The Placer herald., 1863-06-27

h"u you, Uen'lenen, Deen IN the Savior place
on that occasion. and possessing your present de-
lusions, you would have denounced that slave
holder. rs u "man- stealer," "barbarinno n
"hell-deserving wretch" and you would have
wound up by advising the slave to cut his mas
ters throat. How unlike you ST. Paul who
when he had converted q fugitive sl.ve-Onesi-
mus-sent him back to his master-Philemon-
with letter asking him to receive bis returning
tiave kindly. On this subject, DR.. Adam Clark
the standard Methodist commentator says: -" Jus.
tlce' required St. Paul to send back Onesimus to
MS master, and 'conscience" obliged Onesimus to
agree to the proptiety of the measure; but love
10 the servant induced the apostle to write this
conciliatory letter to the m.ster." Paul address,
ed this STAKEHOLDER as "our dearly beloved and
fellow-laborcr" Think of that, gentlemen!
Read tie whole OF this aff.ctionate letter and
then tell u: what you think Of St, Paul, who
poured out his lavish love upon a stakeholder
and sent back the runaway slave into honda ge?
You would not do so, Gentlemen. Oh no. Ac-
cording to your notions, Paul was a wretch, -
"a slave catcher"--an "abettor of the STAKEHOLDER
in his SIM" If Jesus Christ and his apostles were
on earth now, they would be denounced as trait
ors" and "sympathzers with rebellion" One
OF your number said not long since. in the pull
pit that he "would not keep company with the
apostles if they did not believe slavery was a
SIM" Alas! deluded man. you will probably
never have the opportunity of refusing. How
unlike the Master whom you profess to serve are
you in all your ministrations. Our Lord often
refers to the institution OF slavery to illu strIte
some great principle of duty. See Matt. XIV.
a. AMI Luke XIX. IL, l3. He always refers to it
without word of ccnsure, using it to illustrate
even the doctrine of 1.-The kingdom Of heaven"
Many OF our Lords most beautiful parallels are
pictures of slave establishments. The kingdom
OF heaven is like unto IL mn travelling into IL far
conniry. who calleth his own slave. &C." In
almost every one OF his public discourses is some
| allusion to this institution some reference to
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slaveholding people. Yet in all the four gospels
| there is not word, even by implication; uttered
| against slavery.
very large number of the earlier converts to
the gospel where slaves. In the Corinthian
church there were great m my; and the apostle
instructs them thus: Let every man abide in the
same calling wherein he is called. Art thou be-
ing servanG (slave) care not for it-but il thou
mayest be made free, use it rather" That is-J
you are slave. be faithful; but if your master
0ters you liberty, receive it, But the apostles
never enJoined it upon their masters to emanci-
pate their masters a Ia the Rev. Messrs. Beecher,
Cheever and Tying. Gentlemen. what u scatter
Ing would you have nj lde among the great crowd
of Christian slaves at Corinth! Instead of saying.
rs Plul did. to the saves-6e eomtented ,cifh
your sifuafion, you would set on foot an "Ossl-
wat0mie Brown raid instructing the slaves in
the art of sedition and mlrler. In sever. places
the apostle recognizes the law 'ulness of slavery,
ny regulating the true relations between master
and servant, and instructing the Christian slave
holders in their duty to their slaves. 1t was.
according to these divine teachers, the dutv Of
the slaves to be obedient and faithful. and of the
masters to be kind and generous. Thus, Ephcsi-
ans XT. " Treat servants (slaves) well. forbear
ing and threatening" He does not intimate that
they ought to emanci pate their slave. Again
CollosrIns Nv. MASTERS, give unto your servants
(slaves) that which is just and equal, knowing
that you also have master in Heaven" Not Il
word about emlnci patton. Not u word n con-
demnation Of the institution of slavery. Hear
further what the apostles says to the slaves
Titus ii, 9-"Exhort servants to be obedient
to their masters, anil to please them we'll
in all things; not answering again, nor pur.
loining, but showing all good fidelity they
may lorn the doctrine of God our Savior in ali
things" Here the apostle nstructs the convert.
ed slaves that, if they dis,beyed their masters
stole from them, they would not "adorn the doc
trne of God our Savior" You, gentlemen,
teach the slaves that it is their duty to steal, to
dlsobey, to run away. and to murder their mas
ters You are turbulent despisers of the doc
trne OF God our Savior" "mlschief- Makers
and violaters alike of the human and the divine
law. Peter ii. Is. l9-" Slaves, be subject to
your masters, with all lear-not only TO the good
and gentle, but also to the irowarl for this is
thanksworthy, if II man. for conscience towards
God, endure grief, suffering wrongfuy. Gen
t'emen. sympathize with you. You must be
Mortified at the indecent tyranny commended
~ tuV "PootI0 ctCT. AOu ucuOuuCc nIn as u
"dough.face," "a sympathizer with the damning
sin OF slavery "a proslvvery tyrant." Will he
not one day denOunce you, ye .'vain boasters."
despisers Of ''the doctrine OF God our Savor!"
The dreadful day will come. Paul. in his letter
to Timothy, calls shareholders faithful and be-
loved partakers of the benefits and exhorts
slaves "under the yoke" to count their own
masters worthy of all honor" The apostle con.
tinues: "Thcse things teach and exhort. If any
m IN teach otherwise, and consent not to whole
some words, even the words OF our Lord Jes us
Christ, he is proud, knowing nothing but dealing
about questions and stress upon words, whereof
comeh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisngs
preverse disputings Of men Of corrupt minds. and
destitute OF truth--from such withdraw thyself."
Il Timothy, vi. ID This is the picture the
apostle draws Of the Abotiouists of his day.
The portrait ueeds no retouching, gentlemen, for
yourselves There you stand, the same disturb
ers of the peace" that the like OF you were in
the days of Paul. In the language OF the apos.
tle all good men are commanded from such to
withdraw"
You, gentlemen say that slavery is q sim
Abraham, "the father of the faithful" had
thous md slaves who "were bought with his
money"
You say slavery is sin. The divine law
said: THY bondman and thy bondmaids, whom
ye shall buy of the heather. shall be your siaues
foreuer." You say slaveholding is sin. All
the teachings of the Savior all the sermons OF
the apostles-all the Epistles-the entire New
Testament are silent as to it's siniulness On
the other hand we have seen that they clearly
affirm its Awlulness They teach the slave not
to steal not TO run away, not to commit any
violence; but to be obedient to their masters,
with all fear and godliness. You set yourselves
above Christ and his apostles You reformers
OF the teachings Of the New Testament! Who
are you? Transcendant mountebanks of u gu sck
philanthrophy, who go about in the midst of
your debauched and deluded focks, clothed not
in the Savior's "robes of pe.ce and righteous,
ness" but. like Jack the Cant Killer, in coat
OF darkness. Instead Of feeding them on the
"bread Of Ife," you feed them on blood and gun
powder. One Of your number, (Beecher,) in
late discourse in Boston. said: I'VE need more
bloodshed. Blood is the ,Dine of nations. God
feeds them on blood" Then pour out your own
purple current, ye snufiing yeping bloodhounds.
The lives of three hundred thousand brave men
| Tho;r