Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-26

mander and soldier sailor. Master and appreu-
tice. Master and hiteling. Master aud slnve.--
Now, sir. all ihese relations are ordained of G cd
They are all directly commanded. they are
the irresistible law of his providence. in condi.
tion- which must come up in the progress of de-
PRAYED nature. The relations Themselves are all
good in certain conditions. And there may be
no mote If evil III the lowest than in the highest
And there may be in the lowest as really in
the highest. he fnfment of the commandment
to love thy noighboi thy self. and of doing un-
to him whatsoever thou would'st have him do un-
10 thee.
Why. sir. the wife, every where, except where
Christianity has given her elevation, is the slave.
And. sir say, without fem of saying too strong
ly, that. for every sigh, every groan, every tear,
every agony of strip, or death. which has gone
mp to God. from the relation of master aud slave,
there have been more sigh-, more gtonns, more
tenrs and more agony in the rule of the husband
the W fe. Sir have admitted. and do again
admit, without qualification, that every fact in
Uncle Toms Cabin has occurred in the South.
But in reply, say deliberately. what. one of
your first men told me. that he who will make the
horrid examination, will discover in New York
city, in any number of years pnst. more cruelty
from husband to wife, parent 10 child, Than in all
the Sonh from master to slave. in tho same time
| dare the investigation. And you may extend
il farther if you choose-to all the result of hon
| stand on rock--ihe Bible Aud therefore, just
before bring The Bible, 10 which all ,aid is in
troductnry, will run n parallel, between the re-
lat IN of master and slave and that of husband
and wife | will say nothing of the grinding OPP
preston Of capital upon labor i'll the power OF
the muster over the hlreng--the crushed peas
ant-ihe cham harnessrd coal pit woman, a thou
sand feet under ground--working in darkness;
her child toling by her sde--and another child
not horn will say nothing of the press gang
which fills the navy of But,in--lhc conscrption
which makes the army Of France-the terrible
fogg'ngsi the awful court -martial-the quick
sentence--th lightning shot--thc chain and ball,
and every day lash-the punishment of the sol
der aor--slave who had run away. ] pass
all this BY will run the parallel between the
slave and wife.
Do you -ay--the slave is held to involuntary
service So is the wife. Her relation to her
husband in the immense majority of cases, i'll
made for her, and not by her. And when she
makes it for herself, how often, aud how soon,
does it become involuntary How often, and how
soon, would she throw off the yoke if she could.
q, we wivcs-I know how superior you are to
your husbands, in many respecis-not only III
personal attraction although in that particular
comparison is out Of place in grace, i'll refined
thought, in passive forttudc. in endarine love,
and in heart 10 be filled with the spirit Of lleay
en-. o. know all this. Nay. know You may
surpass him, in his own sphere Of boas,cd pru-
dcnce and worldly wisdom about dollars aud
cents. Nevertheless. he has authority, from
God, to rule over you You are under service
to him. lour service is very, very, very often
involuntary from the lrst-and if voluntary, at
first, becomes hopeless necessity afterwards.
know Tod has laid upon the husband, to love You
Christ loved the church and in that sublime
obi ,ation has placed you in the light, and under
the shadow, oil love infinitely hgher,and purer,
and hocr than all talked about in the romances
Of chiyalry. But, the husband may not 81 love
YIN. He may rule you with the rod of iron
What can you do BE divorced God forbds it,
save for crime. viii you say that you are free
-that yon will go whore you please d" rs you
please! Why, we dear wives, your husband may
forbid-and, isten-you cannot leave New lorl,
nor yonr palaces. no more than your shantes.
No-you cannot leave your parlor nor your bed
chamber your couch, if your husband com
mands you to stay there What can YOU do!
Will you run away, with your stick, and your
bundle! lie can advertise you, What can You
do! lou can, and | fear some of you do, wish
hun from the bottom of Your hearts, at the bot
tom of the Hudson. Or, in your self will you
will do just as you please. Great laughler)
\ word on the subject of divorce. One Of
your standing lamentations ON the South, Is the
terrihl" IaNi:y of the marriage vow amongst the
slaves. Well, sir, what does your Boston Dr.,
Nehemiah Adams say lle says, after giving
eighty, sixty and the like number ofnrplicalions
for divorce, and nearly all granted at Individual
quarterly Courts in New England-hc suys-he
is not sure but that tho marriage relation is as
enduring amongst the slaves in the South, as it
Is amongst The white people in New England. |
only give what DIR. Adam, says | would ialn
vindieate the marriage relation from this rebuke.
But ono thing will say-you seldom hear Of II
divorce in Virginia or South Carolina.
Bnt, to proceed
Do you -ay the slave is sold and bought. So
Is the wife the wordover. Every whore, always,
and now as the general fact. however done away
ar modified by Christianity. TIE savage buys
| her, The barbarian buys her. Tho Turk buys
her. Tho jew buys her. The Christian buys
her--Grrek, Armenian, HISTORIAN Roman Cath
! olc. Protestant. The Portuguese the Spaninrd.
| the Italian, the German. the Ru sian, the French
man, the Englisman the New England man, the
! New Yorker, especially the upper ten-buy the
wfe--in many, very many eases. She is seldom
| bought in the South, and never amongst the
slaves Ihemselves-ior they always marry for
! love continued laughter). Sir, say. the wife
Is bought in the highest circles too often. as re-
ally as the slave is bought. O she is not sold
and purchased in the public market But. come.
Sir with me, and let us take the privilege of spr
its, ont of the body, to glide into that gilded sa.
loon, into that richly comfortable family room.
| of cabinets md pictures and statuary--sce the
parties, there. Ia sell and buy, that human body
and soul. and make her chatte
See how ;hcy ,it. and bend to each other. in
| earnest colloquy, on sofa of rosewood and satin
Turkey carpet, how hetiitng under feet sun
| light over head. softened through stained wind.
ows--or il is night and the gas is turned nearly
off, and the burners gleam like stars through the
! shadow from which the hi$uor i hrnrI when