Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-12

of ht tdivine right of kings" bat opr pres
sat pfo o.slagerF adyecates have foAnd out
anothOr divine right whose "littlb finger
4 thicksf jhan ils predecessors loins The
divine Figat Of Shareholders, u right In con-
nection with, which no civil government
hoksver monarehiai, can long exist Even
thkiaheserssie r6gorhmentI Of Rn6la Rithlall
rs cbncsn trated power, could not Bear it, Is
it any wonder, then, that RepubH Hcanisra
btaggers almost % pFostration, as the attempt
70 carry on its shoulders this d0mineering
inRtitution2 a-H 'A D 30 nlatii4 20 -
i And sgaih, we argue that 4 has 30 fouu-
dation ~ right from its entire conflict with
the lawful relations Of lie; that of husband,
Fifa, parent, child, brother, sister, ruler and
ruled This Is 90 obvious that we need not
illustrate it az any length, How could The
husband and wits perform their PligAtod and
lawful vow. Huntil God shah separate them
" death, 2 when they are liEblsi eny day to
b separated IRON each other BY the will of
ahotheEf How ahall parents provide for
their children, or childreB for their parents,
as this relation requires, when not only the
fruits oftheir labors, bat their very persons
are the property Of suctherY Then can 1t
be so, that God has appointed these lawful
relations, ana dtben instituted another relation
which should run the PloughshaFs ofdestruc-
ton through the center Of tho whole2
We argus again that C has no Foundation
in right from the fact that Il sets for our
performance, two distinct and entirely op-
posi- z class ofdIties. To sympathise with
the poor the destitute and detepseless, and
Il in the power Of our hand to reiiete them.
Bntif il be e slave, who is one IN whom all
these misiortnnes eliminate, I'VE must listen
70 his appeals as unmoyed IS If be were q
stock or stone; or Il aroused to action ct all,
il must only be to return the servant 10 bis
master. Can we suppose that God has ever
imposed such strange and contradictory duties
on the human c0nscienceD 2 t-.n
We argue again that it has no foundation
in right; from the faet thatitFequiFes to bru-
tslize the individual IN order to make him a
good slave. Does not a system thatrequires
darknFss and degradation to sustain it, look
more like a conspiracy Of one class Of men
against the rights and interests Of another,
than an institution that has the sah notion Of
heayen2 5s i.g t.e '.4 .a..tSi,. ..ag, %
gu We argue again that it has no foundation
IN Figat from the fact that no man. at least
no intelligent man, will acknowledge 1t 10 be
50 IN his own case. We predie. that there is
not one Of the hundreds Of ministers who
profess to believe that the Bible sanctions
slavery who, should they, or thsir children,
fall a victim to their own corrupt teachings,
could by.sny possibility be made 10 feel in
their conscience, that they are, and Of
right ought to be slaves, who would count
g their own masters worthy Of all honor,
aad [" If they had believing masters, would
rather do them service, because they are
faithful and beloved partakers Of the benefit.
Ah, brethren, thisis q rule that will work only
one way. It works well enough With some
while they belong to the domina mt party.
They can see plainly why it should bind the
conscience Of others But should the wheel
Of Providence turn them to the bottom, con-
science ceases any longer to rstaiu its hold.
Can such a shifting be right2 ~ %
Again we argue that it has no foundation
in right; from the fact that il would com.
pletely OVerturn ali our idess of right AMI
wrong, on the supposition " that eli mea are
created tree and equal and have certain in
slienable rights, life, liberty aud the pursuit
Of happiness which none may encroach up
on. Ailis plain, simple and ineligible, but
0AsS eNNAAAs tuu1 NnE lAAAu uDt4 huOLu6T
as bis property without his consent, and
the web Of human affairs becomes so en-
tangled, that no power on earth can unravel
it. Who will dare to accuse me for appro-
priating to myself portion Of my neighbors
substance, that may have cost him 3 months
or years labor, while he is appropriating
to himself the lifetime labors Of some other
man Let slaveholding morality once find
q lodgment in the hearts of men generally,
and we cannot see but that all sense of right
and wrong must soon be at an end!
Again we argue that that it has no foun-
dation in right from the fact that it would
inaugurste continual system ofTiolence.-
Slavery is the strong holding the Weak-but
before this takes place, there must be trial
Of strength, and the slave is the conquered
party. But as with communities, SO with
individuals-he will remain 90 no longer,
than until he can successfully turn upon his
victor. Can It be then that God has institu-
ted q relation that cannot be maintained
without continual struggled
But if slavery be . sin so manifestly at
war with scripture and reason, how should
It be treated by thsehureh2 Evidently as any
other great sin; We can see no reespn why it
should fare any better than Others But let
Us listen to few Of the arguments for ad-
miting It into the church, that we may ex
hibit their allscy. .ss
let Isis plead that slaveholdingWas tolera-
ted in the primitive church. This is an as
segtion shat is easily made, but al we have
already seen there 4 not for il a shadow Of
reliable proof.
= Again it is plead, that the Savior and his
apostles did noteopdemn it. This, too, is
groundless assertion; they condemned it Just
as they did every other sin, and the only way
in which they could condemn the nnmberless
sins of the world in book so brief as that
of the New Testament, By layipg, down gen.
eral principles, at war with L land if this be not
considered condemnation OF It, then have we
no condemnation Of many gross sins, which
we know to have extensively prevailed at
that day-such as polygamy, concubinage,
sodomy, prize fighting in Greece, and the
bloody theatre af Rome but if It be objected
that some Of these are closely described,
we grant it, but no more closely than slavery,
nor hardly SO much so. Ia proof of ttis
we may instance single passage, seThe
law is not made for righteous man, but for
the laWless and disnbedient," among whom
are ranked ''menstealers, or as the word
might more appropriately be rendered, slave
holders. Buff slavery be admitted into the
church because, as they affirm, It is not con-
demned by name, then for equal reasons the
crimes before mentioned should also be ad-
mitted
But it is plead, that the Gospel will abol-
ISL slavery, and that therefore It should be
continued in the church as the speediest way
of obtaining this result. We. grant that the
Gospel WillabOlish it and all other sin, but
we do not grant that its tOleration in the
church is the best way 70 effect this; its con-
tinuance there can only prolong its existence,
while its presence win be sure in the end to
sall down the judgment of God upon he
churches that fellowship it. Ministers and
members plead that the Gospel win abolish
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