Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-20

50 bsguiIei By the devil as to seduee slave,
from their masters, Or render them discon
sented with their lot and disobedient. eontFarl
20 the injunction Of the sposties, such seda,
GERS, or aboliii0Hisfs as we cali them now
should Be declared accursed ami ercompsni.
Gated Let Us enlighteH the Tribans. In tbs
fourth century Of Christianity a sect arose In
Asia Mihor that set np s'reforn,D and un.
dertook Carlstisn worship without priest or
altar. The leader was grong-headed man
with large amount Of brain, but Of limited
education and eccentric habits. He dressed
10 odd and out-of-the-wsy clothes. He gath
cred around him strong minded rEomerl. who
deserted their husbands, and wore rssn's
I clotbes-iike the bloomers Of our day wbo
( gather ronnd Mr.. Horace Greeley.
The sectsry Of the fourth century was,
Z moreover brGAzbread ma a saving that il Wsg
wicked t. eat OF animal food. There were no
steam presses in those days, and Eustathius
was notgu editor-but be managed to make a
great noise for little while. one Of the car
dinal sosmas ef hin and has followers was to
render Christian iiberty-aeeordiRg 70 his no
fioHs--to slaves, by teaching them 70 ran Gpav
from fksiT Hasters. He did not 60 a. far as
Mr. Greeleg's friend Helper, On Recommending <
slaves t. poison their mssters--the world was
younger then, BY more than fifteen hundred
years. But be did teach that, as Christ bad
died 20 render al men free slaves no longer
owed Obedisnce, nor was there a right In their
masters 10 exact service OF them, Much con
fusion resHited, 10 a small way, In the region
Of Psphlagonia, and If ended BY tie, than,
Pope sending Hosius Of CordoviE, and his
Legate, to preside at a council in the city n
Ganers, to consider Of these new doctrines
t5s result wss that in a set Of cauous drawn
Up by Ptpal authority, and afterEards con-
frmed by a later Pope, the Bishops OF the
council formally e1coaImHsicafei Gad aRafhe-
mafissd al those who, protesting TO be Christ
lans, fHmpers4 with siarss, seinced them from
fhsir masters, or rendered fhem discoHisaie5 and
unksgPy. This is what the Catholic Church
in the fourth century formally deciared0 on
the subject Of thst seeurssd sbolitionism
which has brought our glorious country 10 The
erun5ling brink Of ts prseipiee.
It IS true that il has suited even the Catholic
writer's Of cur daF, TO pass over this a. il il did
not stand on iher records Of The Catholic church.
Bat Il does 80 siaB5, and theft 7rEbuat has in
the number OF its cenfederates any one who
can understand good Latin without a diction-
ary, and wishes to be satisfied, either as to ths
other eccentrieities OF its fourth century pfolo-
type, or az 10 the Catholic ctureh's cohdenna-
tion OF tempering with slaves in the n.me Of
CErisfiaR civilization, we will appoint an ar sr-
neon, and, in aquiet aleovs Of the Astor library,
We will read bin our authorities
Tie Catholic church is always consistent
" th Der own record From ST. Peter The first
pope, to Plus X, the present one, the Catholic
church has always enioined on slaves, when
lawfully such, to render their lawful service to
thsir masters The Catholic church has aeper
encouraged slaves to run away from asters
that treated them with humau justice. The
Catholic church has never told a master to
manumit a slave. We knew the cannons and
the laws Of the church. They havs been a
special studY with US, and are the law OF our
conscience. And we say that, IL we were SO
unfortunats as to own a plantation with FIVE 4
hundred negro slaves o. II, in Mississippi or
elsewhere, We dare not, we c0Eld not, without /
violating our Catholic conscience, give them a
liberty which we know they are not ft to use 1
without haTming themselves and others.
But, The Tri5uas will Tejoin, is it not true /
hat thssCstholic religion has, BY its influence,
slavery in Europes We reply, /
hat the slavery thar used 10 prevail in Earope /
vas a slavery OF irhite people to men Of their /
1wn race. Ne reply, farther, that the Catholic 4
-sIigio only acted By FIRST fitting those that |
we're slaves for freedom, and, next, bF dispo- |
ing the free win sf Christian masters to 1
smsliorsts By little and lfttle The condition Of
hose that they saw thus fitting to take in the /
the more ussiHl place of sreemsn. /
Anything farther than this was the action 1
. Aa
he reproach against the Catholic church, on
he part Of the French iufdel encyclopedia,
hat the church had done nothing 70 abolish 4
slavery: and, in reply to this rsproach, hence
all the quss-sbolition boSh written bv soms
Catholic apologists, within a century, making
sut a case FOR the church in a sphere where she
has no responsibility.
But, "by their fruits ye shall know them!v
ssvs the Tribune. It Is TIE fact, that in every
!
bad her legitimate influence over whole pop
llation, slavery has disappeared. What then?
you miserable men who BY your crude theories
have thwarted and marred The work OF
Christianity and Of bunan ciViizationi Fifty
Tesrs ago there was happy future opening
Tor The African race on this continent The !
further importation OF ssyages from Africa
was prohibited. The relations Of the two
races were those Of reciprocal confidence and
regard. Masters encouraged their slaves to
earn to re ad, and, in every wsy, 20 render
themselves more intelligent. The slaves were
trusted They had a large amount Of liberty
Df action, and this liberty was extending
'srther and farther, with the ability Of the
negroes to profit By r.. ManumissiOus were
lumerous and frequent-ih fact too much 20
'0T The interests Of the blacks. In State after
State slavery was disappearing altogether.
This, il The blacks had been prepared to enter
On the career, would baFe looked like The legiti-
nate sesioa Of Christianity. Bat then set 10
he Anti-Chrstian furoTe Of sboliiionism on
he model given in San Domingo by French
Quskerism first took It up on our
soil, and the bastard Puritanism OF New Eng
and has continued it. What has been the re-
'ult2 The riyeting Of the negroes chains
he abTidgsment Of the liberties granted them
he destruction Of domestic conhdence-the /
enforced hamperiHg Of their immature intelli- (
renee, for fear Of the abuse of their ignorance 1
lV printed falsehood. These things have all /
1esn witnessed within half a century in our 4
country, aud luninoasly do they illustrate The 1
ustice and wisdom OF the church in anathe- /
nstzing and accommodating those who, in /
be fourth century, sought to perTert the lIber 1
aught By The Christian Gospel, into an en-
zine for unsettling The coalition OF human 1
,ocietv