The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-11-18

10 the Legislative 10 sanction the cmanti.
patton. but the greedy North Carolinians
took the whole of the estate, and the mother
and son were dcoreed. in tho language Of
the Judge. ShR SIices, and part IF The cs.
tate Fl EIiShd BrdSeU2c."
The reader can now appreciate, at its
true worth, Professor Morses declaration
that those traits oC slavery which have
excited horror are altogether eririnSic and
accidental It is not the slavery Of the
southern States"
Sufficient facts have also been presented
to cuatlc the reader TO give correct an,
swcr to the following question, PROPOSED
10y Judge Woodward, late Coppcrhead can
didatc for the Governprship Of Pennsylva-
MIA, in a speech un December l3, ls6Oi
"Dn you not sec, and feel, how good it vas for
US to hard over our slaves to our friends Of the
Sruth-how good il was for Us that they have en-
ploycd them IN raising q staple for our manufac-
turcrs how Wise IL was to 81 adjust the cnmprO-
mise 0t the Constitution. that we could live in
union with them. aud reap the signal advantages
NO heather thran, hut to Christian men nrufessing
the same faith with us-speNkiug the same lan-
guage-rcading the golden rule in no onc-sided and
distorted shape, but MS II is recorded rule 70
slaves as well as masters
To this assurance of Judge Woudward's.
we will add au argument from tho letter of
Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, in defence Of
slavery:
"But, it is said, the poor slaves are treated ,rnS
bdrbdrity, and doubtless it may sometimes bc true 4,
just as soldiers and sailors, and even wives and
children, are shnmetully abused amongst ourselves
in many instances. ltis evident, however, that
the system of slavery cannot be specially liable 10
reproach an this scOrc, because every motive of in-
tcrcst must bc opposed to II. Hence
lao pr pf hnf fhaV
bc exceedingly few. un tho whole, indeed, | see
uu reason tu deny tho statement of our Southern
friends, that their slaves are the Lappirst sborcrs
ia the world. Their wants sge ali provided for by
thcir MASTER"
Yes, "oll their wants provided for" by
masters who read the golden rule in no
one-sided and distorted shape, but whose
Christian faith and practice are revealed by
the uucrring records of the law of their
humane and (accorling to tho Bishop y
" divinely sanctioned" system of slavery
We have examined this sy stcm as de.
veloped in the Supreme Courts, aud what il
tho result? No faith is to be kept with a
slave (he has no rights: he may be beaten
without any redress (his property is not
his own if even his master il tender
| hearted, such kindness of feeling must be
roprcssed Che may be lawfully hunted hv
dogs; the fogciblc violation of his wife is
no excuse for vengeance on the aggrcssnr
! (thc chastity of female savc is of no ac-
count sympathy for them is mere twad-
/ die (and their restoration 10 freedom must
hc discountCnanccd and rcfusedl.
| If this bc a Christian system. let us re-
nouncc Christianity aud slavery together
But neither Bishops nor Judges will per.
fsuadc the Christian freemcn of the North
that Southern slavery is anything but an in
the religion of Christ. TO every humane in
stinct and sound moral aud political princi-
pies. The men who defend it are not
worthy of the name of American citizens.