Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-14

ArtfuI D0dging.--The Bible Argu-
menfs for and Against SLAVERY.

the baptism Of slaves IS being rank Sab
oIitionism,v according to the Reporters
views, logically carried out-we pro-
pounded = series Of questions to the Re
porter's editor or editors These ques-
tons we're 90 framed as to give the said
editor or editors an opportunity to
reconcile, by original or borrowed logic
and ea.uistry, ana by Biblical qsota-
ton (which seems to DO the Reporters
peculiar forts, when it is defending
slavery, on the principle Of the Devil
quoting scripture"), the holding Of ha-
man beings as slaves, and the genteel
robbery Of the fruits Of their labor by the
master, with the laws Of meuH and tnpm
and the principles Of the Golden Ruls.
Instead Of replying to our queries
and thus reconciIing Slavery with abb
stract right and eternal truth, the Re
porter dodgss our questions, and instead
Of answering them, proposes string Of
queries to u.s. Oar questions esuId
have been answered in the space that ia
devoted to those proposed in response.
But perhaps ours could not be ans'oered
by the Reporter, even with the aid Of
the Bible and Concordance. This is our
inference and must be the general con-
clusion.
II the Reporter and tie friends-the
slaveholdefs and their dependents-are
satisfied with the failure Of their apolo.
gist to answer legitimate and reasonable
questions, we are. II they approve Of
the Yankee mode OF answering ques-
tons by asking others, we are, and shall
give answers 10 the questions PROFOUND
ed to us. If we tread on the toes Of any
Of our Kentucky neighbors, they must
blame their secesh apologist and the
yulnerabili.y and inherent injustice Of
their pet system.
Reporters LIST Question -" Do you
thiHk the negro is entitled to the same
rights and privileges as white menu II
so, IL he your equal2
We think that every human being is
entitled to that which the Declaration
Of American Independence claims for
call men " as amongst their inalisn-
able rights wiz, life, liberty, and
the pursuit Of happiness We hold,
also, that every man and woman, what
ever their color may be, is entitled to
the use and enjoyment Of the fruits Of
their labor, and the proceeds Of their
skill and industry and that the appro-
priation Of their wages by any self-eon-
stituted master or mistress is no
thing short of genteel robbery And the
robbery is but little modified BY the fact
that the slaves are allowed food enough
10 sustain life, with sufficient clothing to
cover their nakedness, aud medicine
when siek. Pay everybody the wages
they earn, and give them liberty, and
allow them to support themselves in
their own way, and enjoy freedom. As
for the equality, the Declaration says;
We hold these truths TO be selfeyident
that all men are created equal" etc.
Is the Declaration Of Independence good
authority with the Reporter, or only a
"glittering generality"
The preamble Of the Constitution of
the United States sets forth that 1--WE
the people of the United States, in order
to form a more perfect union, establish
justice &c, do ordain and establish
this Constitution" &c. Is il just to OPP
press and rob Of their labor four millions
ofpeople who are human, have souls, and
whom the Reporter thinks it all right to
bsptize and receive into the Church ? II
all men were created equal, what have
the negroes done to forfeit their right to
be free and to enjoy the fruits of their
labor
Question I'd" Do you believe in the
doctrine of miscegenation, and think
with Wendell Phillips that hafbreed
niger is the type Of the future Ameri-
can
We do not believe in miscegenation,
nor that mulatto is the type Of the fu-
tnre American, If by the latter definition
it is meant that our population is to be-
come with the lapse Of time, ali, or near
ly all, saddle-eolored. But we must
qualify little in regard to the latter
clause Of our answer. IL the North pre-
vail in this siraggle, our population will
remain white; but if the South, or mulat-
to-breeding portion of the Union prevail,
we rather think that the "half-breed
Niger" will become the type of the
American of the future under planta-
ton control. Where is Miscegsnation
praeticed : Not in the North, but where
slavery exists. So will it ever be. Why,
the Democracy of the Nation even hon
ored M'seegenation by eleeting Dick
johnson, who had negro wife aud half
breed children, to the Vice Presidency.
Sd Question" Do you think the Con-
stitulion should control the action of
officers of the Government, who are
sworn to support it, when those officers
are abolitionists
Yes, the Constitution shonid control
the action Of all officers of the Govern
ment
4th Question: Is it any more harm
to steal horse from a citizen Of Indi-
ana, than il is for an abolitionist to steal
a kentuekian's negroY'
Morally it is, but constitutionaIly it is
not A horse is an animal, and can be
r'ghtfully held as property. Hence to
steal a horse is sin and a crime. 4
negro is being with an immortal soul
held IN slavery against his will. He is
not property, nor can any human being
rightfully make him or her so. Slavs.