The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-27


The learned GrctiHs might hay gene f. be
than this, and sid, WHO takes gor .dlg !, cd
takes the property of man, but e ssho 4 keI
uses, or disposes of, man as mere antiise, = Ike
the property of Almighty God, t 1t Being Vi
has said, "all souls are mine. who : {
crown uron the head of man be VIZ, "a
black, rich or poor-made him Lei Of tbes we
creation; crown which the slaf sholder, y6s
ciously and impiously spatches I ON his .ad
putting himself in the place of @ ID, in sp } Q
the command, "Thou shalt have 40 other cd
before me-" and tie thunder of mai. ans vi,
tually saying to TIRE slave, WORSHIP mel :
MIR, Tapren' said, that although he coul nc
acquit the Publishing COMMITTED of the :, &C
Society of blame in not obeying t .e ipiuuc On
of tEs Society, he yet considered Il a prov en-
tial estraint that the tract, 20 Obi ctionab ,I,
so i, furious in its tendency, had lot been uh
lishe and circulated. He thougl !, at the no
ther solution was passed by the s 'cietyin 81
that ne measure was unwise; tb It those. MI
Saw ny friends who rejoiced in :, were { nk
full T very little, ard he felt atefnl Il 10,
that he tract had been arrested. nd not tsr
ed tt 60 abroad as the views Of N ,rtternC Ms
tians to shareholders respecting. their d lie
with reference to the great inii aity in w. cl
they are involved. ~
M Tappan laid down the pr position, nt
chal enged its contradiction, ths; there ! NJ
auth 'rity in the religion of Chr t fer pre- ri
bisg duties to regulate the, cond ct Of ". pg
doer while they maintain an AMI Christia re
latio for which they are unrebt sed by ,s'
who would instruct them ia thu II mora. On
duct The first duty of slavehold rs, as al
OF transgressors, is repentant The *
duty is reformation, bringing for. fruits se
for pentance S!aveholdipg is a rhine az as
man and sin against God. 1t 8 the d o
the Tract Society to issue publi atoms pl
catin this truth. The san should denou ID
aud OF merely the abuses of the ,stem. Of
Il. ii his letter says, most admira ,ly;
"ODe great object for which tie churc Z
lists in the world, is to carry ont nd oppl d,
primo pies of the Bible to the evei varying IN
ditiol of man and his institutions
lat comment is this upon his own 70
cedir g declarations =
Pr ascribing the duties of rnastess, while \ sy
are OF reminded of the sin of slsveholdin : il
prep, sterous, absurd, and une c-iptaral. Ast 81
might TIE Tract Society issue traces prescris. 1p
tho ,e moral duties which grow out of the x
listen ,e" of piracy, smuggling, gsmbling, S7b
bath, breaking, intemperance, apd licentiu g.
ness. What would be thought Sf reco !,
memo alton to the Tract Society to issue at 4
touch ing the duties of manufacture "a and SCI, &
of in oxicating drinks? Admonii hing kee, %
of grogshops for example, that Il ey ought OF
to eel to minors, to poor men wi o can haesly
buy bread for their children, to hose ain, 1st
drunl already, DC. What would e though. oi
q recommendation to the Tract 81 ciety to fab.
lish IL tract for keepers of house, of ill-fa Re,
teaching them that they should aot enter ain
81 al ~ xL~ks
ought not to furnish guests wi b wine nd
cigars, or otherwise tempt to exec rs those 70
frequented the abode of the has lot, but d
never been warned by the Tract Society It
g her house is the way to hell, &c ng down 10
the chambers of deaths" And what she uId
be thought of an attempt to indu se the II t
Sociey to publish tracts address ed to al ! !.
holde 8, instructing them against ae inhun !.
ty of allowing their slaves only beck Of G +,
q wee Z for food, when they ought { J allow Il A,
3 peer and half; that instead furnish {
he e male slaves with cotton bage ng for cl :.
ing, ley ought to furnish them it'll ten 4
Lowe calico that instead of sct irging th !,
with at-o'- nine tails made of hare .ned leae g
thongs, they should use the nae It appro, 4
Newa TX overseers' whips2 &c. 70, sir, 8, 4
Mr.. T., saveholding is sin, and ae first d 3
Of ilaveholder is repentance, an the secc
reforr alton, bringing forth works meet for y
penta Ice. If slaveholding is not sin, desc f.
ing r, buke as such, it issaltogetheI impertin i
and otrusive for the Tract Socie or any =.
ligious body to offer their advil as to g
abuse of the system. In that ca /, slaveht T.
ers m ~ we'll say to Northern Chri tians, e.. It
Us ale ne, and attend to the variou abuses +
lsting among your own people"
Mr. Tsppan said it was EVIDENT the dut, f
the Tract Socie'y to treat slave] olding q. o
crime against man and sin agai lst God, 4
argue that the irjunctions of Scr, Ature on e
subj 1t Of correcting and reprims ading ira J.
zresscrs we're true philosophy and ound poll 4.
The Tract Society, in its public Alton of e
Bible had, in fact, announced tina with req i
70 sin in general, this was the cout se to be : e
sued. For example, said Mr. T find in Q
c5py d the Bible, prepared for ( te Tract ,.
ciety by my lamented friend Jnsi In E1war 8,
and PRESENTED to ne By the wcr- nv Secret, q
Of tn, Society, the following explanations 8,
ms re- c'i~ns:
l. Thou shalt in any wise rebal e thy ne;e o.
Dor, I'd not sutfer sin upon him ] sv., l9.hc :,
l7th v.
Tract Society's comment:
4" Not suffer san: not see anot ,er live Ia i
without making efforts to reclaim him."
2. them that Gin rehuke be- ire all, Il &
other also may fear: Tim, 5:h b., 10th
Tr'c c. S,ciety's comment:
Them that sin: whose offence! are prove 4"
Pa allel passage in the Trt 1t Socie, g
B BILE;
Nay fear And all Israel 81 III hear, d
fear, nd shall do no more any sue wickedp 8
as this is among you :" Deut., 49, ch., Hi /.
lie that rebuketh a man, aft rwards 81 il
find more favor than he that Aatts eth with e
tongue: Prov, % ch., 23d V.
Tr, ct SocietY's Bible illustrate; u.s." apps !.
ed to this verse-mark
q [ onest dealing with the off adeis is E
way to secure their respect"
Nov, said Mr.. T., this is my ow experi+. e
IN co lverslng or corresponding W, h slavel J..
ers. And ne mentioned several ini ances W, 9
he ha spoken or written to slavehoi lers-sp !.
leg Il truth in lCve-setting befo e them r
guilt, and received frank acku .wdeem 8
that ayeholdipg wes a sin that ought 3 .
repen ed of and foIsaken; and ths the par 4
woult do 80. For twenty years hi had bee a
intert curse or correspondence 18th var. g
casss of Shareholders; some of Il em men !.
tingu shed for their high position ID inHue, 4.
lie I'D not failed to speak to II EN- of sk >.
holdi g as crime and sin, and he must. .
that had been treated with COT stesy ana :.
spect both in correspondence AM in persc Il
inter, curse, and had never had Cd 1.-THE Of e
d.fhc lty with them that he has 81 ffered AT a
hand of the apologists of Slavery 1t the No !.
High minded Southern men like 4 frapkn :.
but doughface, whether clerical or lay, y
despi 'ed from the bottom of their leart. :
NJ. I. related the case Of istinauia a
lawyer of Louisiana-s slavehold ir-who q
also an elder ir the Presbyteris church o
whom he was introduced in this ~, whom q
had invited to his house, and tn whom e
passed Eve or six hogrs one Lorl g day.. e
explained to him the principles of the a Z.
Slavery Society, and endesvored, ith Chris; u
hdeiity, to chow him the sin of .slavehold =.
de was listened to with much attt ation by re
siAvehOlder who o. Ioo~tl