The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-02-06

structlons and purposes whatsoe' er, the
immortal soul of man, purchased by a re-
ceemers blood
This is no empty abstraction. It is
velitable matter of fact, acted out every
day, wherever and whenever a negro or
any one else is claimed as an American
slave. And now ask, does Gods holy
law sanction all this9 Does the blessed
bible uphold and build up such an infer
nal institution? Believe it who can.
1t is but four score years since our fa-
theirs, the patriots aud wise men Of our
nation, solemnly affirmed, "we hold these
truths to be sclf-evdcnt, that all men are
created equal-that they are endowed by
their creator with certain inalenable
rights, among which are life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness" For the rec
titude of this declaration they appeal to
God; an. for its maintenance they pledge
their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.
Does the bible sanction or institute
system contrary to self-evident tuthS ?
And has it become necessary to vindicate
the word of God from the charge Of au-
thorizing or abctting as it has been truly
said this sum IF all vHaintes. Alas. it is
even 50. Not few of the bishops and
doctors of divinity in our land even i'll
this day, teach that the Old Testament
establishes, and the New instructs, at
least, to excuse and fellowship such op-
preston as the cnsavement of innocent
meu.
1t is plain that American slavery vio-
lates the eighth commandment Of the dec
alogue For the system originated in
robbery, and every day forcibly withholds
from its victim the fruit Of his labor, his
limbs, his children, and all that he holds
dear 1t annihilatcs the seventh COM
mandment-p!accs the marriage of slaves
on the same level as the herding together
! of cattle 1t nullifes the fifth command
meut-prohibiting, absolutely, the child
from honoring or obcying its parents, ,and
rendering it impossible for slave parents
to train up their children. Slavery breaks
down equally the tenth commandment
being a perpetual coveting of the poor
colorcd man $ wife, his son, his daughter.
and all that he has
Without further extending this expo.
sition to show how far the system annuls
the first, fourth, sixth and ninth com
mhndments, is it not manifest that Am
slavery is necessarily and even mnrc in
defiance Of both tables Of the moral Iaw'
And yet theological doctors, aud eminent
ministers of the land, maintain that Goo
instituted slavery by the hand of Moses
aud that our Lord Jesus allowed it in the
primitive church without rebuke. That
is to say-stripping their reasonings OF
gloss and sophistIy-the Holy One in
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stitution that perpctrally nulifes .tour q
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reauohS' introducing uhi'ersai hc'h
uouSnesSj s'iil ne ieiio"si''pped uhrsPFo
''ngly those VINO dla these things viii
such b'"Sphemies more or less disguised
and diluted, has the public mind been &c
bauched, and the popular conscience beer
dFugged' Tor years past from the h's'
places OF political and ecclesiastical pow
er In this land OF the free.
But the reader may enqn re-and ne Il
certainly entitled to an a"Swer-"hat wa
that servltude or bondage which Nose
ordained, and which is thus described II
Lev 20 4f-fo; "both thy oondmc'
and thy bondmaids which thou shall hav
shal, be Of the heathao round about vou
ne .ho s,au ,o l. hoaln,on and hY,1
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n"'o ho'eo'er' o' 'ne oAi'o'en Vi I'd
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