Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-05

stitution 80 a. ITO permit sanction and dc'
fend this institution in every State and
Territory-in every spot and place that i
guarded by the American 6seP II seen'
easy. The premises being admitted, the re.
suit ought 10 follow. We see not how any
candid mindcsn deny that the law Of God,
as delivered by Moses, sanctions slavery.
The Reverend Sabin Hough quotes from IL
TO establish this fact. Il is quite unneces
sary. They who do not admit it, would not
believe though one rose from the dead.
The greatest obstacle to the spread of the
true doctrine is the infdelity of those who
preach it. So we shall find IN this case
When we apply it the Reverend Ssbin will
be the first TO fly from il. The divine COM
mand to the Hebrews was to make slaves Of
the heathen round about. They were for
hidden TO enslave any of the congregation,
unless they were poor and in debt, Gud then
for limited time. And the custom of ORR
entail nations to this day, shows that con-
version to the true faith emancipated the
Save.
Who are the hesthen in this case ? The
negro slaves of the South are the most re-
ligious class Of people in the world. It was
always characteristic of this people. In
jamaica before emancipation, every grown
negro slave was member of a religious so.
ciety. Then the Reverend Sabin's doctrine
is nothing but universal abolition; or, at
least, emancipation Of every negro on con.
version.
But the people whom the Hebrews were
commanded to enslave were not negroes
They were fairer than the Hebrews them
selves. Will the Rev. Sabin's faith stand nm
to the application of the divine command he
refers tot OF course not. He will keep back
part Of the law; and if 1t were proposed to
make slaves of the unbelieving or unortho-
dox white men, he would affect to regard il
as atrocious. The law of God atrociousl
There is a point beyond which it will not
do to go, for fear of the capacity of the pop-
ular stomach and even the Rev. Sabin
would have to stop somewhere; and he
would find the place in any direction as soon
as he should begin to apply his own doctrine,
We say he would; not that we do for LET
US once be well grounded in Scripture, and
we will follow its logical conclusion through
thick and thin.
If Sabin's divine law is the law for u.s. we
are commanded to enslsve the white people
round about and among us, all who do not
subscribe to the orthodox faith. How would
pastor of the New Church fare in such a
case2 Even if he can chisel the divine
command down to the negro, it would
authorize us to ensave the free negroes
among us; and it would make our laws
against the African slave trade contrary to
the law of God. Even the Confederates, in
the very fury of their Secessiony ydodged that
Even the slave holdersventilate their virtue
against the African slave. trade. Is the Rev.
Sabins faith equal to it2
And the Reverend Sabin says the negro
is inferior, and therefore should be enslaved.
What has that to do with the law of God 2
That has no specification as to inferiority
of race. The Jews were probably inferior
to the nations they invaded. A nomadic
race, coming among people enervated by
peace, civilization and the accumulation of
property, they overcame them. But when
the Hebrews became a settled people, the
surrounding nations overcame them. In
feriority is no test of the slavery of the di-
vine ordinance. But will the Reverend Sa-
bin stand to it, that we may enslave all
races and classes whom we declare inferior
Every nation has the faculty of believing
its own the superior race. We in America
hold that we are the smartest people in the
world, as we only have demonstrated our
capacity for selfgovernment. Have we a
right to enslave immigrants from inferior
nations or to go ''round about" and take
tbem2 Shall we enslaVe the Asiatics 9-de-
cidedly an inferior race; and the Mexican
mixed races2 The Reverend Sabin will find
bis inferiority test as hard to follow as his
divine command and besides, it has no war
rant in Scripture. Furthermore, many ofthe
negroes, especially those whose blood is the
major part that of the first families, might
turn and enslaVe their masters, or the poor
common whites, if superiority were the
rule.
Mr.. Hough is Pastor of the New Church.
and editor of its Herald. 1t is singular that
a New Church should be new dispensation
of Judaism. But we understand that he
draws a distinction between his authorship
of this pamphlet and his editorial and pas.
toral Office. This looks like want of faith
in his own teaching. Ultimate truth ought
not 10 be too heavy for a new church or a
newspaper to carry.
Politicians draw distinction between
their political and personal integrity; hold
ing that the first may be impeached, without
affecting the other. People should look out
for their spoons when these are about. And
when Reverend gentlemen write pamphlets
laying down principles of Divine and moral |
law, which they are unwilling to be respon-
sible for in their pastoral or editorial char
acter, it will naturally be concluded that
either the pamphleteering or the pastoral
character must be assumed.
We suspect the best defense for slavery is |
that it is, and it will be, until changed by |
the gradual operation of natural forces; un-
less the madness of the Shareholders and |
their professed friends disturbs it by vio- |
lence. But when people preach the divine |
law, they must expect to play it out. When
the Reverend Sabin Hough has faith strong
enough to preach the enslaving of all, of
complexion, who do not believe
the orthodox faith-thst is, the faith of the |
STRONGEST of all races whom we may call
inferior; all the improvident and poOrj all
who are in debt and unable to pay; the
opening of the African slaVe-trade; the |
right to carry off the weaker people from |
nations round about-When he will preach |
this, and circumcision, eOncubinage, pOlyg-
amy, and all the other beastliness thereto
then he will do to preach the di-
vine law of slavery. But if he comes short
Of any of these, we have right to hold him
an ipfdel 10 his own teachings.