The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-02-15

lis master shall bring him unto the Judge; he /
hall also bring him, to the door or unto the |
through with an awr; and he shan serve him
(ei The Aboltionists have blown this jubi- /
ZEE trumpet with o zeal worthy Of . better |
,ause. They have insisted that under the Le'
vitical economy slaves could only be held for
Vty years. Now, inasmuch % the average oi
human life is somewhere between thirty and |
'orty years, some. at least, of these themselves
must have ended their days in bondage. But
The fact is, as any one may see by candid
reading OF the twenty-ffth chapter OF Leviticus,
The year of jubilee had no reference to bond |
men of foreign birth, but only to Hebrew land
owners who were "waxen poor and fallen in
decay" ,.rf 81, 81 I, , ,l.. tis,.1tf 80 ~
(d) Some years since, DR.. Wsylard public
ly asserted that the netc Iestameut Is the only
and sufficient rule of faith tor Christsans. The
editors Of the New York Observer challenged
the late DR.. James Alexander offered to debate
the question in the columns of that journal.
DIR. Wayland prudently declined the discus.
sion, promising, however, that he would, ata
convenient season, explain and defend his
views. The promised explanation has not yet
appeared.
te) We know the centurion's 8 servant was q
slaue, not only from the position and national.
ity Of the master, but from the very name
given in the original to the servant, /" "Doulos"
Is derived from the verb dec, to bind, and al
ways signifies bondman. st -'
DR.. Robinson, whose Lexicon is the great
standard upon such questions, says. THE
being called by another name-misth'os, or
misthotos." This testimony is confirmed by
every authority, ancient and modern, European
and American, except little clique OF Abo-
litionists, who, to sustain their dogma, would
not only wrest the Scriptures. but overturn the
Jc& etL lon
(f) One of the grossest sins OF Abolitionism,
and one chief root of the bitterness that has
sprung up between the North and the South, Is
its persistent slander on this subject. For ex-
ample, some years ago it was asserted, and re-
iterated by Abolition journals and lecturers,
that a minister at the South, without injury to
his character, had tied up his slave on Sabbath
morning, and, having inflicted q cruel punish
ment, left him suspended, while he went to
church to preach and administer the Lords
supper, and then returned to inflict additional
stripes upon bis lacerated victim. This is but
a specimen. In regard to crimes against chas.
tity, the Southern churches have been shame.
| fully slandered. What wonder that Christian
mothers, and even ministers of the gospel, are
| reused to revolutionary Indignation by such
abuse?
(g) Since the delivery Of my sermon, have
received copy Of DR.. Palmer's eloquent
Thanksgiving discourse, from which make the
| following extract:
1.-THE worst foes of the black race are those
who have intermeddled on their behalf. We
know better than others, that every attribute
of their character fits them for dependence an(
| servitude. By nature the most affectiOnate an(
loyal of all races beneath the sun, they are also
the most helpless; and no calamity can befal
them greater than the loss Of that protection
they enjoy under this patriarchal system. In
deed the experiment has been grandly tried o
precipitating them upon freedom which they
know not how to enjoy; and the dismal results
are before us in statistics that astOnish thu
world. With the fairest portions of the earth t.
their possession, and with the advantage of {
long discipline as cultivatUrs OF the soil, thei
constitutional Incidence has converted the mos
beautiful islands of the sea into bowling waste
1t is not too much to say ii the South should q
this moment, surrender every slave, the wis.
dom of the entire world, united in solemn coun
Gil, could not solve the question of their dispOs
al. Their transportation to Africa, even it /
were feasible, would be but the most refinel
cruelty; they must perish with starvation be
fore they could have time to relapse into thei
primitive barbarism. Their residence here, il
be but the signal for the rapid exterminatiOl
before they had time to waste away through
listlessness filth and vice. Freedom would b,
their doom and equally from both they cal
upon US, their prOvidential guardians, to b,
protected. l know this argument will b,
ScOueQ aDrOau rs the uypOcritcdl cover LnrOWl
over our own cupidty and selfishness; but ev
cry southern master knows its truth and feel
its power. My servant, whether born in my
house or bought with my money, stands to m,
in the relation of a child. Though providen
TALLY owing me service. which, prOvdentially
l am bound to exact he is nevertheless, ny
brother and my friend: and l am to him
guardian and father. He leans upon me TO
protection, for counsel. and for blessing; ant
so long as the relation continues, no power bu
the power of almighty God, seal come between
him and me. We're there no argument bu
this, it binds upon us the provdential duty o
preserving the relation that we may save hin
from doom worse than death"
(h) If the law went further. as it ought to
and punish the minister who performs the mar
riage ceremony, the offence would not be so of
ten repeated in this community.
O With manifest design to prejudice the
student against the idea Of property in man
DIR. Wayland adopts a marvellous 'DefnitiOI
of the right of Property" Let Christian pa
rents look at it. 'The abstract right of prop
erty is the right to use something in such a man
ner as choose. But, inasmuch as this right o.
use is common to all men, and as one may
choose to use his property in such way as tc
deprive his neighbor of this or of some Other
right, the right to use as choose is limited by
the restriction that do not Interfere with tbs
rights of my neIghbor. The right OF property
therefore, when thus restricted, is the right tC
use something choose, proU,ded do not so us'
1t as to intesre soith the rights of my neighbor.
Page 229. Is that SO, DR.. Wayland? Has a
man a right, if he chooses, to take his horse into
the woods, where his neighbors will not be dis.
turbed by his cruelty, and there torture OF
starve the poor beast? Does the masters
claim to property in his servant involve claim
| to use that servant just as he chooses, with nc
other restriction than the one you mentioni
| No, sir; the abstract right Of property, is the
right to use some thing or person according to
the nature of that thing or person, and under
all the restrictions which the Divine law i'm.
poses, which restrictions 60 much farther than
my neighbOr's rights. This is hrist,an philosO.
ply. Your definition would come with better
grace from a heather.
Cd There is in the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum
a little child who was thrown into the fire, and
almost roasted to death, by its father. If that
child had been in Charleston, how the sad
story would have rung through the land! But
modern philanthropy has no tears or shrieks to
spare for ,ohite children.
| (k) 1t is not denied that man, as originally
constituted by his Creator, was capable of dis
cernng for himself between good and evil.
Even since the fall. the law of God is still writ
ten in the heart, (Rom. ii, 81 and would be a
sufficient guide, ii there were nothing to blot
and prevent it. But what says the Apostle in
Scriptures? 'They have become vain in their
ina aginations, and their foolish heart is darken-
ed" etc. (Rom. l, 2l-25.) What are the
principles by which, according to Mr.. Barnes
theory, these men are to try /" the authority of
a supposed revelationT Their principles teach
them that human sacrifices, and all kinds of
uncleanness, are right. Must supposed rev.
elation conform to these principles in order to
secure their acceptance of it2 1D
Mr.. Barnes well knows that in Christian
lands the ablest and the best men differ as to
what are the principles of our nature. Who
will assume to be the oracle on this subject?
The Aboltionists will declare that hostiiity to
slavery upon moral grounds, is one of these
principles. But the great mass of mankind,
including just as wise and good men as he is,
do not admit any such principle, and are Lot
willing that he should be dictator in morals.