The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-07-06

restored tho dobtor his pledge, hath spoiled
none by violence, hath given bis bread to
tho hungry, and hath covered the naked
with a garment )"
10 He is just, he shall surely llvo."
! "l6 As for his father, because no cruolly
oppressed, spelled his brother by violence
and did not that which is good among his
people. 10, evon he shall die in his iniquty.'
- Ezekiet, chap. ls.
- He is merchant, the balances of do
ceit are in his hands he lovoth to Cypress. '
Hosea chap. IL.
"27. Break off thy sins by righteousness,
and thine iniquities by showing mercy to
the poor; If 1t may be a lengtheniDg of thy
tranquility. Daniel, chap. 4.
And becauso he would not heed this wnr-
ming, Nebucbadnezzar Tds turned out 10
grass.
% And thoy have cast lots for my peo-
| pie: and Eavo given boy for n bailot, and
sold girl for wine, that they might drink
joel chap. 3.
Well. why not, if slaves are property
Aud why should the prophet soom to grum-
bio at this May not "a man do what ho will
with his own?
~. Hear this word, ye kline OF Bashar
that arc in tho mountains OF Samaria, which
oppress the poor, which crush the needy
which say to their masters, Bring, aud let vi
drink.
- Tho Lord God hath swofn by His
holiness, that 10, the day shall come that
llo will take you away with hooks, and your
posterity with fishhooks Amos chap. T.
! ~ Yo who turn judgment to wormwood,
and leave off righteousness in tho earth.
"8. Seek Him that makoth the sovon
stars and Orion" "The Lord
is his name.
80. That strengthened the spoiled against
tho strong.
40. They hate him that rcbuketh in tho
gate; and they abhor him that speakoth
uprighliy.
III. Fcrasmucb, therefore, as your tread.
ing is upon the poor, and ye take from
them burdens of wheat
"l2. For l know your manifold trans.
gressions and your mighty sins they afll ct
tho just, they take bribe, thoy turn aside
tho poor in the gate from their right.
I3. Therefore, tho prudent shall keep
silent; for it is an evil time." ILid chap. s.
-. Hoar this. o ye that swallow up the
needy. even to make the poor of the land
to fail"
"6 That we may buy tho poor for silver
and tho needy for pair of shoes.
~. The Lord hath sworn by tho oxcel-
iency of Jacob, Surely will never forget
any of their works. Ibid, chap. 8.
Ths certainly is not tho language Of ap.
probation of the traffic in slaves, or of tho
project of Transforming poor free laborers
into slaves, as somo of our southern friends
seem to think may be done on Scripture
principles. a, we'll as on those of economy.
~. And they covet fields, and take thcm
hx, tAt.. IL.
thom away; so they oppress man and his
house. even man and his heritage.
chap. 2. v
Woe to them
''8. He hath showed thee. o man, what Is
good; and what doth tho Lord require of
thee, but to do justly, aud to love mercy.
and to walk humbly with thy God !-Mi-
cab. chap. @.
80. Thus speakeih the Lord of hosts,
saying, Execute true judgment, and show
mercy and compassions every man to bis
40. And oppress not the widow, nor the
fatherlcss, the stranger, nor tho poor; and
let none of you imagine evil against his
brother 10 your heart
I'll. And they refused to hearkeu, and
pulled away tho shoulder, and stopped their
ears, that they should not hear.-Zachariah,
chap. 7.
But, Mr.. Chairman, I would ask, In all
candor, of the people of the slave States can
you, while in that state of mind which the
Scriptures requires of us, as condition Of
receiving the Divine favor, harbor towards
any human being, however dospisod or do
graded, those affections which would move
you to buy or sell him, his wife and children,
as merchandise, for your own profit. and re
gardless of bis right to act, think, and work
for himself: Can MEN be made merchandise
in opposition to their own will or can
they piH themselves into servitude who're
all freedom of will or action is forever
thereafter denied them
One citation more brings Us to the close
of the Old Testament:
"5. And ! will como near to you to judg-
ment: and will be swift witness against
the sorcerers, and against tho ndulterers,
and against false swearers, and against those
that oppress the hrelng 10 bis wages, the
widow, and the fatherless, and that turn
aside tho stranger from his right, and foar
not mo, saith tho Lord of Hosts"
chop. 3.
2. But to the candid and diligcnt student.
nay, to the most careless observer, tho Old
Testament which closes with this book, will
speak for itself, as being but preface or
introduction to tho Now q directory, as il
were, to guide the earnest inquirer 10 his
search for the eternal treasure. This was
tho appropriate function of tho "law and
the prophets" and by them wo arc, as it
were, brought into the presence Of Him
who "came, not to destroy tho law, but to
satisfy the law" and thereby "magnify and
make it honorable" He then-the Savior
of the world-was the rightful and only in.
fallib!e expounder of the Flaw and tho
prophets" and We, as Christians, are bound
TO accept, without cavil or denia AS "the law
and tho prophets" what He, the Son of God,
has declared to be the "law and tho proph-
cts"
We are thus brought to the close of the
Old Testament dispensation, and by it
ushered face to face into the presence of
the "Son of God, the Prince OF Peace"
and to His final TESTAMENT to world
hitherto in darkness and "flled with vic.
lencs." The old dispensation, though a
great luminary shining on the impene-
trable darkness OF heathanism, was but
dim light in comparison with the "Sun OF
Righteousness" still it was sufficient, as
mere directory. to guide the earnest pill
prim in his searcbings for the way of life.
By that old guide-book we are conducted
to the consummation OF the claw and the
prophets" in The Gospel OF Jesus Christ,
the Son OF the Eternal--to Him who was