The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-11-10
p EXAMINER;
For tho Examiner.
For tho Examiner.
ayer, slstaI In Itself, ana Nos-feiiev'-
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NEw TESTAMENT.
In This We are told that ''God hath mad
N one blood all nations of men," Act
N: III And, that ''he is no reSPector G
persons" ACTS 10: "a; Eph. o: 81 An.
Chris, has laid down as the foundation c
all true religion, and as the rule OF ou
conduct towards him and his children, tha
We .love with all our heart, and our neigh
nor as ourselves. This is the law and III.
prophets" IIsth. p: 37-40.l And par
slleI passage to this last-one meaning the
same thing, is "WhatsOeyer ye would
thai men should do unto you, do ye even 81
TO Them: for this is the law and the proph.
eis"-the substance of all. This is called
the Golden Rule; because 1t is the best one
ever framed BY which TO regulate human
conduct and one 50 plain that all who de.
sire 10 do so can easily understand it. This
rule plainly, as the large class OF mankind
admit, ioIbids our bringing any man into
slavery, or retaining him in it after he is
brought in by others.
A prominent member in one OF the
churches OF the land was, not long since,
attempting To prove slavery right from the
Bible. Said a bysIander, who is not &
proiessed Christian, Amy man who has
common sense, knows that slavery is wrong
without 8 Bible. But lei US take the BIZ
be. Whatsoever ye would that men
should do unto you do ye even so unto
them Can a man act according to this
rule and enslsve his fellow mOrtal!" The
member saw the force OF the precept, and
abruptly remarked: .thefe Is q difference
between me and a Niger. But, saio
the bys:ander, "Are negroes not mem
Yes said the member. Then, said the
bysiander. Christ requires you TO treat
them as men-ss you would men should
treat you" Here was an end of the argu-
menp for, as is manifest, il il is wrong TO
enslsve white man, II is equally wrong
TO enslave a black man. But, says one, II
mems desires are to be the standard by
which this rule is TO be Interpreted, then any
idle man may demand Of me to give him
part Of my farm, for which 1 had toiled
hard, saying, III | were in your place and
YOU we're ia mine, you would want me to
give to you" To this We reply, he has no
right to desire his own sggrandizement al
the expense OF snolher's lawful gains.
This would be violating another command
which folbids Us TO cOyet anything that be-
longs to another. The meaning of the rule
is "All lawful things We would that others
should do unto you, that do We unto them. "
Now, as Wesley sold, Liberty is the birth
right Of every mantle inalienabie right
Of every man, not a cTiminsl'-and TO de-
sire another 10 give him his liberty, is moi
coveting thai which belongs to another, but
claiming that which by nature and ngh. be-
longs TO himself. The above text, then,
condemns slavery.
Agaln-the New Testament tells rs not
to go beyond nor delraud one another in
any matter. ['Thes. 4: o. This makes no
exception for color, but fixes our duty TO all
men. To defraud is to take without giving
an equivalent-to cheat. When'either the
master. or society, takes from the slave the
proceeds of his labor, when the master, or
society, takes from the poor slave his wife,
his child, his liberty, does-can the master
give an equivalent! Hog and hominy are
no compensation for lost manhood. The
motto Of our forefsthers was, "Give me
liberty, or give me death" Does the mas
ter give an equivalent for lost liberty III
not, he deirsuds his neighbor, he sins against
high Heaven, he sins against the person OF
Christ-for Christ will say at the judgment
day, "Inssmuch as ye did it facts of I'M
kindness unto one Of the least of these my
creatures, ye did it to me-" Math. 25 As.
Agsin-the New Testament requires
Masters give unto your servants that which
is Just and equal, knowing that ye also
have a master ia heaven" ICol. 3: l.
Now, Justice manifestly has for its object,
the securing to man bis natural rights
nights which he would have in a state of
to personal ownership or lib
TO personal security-right TO
the proceeds Of his sbor, &c. If, then,
the master will give justice to his servant,
be cannot hold him as a slave. single mo-
ment. Also, in the foregoing text the
Apostle requires masters to give to their
servants that which is equal-that is, to
treat them as a fellow-equal, as you would
you or your child should be treated, were
you or your child loboring for another man.
Do as you would Others should do unto
you, is what il means, and In the words
Of the synod Of Kentucky, in their able ad
dress:
"lf masters complied with the apostolic
injunction to them, and gave 10 their serv-
ants as they were directed TO do, 'that
which is Just end equsl," there would be
at once an end OF all that is properly called
slavery"
That the Apostle intended by these ex-
pressions, to teach that masters who held
slaves should give to those slaves their lib.
erty-personal ownership, is manifest, from
lhe fact that when addressing those ser
wants held as slaves, doubtless by irreli-
gloos Masters the Apostle says-''if thou
nayest be maolo free, use il rather" Cor.
Z: q. This is Prv,nf positive, that the
Apostle considered freedom as preferable
state for the servant and right ior. him to
have il; otherwise he would not have urged
the servant to take il: and doubtless every
Christian master would, as far as he could,
labor to secure that which was right, and
taught as right by the inspired penman.
This passage alone proves that liberty is the
right of the slave, and that to withhold it is
ain. l.