Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-01-04

OF his maker, In the moral image because pos
sessed Of righteousness and true holiness and
that he was placed under law with the power to
keep o. violate it, and that this power, the pow
or Of choice Is with him to-day, one OF the es-
sentials of his nature without which he would
cease 10 be man. How is this to Be reconciled
with an absolufe and ce tain providenoe9 we
may be sure that no being but the all wise God,
onr Maker, wonld bo equal to the task.
It may be done by handling physical matters
80 as to control mans Actio ls His liberty may be
bounded by impossibilities and his co irse inter
| rup.ed by proyide1tial barriers. Or he may De
led by prOvidential openings into the course de,
sired ACCIDENT disease and death, in fact all
physical ills and physical blessings may 30 bear
| upon action 80 to control with coAsummate skill
| that dangerous liberty without invading It's sa-
ed circle or infringing upon its remotest pre-
| rogAtiye.
m.-HUMAN RIGHTS.
The Government OF God seems to proceed
| upon the idea Of equality among men. All men
i are by nature alike valuable 70 God. That this
Is the true view seems 10 be sustained by science,
| experience and levelation.
All inquiry into mind sud body brings US back
Il for humanity, nothing but human mind and
human body The same faculties OF mind ap-
pear mall. No writer on the science OF mind mas
found II necessary h divide his work into races
L No writer on an atomy and dileaGe has found II
necessary to treat these subjects otherwise than
as they relate to humanity.
/ Experience bears the same testimony. dis
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| had helped dissect many bodies and that when
once the skin is of, it is impossible to say to
| what nation or race the body belongs. II this
we're not so it would seem strange that the villain
West should attempt to pass on the body OF q
mu-te cred negro for his own.
| Ano her srong argument for the unity of the
race is found In the fact that the most opposite
divisions readily blend and bequeath to their
offsprings all the powers they themselves pos
sess. The mulatto, the mestizlo, the creole the
l h.lF a1b md all "a n long
and have as many children as do their ancesto. T;
OF either division OF the race. In fact II used ,
bs common saying BY yslayeholders in the South
that mulatto was like cat had nine lives.
| To this view God seems fully committed by
His word The origin OF man, az related by
Moses certainly means nothing else. The Re
deIpption OF Christ folnds upon the same truth,
| while Paul Peter and James have expl essly a.
serted the views OF inspiration on the subject.
Paul. before the polite Athenians, declared thai
God made of oae blood all nations. Where then
ia white blood Where black bloodg Peter
-ys " God is no respecter OF persons, but ac-
cepts men on the same ground OF all nations
Jares says, we must not with our tongues, curse
| men 40 are made in the image Of God, from all
which it follows that God looks upon himself As
| One Ind that He makes rome other dlscrimi-
nations than such as are based upon character,
3d. And that He prohibits by example and pre-
| cept any unjust distinctions made among our
selves Hence human rights are equal rights,
| and every man on proving his manhood Is en-
titled to Fellowship.
WOOD AND SLAVERY.
II all this be true with what adherence must
| God have looked upon slavery as it existed in
our country How hiss He always abhorred it
| know of no more striking display OF His hatred
Of this vile institution than that wrought in be-
half OF Israel. With plaques He destroyed the
| iirst born OF Egypt, aud with the flood slew the
emperor with the flower OF his army. God then
in fire nddeath uttered His terrible voice agans.
L II .y,In ion
All natians have tried slavery and all in theii
! turn have suffered in consequence. The whole
J history OF national life shows God upon the
: side Of the oppressed. Perhaps the great lesson
| of modern times has been taught the world IN
our country's example. Whatever mag be said
to the contrary theie can remain no doubt but
| that slavery was the cause and sole cause oi
our late war. 1t was the one ve1ed question
that originated and kept alive the ''Trepresslble
! conflict" 1t was the troublesome ghost that
would not down. States Rights, Sectional In
terests and Southern Rights when reduced tc
| their elementaIS condition were found to con
tain each 20 parts slavery to the 100.
Do we doubt this We have but to ask who or
| Ganized the rebellion Was it not the slave
| Holding aristocracv Of the South ? The booted
| ard spurred and cockaded southern gentlemen
| who held all tine offices controlled the politics
and claimed the right TO govern They const
tutei in fact the governing class. Representing
a negro property OF three billion dollars they
| welded power that not only bound the whole
South but which for ten years at least might bt
| set down as almost supreme in the nation itself
| Drawing the supplies to their aTlstOcracy from
| the millions of crushed slaves it was their pecu
! liar institution, the harmonizing chord that pu
| the whole South In tune ami in1ts interest tn
a | inflated SOuthrOn drew the Sword OF rebellion
Who formed the GOntederacy! The same men
Il | Tie Stephenses. IoomOses, CObbs, Mem mlngers
: | Rhetts. Ironholms, lancey, Clay, iulee, ant
| others Of like class. All Shareholders, many o
| whose slaves have seen and conyersed with II
= | the Sunny South sIuce the dawn uf better dAys
\ And it is well known that stevens who Was style,
4 | by some the brains OF the Confederacy, and win
was i'll an probability the ablest III the con
clave boosted in speech delivered IN MUntgOm
e | cry, Ala, That the cornerstone OF their splen
= did and chIyalrous free Republic was Ne6r,
: | Slavery,
E The south was driven BY the exigencies OF th,
e case to ayoW lt- faith this SUI Ject at tie be
4 giDng OF ha7tutles Slavery was tile only raj
| wing cry throughout tine whole section. Moth
10 ing else could call the people to arms hence til
Y blatant politician in order TO hrs tho Southeri
,r re.rt shouted, tine North wants to take our mig
l. | gers from US, while the perhdous priest iattei
N In6 of the life blood Of negro women and chil
n dren, stood mp before his dock aud VIII sane
]. rimonious drawl explained to them that tn
e. Goths and Yaudals from the North we're comm
e in countless horde= to tear down their beautiful
civilization. That they would lay unholy hand
o upon the Divine Institution bequeAthed to theI
h | by their fathers and utterly exterminAte til
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l. thing else but kindness, and Who knows nothin
9. of government save that wholesome patrlarchi
* authority exercised over him by his Attentiy
and consdeTate master, and then rolling his eve
IL to heaven he would invoke the God VI storI
re and battle 70 rice up in their defence.
s. Tho whole South was thus early prosecutin
L. the war to rivet more securely upon the negI
IN the chains of hopeless iitude. The nc
1t went into the war to held the negroes they the
IN had, while the poor whites mustered from IL
a river banks and pine forests. 2shouldered Ii
nusket, and followed the lords to the front
le the hope that when the war was over they shou
OF secure for their bounty forty acres Of land fr,
r. niger and mule. II Iich were TO reta
ld the'r slaves while the poor were deuded Wi
Id the | 'ef that they should have the fr
It. negroes,
Il But If the South was Thus thoroughly cor
tn mitted to slavery, 1t was not until nearly thr
sc years Of disastrous warfare that the Cover
ment and the people Of the North were ma
'e- aboitionists. Although the South pursu
nd the main issue and cung with the utmost ten
20 city to the one question the north pretend,
in | not TO see it. 1t could see rebellion and stru
n- at it, mAnful and rapid blows but could not 8
ng slavery. Mr. Lincoln had been elected upon
is non extension platform and seemed disposed n
re to advance one step beyond the authority
he that election. He was q patriot IN the true
en- sense, and loved his country and the Unio
ne His motto was to preserve the union at VIII
)st ever cost.
to AT length through defeat in the front and a.
ry tAtion IN the rear the North was forced to fa
orr,oaa he SOufh uDon the auestion n ~