Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-04-24

We make the following extracts from an article in
the New York Express -
Servants and masters. children and fathers wives
and husbands, the organizations of social ife,-
and governors, and governed, the organization OF
political life. The Apostle Paul,-as we'll rs our
SAVIOUR everywhere and at all times taught subor.
dinaton and obedience. in each and all of these re.
lationships 1t is nowhere contended,--that in the
eyes OF God, the soul Of the African is not OF equal
importance to that of the white man-but deprivng
the African of vote is no more in Justice than de-
prVlng the wife, the mother, the sister, the daughter
or The male minor, or the alien. To mankind are
gwen different talents,-for different purposes,-to
some ten talents, 10 some iVe TO some but ONE
thus to every according his several ability"
showing the inequality Of Gods gifts to man, and the
intended inequality of social ard political organiZa-
tons. 1t does not follow them because We are the
children of common father, that society should
be OF one dead level and there should be servant
to obey mas;er,- DO children to obey parent,-no
wife to be subordinate to husband, &C., &c. The
ten and five white talents of society right IN
the African one talent to govern them, or to be put
on equality with it, and yet the souls of all equal
IN the eyes of God and to whomimuch is given, of
them much shall be required.
| Paul of all the Apostles,-being in the midst of
the Bond 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 ind-neVer-never-it must be remarked
| preached abolition sermon-hut on the contrary,
ever Just the reverse.
We need not add on here the celebrated Epislle of
Paul 10 Philemon-he Christian Minister residing at
Colosse-who owned the fugitive slave Onesimus and
whom Paul sent back from Rome 10 his master, at
| CoIosse. Paul first converted 0nesmus 10 Christi
anty, and the fugitive slaves religion then caused
him to desire TO- be sent back to his injured master,
while Paul pleaded tloquently for his kind and
| Christian reception.
! To understand what tina, slavery was to which
Oneslmus was restored by Paul, We must look to the
/ c1a A.
American. Phiemon-under the Roman law--could
have put Onesimus TO death Onesimus could not
| contract marriage; Onesimus could own proper.
ty-but all his acquisitions belonged 10 Philemon
runaway slave (fug1ttUe) could not lawfully be
received or harbored-to conceal him was fun tum.-
(Hence, the apostle obeyed the law in surrendering
the fugiive) The master was entitled to punish The
slave whenever he pleased, and it was the duty of
all authorities to give Philemon (he Christian Min.
lseD aid in recovering Onesimus. A person became
slave by capture in war; we'll by his mothers
! slavery (jure Aentium) (Onesmus may have been
captured in war. The Apostle does not tell us A
free person might become slave in various ways,
| consequence of positive law (3ure cirIe A free
woman, who cohabted with slave might be made
a slave herself. Slaves made OF those who
evaded military service. The State owned slaves,
| (SerU1 Pu6Llct.) Slaves were obtained through war
and The century before Christ there were
two serviIe wars. Athenaus states that very many
Romans possessed 10000 and 10000 slaves freed
man under Augustus left at his death 4l16. The
games of The amphtheatre required an immense num-
Der Of slaves Ghe gIadators in Italy, (B. c. 49,
under Spartac is, defeated Roman Consular 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 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 (saves) brought
very high price and Martial speaks of beautiful
boys who sold for as much as 81 900 or 200 900
sesterces each-S4,42O or $3.50 of our money
Literary men and doctors brought high price. The
offences of slaves punished often with barbarity
Runaway slaves and thieves were branded the
forehead with mark (stigma) Slaves also
punished by being hung up with weights suspended
to their feet. Masters might work their slaves as
many hours in the day as they pleased.