The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-14
LOUISVILLE, KY: SATURDAY

a Judge Thy neighbor. --Iieviticus xix; TO-
H. Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou sha
d. not respect persons; neither take a gift; 4
d, a gift doth blind the eyes Of the wise. al
n prevent the words OF the righteous. '-Deu
If xvi: ~. In this legislature, say d
r. Jews in their letseis to yoltaire. there wer
aone OF those hereditary professions non
J. Of those blemishing distinctions Of 'castes
1t established among the Egyptians an
a Brachmans: noEe of those outrageous cor
q .empts Of one order for the other, whic
/. caused seditions for a long time in In
}. Roman Commonwealth. Everything her
q recalled TO the minds Of the Hebrews tina
4 original equality and those fra ernal feel
ings which their common descent from on
{ stock ought to inspire them with.
p These sentiments were not confined d
Jews by bith-every other person nigh
share them. Ii was fixed law alnongs
US, TO admit into our religion and Com
monwealth all those, who by submitting
10 the rite Of circumcision, would admit
our laws and customs.
What is there Of slavery here? Can you
4 find even a shadow OF the peculiar institu
ton In these wise and humane regula.
tons! Gould slavery exist in Kentucky
one single hour, with such lawsl Would
not the adoption Of them be the abolition
OF slavery in the NEST summary manneri
the wiping il out OF the statute book for.
ever!
II the law thus explicitly legislaled
against slavery--it is but reasonable to
suppose that the bringing in Of better
dispensation would confirm to men the
rights inherent in their very natures; and
this reasonable expectation has been reali-
se1, Notwithstanding tho learned refine
ments of theological hair-splitiers, by
which refined spiritual meaning is forced
upon very plain passages. Such an inter
probation is, however, necessary to make
the New Testament support slavery, even
by implication. But it is said, The Savior
found slavery in its worst forms, and Yet
nowhere is TO be found the sentence of con-
domination he pronounced upon it, -.
/. There is no evidence that Christ ever
came in contact with slavery except in the
general form in which il existed in the pro.
yincial government under which he exer-
cised his ministry. His ministry was con.
fined to the Jews. Il arm not sent, said he,
but to the lost sheep Of the house Of Israel.
Their law prohibited slavery, and il il ex-
listed amongthem at all n existed in oppo-
sition to law-bu; il remains TO be proved
that the Savior ever came in direct contact
with slavery, in the sense in which we en-
ploy the term. The Jews lived according
TO the customs OF their fathers, and the for.
eigless that were among them were princi-
pally Roman soldiers, or officers Of that
government, and were not likely to be pos
SCISSORS Of slaves. 1 .ra
8. He did condemn slavery. Bot Jesus
called them unto him, snd said, We know
that the princes Of the Gen,iles exercise
dominion over them, and they that are great
exercise authority upon them. But il shall
not be so among you: but whosoever will
be great among you, let him be your minis
ter and whatsoever will be chief among
you, let him be your servant, even as the
son Of man came not to b. ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give his life a ran
som for many Matthew TX: 25, %. lfI
this is not plain prohibition Of that 'au-
thority and dominion with which slavery
clothes the master, words are not Signs Of
ideas. He disallows 10 his disciples the
dominion exercised by the princes Of the
Genliles' over their subjects. Bot il shall
not be so among you. Examine the par
allel in MARI X: AZ, IS, and tell me what
is the true 'intent and meaning Of the Sa-
vior. il he intended to give his sanction to
slavery. He did condemn slavery.
Slavery is not only at variance with these
precepts, but the general principles Of Chris
iisnity. The Saviour taught system of
morals at once Just and equitable. SLA.
VERY rs uSJosT; il 6vests the slave Of all
rights to acquire and use property for bis
own bsne6t.--of all power TO dispose OF his
person in such manner as 10 him may be
proper--it binds him hand and foot and
passes him over TO the master TO be used
for his exclusive benefit. Against this in.
fraction Of tho law OF righteousness our very
instincts array themselves Against this
degradation Of being Greeted in the image
OF God nature cries out. And this system
you are requested to leave untouched at the
approaching election, or contribute to fas.
ten il more firmly on the Statel Il, i
The Saviour taught a universal philan.
thropy; "Thon shalt love Thy neighbor as
Myself" and in the parable Of the Good
Samaritan, Luke <: 30--ST, showed that in
the sense Of the law every human being is
our neighbo-. Glove workethl no ILL to
his neighbor therefore love is he fulhllnaent
of the law" Rom. xiii: 10. Slavery is a
violation Of this principle Of philanthropy;
look at il in the court yard, where its
helpless victims are knock ed off to the high
est loidder--in the chain gang moving to
Southern market, and you must see and feel
chat tho darkness Of midnight is not in more
striking contrast with the brightness Of noon
day than is il and the law Of. God! Shall
we let il restl The decision is with YOU;
the constitution Of the State has clothed you
with authority and power to foster and per-
petuIate, or pluck up and destroy it foreverl
Ana to yourselyes--your country, now and
hereafter, you are under the most sacred OBJ
legations 10 u,e that power for the extension
Of liberty. Give your suffrages to such men
as will devise ways and means to rid us Of
this great evil. A'l sd ei'A
Slavery violates the Golden Rule: There
fore all things whatsoever ye would that
men should do TO you, do ye even 50 to them,