Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-03-20

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any 40 answer Our query, in reference Va
HE ,icvs ON ihc Divine Revelation o
the Biblo, we proceed to answer his quo''
tions. sui, we SHALL wait with pelicnes 'o'
tho answer TO our question propounded
several weeks ago.
a. +. slavery q Divine institution"
And the Lord spakc unto Noses ~
Mount Sinai, saying, Moreover oi the
children Of the strangers that do sojourn
omorp YOU, Of them shall ye buy, and o'
,hoir families that dwell with you, when
thcv beeat in your land, and they shall
bo Won, possession, and yeshall take them
for an inheritance for your children after
YOU to inherit them for a possession "'y
shall be your Jonctmcn torcreT.
"?. Can you define "a Divine Institution
/ A "Diyino institution" is that which the
Lord established by express command a'
lie did when Hc spake o Moses, IN Mount
sinoi-whioh takes tho heather from his
Juggernaut and teaches him there is " God
90. Can YOU define: Slavery"
Slavery is Il system Of servitude adapted
to the negro. by which he is brought IN
contact With n higher degree of civIIiza-
ton than he can obtain in his own be-
nirhted land, and where ho is instructed
in Christianity, until more thar three
million OF tho most enlightened, :ntelli-
gent, and happy negroes on the ear'h'
declare by their civil, social, ana religious
superority, that to them it has been
good institution"
a. In what does it diIer from the Divine in
stitutions Of Matrimony. Oh urch Baptism, Loros
Supper, dG.:"
In having been established before the
latter ordinances were ordained.
as. Could not, with equal proPriety, solygamy
DO called 4 Divine institution, and thereby prove
that Mormenism is right, and the laws Of the
United States wrong"
Not at all. Polygamy is expressly for
hidden in the New Testament, while DR.,
Waylund remarks: at must be granted
that the Hew Testament contains no pre-
cept prohibiting slavery"
"6. Was Hebrew slavery the same as heather
slavery"
! No, sir; it WAS a mild form Of slavery
when compared with heather slavery
something to ciyilize tho hentben-some.
thirg like slavery in the Southern States,
as compared with the slavery Of the over.
tasked, soul crushing drudgery imposed
by Eastern philanthropifts on poor white
girls in their cotton and woo'en mnnufac'
tories.
AZ. How did the Hebrew, obtain their siSvcs'
BY stealing thsm!"
Not that ,ct knec Of. They generally
bought them at lower price than they
are now sold for, for Abolitionists in those
days had not introduced their favorite
institution, and masters did not lose many
slaves or servants.
IS. Were the Hebrew slaves all blacks, or ne
srots"
Never having visited the spot" we
are unable to say, but suppose they were.
40. Was Joseph, when cold by his brethren, q
negrOY
We think not. unless Mrs. Potiphar was
a Black Republican.
"lO. Why did not the Lord create slaves ir
Eden, to dress the garden, instead of command
ing Adam to do it himself"
The Lord knows best. lie may have
thought that one slave was sufficient fol
the garden, and therefore gave Adam tht
preference.
al. May not then the editor of the Clear
aod Republican" under this Divine institution
of his, be sOld into perpetual slavery, as well
his connubinl partner and OhildlCn"
Not unless the doctrines Of the "lrre.
= rressiHles " should prevail when, th
equality and superiority Of the negr,
: being recognized it is hard to tell VIVA
s they would do with us white folks. The
r may kill us, as they did in St. Domingo
or they may sell us as slaves TO the AboIi
= tionsts; but our children are alike secur
n against slavery and the wiles Of Aboli
7 tionism.
n OH. If slavery is of Divine origin are no
G all Governments which acnounce it,, or refuse :
institute it, In rebellion against God and hi
. laws?7
t Being part of Gods economy, it is no
> the creature Of Government.
o DIRTY WoRK."-The Jefferson Sta
intends 10 convey the idea that all tn,
I members of the late Peace Congress, VIII
labored to bring about a settlement of ou