Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-04-28


I the same yulture, aud, although one
has been slightly ont of joint, it has
now got back 10 its place. and both
will flap in unison. 10 bear the cariOn
bird back to gorge and fatten on the
carcass where it has gorged and fat
tened so long.
But the strangcst and most impious
phase of this fanaticism is, that it
claims the sanction of the Bible for
American Slavery. | have neither
time nor disposition to enter into a
pathological argument on this ques-
tion. | shall not ransack Greek lexi-
Guns and musty manuscripts to ascer-
tain the precise chronological force of
the Greek words translated servant in
the Bible. And as for the grand old
Hebrew, in which the ancient Scrip
lures were written, it has no word
which describes or recognizes human
being as piece of property. Before
quoting chapter or verse, | desire to
say a few words having a general
bearing on this subject The Theo-
cratic charter granted to the Jews was
exclusive, and constituted them kind
of close corporation. with peculiar
privileges as a commonwealth. But
all those unusual franchises were
bestowed upon them on the express
condition that they should comply
with q prescribed ritual. God explic-
lily declared that he would slay every
native born Jew that did not comply
with the provisions of their charter
Now, / desire to inquire of those who
claim the right to hold slaves under
this old charter given to the Jews,
Have you complied with the requisi-
tions of that charter? Do you abstain
from Virginia ham and other swine's
flesh? Doyou observe the new moons,
the sabbaths, circumcision, and the
appointed feasts? If not, you are no
Jews, and are not entitled to the fran
chiSes of jew; but on the other hand
you belong to the Gentle race, who,
according to your theory, were of right
made slaves. If the advocates of
Slavery choose to go back and place
themselves under a code of laws given
to race of men evidently yet in a
state of barbarism, let them take the
whole code, and abide by it, and obey
it. Another statement. If the Bible
sanctions Slavery at all, it is the en-
slavement of white men. No one pre-
tends that the servants spoken of in
the Bible were blacks. The Roman
slave was not black man. The He
, brew servant was not black man.
, The question is, whether the laboring
man, white or black, may rightfully
be enslaved.
| may as we'll notice, here, that
: WORKOUT quotation enormously placed
on Ham. Noah planted a vineyard,
raised some grapes. made some wine,
and got drunk. When he walked up,
, still fuddled with the fumes Of the
, win., sotto roce, so confused he did not
, know his son from his grandson, he
uttered the malediction, "curscd bC
Canaan" not Ham, who had not been
| guilty of the wrong. And now, in
: the blaze of the nineteenth century
: with the radiance of Christianity
shining around, Democrats 60 nous.
+ ing back five thousand years to Learn
the basis of human rights from the lips
of a man half drunk. ''Cursed b,
/ Canaan" is evermorc the refrain o
! Democratic minstrelSy.
: And now TO the Bible. | will no
{ detain the Committee long, for ! hav,
+ no patience with the impiety that at
4 tempts to throw the sanction o. thi
: holy book around the diabolical system
5 of American Slavery. What says thi
{ inspired volume? "'Thou shalt no
| steal y Brief, comprehensive, and t,
the point. This must be taken from
: the Bible, before it can be made t,
p sanction Slavery. Does this forbi'
e my taking my neighbor's horse, bu
t allow me to reduce the man to a slave
? and then claim them both? How
1 much better is man than q sheep
G If am told that Slavery is not theft
n because the fclenious intent is no
: there, | reply. as the gentleman from
J, Georgia replied, who has in formc
n years on this floor attempted to iustif
G Slavery on the authority of the Scrip
1 lures. lie declared that the act G
i Paulding in arresting the maraudcl
/ Walker, was an act of robbery. Som
one replied, that it could not be rot
It berry, for there was no felonious inten,
) The gentleman from Georgia rcjoined
y IL said robbery; did not say lega
! robbery" So | say theft; | do no
: say legal theft, or theft in the lcga
i sense. We are talking about tn
J. moral, not the legal, character c
: Slavery The title to every slav
Il originated in violence and robbery
Il and its continuance has no other mora
o character. There can be no mistak
'e about the rightful ownership of hu
d man being. He belongs to himscl
e Because my father or mother was re
It duced to the condition Of slave, doe
'r that justify my being reduced to tn
IT same condition of brutism? Does I'll
1t continuance Of wrong take away i,
't guilt? repeat, there can be no doul
d as to the ownership of any human b,
lie ing. The title is ia himself. To tax
is it from him is robbery. But we hav
!. specific statute on this subject III
ii that stealeth maa and selleth him, {
rs if he be found in his hands," that i
l. in his possession, che shall surely |
ne put TO DEATH" This enactment take
10 this transaction out Of the catalogue
lie ordinary crime, and brands it wit
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