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SLAVERY IN r1tr son1prunEs.

crs, wives and husbands, arc tic organiza.
tions Of social lifc-and governors, and gov.
crned, the organization Of political life
The Apostles Paul ,-as we'll as our Saviour
everywhere and Mt all times taught subordi-
nation and obedience, in each and all Of
these relationships. 1t is nowhere conten.
ded-that in the eyes of God, the soul of
the African ls not Of equal importance 10
that of the white man,-but depriving the
African of vote is no more injustice than
depriving the wife, the mother, the sister,
the daughter, or the male minor or the
alien. To mankind are given different tai.
ents,-for different purposes,-to some ten
talents, to some five, to some but ono,-tl,us
"to every man according to his several
Abilities" showing the inequality of Gods
gifts to man, and the intended inequality of
social and political organizations. 1t does
not follow then, because We are the chill
dren Of ono common father, that society
should he Of one dead level, and there should
be no servant 10 obey master,-no chill
dren to obey parent,-no wife to be sub
ordinate to husband, &C., &c. The ten
and five white talents of society soc no right
in the African one talent to govern them,
or to be put on equality with it, and yet the
souls Of all are equal in the eyes Of God -
and to whom much is given, of them mucl,
shall be required.
Paul of all the Apostles,-being in tho
midst of the Bond as well as the Free-with
thousands and tens of thousands of slaves
before him-under the Roman Government
where slavery WAS ever Of the harshest kind
-never-never-it must be remarked,
preached an Abolition scrmon-but on the
contrary, ever, just the reverse.
We need not add on kera the celebrated
Epistle Of Paul to Philemon-the Christian
Minister residing at Colossc-who owned
the fugitive slave Onesimus and whom Paul
sent back from Rome to Ills master, at Co.
losse. Paul first converted Oncsinus to
Christianity, and the fugitive slaves religion
then caused him to desire to he sent back
to his injured master, while Paul pleaded
eloIuently for his kind and Christian recep-
ton.
To understand what that Slavery was to
which Onesimus was restored by Paul, we
must look to the Roman laws of Slavery,
and compare them with the American.-
Philemon-under the Roman Law, could
have put Onesimus to death. Onesimus
could not contract marriage; Oncsimus
could own no property-but all his acqu-
sitions belonged to Philemon. A runaway
slave Ougitiue) could not lawfully be re-
ceived or harbored-to conceal him was
.f"rtum. (lIence, the Apostle obcyed the
law in surrendering the fug;tive.) The
master WAS entitled to punish the slave
whenever he pleased, and it was the duty
of all authorities to give Philemon (the
Christian Minister) aid in recovering One
sinus. A person became a slave by cap
ture in war, as well as by his mothers
slavery (jure gentium.) (Oneslnus may
have been captured in war. The Apostle
does not tell us.) 4 free person might Je.
come slave in various ways, in consequence
of positive law jure civile) A free woman,
who cohabited with slave, might be made
a slave herself Slaves were made of those
who evaded military service. The State
owned slaves (serv; publicly Slaves were
obtained through war and commerce. The
century before Christ there were two SER
vile wars. Athennus states-that yerv
many Romans possessed 10000 and 10000
slaves; freedman under Augustus left at
his death 4,l16. The games of the smphi.
theatre required an immense number of
slaves. The Gladiators in Italy, (B. c. 7s)
under Spartacus, defeated Roman Consu-
lar army, and were not subdued till B. c.
II, when 10000 of them were said to have
fallen in battle. Slaves of great beauty
and rarity were not exhibited to public gaze
IN the common slave market, but were
shown to purchasers in private. Slaves
that came from the East had their ears
bored. Eunuchs (slaves) brought very
high price; and Martial speaks of beautiful
boys who sold for as much as 100000. or
100000 sesterces sach-$4, ,420 or $s.s4o
OF our money. Literary men and doctors
brought high price. The offences Of
slaves were punished often with barbartv.
Runaway slaves and thieves were branded
on the forehead with mark (stigma.)-
Slaves were also punished by being hung
up with weights suspended to their feet
Masters might work their slaves as nanv
hours in the day as they pleased.
"Me Lost sosl."-Among the birds of
OF Peru is one known as the alma
pera'da, or lost soul, for the following rea-
SOD: IAN Indian girl, while collecting
balsam, left her child alone in the forest
and on her return to the place where she
had left it, she could not find r. co,l;,.