The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-08
COVENANT WITH HE'LL.

The B-igadier General whtm have in mind g
cye is Tho same who published in this city that after
slavery stall have been disposed OF in the South "Poyery
m 81 DO looked into" Hc processes to be loyal citizen
b i this is curious method of inducing other either
who arc truly loyal TO rally to tho support Of the const
tuition, the government and the laws of country
Even our Catholic Dir. Brownson holds that slavery liz
the cause Of the This happens to be simply impos
sihle except the thai mans carrying money
his person the CT his being rbb ID the high
way. Sdeay erisid since the Declaration Of Independence
and before 1nd if could have been tie cause of cirI
cmo,g the peoples and States Of he Unios of the
Colonies that cipd shd AGee hun at sag eighty
one haadred aad to MY yeas ago. Sanry therefore, is
not nc cause Of the iodf There is nothing in IL.
The reviewer, having assumed for gument promises
which not founded on facts, from them II
their correctness were admitted He states that tho
Catholic Church Is oppc sed slavery This true, but
only the that shc is opposed the Calm
ties OF human lite, which size has no to
Her doctrine that subject is that 1t is crino to
tlce men, naturally Free TO condition of serviudc and
bondage slaves Those engaged in that cruel bsnesa
she casts out by permanent law Of excommunicaiio
But whereas African slavery has existed in the Spanssh
Portuguese and British colonies or States OF America
whereas the living owners Of these slaves have had no
hand in kidnapping otherwise reducing their servants
to slavery the Church requires that the mas. shall bo
kind and paternal towards his servants and that the
wants shall be fathtg To their masters until such time
it may please Divine Providence bring about change
in regard to this feature of social life in Catholic Pro-
tesant countries She does not exclude either the
the slave from the reception of the sacraments and
in those very countries it would not be ancom-
to the servant and e ter kneeng side IN side
and receiving together the holy communion 1t may DO
said that slavery having been wrong In its inception
never become Lawful! by prescription This deceptive
inference. Many things have been ne which
Ubiquitous at the time, but which, having gone on are not
to be disturbed by any decision or law Of the Church
Wemay quote instance the sacriiegio appropra-
ton himself and his followers of ecclesiastical property
in England, by its gross ami icentious monarch Henry
VIII. Years have and the title OF the peers to
that property Mt the present day Is good title which tho
Church would not call into question, account Of tho
primitive iniauty by which it was acquired Something
of the kind but gigantic scale, took place
in France at the period Of the first Revolution Are the
actual ropctors Of the conGscated estates OF the Church
in France TO be questioned at this day to the vaIdyI
legality and Justice of their titles?
The same thing Is going on in Sardinia, Mexico ana
elsewhere But yet time has not confirmed the title Of
the sacrlegioGs plunaerers to their ilgotcn goods
Nay, need not look beyond the borders Of our own
vast empire for another illustration The broad acres
that stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean from
the ST. Lawrence to the Rio Grane all belonged TO the
aboriginal inhabitants of this country when the white
man came This is proved by the fact that these poop
simple sons Of the forest dealt WITH in theory at
least as ii they had tile and competent to convey
to new the hunting grounds Of their orcathcrs
Nc have great sympathy for he africans q The South,
and this Is all W enough; but, corresponding sotth the
benevolent "Ilea # aloicnis, sohy is tire rt in Ne,y
England mcey protesting, eren at This late day 10 make
some restitution the fctte remnants Of the cho
cheated shot dou, d,utn eT, and almost ezteynna,ed 6y
the wlitc people 10th North and South
Now whatever may have been the frauds and cruetes
connected with the expulsion Of the Indians certain
that the title Of the that day possession OF
their lands good and valid in the sight Of Heaven and OF
man. Nor Is there gentleman either in tho South or In
the North who has the slightest scrupe Of conscience for,
owning the lands which he occupies II come now ts
"a
shall lind that though the facts have relation to different
order Of things yet the analogy will DO distinctly trace
able We not the friends Of slavery If it sti
to be introduced would resist the attempt with all our
might But here it is already Observation-Disclosures If not
quite from the period when The Indians were deprived Of
their hunting grounds.
Let us suppose for an illustration that Southern
planter is the Of 1000 and OF 500 negro
slaves He, now living has just title to the ownership
OF both The constitution Of the country the laws Of
his State regard his title to his slaves less egt
mate than his title to the land Can he deprive himself
Of ether OF course he He sell or emancpate
all bis slaves, If the law Of his State permits it. Ho
sell his land make present Of II to his neigh
obligation Of protecting his slaves and providing for their
wants. Hc is bound to treat them with humanity. But
this is ALL And it is only under the pressure OF military
necessity during that the federal govern
ment the federal troops would have any right 10 de-
priye him Of his lana or Of his servants. -
Sometimes has appeared to that abolitionism, i'll
be what il has been described by some OF its prom
interpreters stands in need Of strait jacket and tho
humane protection Of nnatic asylum u would desire
Ito do the thing completely that some 200 oil slaves
should be emancpaed in day If possible, even in one
hour But It has never thought what Is to become OF
wopld not have square inch the surface OF this globe
that they could call their own Where could they sleep
on Tho land Of their former owners, which would be
trepass or the highway, which pubic con.
yeneno as Soaa apo,ons,s supposng they Sleep
ssomewbere tho first night, where are they
to &c, for the next day. You would have destroyed
Inc relation them and their masters And after
done this mischief TO both parties you could not
expect their masters to s.ll provide them with foodf
clothing medicine and medical attendance Whose bust
ness will it be to to all thisf
Will II be yours simply to look onrnb yonr bands Mt
the triumph OF your nconsidorate poicy-and, having
disrupted the whole social fabric in the Southern States
to leave the emancpated negroes and the white popula
ton to fight out2 Is this what you mean? Are You
honest in your theoriesS If So why not have proposed
10 the nation the setting apart OF some portion
of our yet unpeopled territory, say patch
of land large England, to be settled
by these emancipated slaves, if emancipation wera
possbieS Why not put your hand IN your pockets aud
invite your neghbor do the for the erection Of
huts or the procurement OF few rude agricultural
implements for the physical maintenance Of these four