The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-04

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when they abolished Slavery in their dominions ?
If so, what national punishment followed their ma
tional sin If not why is it wrong for this nation
to accomplish similar work Have those slave
holders, who in their lifetime or by testamentary
act, have manumtted their slaves, done violence to
revelation If not, why may not community
work to the same end And is it a sin IN any
,oay to work for the enfranchisment of slaves If
not, In what way may we work Is abolltionism
W rong in the end it seeks, or, only wrong in the
methods to reach that end P-Are the white in
habitaDts of the United States descendants of ia
pheth If SO, do theycomprise the aUhoLe or only
part of his descendants If a part only, by
what Interpretation of scripture must this partcu-
lar part be blessed in the curse of Canaan, while
the remainder are uuder the necessity Of hiring
and paying their servants By what law of ethnol-
ogy, or by what Interpretation of prophecy is it
made TO appear that ,Ce must hold slaves, while
the race across the waters, who have a common
PERCENTAGE with US, are under no such necessity :?
When these questions are satisfactorily an
swered there are still others that we should like
to PROFOUND. Is the curse of Canaan any more
provldental order" than the curse of..Adam !?
Must not Sin remain on the earth until the times
of restitution But are we, therefore wrong in
striving against sin. and in doing what we can
to prevent it ? Are We forbidden by revelation
from legislating against such sins as drunkenness,
bearing false witness, adultery, theft, murder9 If
we could, would it be wrong to Danish these
crimes from the State ? And if it is right for us
to labor, as we'll in. the halls of legislation as in
the pulpit, to Tighten curse pronounced upon
the whole race, why is it wrong TO work by the
same insrumentalities, to tighten curse pro-
nounced upon only part Of the racer And
does it lessen our responsibility for any wrong or
suffering in the world, which we have the power
to prevent, that such wrong or suffering il part
of Gods" providential order p Is not every.
thing which we call wrong or sinful part of this
: provldential order" being all predetermined
from the foundation of the world But does
the fact that it is so make it right, or have we on
that account any excuse for saying that we will
not strive against it.? Though the earth was
cursed on account of sin, may we not all strive
to make it. near an Eden as possible ?
There is still another branch OF inquiry.-Dr.
Lord says Slavery is a moral question, and should
never be made political one. 1t belonged to
the Church and not to the State, and because
abolitionsts insisted on making it political
question, they have made abolitionism the eau
sative antecedent of the war;" But is not slavery
part of the State, and no part of the Church ?
Was it not 30 far treated as part of the State,
at the foundation of the Government, that it
claimed and received the two-ffths representa-
ton (? Did not the reclamation of fsgitives by
the samesorganic law, become a political ques-
ton, an9 not matter for the Church to settle
And upon the admission of new States into the
Union, made out of territory which did not be-
long to the Union when the Constitution was
framed, was not the question, SO far as Slavery is
concerned, wholly political enc Is not the
same true respecting the legislation for the recla-
nation of fugitives from service ?-And in deci-
ding a political question, is statesman, or even
Politician forbidden to consider the mora aspect
of it May not and ought not, a INNS moral
convictions to control his vote, if he gives one at
all, or may he set them aside and disregard them
o
when he is only acting for the commongeal th ?
Do not the value of Slave labor, its adaptation
to climate and productions, its appearance in the
census, and its effect upon the growth, and wealth.