Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-02-05

tend and profess what he will; and support him.
self with all the sophstry which cunning itself
can furnish. 1t is not in human nature. bowev-.
er brlbed or however tortured, to swallow such
contradictions What, Truth in Heaven author.
lze Falsehood upon the Earth! Equity and
Holiness in Heaven authorize Stealing. Adulte-
ry and Murder upon the Earth Hume and
Votalre and Paine must, as the advocates Of IN.
fidelity, yield the palm at once to such religious,
teachers as make the Bible the ouwark Of slave.
ry, or for its defence derive single weapon fFoul
the armory of heaven!
The Bible in favor Of slavery Do bat study
a little its leading maxims-ts comprehensive.
precepts-lts characteristic doctrines. treouires
You to recognize in every human creature, though
a stranger or an enemy, brother, another self
whom you arc to love and honor accordingly
1t requires you to work with your own hands in
making provision for your necessities and in as
sistlng the destitute and helpless Tasks com.
monty described as mental and repuIsive, it re-
CURES you to honor as the means of usefulness
and blcssedness, ltrequires you to enter deep.
ly into the suherings Of the outraged and the
ororn-of the prosecuted and the friendess-
putting yourself in their fredericksburg the
insults and injuries to which they are exposed,
to your own account, and exertng Yourself ac-
cordngIy. 1t assures you, that in the Day Of
final restitution, you shall rise to Heaven or sink
to Hell, as you have been true or false to the
claims of world-embraciDg philanthropy---es.
peCiaIly as you have consented or refused to ex.
crt yourself for the relief Of the victims of want
disease and oppression. The Bible the bulwark
Of slavery! The armory whence it may derive.
its weapons of annoyance or defence !! Why
in those very passages to which cunning and
cruel men refer in defence Of slavery, the mas
ter the employer is required to maintain his re,
ations to the servants he employs, justly and
IeqaitaJ{y-to act on the principles Of the Di-
zine Government. The Apostle Paul in the
TS1y letter in which many thoughtleas creatures
assert that he lent his countenancc and support
to slavery, gives us all distinctly to understand,
that instead Of entreatng, he might justly have
required Philemon to treat Onesmus cucry aCay
his equal. In the Corinthan church he ferbds
the most mental Of its members to be " the SER
wants of men, whoever might attempt to reduce
them to folly-might urge upon them such de-
mands as we're inconsistent with the Christian
profession. The Bible is every where in this
matter at one with itself TO every seeing eve.
and true heart-to every manly split, this is
evident enough.
The Bible in favor Of slavery Why, with
minute particularly and right(al emphasis it
condemns and denounces and cxecratcs every ell
ement and feature Of slavery, Can ii justify as
whole what it condemns in detail That is
not the way of the Bible. SO indeed they ac-
knowledge who affirm, that it will ultimately ef-
feet the abolition of slavery, 1t docs not sup
port to-day what it will overthrow Tomorrow
If the Bible is, as most men profess to- believe,
hereafter to root up every form Of slavery, it
must do 50 by virtue of It's Characteristic prlnci>
pies 1T must do 81 by virtue Of its inherent
and determined opposition to slavery. Can it
be expected to ext'pate what it regards with i'll
diligence or competency! To expect then,
the abolition of slavery from its influence, must
be to admit, what this paper asserts, that it is
now totally and irrecoucila"'y ,i ,
slavery-ts fnaxims and doctrines and examples
are in deadly conflict with it.