The Arkansas banner., 1845-10-22
Wriiten for He arEqose, D.,
 TO THE AROTTTSnsss,,ba Isss ,baAne

stealing negroes-by corrupting ,bs the | slaves by influencing them lo ' from thelr masters, &c! And wb,, last, be the consequences of tbesp, ings? A war of extermination ba,1l whites and blacks of the South In ter, are you acting as Christians;
 not know the command of the Iora; shalt not steal''-thou shalt mi
 thy neighbours servant to leave hin. shalt induce him to stand and do and, above all, thou shalt not shed cause blood to be shed-forawboso mans blood, by man shall his blood
 Will you give liberty to slaves, Y buy as many as you can, and sl 10 Liberia. Massachusetts once h, slaves, also. But 1 do not think sbe stolen by the Western and SouIbem
 But they were sold, and the .May Siaoe traderS received their money
 Is it not strange then-or rathers
 just that the same men, or their ir descendants, who have sold, and
 paymen for, their slaves, shouldnO, the persons who bought and paid
 to give them up for nothing
 ' Ion ask, perhaps, are the save-
 the West and South acting as Chi| keeping so many of their fellOv-nl voluntary servitude2 answer g
 will prove that l answer truly. Ee
 tian-that is to say, every trus Chu
 lieves the Bible to be the book of
 that what the selected men of Ga]
 they said by and under the indueld Spirit of God. Now, then, fl you Genesis, chapter K, verses 9, S you will find that Noah says; 'C Canaan, a servant of servants shall
 his brethren. And he said-bless Lord God of Shem, and Canaan si servant. God shall enlarge Japhel shall dwell in the tents ol Shem \ naan shall be his servant" Here that Canaan shall be a servant Ol
 unto his brethren. And are we n descendants of Noah' In the a u chap. KY, verse Il, you read: !" $ Abram heard that his brother vas n tive, he armed his trained servants d his own house, three hundred and and pursued them unto Dan" will believe that any man could haF free servants, and keep them So
 three hundred and eighteen could his own house, and become old i go and fight the enemy In theS aI chap. xvi, verse 6, you read; . aI said unto Sarai, behold thy mad
 hand; do to her as it pleasel1 e when Sarai dealt hardly with he, from her face.'' And in verse; you read. .And he Angel of&A at her by fountain of water in the lt by the fountain in the way to Snn'
 said Hagar, sarai's maid, whenceca Nl and whither wilt thou go' Ands d flee from the face of my mistress j the Angel of he Lord sad uno Y to thy mistress, and submit lhYssl [, Ter hands.' Here you see, Il IS ". ee Lord that directs Hagar to suOnl' Fpt tress. Are those who, now, a0' hY courage negroes to leave thelI I'm n'I b. or wiser than "the Angel ct M he the same book, chap. XVII, verses g, you read: "And he that IS eIs a shall be circumcised among you A child in your generations he ilaI no thy house, or bought 'ciih m0Ag0 ger, which is not of thy seea to Dor, born in thy house, and lie ihat $ Do hy money, must needs be. clIs'a my covenant shall be in your x. everlasting covenant. :, And nd, ao, ~e r, Ishmael his son, and all 'ilal l.',r VI" on his house, and all that were e 2 0onss a,s b moneg, every male among 'll' |" ssl hams house; and cireumelsJIa Iar their foreskin in the sellsame uas y, he said unto him.n Is this no' .ala a p' q buy servants? If you read .s;a '1af 'et n of the same book, you VIII , nl had, up to this time, been !, ea'~D a,ssb y slaves; for how could AOlms'sS'I mS m Abraham men servants aip h;;s S vants.'' if they had not been ;.'s nn al you see that slavery has e1ls,s KS $ days of Abraham, who " was e ld 'd' I ba chosen men of God. If ,s GSa Save s1 N posed to slavery he would .lss l"' t 'h no llldIl Cdti iiii" More l where God has said so' .a ne,s ene the same import, you Il'i p5 rf ebaI II E aa a9ap: chsn sn'v, ,lvi, vf.'s verses ls, g B. Exodus, chap, xii, verse a3. a'' ,bap. s.' ?, Ii, 20, 2l, 26, 27 and 9s' ssrse eel! 90 \, 't In Levlticus, chap. XIX .s .s 39 al G verse II; chap. XIV, sels, .s,;;i;ii vel fl Deuteronomy, chap. asg ol. B I,uu Joshua, chap. K, VefseI "A. chap. ls Judges, chap. il' verse r.' ,s' chap. as, In lst Book of the k'ls'' of inc s ,s, iv, verse l. In Joo' epri sviticus, \. verses Al, 45 and 4o' , wn1 .1maids, m
 ihy bondmen and ,Ay % D@lae'IIIo sls Ip ft X, shalt have, shall De 2 ', , saapl4 Ss round about you; ef tAf11 fM11arsors' sss yp' men and bondmaids. ,pst pat do sd |o,t dren of the strangers spa' t''s and .
 you, of them shall gs ye psg' which q oi
 your land: and lhey snap a,,, as an a to
 And ye shall take them an. 's to ii inh, f i
 your children after you i.u Bs spr al
 a nossession; they sad" z. .ea. . erer:, but over your p