Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-14
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q. lhis system licenses and produces
qreot cruelty. The whip Is placed In The
hands of the master. and he NAV use h al
pleasure. only avoiding the destruction III
fife. Slaves often suffer all that can be in
ficted BY wanton caprice, by crasping ayar;co.
by brutal lust. by palignant spite. and by
insane anger. Their happiness i, Tie sport
of easy whim, and the prey of eyery passiop
that NAV enter the masters bosom. Their
bodies are lacerated with the lash. their
dignity is babitually ibsultad their tepJer
est affections are wantonly crushed: dearss.
friends are torn assunder. brothers and sis.
ters. parents and children. see each other no
more. There Is not a neirl,borbood where
tbese beart-renderinR scenes are not jisplay-
ed there Is not village or a road that doe,
not behold the sad procession of mapacled
outcasts. whose chains s..d mournful count
enances tell that fl1ey a,S, exiled by force from
ali tbev bold dear = =,
ID produces general l;centicrxuess
among the slaves. Marriage AZ a civil ordi-
nance tbey cannot euiov. Their marrixaes
are mere contracts, violable at their masters
pleasure. or their own. Tbisnt,fen, Of rnirer-
sal concubinaos Droduces reroitiao Icenfioss-
ness
az This svs,em demorolizes the wb;tes
as well AZ the blacks The masters ara
clothed with despotic mower To denrayed
human nature this Is exceedingly dangerous
Ipdoleuce il thus fostered and hArd-heart-
edness. sel6sbnlss. arrogance and tyranny
are. In most nen. RAPIDLY dc7elored sId fear-
fully exhibited.
~. This system draws down upon us the
vengeance ofheavcn. IF thou iforbear to
deliver them that are drawn TO death and
those that are ready to be Jain: If thou saw
est, Behold, we know it not doth not he
that pardoneth the heart consider II? and
He that Ieeneth thy sonI doth he not know
IT? and shali He not render TO eServ man
according 10 his works? The people of the
land have used oppre sion and exercised rob
berry. and have yeSed the Door and needy,
yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrong
fully. Therefore have ponred ou, nine
Indignation upon them [ haze consumede
them with the fire Of my wra< their own
saith the Lord Such is the system and such
are are some s Oft Of its effects '''-' ANU ''A
Every honest reader can compare thess
deliyerances of the Presbyterian Church
with the statements of the BROOKLYN Doctor.
and can. AS well. decide where is the "n,s..
representation and abuse. . M
Before dismissing this part of our review
we wish to notice the definition given of
| Slavery before "modern Abolitionism" be-
gan it's Union-destroyina work. We bepin
with SAMUEL RUTHFoEp. one of the West
minister diyines, who framed the Westmin-
ster Confession of Faith: a man whose nans
! is sayory to every pious, inteIlioent Presby-
| terian, IN every bart of the elobe. wherever
Presbyterianism has gone. In his Leo Rss.
| an eminent work. he saws: q. A man. being
I created according to God $ image, is res sa.ya
"a sacred thing, and can no more, by ma
lures LAYS. be bought end sold. thsu 4 re-
i iicicns and sacred thing, dedicated to God
i This vas written two hundred years ago.
1t makes Slavery sacrilege Was the SCOT
tish Reformer wrong, was he an o5r.:ss
aJolitionist thus to charge the sin Of sacri-
friends? Let us hear what Christ himself
saws about selling a Christian slave. for slay-
ery asks and gets a higher price for Chris
tian slaves than for Others. Verify, I say
unto vou. Inasmuch as We have done It unto
one of the least of these. nv brethren, We
have done II unto me-" What did Juda.
/ Iscariot do?
i Hear Presbyterian divine of the last CEN
tury-President Edwards "To hold slave
i who has right to liberty, is not only a real
crime. but great one. Does this conclusion
Il seem too strong TO any of YOU? You will
] not deny that liberty il more valuable tI.an
nronerty. and that Il is a greater sin 10 de-
1 nriye a man of his whole iibersy, during III,
1 than IN denriye him of his whole nropsrty.
or that ,nan-steaiing Is a Greater c,Tn,s than
yobJeru. Nor will YOU depy that to hold in
r Slavery man that was stolen, ia substantial.
4 ly the same as to steal him." Thus, one Of
/ the irst scholars of the last century.
n Hear ,JNo. WESLEY. whose piety. learning.
: exnerience (for he travelled through ali tbs
/; Slave States Of his day) should shield him
!, from the charge of misrepresenting. Hs
: saws: /" IHen-buyers are erdcth on q kvel
with men-stenlers." "Slayery is the sum Of
i Mi yillanies." Do all these. with hundred !
4 of Other references, which might have been
n made. ennallv strong, n,sreprcssss ona
= abuse" American Slayery?
Then the slave code ITSELF the decisions oI
s the Supreme Courts, the deliverances Of thl
e PRESBYTERIAN Church, are all "uiuvprsssa
4 tations" But mol Facts, law and history
8 enforced by final judicial decisions defn.
q Slavery to be sin of nameless enormity-
p the sum of all villanies-a sin against Go.
g. and nature-eyil only. without one redeem
.s ing quality, without one good thing for til
v slave. for the master, for civilization, 70
le national prosperity, for anything or for any