The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-19

On, II ministers of the GOSPEL in thi
iand and age had but followed Paul as b
followed Christ, and, instead Of hurl;u
anatheinas and exciting wrath agaips
Shareholders, had sought only to brin,
both master and slave to tho fountain O
Emanuels blood; if the agencies Of tn
blessed gospel had only been suffered {,
work their way quietly, as the light en-,
dew Of the morning, into the structure O
society. both North and South-how differ
ent would have been the position of ou
country this day before God How differ
ent would have been the privileges enioyec
| by the poor black mans soul, which, il
| this bitter contest, has been too mucl
neglected and de.pi.cd Then ther,
would have beeu no need to have convert
ed our churches into military barracks fol
collecting firearms TO carry on war upon &
distant frontier. No need for sovereign
State to execute the fearful penalty of the
law upon the inyader, for doing no more
than honestly to carry out the teaching oi
the Abolition preachers. who bind heavy
burdens, and grieycus to DO borne and lay
them on men shoulders, while they touch
them not with one of their fingers. No
need for the widow and the orphan tc
weep in anguish of heart over those cold
graves, Tor whose dI-honor and desolation
God will hold the real authors responsible
No occasion or pretext for slayeholding
States to pass such stringent laws for the
punishment OF the secret iucendiary and
the prevention Of seryiIe war
shall not attempt to show what will be
the condition Of the African race in thi.
country when the gospel shall have brought
all classes under its complete dominion
What civil and social relations men will
sustain in the times o.. millenuial glory,
10 not know. | cordially incline TO til c
current opinion Of our church, that slavery
is permitted and regulated by the divine
Law, under both the Jewish and Christian
dispensatiOns, not as the final destiny OF
the enslayed, but as an important and uec-
essary process in their transition from hea-
thenlsm to Chiistianity-a wheel in the
great machinery OF Providence, by which
the lnal redemption is TO he accomplished
However this may be. one thing know.
and every AholltiOnist might know, If he
would, that there are Christian families a.
the South in which patriaTchal fidelity and
affection subsist between the bond and the
free and where slaves are better fed and
clothed and instructed and have a botter
opportunity for salvation, than the ma orr
- Of the laboring people IN the city of E+yv
- IL Ns4t tt- t4 -Li'-44tspt-4-4tl llt.'t
only kept silence these twenty years past,
the number OF such families would be ten
fold a. great FRnat;ci,m az the North Is
one Of the chief stumbling block in the wa
of the gospel at the South This is one great
grievance ;hat presses to day upon the
hearts Of our Christian brethren in the
Southern States. This in a messIre ex-
plains why such man as DR.. TaorBw.ll. of
<af1r-t f'.-r'-,4a a..I H. D.l-,-.-- e
Ocleans-meu whose genius and learning
and piety would adorn any State or station
are willing to secede from the Union
They feel tina; the influence of the Cnri:-
tan ministry j. hindered, and their power
To do good to both master and slave Grip
pied, by the constant agitations OF Ab0.i-
t.JaLsDl IN our ua;.suai councils and the
iEce-s.nt turmoil excited by the Unscrip-
tugai dogma that slavery !. sin. They
hope that under some other government
tkey may have that peace for the prosecu-
ton Of their Masters work. which the
Constitution of the United States has
hitherto failed to secure tor them. What
ever ! may think Of secession as remedy
for the evils complained Of in my heart
do not blame them. Ny soul is knit to
such men with the sympathy Of Jonathan
for David. Whatever be the result Of this
contest. the union between their hearts
and mine, cemonted by the Word and
Spirit Of God. can never be dissolved
Earth and hell cannot dissolve il Though
my lot Is cast in a colder cline, yet in the
GU, ,goiEgs Of that warm affection TO which
space is nothing l will ever say: Entreat
me not 10 leave thee, for your people shall
be my people, and your God my God;
and though We may be separated in body
for ul..!e by the dark gulf Of political
disun.on, and b. the absorbing strife for
which every sound man al the North will
be called upon 70 grid hinsc!f-the long,
long rest Of eternity will afford abundant
opportunity for the interchange of our
mutual charities.