The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-05-18
A Northern Ministers Vfety of
Slavery.


IN the late Methodist Conference ir
New York, Rev. Mr. kettell was one o.
! those opposing the measures of the anti
sIayeryites. We find the following briel
repoit Of hls effective remarks:
Was slavery sin to such AL extent that
man should be communicated for hold
ing slaves! Now, If il was sin to hold
slaves, there was no alternative; they must
cut 1t off root and branch. Yet brethren,
who said it was sin, objected to the in
stant abolition of slavery. Now, the
whole question was, " Is slavery sin or
not Z" There was great deal of pious
rhetoric ard sentiinentalsrn on this theme
Slavery was called sinful because evils
grew out of it. lie denied il was neces-
sarily sin. There were many evils
growing out of the marriage relation in
the present imperfect state Of society, but
marriage WAS not sinful per Sc.
The Bishop reminded the brother that
he was not speaking to the question.
Many voices" Let him 90 or We
Ike to hear him."
Mr. Kettell continued The Sabbath.
debauchery, bat who would dare to say
that the Sabbath was sinful institution 2
The oil adage, that the world owed every
man living, was nonsense; every man
owed the world lis labor, and if a race
would not work, men were right to exact
labor by force. This principle was under
stood and carried out al the north, in our
vagrant and workhouse systems. The
question with Us was not whether we
should adopt such a system, but whether
It's adoption was sin worthy Of excon
munication. All the rhetoric expended
about people owning the bolies and
souls Of slaves was nonsense. The south.
erners only owned the right to make their
slaves work, and to carry them from one
place to make them do SO. At Athens
and Rome. the bodies weIe owned, bit
IN our day slaves were treated With kind
ness, and cruelty to them was punished
severely. Slavery, as It n,w txis ed,
WAS lot sin. The question was wheth-
O. they s.olld let co 100000 q
paupers upon the world. lie depicted
the natural degradation OF tie negro race.
and insisted that they were the best of
at present.
The negro of the West Indies was in
capable Of taking care of himself Eman-
cpation had blighted one half Of the finest
of The Antilles. Toussaint POverture dis
cerned the evils of freedom 10 the blacks,
and establish the famous fRural Code. -
with the intent finally to enslave all his
race. 60 where you would in our own
North, and the negroes were an idle set.
If slavery had degraded the negro, why
didu's freedom elevate him? lie affirm
ed, most emphatically that, under Cod 5
providence. slavery il America had Ieeu
the only thing which had elevated the ne.
gro ace and hc was . bold man who
would dare deny il In morals, health.
and civilization, tuo slaves welo fly above
the rrce se2roes Many s.at'st'c cs were
given 70 show tbs. Nr. Wesley was often
quoted as HAVING sad dat " American
slavery was the riIest system under the
sun" Mr. Wesley must have been blind
cd BY prcjulisc. or he never would lave
made such remark. Folks said we were
"coltonized," It was blessed thing for
t5 iiIhO Nc NcIG. nc wealth. ttDHlH2 10
rs from the southern cotton crop alone
kept alive our institutions and so-calIcd
elevations. The speaker here went on to
contrast the products Of the South and of
the North, finding an enormous ratio in
favor of the latter anI ending with the
conclusion that we we're the ones who were
actually deriving the most benefit from the
institution Of slavery. Didn't bis Jrcth-
ron love eoHes ana sugar, ana, he was
Fpi'{ TI 70 say -, tgU"oo" INA 'n7y ever
'n.nA oi AOo'',nl"@ 9'''''y Oy S.'"s up
save p'o"Uo'7 ~ was something very
cu'Ious - So " Olo'l'1I sT' up ana maze
d" anu slavery speech win Cot'oH sh'r'
,li on MS o"oA, anu tooHcoo III HIS mouth
lPte't '"ogh'eF'I II slavery wa" a reno
oi Dafoari5iIl, II was because ths negroes
were c'fOaiian1 all {hls .a.k about Their
oe'"s e4uA' w''n US ne o'"h oele'e
"o'd VI y. va, "'' i.o"'cDsa 'hds.opn-
iA'iJ' h"e"'P,7 - "''ef SoutheTn lnsll.
'utio"o y S"Ch '"'H' maze hihl 'hink OF
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