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

ton Of the Publishing Committee with refer
ence TO their noncompliance with the resolr
ton of the Society, in 1857, that those mere
duties which grow out of the existence ct Sis
very. az well as those moral evils and wee
which il is known to promote, and which err
condemned in Scripture, and so much deplore'
by evangelical Christians, undoubtedly co fai
within the province of the Society, end ca
ard ought to be discussed in fraternal AM
Christian spirit," and to agree upon the hes
course to be adopted at the anniversary OF th'
Society, to be held May l2th, MIR. Lewis Tap
pan made the following remarks:
Mr.. Tappan said he should not have riser
las. night, at 'the late hour at which ne com
menced bis remarks, had he not been fully per
shaded that many of the persons then present
would not be here to-day. In that anticipation
he had not been mistaken. A considerable
number of the persons present last night were
absent this morning. He particularly regret
ted the absence of Rev. DIR. Tying, and the
u,;,bdrawal of several distinguished gentlemen,
members Of a committee appointed laet even
inc TO attend to the duties assigned them.
Other gentlemen, however, were present today,
IN addition to a large number who attended
last evening, and he should therefore continue
the argument he had then commenced.
Mr.. t. said that he should endeavor to
sneak. with regard TO language and temper, as
became Christian. he had no hope for the
deliyeranee of the slaves In thus land from
hondage, unless it should be effected on CHRIS
tan principles. At the commencement OF the
Anti Slavery enterprise, twenty hive years SINCE,
he entered upon the work as Christian abeli-
ZIONIST, and he had endesvored to act ever since
IN that character. When he saw that some
narsons. with whom he had been early associa-
led in the cause, acted. as he thought, On differ
ent nr;ncioles and with a different spirit, he
could no longer be in alliance with them in
carving on the Anti Slavery cause in this coun
try. although he was willing to accept the ad
of ANYBODY, in6del or Christian, who would
enter into the work Of emancipation.
In the course of the remarks made last even
inn several of the speakers had alluded to q
tract entitled "Du,ies of Masters" which had
been under the consideration OF the Executive
COMMITTEES OF the Tract Society, and had been
finally laid aside. II had been spoken of in
b;gb terms of appreciation, and desire had
been EXPRESSED that the American Tract Soci
etv should be held TO the publication of that
tract. or one of similar import. A note ha6
inst been read from DIR. Tying, excusng bic
absence ON account Of illness, which expressed
a hone hat The Tract Society would be held
to the resolution il had adopted last year, that
the duties Of master5 10 their slaves should &c
discussed in its publications
Here two or three persons in ervupted the
speaker. aud said they be!evtd the gen'lemar
was mistaken, ss no such sentiment rs tia ~
tribu.d 10 DR.. TyEg could be found IN e
letter
Mr. T. said it had been his fortune flr m1ny
wear. to be Interrupted EnsGeve- lie al 'iess'd
mixed audis.ce oil the subject 81 Savs
and ne DiLtt n Interrupted fifty times in IT.
course of khe chsegyasiois he vas making. Il
would endcoyor, hnwevcr, 10 preserve h'a Goa
pin,itv. Il ~ fs,lrd 20 10 So, he.shou'd bieaI
a promise be bod that morning mad or /
knees before G d Ever Stree h. had Feen r.
Alb liiioris- be hid been eccusrO'ned 20 irier-
ruptions Of ttis sort. ard ne Aho'iion;s-s ~.
orally, in resisting euch co.cUc'. had offer
been ca lee disn:gsniZsfs Though they q. ~
as calm as the Aroatl- John, yti, II they g'oc7
up f,r their rights, for freedom If speech, AMI
If they proclaimed unpala,abie truths, they were
said 30 be yiul,.ri uL:;u,hlul, aud iaua;ical.
Now, sad Mr. 7, VI h regard to the trect 81
Bishop Meaoe he would acknowledge, as he
did last evening, that for many reasons he he'd
IN high respect that eminent preiate. lie be-
lieged HIM 10 be Anti Slavery at heart lie
believed him TO be as much an Anti Slavery
man sc Jndge Hornblower, OF New Jersey, and
that If ne ,ived in Tree Safe, he would make
as admirhble speech as they had heard last
evening from the judge. For one, he haf
listened 10 that speech with great atlen""f
and unoualfiod admiration. He considered il
q rdl zeal Anti Slavery address, IN ell respecis
but one. Judge HornblSwer went IS far as le
\ IN YiOrfIcuilr 4. h9pf
he would befely state, although this was no
the time to diAcuss it. MIR. I. considered
American Slavery nSt only n wicked, but al
ILLEGAL and unconstitutional system nuisance
that should be ahated by tLa Supreme Court
of the United States.
To recnr to Bishop Meade although he wes
entitled to the love and respect OF the coul-
munity Cor his many excellent qualities, yet II
should be secolleCted that be lived in slave
holding com mrrity, and that "evil communlca-
tons corrupt good naDpers." He thought he
should be able to show thct the essay of the
Bishop, Though in many respects written In a
most excellent zpirit, contained many hurt
full errcrs, and wss altogether unworthy OF
being circulated under the patronage of citi
zens cf the free States, and improper to be In
cluded among the publications OF the American
Tract Society. La the first place, it did sc,
accord with the sentiment OF the Northern PEG
pie in It's cordial appreciation of the Colonization
Society-certainly it did not, in this respect
meet the concurrence of all evangelical
Chm stiaus Again il asserted that the Scrip
lures recc gnised the relation of master and slave
1. said BE- denied that, In the sense in which TIE
term was used by the Bishop. tbs quite com
mon for writers and speakers, in discussing the
Slavery question on scriptural grounds, to use
the words recognition and appreciation as
SYNONYMOUS. But the Bible recognised many
things it did not approve. For example, ii
recognised the existeuce of Satan, but it did not
follow from this that it approved his acts
Laughter.
Bishop Meade also asserted that there were
slaves before the law was given to Noses from
Mount Sinai-that Abraham was q slavehold
er-that Moses made frequent references t.
the relation of master and slave, and CAV.
many directions as 20 the right performance o
the duties resulting therefrom. BE intimatet
that Onesimus wss q slave, end that Pau
charged Titus TO make frequent appeals Il
mas ers and slaves. The Bishop, it is true, uss:
the words master and servant &c is usual at the
South, but be evidently means master and slave
Mr.. 7. said be denied the truth Of the assertion
that slaSedolding was sanctioned either in the
Old or New Testament. 1t was merely az
assumption. Moses gave many directions es
TO the right Performance of the duties resulting
from the relation of master and slave What
did be say? de thai stea,eth a Eaan, Or il
be be found ia his hands, be sLal BE- susell
put 10 death" According to his ii The found
er of the Mosaic code Lew lived il this co1n
try, ana the codeswas eur sysiem ot j4.isp.
dence, sentence of death would he pro..ourctd
on every Shareholder in The Uni;ed State.
Again, the Bishop claims tbss he sia'.5 are
in ali respects, The property OF the ma. IS. Z,
Uses The pronouns 1--WE" and /" ouTs," IS if q,
rere speaking in the name ard o. behalf u IN,