The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-06

!. sdvanceTi1e1t % s. q 1proE lInefI ana 81
higher sraIIss = ';.s 4 .sn ! ltllil
and when
s experience liIzI aoft largely 4 lteiopes
expanding lninr & the already progress
+ while it af the sa q time Is the most efIec
o way Of gradually sI9Fating the dhrka %
d wise savage people, to higher degrees Of 4
v gious civilization. These latter positions
J, now being generally conceded in Tie Sol
e and by the more calm and rejecting mind|
the North. Hence we are safe IN saying 4
e an anti-slavery man is hgher-laW man, 4
e we may safely add. that an anti-elayefy u
from the same premises, IS higher law Of
: SELF 1t is, IN q word, Warring agninst 1
PLAIN teachings of revelation. Il Is pgesul
ing man to be wiser, more mereiful and u
than God. The term, higher-laWism o
ginated in the presumptn0ns declaration
Northern fanatics, that il the Bible tang
!. them to observe law which was contrary
: the law Of their conscience, they would foIlo
the teachings Of their conscience rather tha
the law Of God; and their consciences bein
educated under the anti-slayery mana 4
course decided Gods laws unjust, and hena
the notification virtually Of ne fugitive sIaI
law. Our purpose, however, Is not to dia.l
this question more at length and in dstAiI1
present. but to throw out these general ~
ciples, because we find that some femf
which we made in rather a cursory ma
some weeks since, on the subject Of the y.
can Slave Trade, were misconstrued, an 1t
much which IS now being said and WriI on
this subject, IS being done from prem thAt
are ruinous to slavery as Il Isl and vi f|nally
result in that sort Of anarchy u iIIc 5 bat
the same result Of leaving the safe 'nafla
of revelation and practical 0bserII 81, pnd
following the utopean theories Of hIhcinnted
minds and the rayings Of m0on.slt tk yisieu-
aries.
1t is difficult, however, for 4 4 kious paper
! or minister to speak on this Sf5ect IN ne
South, without the charge of htedering 70
politics As a general rule, Y6condemn sncn
interference as much as Jeed be But We
hold that the question Of ziavery IS religious
question, rather than q political one. lt e o.
its religious right OF wrong il must stand 2. I.
fall In the North Il IS 50 regarded, ana 49,
their pufpits and presses heye been 49,.
into the minds 0f the religions s.,s.. 49,.
violent peryersiuns Of Scripture ana uls.o1-
tons of reasoning. because say they y y !.
religious Question. we Of the South have e.
remain silent our strongest battery for deiencs
from the cpy, It iszs ralitical nueshons anu
Therefore not pFoper TOPIC lol : 'slle ~
per. i. .,,s,1 ID
RoraOne we are determined p bs sl'ss. ~. u u
6eer. Our destinies are N,s1 ....,,s' ~ ,.'d
afidS;th Slavery hnisse = - ~ t55f B. 9rf
taught b Ed e e so, osas,nss ~, i ), q,
youth, and having ~ scsisss ~ ~ ~.
lief by the maturel snt seaFsl.! 81 49,
manhood, aided by a dil "a Il, q = Ns,,cccsalS
ton, we are resolved to On ss7tis IS ~, r.;
10 be treated, and as it can
W deie1l le.i - e.;
liot rellz lsl3 fIEyhI. iet g., Il " ~ III. .
Our once admitting Il % be - ~ 4 wro.ir
gave our enemies all ihe Tantagi Z sSssnd al'l
more than half disaf1ned ourselves NS hol,
have they become, that IN our own pdl6it
they pronounce us highe <law men, sifnpk
because we wish to disciss the pr0priety
repeating law that brand = as pirates, "a
our fathers as aides and abett Is of piracy
AS TO the propriety or imp opriety of i
opening the slave trade, we are mot prppars
to speak. As matter of policy, Is . lawf
question to discuss as it Is lawful z dIsru
the repeal Of any law Of Congress " nj
seem to be injurious to our trade aud 81
merce. It may or II may not BE- irnpollis {
repeal said law. But there is one feature Z
it, We viii dare discuss. When we yields
so far to Northern trarscendentaIism IS no
only to forbid the traffic, but went hlr1he
and pronounced it piracy, we, in the Matte
feature, virtually pronounced ourselves pgrti
eeps eriasinis to piracy, and gave to abolition
ism the strongest weapon it could have wishel
to gradually oYerturn the institution, as Il "a
ists. In thus branding It, we eondemnel
ourselves. They so regarded and have s
used it The passage OF that law was the Or
ganization of aboliti0nism. It was ieaalizini
ianaticism. The South at that time hAl 4
many slaves as she needed, and was willinI
to suppress the trade, as question of com
mercial policy, while the North availed llsel
of the favorable opportunity I'd set Is seal .
religious condemnation to ii and hence u
odium attached to it. But IS We have said
we do not wish to follow the details Of thi
question, but TO defend ourseH and our who'll
South from the charge q higheriaWisih
simply because as ffeemen and As christian
men, they wish 10 wipe of. the stain brande.
on them by men who pFt.Ine to be wise
| than God, and more mercifII than the Son o
God. God decreed sIaver5 and through No
ses, legalized It. Christ S.1clioned. and by
his Apostles regulated II g save il ff0m abuse
and we now boldly assert that they who lAsoI
directly or indirectly r. violent suppression
and abrogation Of it advocate higherlaNlsm
because they presume TO reason from preuise1
superior to Gods revelation To advocate
the abolition Of slavery, because Of exception.
able cases Of its abqss, IS Just about 8 wise
and philanthropic, as to advocate the l1Q.ito1
Of marriage, because few hns1aoas have
cruelty treated their wives and senelmea
have murdered them, or 10 advocate q, ano'i-
ton Of parental authority beeAuss NfEe are
numerous instances Of children beng mels
treated and often slain. The South lteos ~
to take forward step and assert q En2
right on this subject, even 4 4 snea,sS I .E
in small northern emigration. Ae2 &
is higher-lawism, and lct ~ So
4 treat it. It is so because y da5es 70
I Jeayenss laSpe ra9uss -..@ s''s
ycllds 1t is osorass's 49,. 1 : -
ss..jn ~ 1t alWsSs ~ 70 " IS p5ss.
n;r.ev ~ o. nations. -. ~.
Sars ~ he higher u pS., MI. Pr
o.. -. ,,o.,''a s.,s'e.sitatiOl = Women.
one does nothing N, --"7t
speaks acts differently Us as meq >he thinks.
our taStess her blood .ser 80 - rom
course 81 ours nor doe sIss 9as es 4fhs
breathe. Nature has ARA o.sA, Il >| ~ :.
respiration should be effectes = we sFcl..
four upper ribs. She does .aalnll !. ~ u.
neither so much, nor d ths ~. ~ nle rs
Why2 About I'll, Cor he ~ .las ~, aishee ~
does not digest like I'd Is err .D,s nat sle
digestion IS troubled BY he exci6ls sI;t her
emotions. Man has disiina iae SnseHs y het
else and luminous speech, shsc|sarnesss 4 pre-
word. But woman besides h. word of ne .
and the song Of the bird, poss,sa 4 c6hbletels
magical language, with which shs inl,ISperSes
the word or the song.
Woman loves and dsnaers she r..n'n.s the
support Of loving hand II has been 6iIsn
said that i was the weakness qfihe n'|nk
which, BY prOlonging The eal&s II edueat6t.
originally created Amilys True. thechiId ~
tains the mother but the nah IS attached "a
the domestic hearth BY the hl0lhef herself by
his affection lbr the WIFE, and By he happine's
which he feels il protecting hs. Superior nd
inferior to man, Illuminated by lhe lleary Ind
Of nature. but q the sala lhspisd b
intuitions Of ahighel ofslef tha1l Ii.' cAn ever
experience, she llas fascinated hins fneeentlT
bewitched him forever And ~ has ~
manned enehanied BY thespelI. 1At is Whtf
society IS.
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