, 1874-09-21

to tho belief that thore will be no further
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4 R a II.
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| sor OF tno oo7ta'oesfefn ohfaatfan Adoocdte OF
that city, preached ncrmon ycstordny evening
| subject tho condition of afraira IN tho sonth.
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ny oapuo. r. stn.a A"'nR uae" mttoa1eou us sua
1'o.' "f' 1nolna0 announced aa hls 1oxs tho
hsat TesBe Of the fourth ohaptor Of HoBea
Tho Lord had controversy with ths Inhabitants Of
| the iand'
| In opening, thr preaoher said that God had to
do with nations as vol M With ,ut1vfduat
man. II waa faoturo ~ H. ra.sa,
- n,,,t ~. w.. 49,, ".u1o " .no ooaFe.
~ po.a' ou' a'ia snEsost fcmeoles for national
as we'll a. individual sins. 1t WAS not the duty
| or minister to engage In politics at tho Bamo
time he should not hea'tato to point out tho ori-
eonn,cr;ng s,n ,,s,;nna, ~ ;t ''na .n1""' ~
eoo'laot'nk e'n national IN ita magnitude. In
speaking of ths souLb, he could do 10 not as a
politician or as q os'zon, hut as minister. Iro
| tLan mere political iHsuoa and it pas plain to
him that IN this n.attor the Lord had a conir,,
| versy With tho American poop1o. II seemed to
tho whole patiou suce ths borinninr m M. M.
count OF slavery Tho speaker drew 4 brlof hls.
| tory OF tho commencement, progrcss md ot,d Of
American slavery, from tho time that Columbus
oa9AIayed TIE fndIans down to thu aot
force upon tito oxcison uf tue oloyon Colonies
untlor tho pressure OF 0eurvja and South Care
Ina uf th. oaaso conomnato.y OF % Of slavory ] i iie
urged that upon this pivotal act turned tho dog
tiny, OF tue nation. In llstonng 10 tho dictates
| OF theBo twp CoUnIcs tho otoyrn showed how
| Ercat towards mon n,ny become III tho faco of au
| ovorbcaring adversary. If tho frau,crs of tho
| ColttIitItion could have looked forward into tho
| future and sean the work Of the curse of
! slavery ent1ing as It did In tho horrors OF a
| civil war, they could nevor have allowed tho
| o1clson OF that clause. From tile time of the
/ Constitutional Convention, thoro was no doubt
hopes were eutortanod that slayory would he
ahort tyea: LII THIS. as In ercry other caso. sln
proved that 1t only rauted to kot q fuothuld TO
insure itB long lite.
But slavery waB now Eonc Sins, like virtues,
| never went alone, hut bcsat other slns. Tho
sin boeotteu y. elaYery was caBto. What
| stamped the .disliko III Alnolich to tho no.
| gro, WIS nothing other than tho credcnco
still granted to tho Misrepresentation Of
tHo Tace invented by tho HlGvsllo}dala
~ means o. ins'lrll'g it's endowment: Az tho
question OF aavo,y WAS moro than political QUO,
| 80, also, was TINT Ct caste It was yin, bo-
ca'lne of one blood God created all natio,,s, aud
whoa ne sllshtea tho black man wo inBultod
| d9d'
| 1e fostorcd that dominooring crime which made
| Il was constant assertlon tAnt slavery waa
| r1sht, because II tue negro was not able
to take care OF hiMuolf. slavery was
n1s ~ eoaaltlon. IAe proac!cr calca
tho attohtlon o1 the Audience TO taroo faetA:
Ilfat lint tho South thonGht that tho Thirteenth,
Iou1toont!l, n1d Fifteenth Amendments to
the Constitution zero absnrditloh aocontl. that
thoro was % LIME whon several -sevofy statos
d1d not be1teVc III them; thld, that IL tho
throo amendments ,wcro brought before tho
national body today, the Fourteenth md
Milteonth might receyo it's endorsement. but tie
Il1,rteonsh would hardly paaH.
| ma special controversy Of tho Lord With tho
American pooplo OF to-day was caste Just as il
AtI1 ~ MN u1AfN4sf. 4t HUlilu gb remembered