Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-01
NEW SERIES-VOL. l.-NO al.

hcathen aspect of it, such as was present,
ed in every nation of antiquity, Asiatic,
African and European, down to and after
the period Of universal dominion by the
Romans; we nave this immense subject
exhibited to us, in oil its possible bearings.
by God himself. Never, IN single in
stance, is it represented to US as thing
goad in itself always rs thing actually
existing always to be expected, allowed
by Goo, considered and treated in his law,
regulated by his providence, wholly in,
different rs concerning his grace, and to
enter into our final account to him, both
rs we may be masters and as we NAV la
servants, !n the light of our faithful dis
charge or our wicked neglect of our du.
ties to each other in that relation. A
masters, our guilt, ii we neglect the du-
ties binding on US, or abuse the power we
possess SO that the slavery which exists
amongst Us, carries this responsibility toa
height which, to all thoughtful christian
persons, gives the institution one of its
heaviest burdens. To consider the rela-
tlor on the side of the master. ono mere.
ly OF profit to himself, is to forfeit at once
every Justification for its continuance -
while, on the other hand, to rob the reia>
ton wholly OF that aspect, can be found,
ed Only on the notion that all servitude
was sinful, o. else on some fanatical idea
OF justice or charity, which if rendered
practical would put an end to society, by
putt ng an end to all motive for any ono
to obtain amy sort ofscrvice from another.
! That every form of sersituda ought to be-
ameliora ed continually, even if we are
sure it can never be abolished, is as clear
a that poverty should be aleviated though
we knO it can never be prevented or
/ that sickness should be relieved, though
it is ce. tain it will recur forever. Clearas
MAY be the justIficati II of every form of
servitude 50 far as the mere question of
sin is c)ncerned-and per.ec. as may be
the right to persist in the extreme form of
| it, so far as the civil power is con cerned-
there are thousand considerations, per-
sonll and public, moral ana political.
which may 50 bear upon individuals and
communities, cs TO make it their clear du>
ty, under given circumstances, to put an
end to she hereditary slavery which ex
lists amongst us, or under given circum>
stances to make it improper to sttempt,
or impossible to accomplish it. 1t is ab
su:d, therefore, it not monstrous, TO con,
tend that vast regions OF our country are
morally bound to the last extremity and
as their chiet duty, to labor for the more
secure establishment and the more etfec.
tual perpetuat!on of negro slavery and
equally SO to array public opinion, and to
direct political parties, in other vast por-
tons of the country, to the repression or
the destruction Of it, on any pretext at
n l. much less any connection with its
IN jrai nature. We have already shown
that faithful observance Of our constitu-
tonal obligations would Pot an eud to nll
such opinions and practices and that
there Is nojustihcation for any of the
principles upon which the, rest, or the
proceedings to which they lead, to be
found in natural law. And now it seems
clear, thar the only ihfalhbie rule OF con
duct, Gods blessed Wort, condemns in
the most positive manner, all the pre-
texts concerning negro sla> cry, whether
at The North or al the South, upon which
the public mind has been la3hed into
madness. Slavery san institution, which
revolutions neither perp5tuat0 )r abolish
> except under conditions who'll accident
al. And il the aulrehial spirit, whose Sc
, ditoIs career we have traced, finally tri.
. umphs ana this natiou is destroyel-the
= real problem to be Afterwards worked out
! will be, the ultimate domin .cn of the
| White race, or Of mixed race essentially
: African, over the cotton region of this
I continent. Is the ipaugurating of that
: problem worth the luin of this great ma
, tiUn?
q To be concluded merit vcek.