Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-05


the flames Of his burning habitation and
sola into foreign slavery, for two or three
drschmsF, ,or two or three dollars, was bound
by the law of nature and as q matter
of moral duty to submit to the scourge OF
swsllsd almost TO b6FaiDg gs1n5ia
GWith thoughts oftheir Dacian Mother,
And his young barbarians all at play"
was he bound by the dictates of natural re-
ligion to hug his chains, or stay quietly in
his dungeon. Did the payment of a
paltry price or even of a large price
give the selfish despot, who purchased
him in market, better title to his
his blood and bones, his veins and sinewl
than nature gave to the unfortunate him
self. Yes, yes, certainly it did, say the ad.
vocates of the tpeehliar institution | n
Amos Kendall may believe this; Bishop
Hopkins may believe this; the subscriber
cannot. Then Is the Divine law revealed
10 the Sacred Scriptures, at war with that
other Divine law revealed by the voice oi
Nature to the hearts aud condolences of all
good men. Oh, wicked slander, Atrocious
GRiumnyt til Ye pampered priests. Ye
we'll fed scribes, "Who bind heavy burdens
and grieVous TO be borne and lay them on
other mems shoulders" J" beware, BEWARE
AS 5000 as your foul imputatlons are be.
lieVed good men will begin to regard the
sacred scriptures with abhorrence, The
blessed Apostles felt like medical students,
whose duty It was to watch the weary bed
of conValescence aud exhibit some soothing
potion; we'll knowing that their Divine
Master, the greatO the allWise Physician
had already administered a potent, an in
faIlible remedy. ra'"oo 20 '.,-g '1.l-
Hence they advised the slave as Gerritt
Smith or Arthur Fappsn would advise him,
If he could be free tot'choose 1t rather" as
thellAw of nature entitled him. But in q
subordinate situation not to practice the
mean aud petty vices of slaves, dissimula-
tion and "eye service" we'll assured that
he served Heavenly Master tenderly,
COMPASSIONATE of his sufferings, and who
would richly reward his faith and patience.
Well assured that he served a Heavenly
Master in whose all seeing eye twas neither
Jew nor Creek neither male nor female,
barbarian, scythian, bond or free, but all
were one in Christ Jesus" But they com.
manded those HLoTds and despots" who
till then had ruthlessly trampled on human
nature 10 give to, their servants "thRt which
was equal" that is fair remuneration for
their labor, we'll knowing that they also
had master in Heaven, who was no re-
spector of persons. They thus provided
for the temporary ype of the Church, in
full assurauce that The Divine Lawgiver
on the 3sSes Of Geun esareth ,SoJf the slope
of the> Mount of Blessingsf ,Yh6n he an
nounced The great moral law, IWhatsoever
ye would that men SHOULD do to you, do
ye even so 70 them, had pronounced the
doom Of the turbulent the aggressive, the
unblest institution. But some man will
object. Why raise the question now
Our unhappy business lis war; war in de-
set ofmen pfopose5 to wage war for the
direct purpose Of emancipation. This Is
true, literally tfne. Butt isequally true
that, in'such contest itib our interest as
we'll as our duty to detach from the service
of our naughty and imperious enemies
two numerous classes of underlings, the
slaves, who:are bound in chains of iron aud
the semi. slaves, who are bound in chains
of ignorance. passion aud prejudice. If
the revolted states or part of them would
offer, in good faith, to return to the Union
and submit to the laws, preserving their
unhappy institution, the question would
become praeticsl. We should then be call
ed on to .determine, whether We would in
sist on drying up the fountain of all our
national woes; whether we would insist
on cutting down the upas tree which has
poisoned the atmosphere Of our national
paradise. But at present to discuss the
question what we should do. If such an of
| fer were made, is just rs wise as 10 CON
slider how we should regulate the market
for larks If the sky would fall. But surely
every loyal man rwilluRdmit that in this
national death grapple'nnlessWe areiinssne
beyond the help OF helebore, we will to
the utmost. of our IpowAH odeprive out
uni ust enemies 'of the immense physical
force Of their sooty slsyes.L Moreover it iS
melancholy truth that in the Northeri
mind, the love OF this most odions and per!
nieious form ofIyIauny -hRs Increased, il
increasing and ought to be diminished.
Pro o9sIaVery otat6iS and pr0rsIavery editorl
rush to the rescue of the aggressive insti
/ tutioai at fope6 war with their country
with zeal as frantic, as that of the Thugs
who suck the blood Of their victims OF
the banks of the GsDges, with 4 zeal q,
selfish as that Of Bramins, who persuade
| the Hindoo widow to burn herself to ashel
and then divide her inher eritanoe. Thousand
and tens of thousands of reasonable letter
are written TO our soldiers in the fell
to diminish their courage, to abste thei
zeal and to destroy their efficiency.
And all this, in order that our arrogau
and aggressive enemies may enjoy tri
Eamph over our bleeding country. Unde
such circumstances, to leave such men il
possession of the sacred volume, would bl
q crime, a treason against human nstur
itself. without entering at length init
the controversy about the policy of slavery
we call attention TO the fact, that the do
minion Of race over race, OF the Spartan
over the Helots, Of the Romans over til
Teutons, of the old French nobility owe
their miserable peasants, and finally of th
EAglish over the Irish, has always bee
Il productive not only of the greatest debase
ment of morals, Of the most foul and ma
lignsnt passions, but of the most horri
human misery, Including wars, bloodshe
and desoiations. Now We ask candid an
thinking men 1areiwe sure that our sys
TEN of tyranny is to form an exception