Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-20

OF the heathen forever, not tllA 0alI1solaa
and Phillips and Lincoln should declare
it an outrage on humanity. but through
out all time and eternity. For the dis
respect which Ham had shown his emil
nent parent, Noah, as all students OF the
Bible know, the slavery OF his poster'tY
was plainly foretold. (Gen. z: S6).
Abraham, the personal friend OF the
Almighty had three hundred and elgh-
teen slaves born in his house, to say
nothing of those bought with money"
(Gen. IA: 14.17: 1s) And vet the Creator
smiled upon the patriarch, and when
Hagar. one of the most honored Of bond
women. fed from the trivial wrongs In
flicted by her jealous mistress. he even
sent his angel to command her to return
and submit herself, (Gen. IS: 81. II the
anti-slavery agitators Of this country had
taken counsel of that angel the peace
and welfare of our union would have
been preserved, and we would still have
Ham in the position of servitude COM
manded by the word OF God.
Nowhere can we find that the Almighty
attached sin or immortality to slavery.
Even the separation of families, against
which mandlin sentimentalists declaimed
thirty years ago, was positively directed
by his command, (Ex. 81: 4.6). And the
facetious punishments inflicted by hot
tempered masters, such as plucking out
eyes, tearing out limbs, ETC., were not
treated as crimes by the Mosaic law, the
impaired value of the slave being deemed
sufficient to cause the proper amount of
remorse Even the death of a slave
caused by his masters cruelty received
no punishment, unless occurring within
two days after the injury was received.
(Ex. 21:20 ~.
When our Savior came, so far from en-
deavoring to abolish the servitude of
60, 600, 900 human beings in the Roman
Empire, he expressly declared that he
had come to fulfill and not destroy the
law, (Matt. 5:17) If he had regarded
slavery as sin, would he have failed to
utter one word against it while living in
the midst of it? How prosperous and
united would be our glorious republic
to. day, had the instigators of abolition
followed his example.
The evidence of the new testament is
complete, proving that slavery was not
abolished by the gospel. St. Paul him,
self, the inspired teacher whose COM
mands to women are so largely quoted,
counsels servants Gn the original slaves)
to honor their masters, and advises all
Christians to withdraw from those who
would teach slaves the principles of lib.
e1ty, q Tim. 81 g. We all remember
how the apostle returned fugitive slave
to his master.
Should we not then, as Christians,
feel 1t our duty to go back to the laws of
Scripture, and take back into bondage
the descendants of Ham? The 18th and
10Th amendments do not concern us. 1t
is evident that the only infallible critic
ron, the word of God, should decide us
On this as on all points, and as Christians
| De are compelled to ignore the laws of
Congress, and submit our weak and er.
ling intellects to the authority of the
Almighty. Let us join the ranks of the
plous Rev. Jasper, who has. insisted
through all this period Of unbelief that
'the sun do move," and put a stop to
the pernicious teaching of the Coperni.
can theory in our public schools-a the.
ory, as Luther proved, in direct opposi
tlon to the teachings of the Bible, LIE,
US cease explaining Paups command to
women to keep silence in the churches
by the weak plea that it referred to 8
very different class of women at very
different time. Let all professional peo
pie leave their offices and earn theil
bread by the sweat of their brow. lie,
women continue to receive third of tn,
salaries men are paid for the same work
and let them be denied the politica
rights which would ensure them thei
just dues, for they are under the curse
Rob mothers of their children and pu
the wronged innocents in the hands o
dissolute fathers-it is the law. Let VIC
mer be taxed, tried, judged and execute,
under the laws upon whose adoption
they have not single word to say. LIE
their daughters be protected as our hou
orable legislature protects them, as tn
senate of Kansas wishes to, and do NO
suffer them to protest; for the Bible ca
be made to prove that it is all just an
right, and unless we go back to folio,
the laws laid down for the semi.civillze
Jewish race, no one can tell what til
final catastrophe may be. REFORM.
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This remedy is becoming so we'll xnoN
and so popular as to need no eneci
| lnantInn All who hava ,,eod niant.