Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-02-24
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY p, 1857.
AOur Correspondent South"

sermons" lie Is cquaiiy|SroilS III w
surpoesition thatsthc' sermons OF Dr.
Brown, commented on in the asr,> wer
liable TO that objection.
/ We have as strong an aversion a
"south" to political preaching, but w
bave.too muchrespect for his good sens
: and candor to believe that he felt "abhor
: renpceY at the sermon he Heard. That b
might, like Job, have abhorred himself
we would much rather believe TO Fhl'
! credit. l. r.. -. - IL L.
The subjects Of tile sermons was tn
teachings Of the Bible in relation osla
very, and the moral obligation growing
= out of it, with which the auditors were
directly. come cted, and it Vas, therefore
no abstract question. J F., r. 4 *
T., Now, where Should the sincere, iinlqui:
rer aftertruth and his duty, on this sub
iect, 90 to find tito the pulpit or the
hiustings? TO the%preacher OF the poll,
tician? 80 49,. -, , -
South, SCENE to think because sla-
very is the subject Of legislation, that
therefore The pulpit cannot sllude to its
moral bearings without trenehins on the
field Of politics. It would be equally
! sensible to- condeplnrthe same teachings
in relation to marriage and divorce, theft,
murder, and many other questions which
are made the subjects Of political regula-
ton, just as slavery is. + / - =. +
sIIe introduces the nameszof Parker,
Btseher d CO :, thinking perhaps, to cast
odium On the cause BY the associations
which these names call up q cry Of mad
dog to frighten timid people, as raw head
and bloody bones is. used to alarm chill
. dren. + : ..> u. y
The text book on moral science, used
in the school througbout,oural and, is by
Dr. Wayland. &. + s'= ~.
In it's taught, as the Star has had oc-
casion to show, thsttslaSery' is moral
evil, and consequently all connected
with it, guilty Of the sifS Of it, :,
The educated mindd the country has
thus been long under Tie impress Of such
teaching, aad something more reliable
and authoritative is needed than the
u
speeches Of. politicians, whose chief OBJ
slect too often is success, and who are al
ways liable to be more or less influenced
BY the temptation to pander to the errors
and prejudices Of those whose support
they seek rather thansto expose and re-.
Bake them, -.
We beliege that the Southern clergy
have not discharged their duty in this
matter as theyzshould, and the result is,
that even many Shareholders have unset
tied views and conscientious scruples in
regard 10. the morality of 1t and this
view would seem to BID corroborated by
the fact that there are SO many more
slaves emancipated BY will than By deed.
|South" says he understood that doc
| trines werczadyanced which were in con-
Sict with the laws and policy of the State.
In this he has been misinformed. We
listened with great attention and deepsin-
terest to both sermons, and we heard no
thing of the kind. Besides from the
known. conversation Of Dry Brown, we
should think him much, more likely to
cleaye to tine other side. > II : -.
The heresy Of zBeeeher, Psrker & Co,
who are not responsible for our acts and
institutions, whether they be right or
wrong, is in. denounciag them as "a
league with tdeath. aud eosenant with
Hhell,'"' and Shareholders as the seosenan-
ters, aud invoke the authority Of tie BIZ
ble to sustain it, !. - -.
But Dr.. Brown, preaching to slave
holders and slaves; upon their relative,
duties. showed tothe satisfaction Of even
de kstidious South, that the Bible taught
otherwise. j Il u ~
Yet"South,'' for want, doubtless, OF
better reason, thinks that consistency
requires US to condemn the latter for
preaching the truth and promoting our
good, because We have condemned the
former for preaching heresies which we
mot only belieye 10 be false, but which
threaten our ruin. 49, ~s1-. 5.
The institution of slavery. the chris
fan religion. and the. Bible. have long
been intimately connected; not ouly in
the worlds history, but particularly in
the early history Of our State and colony.
And, It'll owing 10 this connection, that
50 many of the accidental evils Of the in
stitntion have been teradicated and so
many others mitigatsd. aud when the
ieaeh;ngs OF the Bible on tie subject are
rightly understood, Acknowledged and
ssted on by al men, the relation of mas,
Ter and slsye viii have many eharu.s lllat
As