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Show 114 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. ocritcs ? I . upposc son1e arc the one, and son1c tho other; but 1 think if they felt the in to rest in the poor and the lowly, that they ought to feel, they "\vonlu not be so ea:;i/y lJlinued. A clcrgytnan ·who goes to the south, for the fir t titnc, has u sually son1c feeling, however vague, that slavery is wTong. The slaveholder suspects this, and plays his gan1c accordingly. Tic nu1.kos hiu1 elf as agreeable as po -siblc ; talks on theology, and other kindred topics. The reverend gcntlcn1an is asked to inYokc a Llcssing on a table loaded wi Lh luxuries. After dinner he \valks round the prmni::;cs, and sees the beautiful groves and flowering vines, and the corufortal>lc h nts of favored household slaves. The sonthcrner invites hin1 to talk with the ·c slaves. lie asks th01n. if they ·want to lJc free, and they say, " 0, no, massa." This i sufficient to satisfy hin1. lie cotncs hon1e to publi 'h a " "1outhSiuc \ icw of laYcry," and to con1pla.in of the exaggerations of alJolitionists. Tic assures people that he has boon to the south, and seen slavery for hin1sclf; that it is a beautiful "patriarchal institution;" that the slaYCS Uon't want their frccdOlU ; that they have hallelujah n1cctings, and other religious privileges. 'Vhat docs he know of the half-star\cd \Vrctchcs toiling fro1n dawn till dark on the plantations? of n1others shrieking for their children, torn frorn their anus by slave traderS ? of YOUllbO' o·irls drUO'O'Cd dOWll intO b bb moral filth? of pools of blood arouncl the ·whippiug post ? of hounds trained to tear lnunan flesh ? or 111011 scrcwc<.l into cotton gins to die ? The sla--rcbold.cr showcu hitn none of tho c things, and the sla. Yes dared not tell of thmn if he hacl at-keu thenL ·. \ [ The Church and Slavery. 115 There is a great difference between Chi··1st1· ..... ·t a . . ' nlll y an religion at the south. If a Inan o·oc,... to tl1c c b ,:, onnnun-ion talJlc, aud pay .. 1~1oncy i11to the trca.-ury of tho church, n.o . InatLcr If 1t he the price of Lloou-1, 1lC I·S called rcli<nou . lf a pastor ha of'f: ·l)I'l.IlO' Ly a , , 1 ' ' l"; <. \\r0ll1fl.ll not In \VIfc, Lhe chureh <.lisn1iss hi1n, if she i.- a white won1an; but if she i · colored, it docs not hinder his continuing to he thci r o·oou .-hcphcrd. ~Vhcn I \Va told that Dr. Flint had joined the Ep1scopa. l .c hurch, I 'vas nnteh ·S lll'})l'l··s cd · I suppo cu,, that rcltglOn had a purifying cm)ct on the character o: Incn; lJnt tho \vor.t per 'CCuLion · I ClHlnrccl frorn hu~1 were after he \vas a conununicant. 'The conversatwn of the doctor, the day after he had been confirrncu, ccrLainly gave m.e no indication that he had '' renounced the dcYil and all hi \vorks." In an .,vcr to .·on1c of his u. nal talk, I rctnindecl hin1 that he hacl jn t joined Lhe ehnreh. " Y c ·, LinJa," .-aiel he. " It wa · propc r for 1nc to do so. I an1 gctLin o· in years and 1ny position in society requires it, and it puts a1: cud to all the darnncu slang. You \Vonld do well to join the ehurch, too, Lincla.'' .. "There arc sinners nough in it alrcacly," reJOin ctl l. " I r I could be allowed to li YC like a Christian, l should be glad." . "~ou uan do \vhat I require; ancl if yon arc fatthful to Inc, you will be as YirLuous as n1y \rife," he rcplicll. I ans\vercd that the BiLle didn't say so. IIi voice hccan1c hoar ·c "\Yith r ngc. " IT ow dare you pn~aeh Lo n1c ul>ouL your jnfcrua1 DiLle! " he |