Kansas weekly herald., 1855-04-06
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at Lawrence. nos lame ia imps4e at
tempt to answ 8 few Fin qssti
psopoanded to she nsgro slsalersi sns llss
similar attempt . ansAsF my 5alzpkle
Slavery consislen Nth Christianity, b
alwriter WHO signs himself .Doulos' = S
The very attempt to answer these ques.
tons is an admission on the part of Dotlloz
that he is "a negro stealer himself, and de.
fender of those who are. He is probably
the receiver of stolen negroes al that new
Fdepot established lkefe; and, II 50, then &C.
cerding to the law he is as bad as the thief.
But there is something very signffcanl
and characteristic in the signature appended
to the silly and puerile answers and review,
which deserve a passing notice. Donlos,
Has every real Greek scholar well knows
denotes slave; this, is the primary mean
ing of the word; and in the Greek it is
primitive term; and all ,i its deriyiiYes and
adjunots have the same meaning. It also
denotes a servant or subject. But It's pri-
mary meaning is slave And the distinc-
ton recognized in the Bible and in the
Greek language was designated BY the
term and qualifying word hired; thus in the
parable of the prodigal Son, he is represen-
ted as saying to himself chow many hired
servants are at home" &c.
Now then for the signifcancy of'Doulos,'
he is probably one of those transported
slaves or hirelings sent to Kansas by the
'Emigrant Aid Societies, and has to work
for them and do their bidding until he pays
the last farthing and a tiitle more, on the
prime cost of transportation.
MIR. Doulos objects to the use of the term
slave as improper, because it is not of scrip
tural authority. This is discovery truly.
On the same principle he might object to
every word in our language because none
Of them in our tongne are found in the orr
ginal Greek and Hebrew.
The English word slave lis comparatively
Of modern origin, and is derived from the
Selavi, from the Sclavonians, Tutonic
:ribe subdued and enslayed by the Venia-
ions. And this word slave was introduced
INTO several languages of middle and north
ern Europe with slight variation in its
The word servant is derived
rom the Latin Servans; which as every
Latinist knows has the same meaning in
he original, that Doulos has in Greek; so
hat in English the terms are synonymous.
Our English translators used the term
servant as less offensive and repHgnant than
he term slare; and our eastern friends i'm
proving on this, employ the word "hslps"
md the condition Of those helps at this time
n the East in the cities and factories is such
Is tocall loudly for help indeed. And the
helps" Of the Emigrant Aid Societies at
Lawrence and other depots also need help,
ind we are informed that during the ll,e sever
ty OF the past winter they have received
considerable help from, the uery slaves in
he adjoining county of Missouri, which
hey came here to steal and carry away
We would advise them not to kill the goose
hat lays the golden eggs, they will proba-
'ly need more help from the same source
before they can help themselves.
But changing terms does not change the |
nature of things; though many think it does, |
md Mr.. Doulos appears to be one of these.
n the case of Abraham we are told that
besides those servants born in his house; he
lad others that were bought with his money.
Mr. Doulos, we suppose, would translate
he passage, servants, or helps, hired with
his money: and all kindred passages.
In his attempt to review our lecture on
slavery, consistent with christianity
;ays should have called it consistent with
ny christianity. 1 accept the amendment
and indorse it fully-for it is the christian
ty of my Savior, of the Bible and of Paul;
he christianity of all the true Church of
God and the saints in times past-of whom
he patriarch Abraham large STAKEHOLDER
mas the immortal and distinguished honor
% be called Father, and the father of the
faithful in all time to come. Can Mr..
Doulos say as much for has christianity 2
Can he claim as high an antiquity. as no.
bic and illustrious ancestry.for hisa IF We
mistake not Boston is the place Of lis birth,
and Theodore Parker It's father.