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of benevolence—love to man? Suppose the
devil has proved treacherous,—and we not as
treacherous to our brother and our God, as
Satan, or the slaveholder is to us? Shall we
appeal to God—a God of justice, a God
of mercy! Well has it been said,
"The Almighty has no attribute which can
take sides with us in such a contest." Just
would it be for God, to give us up to bite, and
devour each other. We are only acting out
human, depraved nature. Jeshurun waxed fat
and kicked,—then he forsook God who made
him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salva-
tion. We, as well as the scattered Jews, are a
nation void of council; neither is there any un-
derstanding in us. We are treating God's au-
thority with contempt, arrogating the attri-
butes, and exercising an authority, over the de-
fenceless stranger and slave, which belong to
God alone; we have proved false to the vows
we made to God, on the days of our national
distress. We have treated God with the height
of ingratitude and abuse, for our own freedom,
and our exalted privileges, both temporal, civil
and religious, He has vouchsafed us. Do we
not, as a nation manifest the pride and ar-
rogance of Belteshazzar when he said, "Is not
this great Babylon that I have built for the
house of the kingdom, by the might of my
power, and for the honor of my Majesty?"
Ought we not to remember the admonition,
that "those that walk in pride, God is able
to abase?" Slaveholding Church, owning
660,000 souls and bodies of men, valued at 264
millions of dollars! Her Lord's example before
her, "servant of all"—washing his disciples'
feet! No Republic can long exist, without
virtue, without religion, without God. Yet,
it is written, "The nation and the king-
dom, that will not serve thee, shall perish,
yea, they shall be utterly destroyed." Can
any political efforts of ours (which are generally
selfishness) destroy Slavery, a moral evil, while
the Church and Ministry are hatching cocka-
trice eggs? Will not the product be vipers?
If we conceive mischief, we shall bring forth in-