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with it. This is the last and crowning en-
aclmen, in the code. Ipropose the follow
ing paraphrase as exhibiting its true intent
and meaning "Thou." the Hebrew nation
both collectively and as individuals, "shall
not deliver unto his'' heather 'master, the
servant which is escaped from his'' healhen
''master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee
evem among you, in that place which he
shall choose in one of thy gates, where it
like,h him best: thou shal! not Cypress
him" The lack of adaptedness in the pro-
visions Of this enactment to the circumslan-
ces of servants, whether Hebrew or heather,
who should escape from Hebrew masters,
is fatal to the suppostion that it has any
application to such. The national hospital
ity which it enJoins is snted only to the
case of foreign servants, who having escap-
ed into The land of Palestine, are perfectly
safe in dwelling wherever they ch BOSE, pro-
vided the principal injunction Of the law is
complied with, which requires that they be
not delivered to their masters.
! In the very terms then, of This law, which
fana,icism seeks to pervert, the God of the
! Bible 'decke,h him self with light as with q
garment
have shown that there is no connic. be-
tween this and the previously enacted laws
on servi,ude. When have shown unity
of design between them, my duty will be
ended.
suppose tina. God in giving laws by
Moses was intent on having them obeyed.
That pursuant to this intention he enacted,
"Both thy bond-men and thy bond-maids,
which thou shalt have, shall be Of the hea-
,hen.-of them shall ye buy bondmen and
bond maids. s."-'rhat the intention here was
not so much TO confer favor on Hebrew
purchasers, as TO benefit the hea,hens pur-
chased. He that may be sold by another
person, is already the slave of that other
person. The operation Of the law then,
was not TO create slavery, but simply to
transfer hea,hens, already slaves, from hea-
then to Hebrew owners, where both master
and servant would be subjec, TO the laws Of
revealed religion The more hea,hen slaves
who could thus be brought, though invol-
UNFAIRLY, into suhjec.ion to the laws Of God
the better. Some might voluntarily submit
to be governed by these laws. They might
escape from their hea'hcn masters and come
among The people Of God. National hos
pitaliiy should be shown to such. ''Whoso-
ever will, lei him come" To give to men
Revelation and 10 make them acquainted
with il, implies one identical intention.
am forced 10 conclude that Dr.. Way
land has mistaken Moses intention in this
ac' 1t was not to abolish slavery, bu, to
abolish heathenism. The question na'ur-
ally arises, why has the meaning Of this
passage been perverted by mind capable
of understanding it in its connection The
answer is easy. Because the construction
sought to be pu, upon it is congenal TO the
passion of abolition fana,icism. .-.
The Sd clluse Of the "a section Of the
4,h Article Of the Constitution of the United
States, is in these words, mo person, held
TO service or labour in one State, under the
laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in
consequence Of any law or regulation there
IN, be discharged from such service or labor,
bu. shall be delivered up on claim of the
party to whom such service or abour may
be due''
The decision adopted with regard to the
passage of sacred scrip p,ure which we have
been considering, desermins the question
whether this clause of the Constitution is
? "according to the pattern shown in the
Mount And this is question of no small
, moment in determining The people, especial
y the New England people, whether they
, will or will not obey this provision Of the
Constitution. They will ''obey God rather
! than men, if the teachings of the Book Of
! G cd are in accordance with their own views,
while the precepIs Of men are the reverse.
Dr. Wayland has not told US ha, he will
not ''deliver unto his master the servant
which is escaped from his master unto him."
| and therefore we will hope that his practice
will better than his avowed faith on this sub
ject Another distinguished divine of the
same city of Providence, has taugh. US un-
equivocalIy what his practice in such case
would. be. "Our government does require
US to yield up slave who flies to US for
protection, and surrender him to bondage.
Can you do it? | cannot"
1t is indeed TO us a glory that we are
members of national Union that spreads
itself over SO vast portion of the North
American con,inen,-lhat our States glitter
along the Atlantic, from Maine to Mexico,
! like diamonds set in crown. Ii would be
still higher glory could we say that we
possess, as a people, the knowledge and dis
creiion requisite 10 render this Union firm
and enduring. But if the understanding of
the Book Of God which is discovered by
the light of the aurora borealis mus, be
forced upon the inhabitants who 81, in the
MONDAY efulgence Of the latitude in which
the Bible was written, as the unerling rule
Of their faith and practice, then will our
crown of glory IN the eyes Of the nations of
the earth, be cast down to the ground and be
broken.
remain, Your friend,
| A NORTHERN MAN WITH SOUTHERN