, 1860-01-31


Divine grace and Divine Providence are the
agencies, aud the sole agencies, lor the cxtinc-
lion or slavery, says that Tho bondage Of four
millions Of human beings is net an accident;
the God who watches sparrows' flight has per-
ln;tted their seryitude, and he will yet bring
them up OH. Of the land Of Egypt 1n which
connection DR.. Rice takes the Abolilionists
to task quite savagely, 70. their presumed lln-
willingness TO await the DEGREES ot nic--1at17
mighty. But what right has lie TO put these
Abolitionists in the light Of an ''accidcnt." He
says slavery is not an accident-lt has been
ordained, or if not ordained, tolerated by Jelto-
vall. Granted. But is not 'Abolitionism
ordained, Or if not ordained, tolerated by Jcho-
yah? What inspiration has been.giren to Dr..
Rice to proclaim. The DEGREES Of the Almighty?
Here are two great existing facts slavery and
:abolitionisnl-the one not greater than the
other, it we understand what DR., Rice means
l,y Abolit,onism. Whicl, Of item exists in
spite Of The Almighty? That is the question.
We submit tn Dr.. Rice that God sends both
the plague anu the physician. II the physician
does not know how to manage the disease,
that IS another question, to be argued BY itself.
'.Dr. Rice inquiries Indignantly, Why do not
t!1esc persons who arc 50 anxious about the
bodily ills Of the ncgro turn in and help save
his soul? His eternal well-bcins is tic great
Thing, after all. The poor slave in Paradise,
singing tile praises Of the Father and the
Laml, will pour lis gratitude not upon lin
WHO clanlored for his release from earthly
chains, but upon hin. who turned lin to the
Savior and set him free from tie dominion Of
sin. Well, Ionc may treat this argument se-
rious1.y, and without downright exclamation,
We should say that possibly the great
mass Of slaves would be better prepared
for receiving the truths Of .lIoly Writ
at the hands Of the white race, after ceasing 10
experience daily infractiou Of the ten COM
nlaudments on their own bodies. What on
portunity has tile slave mother in Virginia,
sent to prostitution under the lash, for receiv-
ing the promises Of tic Messiah? What like
lihood il there that she will receive them.
Tell us not that tleso cases are singular, I'M.
fteqent. The testimony 10 tile contrary ie
overwhelming. And even if l1utreiluent, there
Is nonght iu the law Of slavery. TO prevent
their becoming no: only frequent hit universal
Vastly sooner should VIC expect to Chrisli"nize
The red man by holding out to him III tie one
hand the Bible, and in tho other lie whisky
of civilization. We speak not Of particular
cases. We are looking at the slave system as
Whole.
VI. Time would fail us to lay bare what NC
conceive to be the weak points Of Or. Rice.
argument on Sunday evening last, in single
article. We will speak Of one more. Dr.. R.
took much time in showing how the ii Aboli.
ton and adled larlshipto the lot Of the slave.
This is the commonest of all TRADES agains.
that unfortunate class. 1t is entitled to as
much weight, as the statement that Temper.
auce Societies aul Anti-LiQuor laws are tic
great cause Of Drunkenness or that the pzeach'
ing Of the gospel in India is the prime occasion
Of the horrors Of hook swinging and the Jug
gernaut- But another person has volunteered
to tell us why slavery did not die out thirty
years ngo as it then seemed likely to die, and
We venture to place his idea in opposition te
Dr.. Rice's- The late Preston s. Brooks, o.
South Carolina, said in tile House Of Repre-
scntatiycs that The inpenion ct the cotton gin had
pcrpet,atcd slavery 1T had male slavc-hold
ing greatly profitable in the Gulf States and
slave-brccling equally so in tho Border States
lie was not aware that the c1anor Of Abol
1ionists Ind retarded emancipation. 1Io be-
lievcd in facts rather tllan fancics lie pinnel
lis 1ait, OIL the concrete rather tllan tllc ab
stract. We leave lis suggestion and DR.
Ricos 10 bc weighed together i'll tile minds Q
thinking men.
Now we ask the Intelligent audience wiz
istcued to Dr.. Rice on Sunday evening" wletl,
or those portions Ct lis discourse which VI
hare touched upon, if coming from tic moutl
Of lawyer instead Of Doctor Of Divinity
would not be called l'eHii"yyiay Of rather balt
description.