Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-05

to the wisdom Of this world, when they deny !
education to slaves--they are adopting a
measure necessary 10 secure their determined !
purpose. II Is such policy as the robber
exhibits, who silences in death the voices
that might accuse him, and buries in the
grave the witnesses Of his crimes. He Is
determined to pursue his occupation, and his
safety in it requires that he should not IN
dulge in keeping conscience. How horrible
must he thai system, which. in the opinion
Of its strongest advocates, demands, as the
necessary condition Of its existence, that
knowledge should be shut out from the
minds Of those who live under it--that they
should be reduced us nearly as possible to
the level of brutes or living machiues-that /
the powers Of their souls shou!dbe crushed.
Let each one ask can such system be
aided or even tolerated, without deep Grim
inaliy2"
.3. II depri5es its subjects, ia a great
measure, of tie priciieges Of the gospel. =
| You may be startled at this statement, and
feel disposed to exclaim, Our slaves are
always permitted and even encouraged to
attend upon ordinances Of worship. But
a candid and close examination will show the
correctness of onr charge. The privileges
of the gospel. as enjoyed by the viii pop
ulation Of this land, consists in free access
to the scriptures. regular gospel minisfry,,
: dad domestic means Of grace. Neither OF
these is, to any extent worth naming, en-
loved bs slaves, as a moments consldera'
, ton will satisfactorily show.
"When the missionaries Of the cross enter
I heather land, their hope Of fully Chrls-
!. tianizingit rests upon the fact, that they
: can array ssS bipgAo bear upon the.,n'ndi ,i
!. sot these chiidssii OF Ignorance and SIN, all
I.l. ,vhtah I, al has nppptut.
= ed for the reformation of man. But while
8 the system of slavery continues among US,
these means can never be efficiently and
= fully employed Cor the conversion OF the de-
u graded sons Of Africa Yet God hath made
d them Of one blood with ourselves hath
provided for them the same redemption
l. hath in his providence cast souls Spon oul
care; and hath clearly intimated to US the
,, doom of him, who 'seeth his brother have
'g need and shutteth mp his bowels Of com
q passion from him. .--P. 4, ..
~ The testimony of the American Trac
~ Society, Just recently uttered in Its anni
ry vcrsary meeting, confirms the evidence o
re the Synod OF kentucky. To this We referrc'
10 in our last. 1t says;
\ 1.-The colored people who have recent
!" escaped from bond ge, have now, Er, N
nc first time, All opportunity to learn to read tn
be word of God And again: ar.o.,
nd ''We gratefully recognize the providenc
=, of God in no,o yiring unrestricted access t
:" ~, thousands who haSe recently escaped fro'
ou bondage F" And farther
oh "Rev. Piersou. who has labored anon
n. the negroes in Washington ID. g., wishe
the Tract Society to unite in an effort I
ut eradicate the laws from the Statute book
ne prohibiting any class Of persons (coloret
he from learuing tn read and write.
cb At Por: Royal, and elsewhere, thousan'
ofI ignorant of letters, and among them persol
" of more than eighty years Of age, have no
ou for the first time opportunity TO learn
read the Bible This opening OF the Bibl
nd to tens of thousands, is the work OF 4
>, wicked U) Abolitionists whom you wi
to bitterness oppose. The work of that vic
"' ed (!) Lincoln, and his wicked " Congres
,d whom you denounce
ai aip Brother G,.--what a wicked work this
,nh the elevating of the negro to the eqnali
al of reading the Bible equally with the viii
'i 70 race Negro equally ! That dreadt
~ thing, dreaded by you and the party who
slave you are What but that pure ligl
,,ppo hating--higher law hating Bible haiti
modern lsn ps%Sssa, ,Ss ogSr gS{y g." s sase o
,,,J now reaching tho dark minds of the neg
-. reading the Bible for themselves!
~, If this work, of opening the Bible a
70 the gospel to the ''nferor race" AZ nj
SS 10 going on under the auspices of the rrese
~; Administration, cannot be arrested by t
aun aon Democratic party, slavery will bc put
,"a Gus jeopardy. Abolitionism and this evangel
ne, ,se ing and Bible teaching are iuscparabe. I
uo. very fact that you charge upon Abotioni
,,,n ,er and the party Of the Administration I
1--WE cause Of the rebellion proves that you sta
en, ''nn in the way of the gospel among the ens
TIer ed. Then remember here, that you chai
,hs i the alarm of negro elevation, and mel
'''I y !, equality as the cause of arou,ng the N
e e ltu lt slayeholders--the low and ignorant mas
oBUubs South into rebellion But the o
elevation, or equality of the negro, e.
s,' WI claimed BY the Administration, or
"iu friends Of the education and evangelical
" of the negroes is now excmplifying in
-, extending to them, rs inevitable provide
oM ..'s,, opens the way. liberty. letters, the Bill
'uoa nua tho gospel and protection. Is not this j
,nsss ,nse what You oppose Who asks their so'
'so, ,S,n equality? .ai
'm 'n The fact that you oppose every kind
lncc 20 .o,,,n,;,., b,rr;nra m,