Newton, 179, 269... Dr. Wayland, 19....Robertson's Chas. V..... MR. RICE'S SPEECHES. Abhorrent principles of abolitionists... 255 37, 38, 212, 213 holding kidnapping... Answer to Mr. Blanchard's third argument.. 125 .120, 193, 342, 369 ↑ 193, 197 Apostles admitted slave-holders into church..378, 389, 407, 449, 451 Apostles never charged with abolitionism... Blanchard's representation.... Blanchard unwilling to carry out his principles. Blanchard's reply to third argument exposed.. 259 ...256 25 .52, 53, 370, 372 101, 102, 103, 129 183, 186 .189 Blanchard's reasons for not quoting the Bible. .248, 249 Blanchard's denunciation and pity; Scott, &c... Blanchard's reply to Rice's last argument considered. .447, 448 Blanchard's argument founded on two false assumptions......452 D. Paxton... 77, 98, 99, 126, 127 Blanchard objects to going to Hebrew and Greek......249, 250, 338 and slave.... A Bible is Rice's "beaten track". Biblical Repository...... Consequence of slave-holding in itself sinful... Condition of slaves not getting worse.... Condition of slaves improving.. Convention at Detroit.... 310, 311 .250, 251 .157 ..33 .58, 127, 128 194 473 .472 Character of primitive Christians-reply to Blanchard tion sinful......26, 27, 79, 80, 102, 124, 136, 137, 152, 153, 313, 314 Cruelty not essential Debate-its origin... .27, 28, 53, 54, 57, 100, 101, 129, 130, 142, 153 Debate adjourned to Monday.... Dr. Bishop's difficulties in teaching slaves.. Direct argument for abolitionism not Bible argument.. Dr. Chalmer's views... .24, 337 .311 .128 .210, 211 240, 241, 242 .240, 242, 243, 248, 324, 325, 339, 344 .338, 436, 470 129, 130 Feelings of slaves toward masters--anecdote... First argument against abolitionism.. Fifth argument against abolitionism.. Forever-six years... Fourth argument-golden rule. Final recapitulation... ...88 .107, 197, 198 404 ...86, 89, 105, 106 Free Church of Scotland, and Presb. Ch. in U. S. A.. 452, 475, 482 .242, 281 Gen. xvii, 12, 13, and xx, 14, and xxiv, 35..... .286, 369 259, 434 .374 .262, 263 Hagar a slave..... Humane feelings towards slaves in slave States.. Hebrew slavery of six years. Hebrews bought wives-meaning of bought.. 133 .216 ..288 .200, 262, 289 .266, 343 .403, 404 Law of Presb. Church concerning treatment of slaves. Looked through slave spectacles..... ..374 truly valid.......35, 54, 55, 74, 75, 189, 190, 213, 214, 313, 314, 370 .470, 471 132 451 .401 Reason for opposing abolitionism... Reason why permission granted Jews to hold slaves. Reasonable time; admission.... DEBATE. [MR. BLANCHARD'S OPENING ADDRESS.] Wednesday, 2 o'clock, P. M. Gentlemen Moderators, Gentlemen and Ladies, Fellow Cit izens: The question which we are to-day met to discuss, to my own mind, borrows a melancholy interest from the slavecoffles which, in increasing numbers, are passing from the upper to the lower slave-country at this time. Three days. since, sixty-four men chained together and separated from their wives and daughters, passed by our city on their way to the South. While we are debating and you are listening, anxious to know the truth on this important practical question, the slave-pens of a sister city, Louisville, are increasing their number and enlarging their dimensions, to receive slaves brought in from the upper country to send to the lower states for sale. This infernal traffic has been stimulated by the late movements in Lexington against the property and person of Cassius M. Clay; and by the kidnapping of white men on the borders of the State of Ohio, and a practical refusal of bail; by which they now lie in prison in a sister State. That human beings should be now suffering such inhuman usage in our midst, gives, in my mind, a painful interest to this debate; and must, I think, produce a tender and melancholy sentiment in the breast of all who hear it, independent of the points in dispute. The question, however, must be considered and decided upon general principles, independent of, though it cannot be separated from, contemporaneous events. It ought therefore to be set forth with great distinctness, to enable us to apprehend clearly and fully the bearings of the argument. It is this. "Is slave-holding in itself sinful, and the relation between master and slave a sinful relation? To explain and set this question distinctly before you, I observe that, so far as I know, all well informed persons, believers in Christianity, hold, that there are two classes of human practices, as it respects church-discipline-one class, right, the other wrong: practices which ought, and practices which ought not to be received by the church into fellowship. We hold communion with persons engaged in the various vocations of life. If a man is a farmer and tills the soil, we commune with him. If he is a blacksmith, we commune with him. If he is engaged in trade, and conducts his business honestly and uprightly, we commune with him-because those vocations are good and right. But there are on the other hand, practices, such as smuggling, swindling, gambling, selling lottery tickets, &c., with which we hold no fellowship, but which ought to be met and questioned at the threshold of the church. Now the naked question before us to-day, and for the three following days, is, to which class of human practices does the holding of human beings as property belong? Ought the church to object to it?-is it wrong, or is it right? Again, there are two classes of human relations; right re lations, and wrong. Marriage, the Eden relation of life, we hold to be a right relation. It is the central source of light and warmth, intelligence and affection, to every branch and department of human affairs. It is a right institutionbecause it is God-appointed. It is universally recognized as right, and its solemnization every where marked by feasts and rejoicings. Over against this is another relation-the |