The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-24

slave TO violate the eighth commandment and to disobey
| all the commands which God has addressed TO him
slave Ana what this object dearer Than the Integrity
Of the government the peace OF the church. the sancy
oil The sabbath, and the commands of God!"
called night or privilege for the slave, which not in
ten thousand could properly understand if he did
defolahd, win all It's consequences would accept For
we DO contend that there few If any, slaves who, if
ihey knew and could rightly comprehend the misery and
degradation the desulon for the present and anxiety
Tor Inc future inseparabe from the condition Of the free
negroes as class, IN this country would accept OF free
dom as gilt Offer it TO them, gnoran, and unconscious
as they are, and most OF them might take IL and
would The majority OF children OF twelve years old
gladly nan an emancipation from parental control and
the confinement of school, and set to seek their for
tunes IN the world but that any il should be
accorded 10 them and would the momenlary gratfca-
ton they might experience be fair off against The
lncacuabe disasters and untimely regrets by which
would be ollowed And yet for the attainment of lhis
verse than doubtful boon, the aboonst would sacrifice
all that is sacred and all that is dear in relations to
God and 10 man
But the contrast between the Bible and aboitionism
most slrkingy exhibited by placing side by sde Mr.
Graham goes on do, the preeepts ncucaled by the
and the other
The Bible says, Il Cor, vii, 81 } "Art thou called,
being servant, Cor slave) not for it, but, if thou
mayesl be free, use il rather"
Abotonism teaches the slave to care greatly for ito
for il than for obedience 10 God for his
souand that if he be not made free, he is to free him
self by flight or violence
This Ephesians, vi 81 teaches "servans to be ODE.
dent TO their masters in sngleness OF heart as unto
Christ"
That teaches thatsmasers are not to be obeyed at all
This q Tim vi, ~ teaches "seryans TO count their
masters worthy of all honor"
That only despises masters but teaches servants
to despse them .....M
This Titus, XII 100 teaches Servants not to purlon,
but TO show all fidelity"
That teaches them utter fathlessness, and bids them
steal, if necessary TO enable them TO escape
This Tim, vi, @ and Tit, ri, 81 commands all min
listers of the Gospel to teach and exho servants per-
| form all these duties.
That orbids ministers so to teach and condemns those
who do.
This says, q Tim, vi, 3, ~ ''if any man teach
otherwise he is proud knowing nothing, but doting
aoout questions and strfes OF words whence cometh
envy, strife railing, evil sumisng (The apostles idea
OF such as inclined to abollonsm in that day.
| That utterly denies this, aud claims such wise and
faithful ministers
This enoins all these duties the slave that he may
"adorn the doctrine of God, Saviour and that the
name OF God may not be blasphemed."
That says that require such duties from the slave is
a sin that it is dishonoring God and III. Gospel and
| obedience
Now, does it seem possible that in a community pro-
Tossing be Christian, class OF men should take the
holy Scriptures and traverse, contradict, deny and set
aside every passage which conflicts with their wild
and extravagant notions and yet claim to be Christians
par emtneaeethe only true members oil Chrlsts church
and have their claim admitted and their embraced
by unlhinking thousands 1t would be incredible. had
we not the progress OF abolilionlsm before ey
illustrate by another example the force OF bar efaced i'm
pudence presumption, and the inexpcable fondness
OF mankind for decisions OF every description We have
before u.s. true, upon the record OF history, long
lis, of hereses and schisms which have sprung up in
the church, and claimed to be founded upon
or improved reading of the Word of God We have had,
even in day, the imposture OF Matthias, and
those of Milersm and Mormonsm but these have al
all had for their object the agsrandizemen OF some
individual, the formation OF some sect upon what It's
founder deemed true religious principle, protessed 10
do So But little harm has resulted from these
movements; they have not affected our civil poity
those engaged in them have attempted to NEEDLE with
the mechanism OF government, or lay their hands upon
the wheels Of State The of community have
been almost unconscious of their existence, OF If they
have ever bestowed thought upon them il has only
been a passing sentiment OF pity or contempt How diff
feren has been the progress OF abot How vast
its obect-how tremendous the results il contempaies
raspng lis sacnlegous hands the oracles OF God, il
in such wise expounds them as to strike deadly blow
that faith which descended to from the fathers, and
shake our belief in all that have heretofore held
sacred CELEBRATING one oil the domestic relations known
from the beginning of time, seeks 10 overnrn the very
foundations OF society, and infuse into II element,
full OF mischief and awlessness theft rapne and murder
Laying violent hands upon the constitution and the laws,
il seeks to sever the bonds OF union which unite
one ree prosperous, and happy people, and 10 convert
one section OF country into theatre Of servile war,
while il would excite the other add fuel to the flames
and take advantage OF the calamites il ought to avert
of this spirit of abolonism" says Mr.. Graham,
chad The power OF The sword in what would differ
from the man of sin OF the thirteenth and fourteenth
tures when many thousands and tens OF thousands
perished by the axe, and the cord the Wheel and at
The stake for conscience sake r. "And yet demands TO
be received into the State the very genius OF liberty
and into the Church the very Of bcnevoence
dear to God and consecrated His So The Gre
clan horse stood before the gates OF Troy consecraed
offering 10 a Trojan idol Trojan hands drew 1t into the
CITY II was received with songs, and the sound oil tum
pets and great rejoicing. But while the citizens slept
the enemies concealed in IFS bosom crept FORTH and roy
was DESTROYED Satan, who is cunning than
ULYSSES is the true author OF this mode OF deludng and
destroying men 'Dee,pimur specie rsct applies not TO
writers Of poetry alone all easily deceived by
tempted Eve to ca, the forbidden fruit 1t was by pro-
Tossing themselves 10 be wise that the ancents became
fools and changed the glory Of the incompatible God into
an image made like man, and beasts and creeping things
The Pharsee made void The law saying is 'corban,
and under the pretext OF promoting purity and TRUTH the
man of sin has made void both the law and the Gospel