New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-28

erty and there is no such thin an owner OF him
recognized. II ihou meet even thine eDenys on ~
i. s,s going as.rsy tkou shaE surely bring Il back Ia
him aysIn But thou shah not deliver unto his mister
The servant which Is escaped from his master unto thee
He shall dwell with thee even among you m that piane
which b. shall choose 10 any one OF ny gates Wtere u
rketh him b, ~: thou shalt not Oppress him. He =
hemap a. any Of Won free 10 chocse his residence
fr,e GO and come be plesses Tree t. stay ammo
s.ed u whatever place he may prefer, and there DO
owner 10 him 10 creature hat has any power 10 inter-
fere with BIZ lbcrtF, 10 law binding hn as aoy man
urorerty but an explicit divine ~ recogrZiDg guard
ing ard establishing. beyond possibility of d'n'el or
Interference, he sole F.sh! OF properly anu ownership
| in himself.
Now lnsir.sir that Il s net possible tor larl usse
or thought TO present s,ronge- Incidental domons;s
ton than thi, al the upossioy Of crvstuoe Of he
| human race being properly. The Demonstration v 40
s.luey all be GO fer being incidental !; FEVER
entered INTO the mind Of The sercd writer 1t never IN
tered into Goo heart. 10 sc. tJrth IN lorna! pIoo
si,ion that the oaim Ui property N man - SD OF sna.
| no n an can be the owner Of man because tH'te
STOOD the law He that -tealeb, or seleh or noueV'
shall sLioy o. put 10 ots't. Ju't so ntr, - 49,
heed OF "a ling in an abstract proposition that the ss
numbering II sin. because the law SAID lnou 81
| DO no murder; and the murderer =Daii os II "
| detth But when fn1. side By side 10 the cd'a-
loyue OF statutes defining aud Illustrating the an ~
stealing and commanding the restoration OF stolen snd
Zoe, property with the app, lsiion OF owner bestowed
| on tLose 70 nom such pToputy L 10 DC iesoNtu'
ctumapduent no, 10 restore 70 bis fasfT -oe servant
that has III Om L- Nbsff7 W lhrt bup -
such restoration, ana tbt aNOldance Vi uie 't'HI
o'cntr, are intensely sgnincaDt
This b tha thing 10 b. borne in mind sso in resdus
the Epifis Of Pau 10 lnl, mon Ihs IS 10. tn.ng tha
scoours IN the frst place 70. his sending back onesi-
| mus 20 Philemon az all which ne would not haSe
il ne and could cOscicntous!y have done, WIZ tst
statute in y, deuteronomy staring BIN ID the !ace, nag ne
not known thst he sending him back TO l ntls-
tan pertecty aware OF that statute and acquainted
| th God whole reprOb6tion OF the crime OF oPpree-
SION and the niquty o! claiming properly IN man.
| And hence he saws to Philemon, Whom rcpd bare
retained would have done IT, and could have done
H. COZ sce Dtously by the law of God but perfectly
| eo,,hC eut IN Phtmohs Christian integrity ne Wound
bot impose that detention upon him. and compei nun
by tho law, but would give him the sweet privilege OF
| Welding Up The man % Paul, gospel grounds and
willingly. And hence also, be says Thou, therefore,
receive him, have sent BIN, not nor as serCdEt,
| bit above r seIV ant, q brother beloved.
Not now a servant 1t is impossible 81 under
stand this or Al part Of this remarkable Eplste in
deed except under the light Of all these statutes against
! slavery which we have been considering. But the
moment you bring this pnrase unde the convergency,
the focus Of this light the brancy is glorious 1t is
a. if disInond had burst into blsZe Paul would
not and could not have returned Onesulus at Gil ex-
| ccpi to man who. a. Christian well knew Gods
judgment against slavery; nor to him, unirss he had
had perfect confidence in his Christian integrity that
he would receive him no longer servant -iaye,
| even If re had been one before. Paul would never
have sen, ba,k Onesimus 10 any Doctors OK DIVINITY
Who proclaim slavery divine initiation, nor 10 any
Theology since hs day have done, We accept The ss-
TEN OF human Slavery and conscentously abide by It.
In the whole history. from that Of Abraham Isaac
and Jacob, down through the whole line OF their de-
scendan,s not one Instance is to be found o the sae vi
| rnsp whether servant or slave. The only approx
inatops TO such thing treated and denounced IS
criminal When they obtained scrN ants or purchased
ih.n, a. the phrase was, they purchased their time
and labor from themselves; but they attempted 10
se them it could not be done without stealing them
II was max ing articles o. property on Of them was
asserting and violently essuming ownership In them;
it was uan.s;cang Accordingly 1t Is the transactlon
Of the SeltHg OF joseph, which ! described as the
crime Of stealing; and no person il JUDGE could ever
hive sold any human being, no matter by what means
in h power without The conviction OF doing whet wss
forbidden OF God. Man selling was no mort permitted
| than uan-s'CaliDg
TWAS or the ground OF the impossiblity OF property
in man that made the selling of him crime, thai the
statute vas enacted iurbdding man to re.un the
escnpDg servant to ais MASTER. II was on THIS ground
that every Solvent belonged to himself snd not to his
master 81 that i his master undertook 70 treat him
as property be had pcrfcrt right 10 fec from him and
no me mad ANY right stop him but every man was
| found l, GOD owl low Ia assist AMI defend MIN
his most ben.iccn, sts.dte was key for the
| srch of Freedom which, By the jewish legislation,
GOD reared the midst of universal desPotSm and
Saytr; it formed security for the Observance OF al
The other many proVlsphs IN iavor OF those hello 10
mbor OF domestic seryice; II opened gate OF reiige
Tor The oppt ,sod and operated powerful restraint
agsirst tic cauelty of the yranDcGl master. There
| might BE- cruelty and tyranny IN tDe tsnd OF Juued
but there legal escape from il; the servant, II
Il On ait mped 10 II. L him slave could Instantly
Quit bis nos,or Wa not compelled to abide in bond
age. was not hunted as usitive-nay, by law was
| Iroeced FROM being go hun.ed, and everywhere or
hi ecaIe found friends in every dwelling, and affend
| and protector in the law.
In this statute AMI in all The others this subject
We zee how shameful is the bfl on the Word Of God
how nmpious how bias nous the charge against it,
of saDciionipg the system Of Slavery. They art. IN
some res poets The neanesi OF all moles who go bur-
rowing among tho Scr 1.uree and twisting and disort
ing its in the hope OF finding some shadow al
IN for tins wick. dnes. Their work s a far a.
in them lies 10 make nddels for they do what God do
nounced with His EXTREMIST vengeance the false teach
egs OF old for doinghey belle the Word of the Lord.
| and to turn from Il with the feeling that a
book that teaches ilquity cannot BE- Gods Word. But
| We throw of and denOunce their pery ersion, and we
chaepc. all the world 10 lind anywhere so great H.
curity tor human Freedom and agaipst the possibility
Of human Slavery deep fountain and assurance
OF btneyO leIce and justice these laws. They con-
stiiue, beyond all comparison, the most benign, pro-
tcctlye aud generous system OF domestic service toe
kndest 10 the servants and the fsrest for the master
famed any country or any age The rights of
the ant defined md guaranteed strictly aud
with much care those OF the employers or masters
| Human beings coud not be degraded into slaves or
cbaels or bound for involuntary service seized and
| worked for profit, and no wages paid. The defensee
against these outrages, the announcement and prohibit
tun # them the cleareet kgal and hs.ori-
cal judgments Of God gsin-. Slavery. The systen in
our country, in the light Of only these pro-
visions, holds lls power by laws most msnesIy con-
hictng with The Divin, Law, and stands indispItsbly
under the Diynei.probation.
| The great GROWING statute, which secured al the
Others this subject, the Jubilee statute OF uni
verssl ersonal liberty for all the inhabitants Of the
| land. The Hebrews were permitted 10 obtain ats
| Jom the heshen contract lasting I'LL the jubilee
but az every Of tAs. lime OF release all we're
| nee and every contract was voluntary No heathen
creature o any name or residence could be
ioiccd into IL II ~ any heathen op ion
20 make q contract to the jubilee or not. IT, rather
1 srrh nnnfract hn chnso IN rn., r % u.