The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-12-08

IN ms discussion with DIR. w ylano, mai
rained that slavery is not sinful, but san
toned BY Christ and bis Apostles; and tel
the world how bis drove of slaves wi
londle about him. Shocking! that a mi
ister OF the meek and lowly Jesus, shoul
at this age. and in this land, glory in b.
ing tyranl-a despot, holding human b.
Ings-yea, his own brethren and siaers
the church, as property. All over the Ian
We have our Walters and Bucks; and vii
the exception Of one, the large mass, as IA
as We know, are defending slavery as san,
TONED by the Bible.
Reformed Baptists. In this body Jane
Shannon, President Of Bacon College
stands quite eminent. In his pamphle
styled the PHILOSOPHY of Slavery, as iden
llhed with The philosophy of human happi
ness, he tells US that humility is essentia
10 happiness, and that slavery promote
happiness by teaching humility 10 the slave.
unfortunately the poor master is left with
out any provision for his hsppiness.) Speak
ing Of the ordinance of the Passover. hi
says:-"God engraved his appreciation o
domestic slavery on tina. also" And
Thus did Jehovah stereotype his apProba
ZION OF domestic slavery, by incorporating
it with the Jewish religion. Again, he
says:-"l hardly know which is most IN
accountable-the profound ignorance Of the
Bible, or the sublimily of cool impotence
and in6delity, manifested by those who
profess TO be christians, and ye. dare firm
hat The book Of God gires no sanction 10
siareholdingH"
These are few. out of hundreds Of eI.
amples that might be adduced, showing that
the church is the strong hold-the great de-
fence Of slavery. And the very ministers
who are thus pandering to despotism are
among the ministers most popular in the
churches. And these men TIRE not only
sustained by the churches, but their doc
times are either practically carried out and
spread or tacitly consented 10. We say.
then, the churches are responsible for the
existence OF slavery. We have already
seen that the churches-lhe Ieigning reli
gion, shapes the public sentiment OF right
and wrong-lhe morals, and even the law
Of the land. These are in all countries as
the religion. The churches, We repeat, are
the last and the strong hold. Who doubts
but that if the churches OF the United
States were unanimously TO condemn slave
~ as a sin against God and man, end treat
1 as such, il would not live in our country
five years.
Doubtless God is grieved that his church
should be the last retreat, ard the strong
hold Of the worst extortion-the most de-
grading tyranny that exists under the sun
the home of what Wesley styled ''the sum
Of all villianIes." Is it not time that the
sanctuary should be cleansed!
Again we should have no fellowship
with slavery, because we thereby become
partakevin the guilty pursuit of slsyeho!d.
ing, and sharers in the future consequent
ces.
This doctrine is recognized OF God in
one Of the texts we have quoted: "Come
out Of her my people, that ye be not parta-
kers Of her sins, and that ye receive not OF
her plaques. God holds every man and
woman responsible for the wrong dong OF
the association Of which they ale CON-
ponent part. Reader, if you were men,
Der OF a company Of pirates,--if it were
only your business to stay on the land, and
keep the depot-the prison in which the
unhappy victims were incacerated, did
YOU partake in the deliberation Of the COM
pany, and were you sharer in the divi-
dends, giving your support to officers, and
by your means and presence sustaining the
company, would you not feel that you were
equally guilty with those engaged in The
actual seizure Of the csPtives?--guilly Of
all the tears shed. the groans extorted, and
the blood split in the inhuman enterprise!
Now the church members are the keepers
of that prison; since, as We have shown,
the church forms the public sentiment, and
thereby the laws on subject, and by their
acts not only sustain the infsmy. but op.
pose those who make efforts 10 destroy it,
yea, more; church members do the work oil
actual seizure-that Of kidnapping--seiz
ing human beings and converting them into
chatels. Like the dragon described in the
Apocalypse, they follow the woman I'LL
delivered Of her child, then po1nce upon
it, tear it from the mother, and convert il
into their property, despoiled Of every right
This is man stealing; because every child
is by nature free. The same considera
tons which prove that white or a rec
child has right to liberty, prove that 4
black child has right to liberty. Oul
declaration Of independence declares the
same fact. And one Of the principles O
our constitutional compact, as declared, i:
to secure personal liberty to the member,
of the government. Blackstone says
mo law should be obeyed---is Of any
force which contravenes the law Of nature
and OF Revelation" he law OF nstur,
leaves every human being free.
The STAKEHOLDER then who seizes tn,
child and converts il into slave, is guilt
Of manstesling. The sanction of wicked
human laws, alters not right and wrong
alters not the character Of the deed. Tn
human enacsments of Egypt, and Ishmael
made it not right to deprive Joseph OF hi
liberty. He says, although this act wa
done by sanction OF human law, 81 indee'
was stolen;" 20 is every child and man
deprived of personal ownership. The
the churches have in their fellowship thos
who commit the actual work Of mansteal
ing. And the other members, though nc
themselves directly doing tho deed, Civ
their fellowship and tscit consent to the az