The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-07

| WHEN THEY DO AMIss Is PART OF rHy
DUTY OF A MASTER. While the infic,ior
of punishment is always more or less pain
full to every feeling mind, we are taught b,
divine authority, that it is salutary and of
ten necessary means for preventing evil
deeds, as well as Of counteracting the act.
of such deeds after they have been perpe
trated. The good effects of punishment are
however. often destroyed by an impropret,
in the mode Of It's administration. Ii lose.
a great portion Of its beneficial influence
unless it is accompanied with the impression
on the mind of the sufferer, that it is inflict
ed from sense Of duty. Many persons
will punish only when their anger has risen
so high as to overcome their natural repug
nance to inficting pain upon fellow being
and then their conduct wears TO the suf
ferer, the appearance not of discharging a
duty, but Of merely gratifying vindictve
feeling. While correction of every kind
ought TO be attended with clear exhibition
of displeasure and moral adherence, pro-
pOrtiOned to the nature of the offence. il
ought never TO be administered in passion.
Admonitions, rebukes. and personal chas
tisement produce much better effect, both
on children and servants, when inflicted with
calmess. Persons often urge that they
cannot punish coolly and calmly. This is
a mistake-they can do it, and it is their
duty to do ii. Ii is as much the duty of the
head of family to administer Justice in his
household, according to the laws he has es-
tablished, as il is the duty of magistrate TO
execute the laws in Commonwealth
And would ii not be considered as an un-
pardonable weakness in a magistrate. to
plead an incapacity for Furnishing criminal
until he had become excited by passion
We should remember that no one can b..
successful in making Others do their duty,
who first does not do his o,rn duty--no one
can hope to govern Others, who cannot gov
ern himself How can We expect that
God will sanction and bless correction, un-
less ii is administered in spirit that he APP
proves. Our correction Of every sort ought
70 be lust. but not vindictive. effectual but
not cniel.
9th. MASTERS SHOULD ESroEcE UroN
THEIR SERVANTS THE DUTY or RESPECTING
THE RTE Of MARRIAGE. Although the
celebration of this rite, 10y our servants, has.
according to the laws of the land, no legal
effect, its neglect is followed by the most
pernicious moral consequences. We should
absolutely prohibit them from forming thos.,
irregular and temporary unions, which are
alike opposed to the commandments Of God
and to the decency Of civilized life. Even
the lowest barbarian has some form or cere.
mony by which he gives moral sanction
to the union Of the sexcs-how then can We
tolerate the unsanctioned, unconsecrated
connections between persons living in chris
,ian families, and under the control Of chris.
tan guardians How can we inculcate
integrity, faithfulness, and the various chris.
tian virtues, upon those whom We permit to
live in a condition which all decent society
views with contempt and adherence! To
convince you Of the masters duty on this
subject il is surely not necessary that we
should portray the brutalizing effects of a
system of RIGHTEOUSNESS, and prove the ne
cessity of the marriage rite--it is enough for
lis to direct your attention to the fact that,
if servants are not prohibited from tramp
ling upon the rite which God has Instituted
as one of the greatest preseratives Of hui
man virtue, he will hold as responsible, no,
the ignorant servants merely, but the more
intelligent masters, who might have con.
trolled them. By what plea can men de
fend or Justify their power over their fellow
men, unless they use il to restrain them from
vice
10Th. The APPLICATION OF THE rRrN-
cIPLE, "GvE UNTO YOUR SERVANTS THAT
WHICH Is JUST AND EQUAL, WILL TEACH
EVERY MASTER HIS DUTY IN RELATION TO
THE SALE OF HIS SERVANTS. The law OF
Mohammed more ust and humane, in this
respect, than the codes of many of our
States, Furnishes crime committed by a
slave with half the penalty inflicted on a
freemen for the same offence; because the
slaves inferOrity in knowledge and motive
to restrain him from crime lessons his re-
sponsbility. But our laws often punish
the crimes of slaves with a severity alto
gether disproportiondte to their enormity,
and our moral sense revolts at the idea oil
permitting their enforcement. In such
cases the sale Of slave with view TO his
transportation is clearly duty, as he is thus
saved from unjust suffering, while, at the
same time, he receives punishment pro-
pOrtiOned 10 his offence. There are OtbeI
cases in which the sale of servant is '.jus
and equal,"-a when his perversity and
misconduct defy our faithful efforts for hi,
reformation, and make it evident that hi
continuance under our care will be deleteri
GUS in its influence upon his fellow servants
detrimental to our own comfort, and pro
ductive Of no good to himself. But it il
clearly a violation Of the principle which
God lays down for the government Of hi
conduct towards them, when we sell then
for the purpose Of gain, without regard 4
their welfare. Can we imagine that ther
we are "giring them that ,chich is jus
and equal"-that We arc doing to them a
ne ,oouM that they should do unto us
The crininality of this conduct rises to il
highest pitch, in those cases in which do
mestic ties are rent asunder by the ruthles
hand of the master bent upon gain. !
man may stop his ears to the agonizing or
of the wife rudely forced away from her hls
band and separated forever, he may refus
70 hear the wailing Of the mother for he