Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-15
The Rnston Cnnriar and Slavery

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hear you in Christian spirit. But don't charge
me with special sins, thus placing yourself on
the pharsaical ground of exemption from them;
if you thus lose the spirit of evangelical Chris
tanity | shall lose my temper too, and treat you
as dsscourtesy deserves to be treated"
Indeed Mr.. Shareholder, or your apologist,
Mr. Courier? &c am the Judge Of what is fit
ting for my servant" We always supposed
that God knew best both what you need and
what he needs, and gave his word accordingly
and his word is fit for reproof, for doctrine, for
correction in righteousness, that the man of God
may be thoroughly furnished for every good word
and work, and that it is not the province fany
man to Judge what is fit for another, so as to
exclude from him any portion of the truth. The
master has Judged that it is suitable his servants
should hear" Servants, be obedient to your
masters in all things, but it is very insult
able that they should hear" Masters, give I'M
to your servants that which is just and equal,
and in fact quite unnecessary that they should
read it themselves. The Tract Society, also,
has Judged it unsuitable that masters should
ever hear that word of admonition, and they
really esteem it an insult when it is repeated in
their hearing. suppose the slave should die
tate to the preacher whit he should preach to
his master and under the fear Of the lash or
the knife he should Sabbath after Sabbath say
to them, &C Masters, give unto your servants,
&C. Would not the masters demonstrate P
Would not humanity cry out against that prac-
tice as an attempt to bind the word of God p
What if one sect could compel the teachers of
every other sect to iterate and reiterate those
Scriptures onlyto them which seem to sustain the
sentiments of the former? What if the Calvin
list had the power to prescribe the instruction to
the Arminan? What if he should say, the
Scriptures which the Arminian should hear are
those which most thwart his scheme. He must
hear the 9Th of Romans, the LIST of Ephesians,
the lst chapter of LIST Peter, the 10th of John,
and those Scriptures that rlost teach Divine eff
cheney and sovereignty. The Arminian would
say the Calvinist must hear the 18th chapter
of Ezekiel summer and winter, morning and
evening must hear it in prayers, in exhorta-
tons, in sermons. 1t is Gods word and is
profitable for him.
No one would bear such interference and per-
version of Gods word. "All Scripture is given
by inspiration, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction in righteousness, NC.
No man was ever commissioned to say for an
other what part he should receive what part
neglect; he is bound to receive it ALL as profit
able for reproof.
It is at least claiming prerogatives of Omnis-
cience to say who shall hear this truth and who
shall hear that say what shall be preached
here, what therc-whcn God has made no dis
tinction. The Stakeholder and hisapologist and
abettor requires the preacher to addres the as
ter, not as guilty Of any specific sin, but as
sinner in general willing to know that he may
have snned in some general way, but not guilty
of making merchandise of the souls and bodies
of men, NOT guilty of making evegs &euA Z thssss
possess scbservient to his INTEREST," by ally pos
siblej labor, submission or suffering.
Still he does not wish to be addressed as a
particular sinner No wonder of you say
| am Sinner in particular, | shall dcnounce
you as Pharisee, a hypocritc, fanatic, an
Aboitionist, knock you down, knife you -
eve will teach him who comes to our doors
bearing the rejected tract whether it be a
free country or not - said the mild and most
Christian Mr.. Dennison of South Carolina
We must stand on the defensive, and break his
head in, if he offors us any such print
This is South Carolina religion. 1t is the re-
llgion of the leading classes in all the Slave
holding States. 1t is the esprit du corps of
Slavery. Shareholders cannot read the delinea-
ton of their crimes, for their slaues ,coud rise
in insurrection! Their logic is all ad hominen,.
The bare statement of their crimes, makes them
so suspicious, they must charge their slaves
with instruction. The guilt is within them.
and they wish to relieve themselves and charge
it on others. So, Northerners must be charged
with instigating, and the slaves punished for
imaginary instructions The Israeltes in Egypt
were beaten, because they could not deliver
the same brick, they did when straw was found
them, but they Enormously said the fault is
in thine own people"
1t is said of Charles TX, of France, after he
gave orders for the assassination of the Huguc-
nots, that he was ever looking over his shoulders
stealthily-ever peering around as if somebody
was going tie apprehend him. He was always
full of apprehension, suspicion, and dstrust,
because he was full of guilt; and similar cir
cumstances are apt to occasion similar conduct.
The Boston Courier's apology, and statement
of the case is unfortunate. 1t implies more
amazing guilt in the Shareholder than even Alb
olitionsts generally charge. The apology i'm
plies that he is in an awful sin, 20 bad that he
Icannot hear of itJand Wien Ne Noes ne must
silence the voice that utters it as Herod did that
of John the Baptist. This in reality was Mr.
+ Dennison's plea at the Tract Societys Anniver-
sary in New York. All know the Slave cannot
read-and if he did, they know thatslaves have
no concert, no plans, no arms, no ammunition,
no literature, no appreciation of civil liberty,
no ability to conquer it, though they might
thankfully receive it as gift. But the Slave
holder cannot bestow it. 1t would diminish
his power to tyrannze, it would almost destroy
his caste, it would be doing as he would be done
by, and this will never do where the slave is to
! be compensated. 1t makes vast difference
whose OK was gored But who can imagine
that this state of things can continue? Some
thing will make Shareholders and their apol+
ogists blush and repent of their crimes. bv
showing favor to the poor, or the Judgments
that nunrtnnL HLa..al. Nj