Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-11
THE VALUE OF SLAVERY TO THE
INSURRECTIONIST

THE VALUE OF SLAVERY TO THE
INsURRECTIONIsTs.
The Constitution of the United States is on
the anvil, and the American people are beating
slavery out Il. The southern insurgents are
made to act the part Of 'blowcrs and strikers"
In this forging process in spite ofthemselves, and
some Of the hardest blows at the peculiar insti-
tuition are dealt Ivy or through the slayeocrncy. |
We have now lying before us n document
which proves the necessity of destroying slavery
in ordsr to dcracinate the rebellion, and sets in
the strongest possible light the giant wicked
ness of the system. It is an address delivered
before the General Assembly Of the Prcsbyte-
rian Church, at Augusta, Ca, December 10,
1861, by Rev. c. c. Jones, d. D., and published
by the order of the General Assembly under the
auspices Of the Presbyterian Committee Of Pub
lication at Richmond.
Mr.. Jones, the Doctor of Divinity who do
livcred this address, is an able and venerable
preacher, and one who overfows with plety.
His long labors In Southern vineyards and his
intimacy with the social relations existing be- |
tween the masters and slaves give great weight |
10 his opinions of the negro. In commencing |
his appeal for the religious instruction Of the |
negro the reverend gentleman says; Now
that we are happily separated from the free
States, the religious instruction Of our great
and Increasing population of negroes-for spe-
Ciul reasons shall not stay TO mentlon-fal,s
exclusively upon the Churches Of Christ in the
COufederacy, and upon ours among the rest"
He then goes on to trace the progress Of
glavery from the epoch of its introduction into
In Nuha n nut tph mn IN Of m
landed twenty degrooo for saiO in the colony
% of Virginia, on the banks of the James river,
until the present time, when the slave popula.
tion is estimated at four millions.
Says the reverend doctor, of these sons ol
Ham!
"They share our physical nature. and are
bous Of bone and flesh Of our deshj they share
Our hitsile -tUdl and spiritual nature each body
OF them covers an immortal soul, whom God
our Father loves, for whom Christ our Savior
died, and unto whom everlasting happiness OF
misery shall be meted in the last day. They
are not the cattle upon a thousand hills, MOI
the fowls upon tho mountains, brute beasts
goods and chattels, to be taken and worn ou
and dest Dyed in our use but they men
created In the image of God, to be acknowl
edged aud cared for spiritually by u.s."
Aftef having thus frankly described tn
spiritual relations of the negro, Doctor Jonel
expatlHtes feolingly upon thOtr peculiar socia
connection with their masters. Saith Jones
D. D.;
they arc not enemies, but friends; the
are not foreigners, but our nearest nelghbors
they arc not hired servants, but servants be
longing to us in law or gospel born IN on
house and bought rih our money; not peopl
whom we seldom see, and whom We seldor
hear, but people who are never out of the llgh
of our eyes nor the hearing OF our ears. The
md fnan aNa
whittier we 90 they go; where we dwell the.
dwell; where VIC die and are buried there the
die and are buried and more than all thei
God Is our God.
What parts men most closely connected i
this life from each other, that only can part u
from them; namelyi crime, or debt, or dcatt
Indeed they are with us from the cradle 10 III
grave. Many Of as are Rbrsed al their geIleroi
breasts, and all are carried IN their arms. The
help to make us walk, they help TO mako u
talk they help TO teach us TO distinguish th
Iirst thiugs We see and the first sounds VIC heal
They minglc In all our lnfantile and boy
ish sports they arc in our chambers and Il
our parlors, and serve US at every call. The
arc with us In the house and IN the field the
arc with when We travel on the land and o
the sea; and when we are called TO face daI
gers or pestilcnCe, or l6dr, sal they are ICith IA
they patiently nurse us and ours in long nigh
and days Of Illness our fortunes are their TO
tunes, and our Joys arc their joys and oI
sorrows are their sorrows and among the la
forms that our failing eyes do see, and anon
the last sounds our ears do hear, are the
forms and their weepings, mingled with tho
of our dearest ones, as they bend over us
our last struggles, dying, passing away in
the valley OF the shadow of death
MY brethren, are these people nothing
US! Have We no gratitude, no friendship,
Kind feelings for all they have done for us al
for ours7 Have we no heart 10 feal, no haI
to help, no smiles to give, no tears TO shed {
their behalf, no wish In your inmosl soul tn
they may know what You prize above q
Prlcc-yOur precious Sayiour-and go with "
TO glory, tOoin
Yea, verify, Jones, the social relations b
tween your white sheep and your black on,
are extremely intimate, and Il would hay
grieyed your soul to have seen the servants boz
in your house and bought with your none
aeeng away from fredericksburg with the
little bundles Of clothing and following RurY
SIDES army to freedom in August, 1862 an
fleeing from bondage at every point where ON
armles have opened for them an avenrc n
escape.
The reverend DR.. Jones proceeds to state IL
value Of the negroes as an integral part Of II
population to their masters, to the Confedcrac
and to the world, as follows;
"To oWSslUCS they are the source In a lar
measure of our living, and comprise our veal
in scripture, our money Our boatmen, O
they on the 4atersi our mechanics and ar
zaDs TO build our houses and to work In ma
tTadesj our agrlculturists to subdue our fores
to SOW, and cultivate and reap our lands; lOii
AT iolnn no team Is started, no plolgh Il ylrR
spade. nor hoe, aOT ara is driven; thew prepa
our food and walt about our tablrS and o
persons, and keep the house and watch 4
their masters coming.
They labor TO- us In summers SUMS al
winters cold; TO the fruit OF their labor Y
owe our education, our food, and clothing, al