The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-21
M, wa,Iaaa ON slavery.

al - .o,,hy of attentive Perusal' as indeed
I''' - "a. yolume, for the admirable spirit an
. NE and ditIie ait subject is discus
~ Christian gentlemen;
s,.r.rr at the time OF our SAVIOR and
eia''', .,s,lss was social evil. Ii was
'ld ~ y Nv law. The whole communi-
'''.o 1904 the law on every indIvidual.-
Z 'H Use could only manumit such por-
lux ~. IN slaves as the law permitted. tie
ION y = ~ no other country and there set
eOIu 3, q, tbe whole civilised world was
''I- ~, ,bs same dominion. If he set them
-.a' 'a MI to law, they were liable to be
H'' - Tin 20 a worse bondage than that
n I'u-' s.bTb he had delivered them. Hence
lO.- ,,,,iCes, that the system could only
" aL.IisbsB by a change in the public
- Nv intoxicating those principles which
IND show the whole community that It
- wrong and induce them, from gener-
= -,oyieiion Of is moral evil, TO abandon
can also perceive other PRACTICAL bene-
s,.of reat importance which would neces-
- s,,and lbjs method of abolishlng sla-
So To nave incuIcsted the right OF the
-, ,, freedom. and the duty OF the master
@rb.,,'s han. absolutely and immediately,
obIs ho,b were ignorant Of the principles
- which the precept was founded, and
vt,l,y uninfuenced by these principles,
r,.f have led to a universal social war
tn masters would not have obeyed the pre-
n, rha slaves would have risen in rebel
Tdo This attempt had been frequently
nab before and had been put down by hor-
r,ls boodshed. There is no reason TO sup
,,.- mai the same result would not have Ia
Esp mace again. Myriads of unarmed and
,,oar,o, slaves could never have stood the
s,orA Of the Roman legions, commanded
BIZ able generals, and supported by the
v.slb Of The empire. Hence, to have
dOD,eI the method of abOlishing slavery
by orsoep,, would have defeated the great
ogsc, n view and rendered the condition
Of he slave worse than before. Such, in
all cases. except in insular situations, has
b-ru me result Of >eryile instructions.
The result Of the abolition Of slavery by
ne medication Of the principles of the Cos
D. would be the reverse of all this. BY
t-sching the master hi. own Accountability,
bg lnzilIng into his mind the mild and hu-
lasnising truths Of Christianity; by showing
hm the folly of sensuality and luxury, and
ne happiness derived from industry, frugali-
", and benegoIence, it would prepare him
Of hls own accord to liberate his slave, and
was all his influence towards the abolition
Of nose laws BY which slavery was sustain
Cd. By teaching the slave his value and
BIS responsibility as a man, and sublectne
hs passions and appetites to the laws Of
Christianity, and thus raising him TO his true
Esnk s. an intellectual and moral being, i
would prepare him for the freedom TO which
be was entitled, and render the liberty
which Il conferred blessing 10 him as wei
IS to the Stale Of which he now, for the frs
ame, formed part.
Such was, in fact, the result Of the pro
malgaton Of Christianity upon the Roman
Empire. As the gospel spread from city tt
city, and began to exert an influence upoI
the public mind, the laws respecting slave
~ were gradually relaxed, and every chang,
n legislation was, in this respect, a chang
Tor the better. And. by the admission o
ALL tins abolition was purely the result o
The teachings Of the gospel. And still more
Twas hrN commenced, and its progres
vas accelerated by the noble example O
he Christian Church. To liberate thei
HloWmen from seTvitude was, very earl
"a The history Of Christianity, deemed to b
one Of the most urgent duties of the disc
pes Oh ChIIa. Clemens, in his Epistle Z
he Connthlans, remarks: I've have know
many among ourselves who have delivere
themselves INTO bonds and slavery that the
might restore others % their liberty" PAT
Linus, Bishop Of NOla, expended his whoI
eSa'e, and then sold himself, in order to a,
CON push the same object. Cyprian ser
% iAe Bishop Of Numidia $500 crowns, i
%oTf 70 redeem some captives. Socrate
.ne historian, says that after the Romans ha
S S' 1000 Persian captives, Acaciu
oAloP Of Amlda, melted down the gold ar
s"7i Plale Of bis church with which he r
G zee the caPdyes. Ambrose, Of Mia
~ Ie same IN respect to the furniture
a. .uuIch' II was the only case in whit
- MPeiial constitutions allowed plate
y sud These facts sufficiently iIlustra
, as manner in which the early church i
;' the teaching Of the gospel respe,
~. slavery, and also the effect which II
' ,,s had upon their practice
Anu Nus We see that the rery reason w
s, ,a lllOGe oil teaching was adopted, was
O"Plsh the universal abolition of 81
e. % a PfecePt could not have done III
-; =, !" Ine changing condition of human
d " u'e means would have been cas-
ru.as l'r eiuding it. But by teachi
.o- ''' ule very truths in which Christian
J.r So' utterly and absolutely opposed
TsI''i' truths lounded in the essential mo
'OH OF Creatures to their Creator
rendered certain that wherever CHI
gl",;, was understood and obeyed, this
Gnu ''n must cease to exist. Thus the D,
g.. &c u u'e gospel have once abolisI
b,Y' 10y Y l'0m the face of the earth. III
NJ. NJ almost done it for the second time
So. We not hope that the work will
T,sU.y accomplished, and accomplis
~ r1 Il will be said, the abolition of 81,
vii ruin the Southern States. Sbr
~De So as you have we'll remarked. if I;
.'Ohg' II ought to he ahandoooa D.