Year: 1860

lly, luilllly utthcnHtcnl anu cOIlH-
,dence, family tie. The servant
feels that in hIe place IN the fifnily
circle its Is ~ kbnselin l5Bnle to
Which he may come, when fatigued
and hungry, for rest and food ;
when sick for nursing; when de-
crcpit, to be cared and provided for,
without any anxiety on his part
such a home as he knows not when
freed, even if he has a family and
a hut and land of his own, when


disabled by sickness or age, he has
not his necessarics provided to his
hand, nor tho judicious care and
nursing which his white mistress
bestowed on him in his slave home.
So that the family tic must be bro
ken, and the Southrcn citizen must
be bereft of part of his family, as
well rs of his property, before he
can enjoy equal rights in the Ter
ritories or live in quiet in the States,
according to the position of many.


In the third place, let us exam
inc more fully the prophetic dec
laration contained in Gen. tx. 25-
81. The declaration that Japhet
shall dwell in the tents of Shem,
and the declaration that Canaan
shall be his servant, are both alike
prophecies, and both have been
being fulfilled for these eighteen
hundred years. But the blessing
of Japhet and the cursing of Ca
naan, is what We would particular
ly notice. In reference to the
blessing, God promised to Abraham
that in his seed should all nations of
the earth be blessed. That seed is
Christ. Hence the blessing is
spiritual, and therefore we have
said that Japhet's dwelling in the
tents of Shem was spiritual; that
is, related to the Gentiles having
the gospel church among them.-
On the other hand, the curse pro.
nounced upon Canaan wSs'fike the
curse pronounced upon the ground


both related to this world. AS the
earth was devoted to thistles and
thorns as its natural production, SO
Canaan was devoted to servitude.
AS the curse of the ground is a
real earthly blessing to man in re-
quiring him to eat his bread by his
labor, labor being for his good; so
the servitude of Canaan to Shem
and Japhet is an actual good to Ca
naan. In the variety which God
has given to the human species, the
Canaanitish or negro races are so
constituted physically that they
bear labor and exposure to heat
without injuring them. Hence
they can labor through the day
and dance at night with the activi-
ty of one whose limbs had never
been stained. And they are so
constituted in mind as not to have
that forethought which would pro-
duce a prudent care for the future,
nor those cares which would mar
the enjoyment of the moment
They, therefore, as much need the
white master to govern them and
to care and provide for them as he
needs their services. So that in
this point of view the curse is a
blessing to them. Again, as the
heathen of Canaan, by being
brought into servitude by the Is
raelites, were made subject to cir
cumcision, and thus brought to ex-
ternally to the knowledge of the
true God, and to the enjoyment Of
the privileges of that religion
which he instituted; so the same
race of Canaanites, in being brought
here from Africa and sold into
bondage, are brought from a state
of darkness, degradation and
wretchedness, unknown even
among the worshipers Of Dagon,
and brought to experience the ben
etits of civilization, and to enjoy
the external light and privileges OF
christian religion, and many of
them are made to experience its
internal light and comforts, as also
to have those interested in them to
care and provide for them, from
their infancy to old age and the
grave. '' =,


The question then may be asked,
why all this ado against slavery,
seeing it is SO evidently ofGods ap'


pointing, andso manifestly appoint
ed of him, for good 70 those assign.
ed to servitude, making them hap
py, cheerful, healthy, fruitful peo'


pIe, and a useful and producing
class in society, while every at


tempt that has been made to raise
them when freed to an equality
with the white race has failed? Ii
proof Of these positions, we appea
on the one hand to the South, al
showing in their slave population


better fed, better clothed and i


more. cheerful and comfortabl,
working class, than can q be fount


among an the 1peasahtty Of Europe
or theoperatiyes Of our Northern