M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-02-07
For the Democrat.
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What God Said.

ment, what the word Of God is2 on
this everlasting slavery question, that
is destroying all our peace in this once
peaceful aud happy country. Now,
my view of this question Of slavery is,
that 1t is q social and political evil,
but not a moral evil or sin in the sight
OF God.
First, it is, ! believe, admitted to be
a social aud political evil because it
retards the growth and prosperity CT
the State or community in which it
exists, and fsr various causes not ne
cessary to enumerate, as this PROPOSE
tion is, l believe, admitted by all; but
Seconds it a moral evil or SIM
according to the Higher Law" which
| take to be the Revealed Law as con.
tained in the Old and New Testaments!
In answer TO this question would
quote Gen., 9th chap, where Noah, as
the Prophet OF God, says:
25. "CurSed be Canaan; a servant
Of servant shall he be unto b 9 bieth.
ren.
26. Blessed be the Lord God OF
Shcm: and Canaan shall be his ser.
want.
81, God shall enlarge Japheth, and
he shall dwell in the tents OF Shcm;
and Canaan shall be his servant"
1t would seem by this that old faith.
or Noah haG no compunctjons Of con,
science, in making slaves, BY author-
ty, too, for in the preceding I'd verte
Of same chap, God says he giVcth cv.
erythng that movolh upon the earth
and i'll the sea, Into your HANDS
(Noah's) are they delivered" So, by
this Noah had authority from God to
do as he pleased; and fuyther,the rain
bow was set in the clouds, verse 10, as
token by God, of this covenant with
Noah.
Again, Hagar, Sarai's Egyptian
slave, (as were all Hagar's people, see
last tour verses Of 18th chap. Gen. }
who had conceived by Abram, now
despised her mistress, for which Sarai
complained to Abram, who told her,
"thy maid is in thy hands; DO with her
as it pleaScth thee" Then, when Sa.
raj dealt harShly with her, she hed
from her face, and Gen, 10th chap,
7;h verse, says:
7. "And the angel of the Lord
found her by fountain of waters in
the wilderness, BY the fountain in the
way to Shur.
s. And he SAID, Hasar, Sarai's
maid, whence comest thou! and whith-
er wilt thon 90? and she said, fec
from the face ot my mistress, Sarai.
8. And the angel Of the Lord said
unto her, Return to thy mistress and
submit thyself under her hands. "
Allow me here tO ask if one OF our
Republicans Of the Chase, Wade,
Sherman or Horton stamp, would give
such advice if they should have acci-
dentaIly been on the way side, be-
tween Kentucky and Canada, and one
Of our Southern slaves, on his way,
wOuld they say "return unto thy mas
ter, submit tlySelf under his hands
What does this higher law mean4 Is
there any difference in slavery now
and then9 Has it not endured from
the Patriarchal ages to the presentl
In the language OF Henry Clay, "hat
not 800 years of American Slavery
sanctioned and sarctitied it!" As tC
the moral question, again, 25th chap
Cen, 25th verse, the Lord said unto
Rebekah:
25. 1.-Two nations are in thy womb
aud two manner OF people shall bt
separated from thy bowels; and thC
one people shall DC stronger than tat
other people; and the elder shall serve
the younger"
One people shall serve another
shall it, and thus saith the LoId, does
he? Verify, it seemeth to me, that i
this he so, and We all get gathered t.
gether in o his nudern Abraham's b,
som, and wrapped up IN this lire
pressible" conflict, that We are fleeing
from the Lord, Verify, if your pre-
ceiling numbers gives. Mr.. Lincoln cor
rectly, and he attempts to carry ou
such ideas, shall be sorry | voted 70
him. Hope he will see his folly.
Again to establish the fact they bat
slavery and bondage, and servic. 10