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

NO TO answer our query III
his views on The Divine Revelation" oi
he Bible, we proceed to answer his ques-
ions. Sill. we shall wait with patience 'oT
he answer to our question propoundeu
several weeks ago:
!. d, T. .lavery n Divine institution :
And the Lord spake unto Moses IN
Mount Sinai, saying, Moreover oil the
children of the strangers that do soJourn
omore YOU, of them shall ye buy, and OF
their families that dwell with YOU, when
thew begat in your land, and they shall
be your possession, and ye shall take them
for an inheritance for your children alter
you to inherit them for possession; "ey
shall be your bondmen tore'tr.
az. Can you define; "a Divine lnsh'un0h
"Diyine institnton" is that which the
Lord established by express command as
He did when Hcspake o Moses, in Mount
s;noi-which takes the heather from his
JugRernaut and teaches him there is Cod
a., Can you define: slavery"
Slavery is system Of servitude adapted
to the negro. by which he is brought IN
contact With higher degree OF civil'f"-
,;or than he can obtain in his own bo-
,ighted land, and where he is instructed
in Christianity, until moro than three
million Of the most enlightened, :n'eill-
gent, and happy negroes on the ear'h'
declare by their civil, social, ana religious
superiority, that to them 1t has 0eeh 4
good institution"
az In what does II diaer from tho Divine in
.,;u,;ons ef Matrimony, ch urch Baptism, Lor"'s
sapper, e."
In having been established before the
latter ordinances were ordained.
as. Could moi, with equal propriety, POlygHmy
bo called Divine institution, and thereby prove
that Mormenism is right, and the laws oil tho
! United States wrong"
/ Not ut all. Polygamy is expressly ior'
hidden in the New Testament, while Dr
Wayland remarks: at must be granted
tina. the New Testament contains no pre-
oept prohibiting slavery"
"e. Was Hebrew slavery the same as heather
sinvery1"
No sir; it was mild form Of SLAYER,
when compared with heathen slavery
something to ciyiize tho heatben-some
thing like slavery in The Southern States
as compared with the slavery ci the over
ta.ked, soul crushing drudgery impose
by Eastern phlanthropists on poor "hi'
girls in their cotton and woo'en manulac
y tories. .........
"7. How did the Hebrew, OStnin their 'iavs'
by stealing thSmf"
. Not that re knOw Of. They general
=. bought them at lower price than the
f institution, and masters did not lose ma
= slaves or servants,
# "s. We're tho Hebrew slavcs all blackr, or n,
;. grOes"
o Never having visited the spot" W
r are unable TO say, but suppose they were
40. Was Joseph, when sold by his brethren,
, negro" .. ....
We think not, unless Mrs Potiphar wa
Black Republican.
"lO. Why did not the Lord create slaves il
Eden, to dress the garden, instead OF command
ing Adam to do it himselfi
The Lord knows best. lie may hav,
thought that one slave was sufficient fol
the garden, and therefore gave Adam the
preference. .....
"il. May not then the editor of the Clear
field Republican, under this Divine institution
of his, be sold into perpetual slavery, as mcil al
his connubial partner and chidlen'"
Not unless the doctrines of tho "Irre-
pressieles " should prevail; when, the
equality and superiority of the negro
being recognized, it is hard to tell what
! they would do wilh uswhte folks. They
may kill us, as they did in St. Domingo
or they may sell as rs slaves TO the Aboli-
tionists but our children are alike secure
against slavery and the wiles of Aboli>
tiAnism.
/ "l2. II slavery Is Of Divine origin are not
oil Governments which dcnounce it, or refuse 20
institute it. in rebellion against God and His
laNsl"
Being part of Gods economy, it is not
the creature Of Government.
DIRTY WoRK."-The Jefferson ,Star
intends TO convey the idea that all tho
members Of the late Peace Congress, who
labored TO bring about settlement of our
national difficulties, were engaged in
doing dirty work. We extract the fol.