The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-08-25
BLACK BEFIHDS CHRISTIANITY.
(Contlnned 80 W 80. }

gument founded In principle. He
puts sentiment IN place Of law, and
denouncing aggressive fighting be-
cause Il is offensive to bic slender
and refined sOul"s atroeily Of Il il
therefore proportioned 10 the sensi-
bilities Of bis own heart He proves
var q desperately wicked thing BY
continually vaunting bis own love ior
small children. Babes--sWeet---b babes
The prattle Of babes--are subjects
Of bis most pathetic eloquence, and
bis idea Of music is embodied ins the
eOmm0nplaee expression Of a Hindu,
that the lute is sweet only TO those
who have not heard the prattlo Of
their own children. All this is very
amiable in him, and the more 60, per
haps, as these objects Of his affection
are the young ones Of race In bis
opinion misoreated by an eYil.Work,
ing chancer. But the philoprogeni-
tiveness proves nothing against jew
or Gentle, seeing that all have Il IN
an equal degree and those feel Il most
who make the least parade of IT,
Certainly II gives him no anthority TO
malign the God who implanted il
alike In the hearts of us all. But ]
admit that bis beneVolen0e becomes
peculiar and ultra when Il extends 10
beasts as well as babes BE is struck
with horror by the sacrihcial solem-
mites Of the Jewish religion. "The
killing Of those animals Was," he
says, 80 terriblesystem,n a''shedding
Of innocent blood" shocking to .
refined and sensitivesoul.p There is
such depth Of tenderness In this
feeling, and snoh q splendoF Of re-
fnement, that / give up without 3
struggle to the superiority OF the
man who confesSes It. A oarnivorous
American who, full OF beef and NUT
ton, nouns with indignant sorrow
because bulls aud goats we're killed
in India three thousands years ago,
has reached the climax of sentiment
tai goodness, and should be permit
ted to dictate on all questions Of peace
and war. Let Grotius, Vattel, and
PnfendofE, as we'll as Moses and the
prophets, hide their diminished heads
But to show how inefloaoious for
ell practical purposes, It is only nee
eossrY to reoOllsct that Mr.. Ingersoll
is himself q warrior Who etaid not
behind the mighty men Of bis tribe
when they gathered themselves to-
gether for 3 war Of conquest. He
took the lead Of q regiment as eager
himself o spoil the Philistines, "and
be went out = cOloneling." How
many Amalekites, and Hititites, and
Am6rlles BE- put 70 the edge OF the
sword, or bow many wives be Yid'
owed, or how many mothers be Gun
babed" cannot now be told. ] do
not even know how many droYes Of
innocent oxen he condemned to
sIaughter. But It Is oertain that bis
refined and tender soul took great
pleasure Ia the terror, oondagrs.ion,
blood, and tears with which the war
was attended, and IN all the hard op-
pressions which the CONQUERED people
were made to suffer afterWard. ! do
not say that the war was either bet-
ter or worse for bis participation and
approval But II Ale own conduct
| (for which be processes neither peni-
tence nor shame) vas right, It was
right on grounds which make It an
inexousable outrage to call tho chill
dren of Israel savage criminals foI
carrying on Ears pf aggression 70
save the life Of their government
These inconsistencies are the neces-
esBary consequence Of having no rule
Of action and no guide for the con.
science When q man throws away
\ the golden metewandOf the law Whict
God has provided, and takes The
elastic cord Of feeling for bis meas
ure Of righteousnebs, you cannot tel
from day to day what be viii thinh
or do q.
Third.-.But Jehovah permitted hii
chosen people 70 hold the captivei
they took IN war or purchased from
the heathens Is servants for life. Thil
Was slavery, and Mr.. Ingersoll de-
olares that ''in all civilized countries
it is not only admitted, but It is pas
sionately asserted that slavery is, ant
alwaya waa.a hideous crime 1" there
fore he concludes that Jehovah wa
acfiminal. This would be q HOH Sc
oMIar, even Il the promises we're true
J But the promises are false; civilized
countries have admitted no sucl
thing. That slavery la aeFlmes ende
hli circumstances aud ~ alltimes, Is
doctrine f1rst started bY the adherent
ofa political faction IN ibis country
I less thar forty years ego. They de
nounosd God and ChEiat for no
arFselda with them, IL terms yer
} similaF 10 those used here by Mi
Iup6rsoiI. But they did not cohsti
? utica civilized world nor we're theJ
II the 1ruth must be told, 3 very re
! spectacle portion Of i. Political
: they Hare successful; ! need not sa
byiNhaE meana 1tor With Ehat eileC
upon the morals Of The country
Donhtless Mh Ipgersoll gets q grei
5 advantage By invoking their passion
and their interests 10 bis cid, and
knows hoa 10 nse L. can only sa
that, WhstheF AmeTiean Abolition
lem vas right or wrong under 4
circumstances an which We wei
placed. my faith and mg reason boi
assure ne that the infallible God pr,
ceeded upoa good grounds when
authorized alaVery in Judeal Suho
dinatiOn e interiors 10 superiOrs
Y the nroahdwoTk Of human aOciel
n All Improvement Of our race. In u
world aua the next, must come fro
r the obedienoe 70 some master bett
and wiser than ourselves There q
bepo uuestiouthat, when 8 jew 10,
neieaboflng savage foE bic bon
ssrvang, incorporated hin into !
family. tamed him, taught him
d woFlk and gave him sknnWissiqs
tbe tFde God. he conferred upbn d
most bensaeent boou. 80
Foufta- Polygamy Is ano.her 0
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