New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-13

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c eature is independent on the Creatcf OF III OF
words that be Is lor ger TO be rrghroeo ne PoteF
n creature ut all Shall there be evi 10 sf ~
qnres the prophet Amos, "eGd the l%u ,'a !,
done il 2" A pss~age III which, not"hnsta' uiIs II
must he confessed that Il evil Of punishment ID pra
lily 20 be uuceTstord, the matter 81 rs n',l
sble references yet this ia the very eNi I
about which we aIe at present dis onIse az t. lot
tiue that it must be carefully remembered sio ,ln1
evil If pun hmert itb regard al least 10 tue
canses vi their iufiction are in spc Instances
ly eyils II actual Icing; so that while we a
OF God, therefore, rs wired ulOn nS 0io u;nsu
although in reference TO tie Instruments WHICH, ~
employed in them they aro usually OF inc in : IL
vi ktdoessi IL is clear we think thai ID 'nis "n
view tod IL to be regarded, without any ;a,i
from Ills charac'er as the primary ahd eHi'ie.'
cause of TIE material aet III all euon in'
su,nces but not, nseurecly, the moral OF uo
cient of the obliquity and Sill Which Is
il II EN-, he ncts of tie creature But the W -,
basis Oh which all such staes of tbints are I"uDG
rest i, tie sClute sovereignty aud dpmiil II Vi w"
aud this ,over i.nty and dominion, While Is JaSH
appropriate TO Hin, as the great INST ca9re " o.
thugs; III the very nature OF the cose e4enoT III an I
aOsouteIess over the creature, adl0r bh Prlcsos ~
objects whatsoever, that include hot III 'hei an n,
posslbiliy IA contradiction AZ If tru. lha' mo Or
Ieadrg here upon most sacred ADD aw'ui S'oupo u
upon this very ground, however tie Nln lcAi' VI ~
blessed God OF necessity maker s stand anu az opou
The everlasting ru,k. Is completely triumphant ana
una saiabl5, To whatever mhy lie we cnaIhe nc
bis dealings with lis creaures God main iuil ~
nil lou over his creature, says Suaz, to use IL hs IL
pleaGetb Him, for any use that Involves b,'
Il ton. For tiat dUnlLiOn i not In al re9arus pr
ec which Includes Lot power TO dispose u l's Oo
oct unto every possible use. God eanot make
create being whereof lie hath not tho full aud perfect
Goniulun. And 10 Il Ia foil aud absolute uolhln =,
God there corresropus full aud absolute eubecilon
In the creature; for thee two are coTeia'Nts'
There IT, indeed IN unspeekstle ftarulnesr a6cut ims
TREMENDOUS contderatoni aud tie mind itsel Ihiy
and SINKS under its bare entel tail INT Mt n
il no Justice properly called III reieieI ce 10 .ne
creature by which the Ami- hty stands o1iiged 10
them antecedent TO the constitution o. li5 own VIII
ard nothing certainly more unjust AID imliOus tDan
70 deny Him such absolute dominion over them as
tbst 9 may Oh pose Of them according 10 Biz o"ng'od
nj. asuIe Did He not inlict ulOn tie pure ahd spot
.s umap nature q his OILY Begoten Son, TIE 0eep-
est and most terrible suieri,,gsi aud ih4ii II he
question, after this, ~leth"r CT not nc H'a!
usly Writ with evil should 1t please him 81 any ue
10 90 3d. even the guilIless and The inLoceht theh
.elyer7 Aud if such, therefore, Is The necessary itm
ton ia which the pure and snl IS are louhu 70 oanu
tOwufd Him, the concln lVp ir al once a. parent ao
uileg itself upon unr mUst serious ho'ioe, IN ~ "-e
ever nay be the vi kedpess OF slavery Ia ihtn vi s
grievous determinations in reference 20 It's ,ecohuIy
causes nd instruments, the ever bltssed uOu ls Soy
not niighleous IN Permit l"g u 10 come upon 'l0
puiy ss a token If lis tied GsI thsure IVT ieiel
In us ,ureme dominion. He dtals out TO Ills reVohed
1eaturer but the Que reward o lbel' apOnh'e ae.us
according 10 tie determination oi lis own VIII apu
whether as in the system oi jewish Shy tueio -
uer mingled wi the justice; or wheheT, IL III ,he
sysfen Of he gentle nalIOs II would seem 10 DC uu'
deer and iEl Vengeance; yet lie continues lbnLi'ey
by and iurt and good IN tbs esschil,I ch"r"cer anu
The administration Of HIS unse4 hAoie eGNe'nLeI;
70 no laws or obligaiiOJs, or lies RON Lis
rregtnres aud in His atsOlu,e justice or u"hiih"I'
affected by no Qualities or eOEGi'lois o. oDeS'
Ear be II from Coo that lie should do wickedLes-i
end from the Almighty TINT lie should e"niuA' III
iquity.'
m ;,.ttf, tho OF
Slavery from the curse denounced by Moab IL ceItainy
mis-. faLle exhibition 81 astonishing i5hoihn'e nld H.
ia uaiion ard OILY tend TO show how utterly De-
reft musi be ht cane when is COM eieo 70 20
suh cou,.mpibls prttense IL Oruer to give IL color
aud sanction The curse Of Noah vac Dot denounced
on Ism at all, the jewish Rabbi, WIN inhiiy
oihcr equally saIent exp0sit0r- II the Oih Testament
Scrit,ies would Try % make II appear, nor dose Tie
.ro "a, Inv n,v means constitute his only exiting de-
sruaers. TIE pro eiral dehoahoeGieht ~ ire pa'-
sace ieef alirus whs mace on tauusr, Tue !ouheesl
s, of Hnaor rather We should say, peihnPr oh Biz
then imure ind wicked deed. ndanis Lori- htie the
,btst 70 su for believing that was ever Intended,
ly tie g.tat father himsef-HI oil events MS to lie
uimaiy arccpatiuun uuy ,ler APP hceilun or sette,
Il anin tint OF q p lu al and hot IA scrNile one In
such manner Of aiy inie-and that too III the mot
Nm ked foil Vi-t-lou-N certainly had hs
A,compst inert for ages upon the aoJcct Iosieiiiy
Of Cui.gL who were tubJugAed, alternately, BY each
O: the three great brnrc II the ArAie iamlly, and
ou sllurp vet more conf le.ly, TO uudonbed PORTIONS
Of ih-m altogether ill., ~ tho 'ime Of their expulsion
from Palestine b., the Children OF Israel under The com
mand y JOhun, they were utterly broken up hbd eA-
tiuuishel ar "a people among the uutious OF tie earth
While 10 flr ium the ever hi, Ing Teen reduce be-
fore final expulsion To rtaie OF ser'ie degrnda.
lion aud bdaye, except AT least as by tue fortune of
war they might possibly have coue IN Tor a larger
shine If Il thgu puy other pIt OF the dcscendais OF
tie family a. Noah and e, c'iAly ~ lar before that
event. except under the circumstances above referred
TO- from tbeire having been reduced TO ttaeoi
NE deg adAiun and hondagato the descendants Of
sLem II NJ IA moot certain bistoT9l fact on tie con-
r-ry thu. for cGu,iiulle period tie dert endants OF
Sheu Ia the live OF Abraham, were Themselves re-
dured state Of mos abject degrHdatloh and bone-
ngr To tie descendants Of Ham, Ia the hne OF Cush
~ which iesd tefo can scarcely b. a doubt that tie
Pyruaids are tie staudii aud lmerih bic memoiials
for tie HucSOs It Wa Mo eienotuiously Of Gothic
descent that at that time were the governors oil
snhiugrltd and dependant Egypt; or even indeed
IL II were not 20, the Case would still be pre-
eisey the same, under such circumstances II
would hen have been tho descendants OF azrain.
That the ne,roes are the Ges'thoHnlS OF ham, Is
matter which admits of no dsputei yet most assur-
edly however, tLey were by 10 means his ohly
de.CerdaDts az Ourselves, indeed, are tie hNhg |
denCLslnJn. Nor are they IL Is equally eernio, tie
DESCENDANTS OF that patriarch, IN the txecfatd hne OF
Canaan; but the Scriptures themselves bear tesli-
mony, and their history Glso comb ms its trae
intiu.aiOns they the descendants OF Ham, On the
contrary, specifically in the line Of Cush. TLey may
have become mixed rate indeed FROM very early |
period OF their b.to y; but at that early Ieriod how
ever they werv far from being IN any tLlrg like the
wretcL,d condition IN which they are now found 70
nisenbly 10 exit; and as for the negro color aud
Ihy,iogIony, M if that should Le regarded a suti-
ci,nt csuse OF rGson iOI tie Ierletua lob Of their
rresert degraded and ser,ile stse va have only to 20
10 tho iudoo Pantheon mud there we shall hni, Ut
eon,,ldcta ~ ard certainly, thai BuddLa, Or Jam, or
Mahmsn, or MeI des-the great idJl dely Meunvn oi
the Altman Cusha-dwip-ls represented 10y all LIS |
oriental wolfhi pers with tie complexion and tue |
feGiuref and the crisred wooily hair Of tie uu-
doubted aud genuine negro 50 that the present races
nj ih.r cun,l i.fnn nave httle ground Tor bOnrIilR