Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-03-28
Slavery Tried by the Bible and
Found Right.

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thief and robber;'' ..slases are stolen pro-
relty;' "American slavery commenced in
theft and robbery, DC" He adds IF the
law of God were enforced all shareholders
would be put Is death" No one can inn
aoipe that the above sentiments could en-
anate from any sane mind. The only con-
clusion that can be drawn is, that the au-
thor is an ultra abolitionist, consequently a
monomanac on that subject.
With such persons no facts or arguments,
however incontrovertihle or logical, would
avail anything. But as abolitionism, like
milerisln and spiritualisrn, is wofully In
ereasing the lists of infdels and monomani-
acs, it is philanthropc and christian duty
to endeavor to remove the delusion by pre-
monshing those not incurably diseased.
When we consider that our sister village
with less than two thousand Inhabitants,
contains two incurable subjects, (unless Viii
iams and Felix are identical,) it becomes a
matter of personal interest, in demonstra-
ting that slavery is no sin, that shareholders
are as justifable in holding slaves as they
are any other possessions, take it for
granted that the declarations and COM
mands of the holy scriptures will De &C
knowledged as authority.
In showing that American slavery did
not commence in .theft and robbery" and
that its results have been attended with the
greatest blessing to the African race, | shall
give unquestionable historical evidence CON
nected with facts indisputable.
Sin being the violation OF the laws OF
God, whatever exists that is in accordance
with His law cannot be wrong. Through
ont both the old and new testament all
manner Of sins are rebuked They are
identified in various parts OF the scripture,
and prohibited. Slavery, on the contrary,
that existed in more arbitrary form than
At present, is sanctioned throughout the
Old Testament, aud is in no way prohibit
ed in the new; and for erring mort.is to
condemn as sin, what is sanctioned by Gcd,
is bIasphenous. The patriarch Noah de-
elares that Canaan should be servant to
his brethren. Abraham had 3lS Lond se-
wants born in his house, Genesis l4-l4,
also Others s.he bought with his money,
.His wife Sarah had an Egyptian sltve
named Hagar, who fed from her severity,
and the angel ofthe Lord commanded her
to return to her mistress and submit her.
serf,"-l6-9 of Genesis. 1t j. kncwn that
the scriptures draw a distinction between
"h.red servants" and oorldmen,' the latter,
according to the original Greek and He
brew. sirn.eying slaves, or servants for llfe-
Although he Jews were held in abject slav-
ery by the Egyptians, after entering the
land Of Canaan they held slaves. God
said to Noses, '.both thy bond men and
bond maids which thou shalt have, shall be
Of the heather that are round and about
YOU. of them shall We buy bond men and
bond maids "If thou buy Hebrew SER
want six years shall he serve and in the
seventh year he shall 60 out free; "lf bis
master have given him wife and she bare
him children, the wife and children shall
be her masters, and he shall 60 out by
himselfn-Exodus AXL-2-4. Further.
.sIf man smite his servant with rod and
he die under his hand, he shall be surely
punished, (such is the law in all our slave
States now.) Notwithstanding if ne contIn-
no day or two, he shall not be punished,
for he IS his money The laws IN no
slave State in this country are thus lenisnt
i, masters who infict such cruelty to slaves.
Again, "Of the children Of the strangers
that do sojourn among you, OF them SHAH
"a Luv. and of their families that are with
-ou which they beget in your land, and
thew snsll be your possessions, Tor proper
~ ma "a snail take them rs an inherit
',nc.. sor : ,ur children after you to Inherit
them for a possession. .Ihey shaii oe
YOUR bondmen forever" - esitcus-2.
During the time Of our Savior and bis
anostles. slavery existed to u great extent,
ana n lis most rigorous character through
ont India. Ano Gibbon computes me
slaves in the Roman Empire to be sixty
million. Yet there is not single instance
shown where he condemns it. 1t may be
sa;d he was silent on the subject-what SIN
TIA IL no. tearlcssly condemn! Cosetous-
ness. theft, profanity, idolatry, evil speaking
drunkenness, hatred, DC, We're AL iofo'u-
,len i ii not strange. Mr.. Williams, that
our Divine Mas,er. who knew whal 'l,en
existed and world exist as it does now inls
..nre-eminent sin OF slaye-holdIng. should
not refer to it? When Paul preached Oh
Mars Hill there were more shareholders
than idolaters-yet not . word OF reprool
ID the former. In his castle to the Ephe-
slams he says: "Seryalits be oDedIent 70
them that are your masters according 70
the flesh with fear and trembling DC 10
the Collosians, he says: Servants obey IN
IN things your masters dc. tie says to
Timothy. LET as many servants az are IN
der the yoke that is, slaves IN bondage,
count their own masters as worthy OF al
honor" &c. Again be informs Philemon
thai he had sent back his servant eond man
~ Slave in this case indent;cal. lie was
f,oitiye. and was in justice returned. How
unlike the great apostle would aboltlon's's
actl -
Before referring to The introduction O
4 fricans as slaves into the American COLO
nil hardly callattention to their com