The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-02-27

~ blllS lnt blDlc NOCS Hpt saHtttOh
American marriggs. The system, taken as a
whole, is full Of evil and iniquity. The laws
Of the several States in regard to it, are, many
Of them, abomnable and the fruits that grow
out Of it are heart-sckening and dreadul--
Husbands beat and poison their wives. Multi
tudes OF parents suffer their children to grow
up in filth and ignorance; and the details Of the
divorce cases with which our northern newspa-
pers have been reeking for months past, are O.
nough to po son the fOuntsinS Of virtue in every
family where they are read. But is any honest
man or woman, who live together according 10
Gods ordinance, to be charged with the mi
quity of the statute book OF Indiana, or the
misery and crime of the Five Points? Meth
er is any honest stakeholder IN Virginia to be
charged With all the alleged or real stils con-
nected with the system of slavery. And how
will you correct the evils connected with mar
risge? By railing at the whole system as an
ini1hity? By joining the advocates Of Wo-
mans Rights in their crusade against the di.
vine law upon the subject? By denonncing
the relation itsel! as sinful? No! You acknowl-
edge the relation as lawful, and seek to throw
around II, and into the hearts Of those who
sustain it, the sanctfying influences OF the bles
sed gospel. Just so, Christian men and minis
ters are striving to remove the evils connected
with slavery in our Southern States. The gUs
pei does not sanction either the system Of A
mertan marriage or the system oil American
slavery, Qf by system be meant everything con"
nected with the practical workings Of the two
relations but then it dtd sanction both mar
riage and slaveholding under system Of laws,
and In d condition of public morals, worse than
now exists in either New York or Charestuh.
The Apostles did not endorse wicked laws in
regard to slavery: they gave both master and
slave the law of Christ They did not not
sanction licentiousnesS or cruelty in any social
relation; but sought to throw over all the sweet
and sanctiG ing influences of the truth as it Is
in Jesus.
Oh, if ministers OF the gospel in this land and
age had but fJllowed Paul as he followed Christ
and instead OF hurling anathemas and exciting
wrath against Shareholders, had sought to bring
both master and slave to the fountain Of Eman-
ueIs blood; If the agencies OF the blessed gospel
had snly been suffered to work their wey quiet
ly, as the light and dew Of the morning. into
the structure Of society, both North and South
how different would have been the position
OF our country this day before God! How
different would have been the privileges en-
eoyed by the Loor black mans soul which, in
this bitter contest, has been too much neglect.
ed and despised! Then there would have
been no need to have converted our churches
into military barracks for collecting fire arms
to carry on war upon distant frontier. y o
need for a sovereign State to execute the fear
fu pealty OF the law Upon the invader, for do
ing no there than honestly carry out the teach
ing OF Abolition preachers, who bind heavy bur-
dens, and grievous 10 be borne, and lay them
on mems shoulders, while they touch them not
with one OF their fingers. No need for the Hi.
dow and orphan to weep in anguish OF heart
over those cold graves, for whose dishonor and
deSolation God will hold the real authors re-
sponsbe. No occasion or pretext for slave
holding States to pass such stringent laws for
the punishment OF the secret incendary and
the prevention Of servile war.
shall not attempt to show what will be the
condition of the African race in this country
when the gospel shall have brought all classes
under its complete dominion. What civil and
social relations inen will sustain IN the times of
mllennial glory, do not knew. | cordially
incline to the opinion Of our church, that sla-
very is permitted and regulated by the Divine
law, under both the Jewish and Christian dis
pensations, not as the final destiny OF the en-
shaved, but as an important and necessary pro
cess in their transition from heathensn to
Sui WuetI ia tuc hicdb uldCuiuGIJ
of Providence, by which the final redemption is
to be accomplished. However this may be,
one thing know, and every Aboltionist
might know. il he would, that there are Chris
tan families at the South in which a patriarchal
fidelity and affection subsist between the bond
and the free, and where slaAes are better fed
and clothed and instructed, and have better
opportunity for salvation, than the majority of
the laboring people in the city of New York -
lfthe tongue Of Aboltionism had only Kept ST.
lenee these twenty years past, the number Of
such families would be tenfold as great. Fa-
natcism at the North Is one chief stumbling
block in the way of the gospel at the South
This is one great grievance that presses to-day
upon the hearts of our Christian brethren in
the Southern States. This, in measure, ex-
plains why such men an DR.. ThorDwell, of ).
Carolina, and Or. Palmer* Of New Orlea MS
men whose genius and learning and piety would
adorn any state or station--are willing to secede
from the Union. They feel that the influence
the Christian ministry is hiIdered, and their
power to do good to both master and slave Grip.
pied, by the constant agitations Of Abolitionism
in our national councils, and the incessant tur-
mol excited by the unscrptural dogma that
slaveholdng is sin They hope that under
some other government they may have that
peace Tor the prosecution Of their Matters work
which the Constitution Of the United States has
hitherto failed to secure for them. Whatever
l may think of secession as remedy for the
evils complained OF, in my heart do not blame
them. My soul is knit to such men with the
sSince the delivery Of ny sernion, have recei.
we'd copy OF Dr.. Palmer 3 excellent Thank sgiving
discourse, from which make the following extras:
'' The worst foes of the black race are those who
have intermeddled on their behalf We know bet
ter than others, that every attribute Of oir char.
acter fits them Tor dependence and servitude. BY
ma ture the most afIectionate and loyal OF n races
beDeath the sun, they are also the most helpless;
and no Gala nifty can betall them greater than the
the loss OF that protection they enjoy under tins
patriarehal system, Indeed the experiment has
been grandly tried OF precipitsting them upon
freedom which they know not how to enjoy; and
the disma results are before in statistics that
astonlsh the world. With the farest portion Of the
earth in their possession, and with the advantage
OF long discipline cf!tivators Of The soil their
constitutional Incidence has converted the most
beautiful islands OF the sea into how ling waste.
IL is not too much 10 say hatif the South should,
al tbs moment, surrender every slave, the wisdom
OF the entire world, united in solemn council cod
not solve the question OF their disposal Their
transportation To Al rica sten II II were feasible
would be but tho most ehDed cruelty; they must
perish With starvation before they could have time
TO relapse Into their primitive ba rsarism. Their
residence here, in the presence The vigorous Sax
on race, would be but the signal los their rapid
termination before they had time 70 wsste away
through listlessnese, fit b and wce~Frsedom wo'd
be their doom and tqualiy from both they call up.
on us, their provdenta guardians 10 be protected
know this argunept Will be seoifed ahrnad as
the nypocTlleel cover thrown over our oyza cupidl
ity and telhshiisss; but every Ssashsflk inssisr
,knoNs its ttuth and feeis ils pe~aex ny ssrgaat
whstbSr bora in my house or boux xgs NJ usaits
ey, stands TO tn the relation III cfsEd Yasu2E