Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-03-21

confidence. and wonld he indeed = mi =.
Could our Right Rev. Jfnion. .savers uno,
their own PRINCIPLES. object? Surely not =
Por good old father Jocob was tbe G,ber of
ali these Hebrews and thew were az near NJ
kin and color az we of Ohio can be Come
friends. out with tbe whole of n Don't he
ashamed Of vour own nr;nc;nles In ia
times wb;te sIaves were tbe hnst and md.
inc from como s;ons tbev wo,,lJ ha ~ ys nas,
anbm;ss;ve and comnroro;";na st;Jl Tboro
could he No Sear II lave ;nsSrrect;or root % for
ali this beautiful and scr;ntnraI ordey would
he n matter ~ conscience. and onr moor
wb;te ;nvoIuntarv 10 sIaves wo,IJ iau J p1Gr
subm;t to tbe r,.tr;.rcb.I ;nst;tr,;nn-. ~
tben ;ncend;ary shoi;,;nn;sm " wonIJ Il "aH =,
jcnced Sorever' : i"'o'' "0-N " -
VIrw TrSru sstho tro.t t,,,ent oeslovo. -
Itaten Gou, IA Q, Sa.S, "Hero o'a,es, sro %.
tbe master was ou,lor;,eJ ~ usa oornoro.i
correction @ [ towards III Slaves "a w;t,;n npu,e;n p
l;m;ts When ,n,ms,,,n,s Je,sh n ansrad U.i ',a ho
was n bs nnn;sbad AZ Tho ;udgas n,;aL, AZ
term;ne Rnt for oIi That came % sbnrt % ofth;. Ft
the loss cf nronerty was held 10 be a snf;
cient nenaltv'F ' - = '''N y ~ 'DA
Much rs humanity ,o,,bes the crre,tv of
the bloody slave code osthe sontb III: for ~
cool caIcnIat;rc c,1,eltv l. surnoss;na 1 T%a NJ
hellish Tnnn;s;f;on ;tseif mnst naIe hefore
this ghastIy Moloch of ;ncarnateaa [ a bo,bar;tv y
We'll the B;sIon tnnwsM;s IN % ever Rsben
worthy tbe name wrote tb;,-be aara IUp NO,
enter mon n fair and f,Ill exnos;t;on ~ ,b;s
passage and IFS coonates without onen;no
the ewes of the reader n the faijacv ~ liz
dogma Hence we have mot hero ono word
of orcument or exnlanat;on or anu th;na
Of the lind In aid ps in nnderstand;naT T ths
meaning and ;,n,cnt ~ tb;s na,+ of the H.
brcw jav How will tbe R;sbon Lna, ,,har
mere d;,;j---a Rishon,s d;rT IL tba hest
oroumentI = = >>r - - o'''
1'b;s .;.,,,e,,b deserveu anna ,,.on.;or
t. Il the consc;ence salvo Of The Cbr;st;an
slavebolder. held IN the one hand While
with the other he niles the covskin 70 the
naked hack ~ his female slave With Leave
Of orr r6.ders We shall make fb;s The snb.
tbere;s not roorn With tb;s nnJersta d;na
VTrw ErrvrNTH sttba nocuI;or and al
m;rable annointment of The .Jnb;Iee IL
What we have already s,;d In reI,t;on ~ tho
;nsttnt;on Of fSe ;uh;lee % viii aid a N oonrm oS @
inc what xyo ba ye NOW N sa,,. and ,rhat ,ro
sh9lI now saw will add confr,nat;or i % 70 the
nos;t;on we have taLen in former articles
| 'vlay' HtSbnn mn ri
fort 70 aro,e nv ;llnstr.te 4 fter refar,.;n |,
to tbe Law of the ;nh;lee as confned tn .
closs ~ Uabraws and not ;rtorfar;nn iii,
tha sloyas nf snother cjass and oiso q" vos
of fora;on birth he tben refsrs to no,,t %
Ih-Ie suThou shalt not Jej;ver INTO b;s
master tho servant wb;cb il escaned from
his mn star INTO thae he shall JpeIl With
tthse even.nmuur Won. intfat ,,lsce which,
ha shall choose. IN one Of tbv oates when
II l;Ietb him hest thou shall not opnress
him - Then fnllows the aronmant wa o;ye
i all ''>"'1 ~ "'' W. '''
s"Tb;s evidently must he referred n the
q, ,se of a slave who had escaned from n for.
e;gn Seatien master. and cannot. with anv
sonnd rcason he apnlied to the slaves of The
Tsraoi;tes thamselyes For II ia man;fast
that If It were 40 apnlied. il would nullify
the other enactments Of the divine I,awpiver.
and h would have heen an sbsnrd;tv to tell
the neonle that thew should 1buy bondmen
and hondmoids ofthe heathen and stranger.
to ~ he their nossession and the inher;tance,
NJ their children toreyer. while. nevertbe-
loss the slaves should he NJ liberty To rnp
awov and hecome freemen. when thew nleas-
~ II isthe we'll known maxim in ne in.
torn,otot;on of ali laws that each sentence
shah he 90 construed as to rive \ consistent
meaning TO the whole. And assuredly. Il
we me ara So"nd NJ E 10 fiIow tbs arm rule IN the Iee. y
l ;si.t;o, oS ao,tb wa osnnat he laos bonnd r.
follow n the leg;slat;on of the AIm;rbtv -
Ths I" mean;ng hat have adnnted Is he only
ana ,.I;nh . srees With the establ;sbed min
c;nIe' J Of lagaT construction. and Il has inyar;
% obIv baen "a sanctioned bv the doctors Of If the
Io,y;sb Iaw md every resnectable Christian
commentator - ,'~'F - : - =
In reniv we remark- i'm 30. trs -r''
i Thare sbere a distinct concession with
~oa.ons tba. .ba Hehpsw Iaw nroL;b;tad t5e
ronJ;t;on of tba slaves of "a Hre;nn beot6er
o aons,er " This mis- then i 40 much settled
"nd % wc bone mon nr;ncinle The ouestior
a eli fnrco tSe fmnnn ,,sNwas tbe nrobib;t;oy
nunSeS n Nor moral r;obt or w was Il in confiic
With nronerty rights, by all conceded to b,
moral?
O. tits conceded that we must settle til,
meaning of any particular sentence Of a Law
! by making it consistent with the meaning o
|, the whole law. We gain by this concession
another important point-Single express
ions, idiomatic phrases, or mere terms mus
: yield to the intent Of the law, and to its mean
+ ing as whole. Any construction ofwords Q
i terms that will make the law contradict itself
or the acknowledged principles ofjustice, ]
!: evidently wrong. 49,. -,
4 8. We have here, taken inconnection witt
a CONCESSIONS ana statements elsewhere In tnl