Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-14

ct VIII Hiiii dS ne bnan bDliik HI anu ueceS-
sary for going in search and pursuit Of, and
eeilIectually,, apprehending such outlawing
Slave or Slaves: which proclamation shall
be published at the door Of the Court House,
and at such places as said justices shall d.
rect. And If any Slave or Slaves, against
whom the proclamation hath been issued,
(of which this Slave can never hear, or read
stay out aud do not Immediately y return
home, it shall Je ld,rfm for am person or
persons uhotsoerer 10 kiU and destroy such
Slave or Slaves by mch rays and means as
he shall think fit, ioithoat any accusation or
in,pedcl,ment of crime for de same. /"
The heart sickens in contemplating such
enactments under the name Of protection !
Brutal as they are, they are no more brutal
than the system whose very essence and
existence demand them. Take away these
brutal laws from under the towering colossal
and the old Bsstile fails like mas Of ruins.
They ere essential to IL ara system they
enter into its essential constitution as legal
institution; remove them and you destroy
Slaver-you drain its hearts blood.
What, then, is American Slavery, which,
our Doctor says, opposing has caused the
strife that agitates and the danger that
threatens our country? We have seen it
in it, hideous and barbarious code, and in
the decisions of the Supreme Courts, the
last authoritative interpreters of this code
of blood. And what is the relation which
it establishes? The Slave is held simply
for de use Of 'his master, to whose behests,
his life, liberty, and happiness are devoted;
and by whom he may be battered, leased,
mortgaged, bequeathed, inyoiced, shipped as
cargo, stored as goods, sold at auction and
on execution, and even staked at the gamb-
ling table on the hazard Of a card or die
all according to td,o. Nor is there any thing
within the limit of life, inflicted on.a beast
which may not be inflicted on Slave He
may be marked like hog, branded like a
mule, yoked like an OK, hobbled like horse.
driven like an ass, sheared like a sheep,
manned like cur, and daily beaten ike a
brute-oU according to ldp.
And if life should be taken 'under mod
crate correction l"-dU according 10 LU.-
And should the Slave be shot down when
endevoring to follow the instincts of nature
in escaping from brutal (''moderater') cor
rection putting life in jeopordy-au accord
ing 10 lap. For the law of Slavery, imita-
ting its parentage, and that rule of evidence
which, in barbarous countries and barbarous
days, prevented Christidn from testifying
against Mahomedan, openly pronounces
the incompetency of the whole African race
whether bond or free-whether saint or
sinner-whether Presbyterian Church mem
ber or preacher-even-Dr. Van Dyke
own co-presbyter even-to testify in any case
against white man. How then can a
master be convicted of the murder of a
Slave for he will not likely do it in the
presence of white man. Web do DIR.
Van Dykes political friends boldly say,
''tts government ,cds not made for The black
md"' m No. Ohiy 10 govern hin-'h@0 l.
az; ~
scse .he NJ u. =, NJ PohSrn IIienu,
:houlI gay TINS ls noe oenning slavery, pu
apcn'ion :n Mssati,.est,Itteon pu cno GDuse,
we WI, near "hat MS 5resDy.erlan ohIrch 1T;
mas mas soighih{ uehtefeu on this sagect. tnt
Teherai hSseihoIy VI the TrespyteIiai
Ohu[cn III the year iV4LDeiore uarIisol
vas ooiH .hen ooihniittee, Df' fAsnp1i q
Green, &C., GREW up ana aaoPted' ana az
1eI"aus arn, haI .I ~ .leir Oil oi ral.n
a nu 80. one Tlnd ioiomnts % no'e eapla;nn one
To,u ~ .ne Ii:I question: Vi thelr l1rsei
.aoecllisnli Miiloh lheIe sa!s, mon-sael'e'y
SIN i1IpIHuen s, m III tIe eigr,h I'M coninaliJ
meht / I'm. IL; nv ~. ne 'd'0 Is max q,
Il1r mon-s.eaeefy' S Al. ms crime among 'nt
Jews, eApoSeu lne PsrpeIyatoTs OF IL .
: capital puhiShmeht lEx. AL, 10 aho
tHe hpSslle mere ciaSses TS lneh WIN SINNER
OF the nrst rank Inc wora ne uses, IN 10
original import, .comprehends an VINO arr
concerned IN bringing any OF the humai
D race into Slavery, or ormreton,ng Menl IN q
, Haminum lures, qu seryos vel hbros ap
: ducunt, retinen;, vend,pnt, vel emunt;; Steal
. ers OF men are those VINO pring, OH Saves 0
e freemen, and Keep, sen or ory them 10 stea
= freeman, says 0rctius, Is the highest KIN
u OF theft. In other instances, we only s'ea
{, human property but when we steal or n
q tam n'enm 'Starery, we seize those whf
o in common with ourselves, are constituted
e by the original grant, lords OF the earth
t Gen. l, - -,
J. Does TINS ancient action OF the Gener'
Us Assembly Pres. Shurch n''srepresent an
le d6nse our dear Christan secession pretnre
OF the South! Is TINS Abolition lncendiar!
d ism?
se Hear the language OF Dr. van DEke E
le Church IN this century--,in 1873. Nv
Of consider the voluntary enslaylng OF one pa
"a OF the human race by another, az gro
OF violation g me most precious ana s1cTt
er ri9hts q human mature as ytteTty mooilsa
o. tent u'h thenicS Of Gcd, ana as totday lrr
rt concilabe t1,fh the spn!t and pra.e1p.s' Of q
o. 9ospd% Chrast. II is manliesfiy tne gu J,
p, OF all CHRISTIANS wno ENJOY tne hgnt q J. J.