The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-03-06

ed; the very grosseSt outrage that can be
perpetrated on humanity, crime in
Gods sight of the deepest dye, and
therefore adjudged worthy of the Sc.
verest punishment known to the divine
law. namely, death. Dare Mr.. Van
Dyke deny this? So have said all the
Churches own included, in its tes-
timony of ls0l-prevous to its enlight-
eminent and sanetideation by the price
of cotton, sugar, and tobacco So have
all the civilized nations of the world
agreed, by declaring the foreign slave
trade murder and piracy, words all too
mild to express the enrrmity of its
guilt. There was no such crime as
slave-stealing known in Israel, for the
simple reason that there were no slaves
to steal. However criminal helping q
man to freedom may be, it is not for
hidden in the divine word; on the con-
trary, as we shall presently learn, some
thing like it is highly commended
But the crime ofman- stealing was known
in the heathen nations round Israel; and
against the practices of such an enormi-
ty, God guarded bis chosen people by
the fiery sword of this express and un-
qualified enactment. Can any man
deny that American slavery originated
in man-stealin9? Ifso, does it not
stand condemned and cursed in its very
root, by the law Of that God whose
jud cement is according to TRUTH
Moreover, as if the Spirit designed to
anticipate all subterfuges, it is added,
'and if he be found in his hand, he
shall surely be put to DEATH" Had it
been made for ourTsystem, and design
ed to meet the argument with which it
is attempted to be supported, it could
not have been more specific.
How many transfers then, ask, in
the name of all that is sacred, does it
require to transform this vice into
virtue?--this crime, against which the
Judgments of Heaven are denounced,
into grand missionary enterprise, and
its practice into the highest exercise of
a heavenly benetieence and piety? No
body pretends any thing Of this kind
replies some welImeaning individual,
about forty years behind the present
stage of the controversy; "the southern
people would be glad to get rid of
their slaves, ifthey could, but do not
know what to do with them"
hold III my hand the discourse of
DR.. Palmer, of New Orleans, delivered
on Thanksgiving Day, man OF whom
Mr.. Van Dyke says, "that his soul is
knit to him with the sympathy of JON
athan for David" From this dis
course he quotes a long passage in a
foot.note to the pamphlet edition of his
sermon, with high approval. Here are
the closing sentences: "My servant,
whether born in my house or bought
with my money, stands to me in the
relation of a child. Though provi-
dentially owing me service, which
providentialIy l am bound to exact,
he is, nevertheless, my brother
and my friend; and am to him guar
dian and a.father. He leans upon me
for protection, for counsel, and for
blessing" Especially the blessing! |, -
''and so long as tn relation continues
no power, but the power of Almighty
God, shall come between him and me-
Here is another passage from the same
discourse, which Mr.. Van Dyke does
not quote, "This argument, then. which
sweeps over the entire circle of our re-
lations, touches the four cardinal points
of duty to oawSeIres, to oar sGves, TO
the aeorld, and to .Ahnigity God. 1t
establishes the nature and solemnity
| nj fn nd
transmit our existing system of domes-
tic servitude, with the right unchaleng-
ed by man, to go and root itself wher-
ever Providence and nature may carry
it." This chivalrous sentence from
New Orleahs-bristlmg with DR.. Pal
mer's own italics--seems to have been
rather uncourageously omitted by his
enthusiastic friend on Brooklyn Heights.
''This trust, "he adds, Eve will discharge
in the face of the worst possible peril
Though war be the aggregation of all
evils, yet, should the madness of the
hour appeal to the arbitration of the
sword, we will not shrink even from
the baptism of fire. If modern cru
saders stand in serEied ranks upon
some plain of Esdraelon, there shall we
be, in defense of our trust. Not till
the last man has fallen behind the last
rampant shall it drop from our hands;
and then only in surrender to the God
who gave it." Well done, DR.. Pal
mer! Here is the exhibition of cour-
age second only to the piety which may
reasonably be supposed to character
ize one who has been called to the pas
torate of one of the largest, wealthiest,
and most influential churches in this
city;* also to the important post of as
sisting in the education of this rising
ministry of the Old School Church in
Princeton! Mr. Van Dyke, with char
acteristlc modesty, charges abolitionism
with being not only a tanatical but a
bloody spirit; and almost in the same
breath, declares that his soul is knit,
| like the soul of Jonathan to this modern
"Peter the Hermit" who declares a
crusade of blood, for the purpose OF
carrying slavery, not only into all the
territories of the United States, but
into all parts of the habitable world. =
In the fourth place, the law for the
| fugitive rendered involuntary servitude
in the Hebrew Commonwealth impos.
sible-s'Thou shalt not deliver unto
his master the servant which is escap-
ed from his master unto thee; he shall
dwell with thee, even among you, in
that place which he shall choose in one
of thy gates, where it liketh him best.
thou shalt not oppress him." This law
as explicit as it is humane and merciful,
guarded against the tyranny of mas
ters, and gave the sacred right Of pro-