Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-03-30


population be considered at the best. but SENT
heTthen. [Kentueky Unions Circular 10 The Minis
fsrs ofths Gospel in Kentucky, 1884.
'There eeems to be almost ire absence OF moral
principle among the mass Of cslorId population"
Ic. ". Goooh, Esq, Prise Essay o. IgrieUitH's in
TirsIEta
depravily than the human nature on pantatons
in geueraL' "Their advance in yearsis but prc-
erosion to the higher grades Of tnqoity lion G.
| PtHcknsy, address, before the S9uh Carolina agFi-
cultural Society, Charleston 1919 second eaitioH
| pages 10, IL.
The Marysville CTennessee) IatsHigsncer, of
October A, 1885, says of the slaves of the
Southwest, that their "condItion through
time will be second only to that of the wretch
ed creatures in He'll"
Here, then, is a fed for greet missionary
labor and it is fortunate hat under these
circumstances, We happen to have an institu-
ton which is perfectly adapted to the regen-
Grafton of lost and ruined race. quote
| from the honorable member from the State of
! Virginia. in speech delivered here some time
! ago, in the House of Representatives:
81 believe that the institution Of slavery is noble one
that it necessary for the good the Fe-oelng OF the
negro race Looking to history go further and say,
in the presence OF this ASSEMBLY and under all the i'm
posing circumstances surrounding that believe 1t Is
Gods institution Yes, SIR, IL there is anything in the
action of the great Author Of a if there is snyh ng
In the character Of Christ himself who me upon this
earth, and yielded his life as sacIihee that All
through His death might live: il there is anything IN the
conduct Of the apostles who ncucaed obedience on the
part OF slaves towards their Christian duty,
then we must believe that the sution Is from Cod
| Hon Nm Smith, of vi ginia, an speech IN me
| House Of RePrsseHtdtiUe'
Again l quote from the speech of the hon
orable gentleman from Georgia Mr.. Gartrell)
in regard to this same sentiment:
Every sentiment expressed in that eloquent extract
meets my hearty appreciation as Christian man, be-
lieying in the teachings of holy Writ here today
before Christian nation, to re affirm and e'announce
the conclusion to which that dis ingushed gentleman
came-Ihat this institution however 1t may have
| been revived, is of God
Mr.. Chairman, these are not the only au-
thorities- on this subject. You and l have
heard from the other side, day after day, quo
tations from the Bible, intending to prove the
same thing; and you and l know that there
are honest men in the slave States who believe
that this is the fact. | have seen such men
myself, and have conversed with them, They
have told me that slavery was an absolute
curse; and that the only reason why they
held their slaves day was that they owed
them certain religious duties, and must keep
them to look after their spiritual welfare
They feared that if their savss were cast loose
upon the world, with none to look after their
spiritual interests, they would be spiritually
lost. heard this from a gentleman from
Kentucky, and again from a gentleman from
Augusta, Georgia, and believe in my heart
that both of these gentlemen were honest in
these views.
am not here to impugn any mans mo-
tives l put this upon the ground that Is
claimed by Southern men and when | lis
tened to the gentlemen on the other side,
reading honestly from the sacred volume in
defence of this institution, as coming from
God, and as a means for the regeneration of a
in alt irop 70
use the language of the Apostle to the Gen
tiles, which he employed on Mars Hill 40,
Athenians l perceive that in all things yo
are exceedingly given to religion" (Laugh-
ter) Now, sir, since this institution has done
all it ever can in this capacity, and since it is
now destroyed as a converting and regenerat-
| ing power, stand here to give it its proper
| place in ecclesiastical history, for its right
| place it has never yet had.
Ia order to understand what position 1t is
entitled to, we must to some extent, speak
| by comparison, because we cannot speak alb
! sOlutely on these matters of religion. The re.
| ligious journals of the free States have often
times most unreasonably exulted over their
religious efforts, when they contrasted them
| with the efforts of their Southern brethren.
We are told by Southern men that have
a nation of heather in our land; and we are
told by the same authority that we have an
institution here for their regeneration. have
seen placed in parallel columns, in Northern
journals, the contributions of the slave States,
and there were mighty words OF exultation,
unbecoming Christian journal or Christian
people at any time, when it was shown that
our contributions for foreign MISSIONS WV OF
boston gives. for foreign missions, perhaps more
than all the slave States and the city of New
York perhaps more than Boston. But what of
that? We give few cents apiece. and only
few cents, for foreign missions each year,
which amounts to great sum, because we
are great people. We send men to heath
en- nations far over the water, to tell them
about their future destiny. We are careful not
70 send our best men, we keep our Motifs and
Waylands, and our Beechers and Cheevers at
home; but sometimes Judson escapes from
US before we know what he is. This is about
the extent we submit to self-sacrifce for the
sake of the heather.
Is there any cause for exuitation in this,
when we see what our Southern brethen have
done and are doings When have we ever
taken the heather to our hearth stones and to
our bosoms When have we ever admitted
the heather to social communion with our.
selves and our children? When have we ever
taken the heather to our large cities to show
them the works of art, or to the watering
places to show them fashionable society and
beautiful scenery Did you ever see a Yam
kee at the White Sulphur Springs shedding
benign religious influence over a little congre.
CATION of heather companions daughter. !
We have pious women in the No thern States
whose bright example has made attractive the
paths of virtue and religion. Conspicuous
among them, in every good work, are the
wives OF our ministers and deacons but not
one of these, within the range of my &C.
quaintance, would consider herself qualified.
either by nature or by grace, to be chamber.
maid dry nurse, and spiritual adviser, to ten
or twenty heathens in her own family. But,
sir, had these worthy danes been noble danes !;
had they come down to us from the blood of
Mormon kings, through the bounding pulses
of sundry cavaliers, and then had been will
Ing to assume these humble offices of Chris.
tian charity, we would have believed the time.
so often prayed for, had already come, when
kings should be fathers and queens nursing
mothers in the church. Where, then, is the
ground for this exultation on the part of the
North
l tell you that it cannot be prompted by
anything but rotund, dubious self righteous.
ness. So much, then, for the social sacrifices
of our Southern brethren. What other sac
ri6ces have they made to regenerate this racel
Great moral and intellectual sacrifices.
will read what southern men say on this sub.
ject:
Judge Tucker, OF Virginia, said in 1901:
II say nothing Of the banefu effects OF slavery on our
moral character because you know have long been
sensible Of this point"
The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina