, 1860-01-24
4hooEbf@ SuEGcstcd BY DR.. lktce,s Sec
OUd DlscOntB SC on slavery.


I. Alt Of Dr.. Rcc's positions und PROPOSE
t'ons will apply as we'll IL the cnslaycment Of
.Ehites as blncks. They will all hold good as
applied to those American citizens who fell
1uto the haads Of -Agerine pirates carly in the
present century. Therefore when Dr.. Rice
parcn:hetica1ly compares lie longingso Of slaves
in the South for freedom with the longings Of
white men il tho Nortl, for something tllcy
have not got, he puts tho aspirations Of those
Americans in Algeria for liberty; on level
with the dissatisfaction Of i FREQ luan who
meets with a misadvcntuEe iu business, or
who is disposed to quarrel with his lot for any
reason, good, had or indifferent.
II. II, as Dr.. Rice parenthetical1y observes,
the "-Abolitionists hare retarded the cause or
emancipation aud have added hard
ship to the lot Of the slave by their ccaselcss
agitation, aud il they are for that rcasou to be
reprohatcd, as Dr.: Rice evidently sug-
r.sts, what shall we say Of those Old
School Presbyterian divincs in Kentucky who
took go active part in the emancipation move
nent III that S1atc-the result Of which, Dr.
Rice says, was to exchange Constitution
which permitted emancipation in tic State, for
one which totally fsrbds it? What shall we
say O! DR.. Rice himself, who pzoclains that lie
has long aud ardeutly advocated emancipation
iii Missouri, when VIC tind the Legislature Of
that State answering his appeals with bill
f,vr rn- 1o..sn
understand Dr.. r. rightly he is rather disposed
to plume himself and his Old School brethren
in Kentucky, for their Efforts in behalf Of tho
='ase while ho gives nn ungracious slant ut
-Abolitlonists" for theirs. This will never DO.
III. Dr. Rice parcnhhctically observes that
the suiTerings Of tho slaves in the South are
greatly exaggerated. Let It's put this problem,
to himself OF to tic most intelligent member
Of Ills congregation: Given ono million
human beings, placed ut the absolute disposal
and control Of one hundred thousand others
in their private capacity; to tind out, by the
ligll: Of history, reason, aud the laws Of aver
age human nature, the result ut the end Of fifty
yeays, when tho one million shall haye grown
to four millions, and the one hundred thousand
10 three hundred Thousand. And let him i'll
clude in his researches tle statement Of
D:Bur's Hevie1r, that tile average working lE,
Of slave Oh Il cotton or sugar plantation is
only scrcn ycarsl The fact is, that Dr.. Kec's
lectures contemplate a kind Of slavery which
nerer existed in this country, unless, possibly,
in New Ensland aud New York during the
Revolutionary period,
1y. Dr. Rice observes in tho same breath
land rarcntlsctieal!y) that tho slave codes Of
the Southern States are lar from being perfect,
hU. the civil codes of the free States are like
wise r.. from being wrlecl-ercu the munich
pal code Of Chicago is susceptible Of great
Improvement This is as thoug gh VIC should
hay that Tho method Of serving up human flesh
it Feejee is radically wrong, but 80 is tho style
Of curing pork and keeping 'nilch COWS among
the distilleries Of New'York! Caanibalism is
rs much an accomplished fact in Fecjcc as
slavery in Alabama, DR.. Rice.
y Without proceeding farther, We object tc
tue pnr<a1.esis style Of arsumcut-tte style
which, as the Cincinnati Gazette aptly observes
nlakes rro-slavcry harauguo from an anti-sla
very platform. With livery much Of Or. Nice's lis
co'4sse Oh Sunday evening We cordially agree
hut we do not perceive the fairness Of lis sand
,ri"hiug three apologies for slavery bctwee,
two texts which condemn it.
S.rx-The unprecedented ten.'h Of nr. Rceaf-c'urr o
-: ,as evcnlng e,uI;es tsi~suc Thu pHb'tc4soa q
paunoE'apac scpt II ~u ai c1f u .uf ucxti sus
l;:no:& Press and Tribune:
luconon with 1nKs audience lit. ned IL Dr. K!ee
llous Iecture The ouths u the Christian Churs
rta.ve to slavery aud aaychojrrs- In the of
rsaks he dealt laIkcly In stae1ueutn uf tac, which
obliged 70 t4ke.sn hts wosd- a AlrEc Drc
tr.< statements fell und the personal know
cdtc End with co;fec: Dt. X, fur the s1ke Of
,lrrhm wsune but put yself ant my fr.cad. gut II
.I that tbs Ker. Dr.. Tyler u Ea4t H.ndsor the l:r..
Ir Hanover, aud IT,: 1sry. Dr. ies of New llase
a4f them being more or les prDalavcy. watc ccFEyGe
g,.d aud regular standing in Ncw .i.nd, and
rerritof IL EHnsx.ip by New eland CHURCHES. l I'M
cttenLf NcE Haven and Happen 1t tIat Dr, ST.,
.h~. omf did s,.u in the fellowship and
1uu Of The churches OF Ncw Haven or any oher ta1
Sew LusLAud. uuIes. In that of tic very limited uun,
II Old S:huai rres .rl1n OF ta aeeslon
10 whom Or. Elee referring tn t4t rotua Of
discourse My impress Is that tic uay te said
ur Lsd bat 1uss4nuch 10 not Laon kial nut en
1yurin!uu ~at appears tcstn be tho
rdr- u. Dr.. Rec. At tc t1c, Ill ~ say i
= cumulative argument pred GATED IN n number Of "a
Iuents u fAc.- of ~hi-l lsestcr rou'led III
t+ concerning DR.. Sults might scem to b. s:suns
W., In rra't, lew ~eaE. IT, il. l.
thitn:e Jun. - ls6e.