Buchanan's organ asks whether the African slave is our neighbor "in any one sense of the word." Who made Mr. Buchanan a judge or divider of races, and a perverter of Scripture truth? St. Paul: God hath made of one blood all nations of men.
Original passage & context
""Who are those neighbors we are commanded to love as ourselves? [...] Or is it the African slave, who is not our neighbor is any one sense of the word, as applied to the great commandment?" Who made Mr. Buchanan or his mouth-piece, a judge or divider of races, and a perverter of Scripture truth? Its inspiration comes not from above, for St. Paul distinctly declares that "God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the whole earth,""
The fight moves to scripture. The Washington Union was Buchanan's administration organ; the Journal answers it with Acts 17:26 and sends it to read Matthew 25 and Luke 10. "is any one sense" is the printed text, for "in any one sense."
Read it in the original — Ohio State Journal, Mar 31, 1857 ↗