The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-04-08

Shareholder, in all good conscience, and viii
the entire Divine approbation. There ere g1sf
bic fooipriafs Of COTS disaPProbatioa of tic
a5oiiioaism Of THIS country. Look al tht
aocks of unclean beasts and birds that have
come up out OF its train. Iafdels that curss
God, abuse every man Of good character, ane
then praise humanity n general to cgunterbai
ance their mahguity and b!asPhemy. Out o
the abstract rights Of man hage grown the
more abstract rights Of women and once
respectable wives call ST. Paul crrsly OLD
bachelor, and Abraham tYra0t, because Sarah
obeyed him, and Paul makes mention OF tie
fact. The second edition of The rights of wo-
man Is divorce, 'adinhy," and universal con-
cubinage We have far more of these immoral
tendencies IN the northern States than they
have the South. Is it not time 10 look at home!
The truth is we have been wont 10 contem-
plate the condition Of the slaves at the South
from a wrong point Of view. We compare
them v,ith races or nations more highly civili-
zpd and their condition seems a harsh and
degraded one but what were they when The
Christian nati5us took them BY the hand and
led them across t0e ocean American slavery
has produced and cultivated more African
intellect, more social affection, more Christian
Central and Soulhern) for t&,o thousand years.
American slavery is redemption, deliver
aace from African hea'hpnistn. ssThp dark
places Of the earth are fall Of the ha5itasons Of
cruelty; "and no part Of the earth is moro dark
or more filled with cruelty than Africa Tread
ing und-r their feet one of The most fertile soils
they cnifiyata almost nathing-iive or fruits
and nuts. with C-w cattle. ana little commerce.
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of self Improvement. They will not work.
Now, God has ordained The Jaw Of labor so
sqrrly. aud so unversa .y. .hai If hafbarans viii
not work, civilization VII woke them an and
drive them to il. This is fyed, is sure as light
and gfaritv. why not WY should one
quarter at the globe. one section Of the human
faulty d. nothing f,r be race Il Ham viii
not bring Timber for the ark, Shem and Japheth
wnl dtire hjn 10 it.
But Africa is not only n great wilderness Of
loungers, but ont Of this idIeness grow all man
ner of vices. Work is salvation Eu,L re-
generates de earth aud man. Work Is pro-
gresS, and without II nothing. The title deed
ol the earth to man Ind this a-asssa. thst ~
should So5aue II and multiply upon II. now
It ne only ma'tipiles ana Goes hot SHo9ue' Hs
has ouiy a sf4a'ter Socefft%at mo ce'ti"T"
tue ti ne ooiaS His mouse &fl' 'i'' ms ~ IN
Hence the in2'an ''os HP o''|f' o"' ''' F." -
not "ot" on any c2nali2a' he!lHfF o'e"
nor driven by the hand OF aAo'h"f, ana lueFf-
fore, ihe last toHa'a|S ot The fea man Wiz
soon hang as trophy ~ me ha''S u we GU
qd+F2f. .-'2"' 'le A"'C"" "''Hs '''', ~ y
ana wei "h-h att'en 20 II We VIII WE" uH
10 o}heF o2adHi9h. lis cilfa'e IS teFf'a'e
protection from "7Fe lh'as'on' 'htfeioFr "T
must "e transported ana 'duI''i 70 "o'@; '"E'
2E e'F"'Z'd' 'aPsF1y e',I IiS''aa'hFd' '"Fie"y
improved every way anu perhaps oS -d"'.-os
sem '3cS 70 yoke up ana S121"e MS "'o'F
eoi.l'"F'''' "oe"i"'h- - ''S s'tFin uid' 'sS
eeea e'52"a iish ID ihiS Wo.Nlhg beehive o.
a m5fiea.
'a IfeSH ~ 10 very idj'tHaI FatihS' S''I'r
q Va" S2r1 wees 81 iAnF ofTifeh al tle ,'ut,
Perhaps II they deserved tae stone, II sho"id
aaTa5E COME from H"fihFfh bah2 we gar
m"htS oi onr cliieS ar" duPfIng WITH lhe waters
oi H2don1, and some OF iae Western states sun
DER the marriage covenant WIN as ihf'e con
slderatioa as The most rntat'ss siaveho!d'r-
SensGaihy IS not al this hoar producing as
mch social degradation nor destroying as many
lives at the South as at the North bnt t1S IS
not the point, What were The blacks socially
when taken tom Africa ne hlug ct Daho-
meY baS iour Gu8aFed WiNess WHOM be employs
n carrying p1Iuloil 10 the coast, and thence
! new ram and tobacco back 70 the palace f3i
their husband and k'1g has rum aud tobacco
are the l5int production oi slavery and freedom
Slavery produces toe tobacco and noasses, and
then we Yankees make the rum and send then
both IN our vessels 10 the coast OF africa 70 boS
/ oil gathered ay women aad carFei on ineH
heads - jars from liiy to two hundred miles
They are driven along by herd OF lazy men,
and stepping carefully every minute under the
the express condition that If one pot Of oil !