Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-01-25
From the state GaIo,,s,
Tho Bible on Slavery.
Second SIRluei,

Guar. XVI, l And when David was little pas
the top Of he hin, behold, Ziba, the servant o
! Mephihosheth met him, with couple of asse
sadded, and upon them two hundred loayes o
bread, and an hundred bunches Of raisns, anC
an hundred of summer fruits, and bottle o
wine,
| First Riags-Lcfore Christ, 9l2 yeGrs,
Guar. Ix, 20 And all the people that rere lci
OF the Amorites. llittitcs, Peri1ites. Invites
aud Jesuites, which cere not Of the children o
Israel
81 Their children that were left after them il
the land, whom the children of Israel also wcr,
not abe utterly To destroy upon those did Solo
mon levy q tribute of bond service unto this day
By the 9th chapter of Genesis, ii will be seer
that the tribes here permanently cnslavcd by
Solomon, were tho descendants of Ham, to wit
negroes
% But of the children of Israel did Solomon
make no bond men but they were men OF war
and his servants, and his princes, and his cap
tains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horse
/ men.
/ 18th verse same Chapter
y And llirman sent in the navy his servants
shipmen Il at had knowledge Of the sea, with tn,
servants of solomon.
Setond Kings-Leforc Christ Cos years.
Char. NNl 23 And the servants OF Anon
cOnspired against him, and slew the King in his
own house.
CuAr. XXII In his days Pharaohnechoh king
of Egypt went up against the king OF Assyria
to the river Of Euphiates: and king Josiah went
against him ; and he slow him ut Mcgiddo, when
he had seen him.
30 And his servants carried him in a chariot
dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusa.
lem and buried him in his own sepulchre. And
the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son OF
Josiah, and annointed him, and made him king
in his Iathcrs stead
Mark the fact The - servants " bore the
dead body to Jerusalem but the people" not
the seryrnts took the son and annonted him
king.
ESra-bcfore Christ $50 years.
CnAr ii, SIS The children of Solomon's SER
wants. the children Of Sotai, the children OF So
phereth, the children of Peruda.
Sc The children of Jaalah, the children Of
Darkon, tho children of Giddel.
81 The children of Sophatriah, the children OF
Hettil, the children of Pochereth of Iebaim, the
children of Ami.
So All the Nethnims, and the children of Sol
omon's servants, were three hundred ninety nnd
two.
Thus it appears, (Ezra being witness,) that
the great Solomon The ,riScSt' man, had three
hundred and nincty-two slaves, doubtless o! the
Texas owns so many. Solomon did some wirk'd
things, OF which be rcpented, and was forgiven
by God but own ing slaves was not one OF them.
lie no where repents Of owning slaves, oyerwlsc
g bond nd-servants.'
CHAP. xviii, Now when these things worc
done the princes came to me (Ezra) saying The
people of Israel, and tho priests OF the Levltes.
have not separated themselves from the people
of the lands doing according to their abomina-
t;. or a. fbn
Pcrizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammoaites, the
Moabtcs, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
. For they have taken of their daughters for
themselves, and for their sons so that the holy
seed have mingled themselves with the people OF
those lands yea, the hand of the prince and rul-
ers hath been chief in this trespass.
3 And when l heard these things, rent my
garments and my mantle, and plucked off the
hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down
astOnshed
This shows that in the days of Ezra, 536 years
before Christ, it was considered an abomina-
tion ~ for white people to marry with the
children of Ham. What stronger rebuke can be
given the Northern fanatics of this day, who
adv lcate negro equality and amalgamatiou be-
tween the whites and blacks So it has been
from the days of Noah until the present time !;
the white races regarding the negro with aver
sion, as an inferior being. None but Northern
mad-caps and English mush heads, at this day,
entertain different feeling, however political
noun tcbanks, may profess for the purpose OF
self-aggrandizement, at the hands OF deuded men,
Nchemiah-before Christ 445 years
CHAR. ii, 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and
Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard Of II,
it grieved them exceedingly that there was come
n nan to seek the welfare of the children of Is
rael. ,,
Nehemiah had gone to Jerusalem to rebuild
the wall and rebuke idolatry, but he was opposed
by Tobiah an Ammonitsh servant. descendant
of Ham, and others.
The emancipated American negroes sent to Ii
beria. who abandon civilized life. take refuge
among the wild tribes and adopt their abomina-
tions and idolatrous habits, are tit descendants
of this same Tobiah, who resisted the prophet
Jeremiah.
Jo6-before Christ 1920 years.
CuAp. i, IA And there came messenger unto
Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the
asses feeding beside them.
Il And the Salbeans fell upon them, and took
them away yea, they have slain the servants
with the edge of the sword and only have es-
caped alone to tell them.
Is While he was yet speaking, there came al
20 another, and said, The fire of God is fallen
from Heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and
the servants and consumed them ana only
am escaped alone to tell thee:
II. While he was yet speaking, there came al
go another, and said, The Chaldeans made out
three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have
carried them away, yea. and slain the servants
with the edge of the sword and l only am es-
capped alone 20 tell thee
20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and
shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground
and worshipped.
"a And said. Naked came out of my mothers
womb. and naked shall return thIther ; The
Lord gave. and the Lord hath taken away bless
ed be the name of the Lord.
% In all this Job snned not nor charged God
foolishly.
Job was large slave holder and prceminent-
ly A man of God How do the 80 envyings. striies
raiings. evil surmisings and sedtions" of North
ern abolitionists compare with the humility ana
godliness of the ancient Shareholder But says