Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-07

around aud see whore his wife and chiidren
are. IIc has no notion Of having them
stand upn your christian auction block:-f
Here y6arf mission endss 20. thinks DR.
Barnes. And such is the credit 6f common
sense And remember, your Pro.Slavery
Bible teashes that It is of the heathen you
may hayc Slaves, and to the heathen you
are making your appeal in behalf ct your
book ptoiossed to be from heaven, and 70
which you propose to convert your heather.
W hen you can convert heathen to be willing |
to be bought and sold as cattle, you may
convert them to your, Pro slavery Bible
II is,true, Just rs DR.. Barnes has said that
d" These are great principlesin in our nation,
as God has made US, which can never be
set aside by any authority Of a professcd
revelations ~ On this principle the Chris
tian church proceeds in all her missionary
operations, in every heather, country. She
always accompanies her missions with every
element OF high Christian civilization-l
everything 10 elevate-everythin to edu-
to enpoble--eyerything toI
make all masters. not of others, but OF them
seyes-nothing to degrade or enslavc. She
aims to kill out crsie, and 10 bring all to a
common level, as to natural rights, and to
sweep away every element Of Slavery, and
all this ON the principle, that reason in man
revoits S y. every 'h.'3 nsswnps a aa osa sn',i
drivers, andall the paraphernalia Of Slavery;
and consequently that any such book pro
fessing to come from God who is no respect
er of persons, must be an imposture. Re
son demands 'the perfect law of liberty"
and rejects every other. This reasoning
holds Of the child Of nature, when book is
frst presented TO ms reason , claiming 70 DC
q s'tl'ernaturii reveiacoh' iihs ~ .ae pos'-
ton OF l,arnes, OF Ut. hlexahder' Oh every
sonnd aushor on the suplect. nc
Ihere Is another question; m Ia anu . very ali
Ierent one, WIN %nich III. an Dyke,e a,u .ha
| every pungiing arpltrary cnampion oi .nc
Wnip ana lash' woulu cohioInu .iiis. Az =
thls-aiter we are satisneo ron the i eyi- ],
dences presented % oqr reason tIiat Me I'o.e -
w mc aoord o Iea, yer we nre .pCuliu
Yield an 1tp'rn faith ID all i1s .encnins.
tlheni we may netT maze our PtecyInee'u,, ' Ia Y,
God. 2 hen, thus saith the Lord is fnal :
THIS Dr. Barnes, and every inteiilgent anti
Il Slaycry advocate, Delieving the nipiei grants
4 Hear AGAIN, Dr' Alexahaer Oh this sup
! Ject--f NO doctrine can De proper 9Plec'
!, OF our faith which IS not more reasonable tf
, receive than to reject: II book, claiming
: to be a divine revelation, IS found to contain
, doctrines which can IN no way be reoclcIled
to right reason, II IS sure evidence
that those claims have no solid foundation
; and ought to bercjccted - - -
S We preler, the reason and good sense O
Drs. Alexander and barnes 70 the fro
Slavery dogma OF DIR. Van Dyke.
But there is SUI another question lnyoi!et
IN TINS subject. IL Is OF deep tneolog'ea
inportance, ana az rug 1l % .neolo9icai ~; ~
eLpiu.a.ee's, sls eiiamIiuny M 's:oioa ~ .,i'
Ieiehee r. he or SiaveiS a. aais',om y .n,
~ po ;,,;,ina =. ;,' a. e. my paaso
ar tase OF IN 2uI ,nq,l'cs ai,er ,,c ;han,, ;hca
: lug y. any paauu:,al uA.i a'o " So .. ~ aoo.:
y apply any pal.cIh,ar .e La '.;1aa raiss y, inapre'a
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iuoso' ;;. GmI "G H. ,;Il -. 70. oa"no ".
!. much mi nonsense and wickedness % too, and and nc M
n more than he makes of his isolated ant
e favored texts wrested into his cause o
tyranny, by saying, mastery, ,--'.The,e II Is
4 pL.inlv tcrttten IN The M,o Of God" Oh
Fl the Dr. will say--the, case Is not the same
o! "Mutatis mutandis." The case beins
Y changed, alters the case. So said the law
1 yer when cheating the farmer. When thu
: Doctor ) rale-rather no rule-of interpre
: tation makes him, either to. hate his wifi
9 and children, or to unsaint himself, he viii