Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-07

cOrdipg 10 the rules of the science. ~ "a
wish to begin right. The rags around tke
subject to hide It's nakedness must first bs
lad on Then, the skin must be fiayed 'of
. httle, TO have access 10 the muscles Tber,
Is q little rubbish in this sesmon-as alway
occurs in similar discussions which nay q
will be laid aside. And, indeed, II Is always
ft that we state the points IN which we
agree, as well as those in which we differ
We begin with the text. First Tim. sixth
chap. first to the fifth verse inclusive About
the text we don't differ, and very little about
lts meaning II is addressed 70 servants, or
Slaves ercfusirelp; and teaches their duty
under their circumstances, Just as we would
teach and urge Slaves to-day in South Caro-
lima. When Slavery 10 inevitable, make the
best Of it-that's the whole of it. or dis
text again: Is
In the cour.e Of the introductory remarks
We ind the following-''Thea afedeed anftil-
nes, OF slaveholding. as it is the characteris-
TIC doctrine, so it is the strength Of abolition
Ism IN az ITS ramifed and varied forms. It
is by this doctrine that il lays hold uroD tic
hearts and consciences of men-eDd you viii
perceive it is just here that abolitionisn pre-
sents proper sui biect for discussion in the
pulpit. "
Save the use the author makes of the term
atol;tionism, il being ty him and bis pro-
Slavery friends used az are epithet of re-
proech, and not as fairly repreeentina tboss
who believe Slavery sinful. we take no issus
here. Let this, t1cn, he kent il mind al
aoney that the true iseue is IN regard to the
question Of Slavery as an eyil, ysa or a0y.-
And farther-thst the oufbursts Of fanatic
ism as st Harpers Ferry no more proves
Slavery right, than the hanging of North
ern citizens in the South, and the rebellion
and treason raging there proves Slavery
wrong IF the learned advocates of Slavery
must have the end to spice their assumD
tions, they will be kind enough to let us
have the other, and Thousand such Ike. 70
show the legitimate fruits Of Slavery,
The author comes to bis subject, and states
it in four theses
/ Abolitionism has no found.tion1 in the
| scriptures.
IL. Its principles have. been promulgated
chiefly by misrepresentation and abuse.
Ill It leads, in nultitudes Of cases,
and by logical process to utter infdelity.
". 1t is the chief cause of the strife
that agitates, and the danger that threatens
our country
As We are just now only analyrins I.
we shall gay little here about these four
propositions. And since the preacher. in
ms ms tnlrd proposition says something about
'togioat?rocess, we shall occasionally, per
haps: find occasion, to look at some Of the
very "cogent and well sustained ;areument
against abolitionism.
l Now. presuming. IS we are bound in honor
to do, that a Rev. D. D. in the pulpit. and
in the discharge Of ministerial functions
does not use the term abolitionism in the
sense of vulgar epithet, but in the manly,
\ honest sense as denoting the doctrine that
y Slavery SIN, ursd that it should mi wifi
sooner or later be abolished; and lust AZ All
other sins are expected to be abolished. hy
the use Of moral means-preaching against
it, praying against it &c-then We think thr,
author logically refutes himself. Hear him.
What civil and social relations men will
sustain in the times Of millenical glory do
not know-Slavery is permitted and reeu-
lated by the divine law-not as the final des-
tiny Of the snsLared-but asa wheel IN the
great machinery Of Providence BY which the
final redemption is to be accomplished. =
Now, if Slavery is not the final destiny of
the enslaved, and Providence win accom-, D.
Esb their redemption from Slavery, then the
Ig'c makes the conclusion either, tlatth;s
doctrine is abolitionisnl, or Roeiaence 1. ibe
great and irresistible abolitionisti This.
just now, is terribly ominous! We hoea
not incendiary!
But can the author in this way fling his
logic loosely around him, ip regard to any O;
the social relations, as the conjuenl, fsy
and graycly preach in Gods name that be
9 don't know whether the marriage relation
/. will obtain in the Millenumf He Enow.
Q that the marriage relation viii not be sbolist.
I ed in the Nil. either BY the gospel or i q,
: Providence, As well be knows be dose moi
: say this much of Slavery. There is some
foundation, then for the final redemption Of
the Slave, and that hope ID In the scripturs,
> which the preacher comedies. Hn first pro
: position is refuted BY himself
But assunling-which would be uncharit-
9 able-that the author means, in his frst pro
: position, what the vulgar mean by tbs
: epithet abolihonism,. the improper course
the harsh epithsts the unwarranted denun
9 eiaton &C., Is exempifed especially by tb,
a 0arrisonians, then al he has said may B.
u true, and Slavery . Mn, and its aboliior
/ certain in the Millennium. In this view, m,
!. Theses before US degrade ths pulpit anG
{ bring the ministry into eontenptahd Il tbt
( view, We decfne,to review. % -
, Passing the four propositions. Affar 70
!, fering to that part Of the Hebrew code whjcl
provides tor the sale OF criminal debtcr {.
; secure justice to the defraudsd creditor an.
TO the provision of the statuts limiting tha
!: kind Of servitude to seven ysars, o., to th,
. Jubilee, he says-"But not 20 viii Save
,, of foreign birth. Thereswas 10 Iaaf q
h Jubilee PROVIDED for them. "s his Is virrpl,
y untrue and Is in express violation Il bc,t
it the terms and design of the statutes from
u which he next quotes 70 proys hi
70 statement, Lev. Is, 10: "Ahd ye shal
hallow the 6fteth year, and ssocla;m iitert
y a.rosghoutaH tie Msd Unto an Ns aJsaIi
m a,ss thereof" The context, and the seotio
rs Of. the statute referring to the seventh ysa
% jubilee for tha. Hebrew servant, and tn
le force of anaiogy--all demonstrate that til
IS jubilee Of the 10th verse refers 10 toreig
m servitude eminently.
y The next thing in the namo of arsumer
ne is the reference to the d4th-d6sh velsss {
the Chapter Both thy bondmen and til
ae bondsmaids- they shall be yoar bont
ca men forever" In this quotation tie hay
"a "a Gre leading terms on which the whole argl
ne ment rests in regard to Slavcry--they ar,
as bond scrrant, 6ly. lths,isancs, possession
or forever" And how are those disposed {
We by learned Doctor, who knows well ho
nj II n