired serv
4 ant, and as sojourner he shall bc with thee
: and shall serve thee unto the year Of jubilee
y and then shall he depart from, both he and hi,
4 children with him, and shall return unto hi
own family, and unto the possession ot his iath
a ers shall he return; for they are my seryan
! Z which brought forth outof Che land Of Egypt
4 they shall not Be sold Is bondmen Thou Shall
i. notrule over him with rissur, but shall tcarth.
: God.s
1t is truth as incontroycrtiblc that q b
commanded tile children 81 Israel, to buy BON
i tmen and bond maids Of an inferior race {
i ssrve them and their children after them foiev
. or, aa it is, that he delivered ths ten command
I ments I, Mo es on Mount Sinai amidst thunlci
1 ana Eghtnings
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