The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-12

10y ""N'u u0 10 us. Let the Que9-
ION be put TO our bosoms. Am viii
ing to be made a slave, and aud nv
descendants retained in sdAmaniine
chains forever? Would not the dizziness
aud silence of the grave be welcome
asylum from such condition? Let d, 9Th
close my eyes on tho light forever rather
than see myself and Offspring pllctdin
such a state. And shall we without re-
morse, treat Others ia way that is more
abhorrent 20 us thap The gloom of death
itself? II is npr ,htary passage or
two Of this k,nd / the sacred cradles
that Oppose savrry. This spitith is
breathed directly or indirectly in every
page. Love seokcth not her own, re-
joiceth not in ipiqujiy;" Of course not in
oppression, Love workeih no i'll 10 his
peighbor;" Of course IL will not work an
evil ot the greatest magnitude. Unqual-
iii,d slavery,
AT WAR WITH JUSTICE
81. Slavery is inconsistent with that
Justice between man an 4 man which the
Bible eujoins. "The wages Of him that
is hired shall rot abide with thee all
night" "Wo unto him that buIdcth his
house by unI!ghteousness, audhis cham
bers by wrong that useth his reiehbor's
service without wages ana siecth him
not for his work. Tue hirc n ,he Ia.
borets which have reapcd down ynur
fields which Of you is Kept back by
fraud, crieth: aud the cries OF them which
reaped are entered into the ears of the
Lord of sab'olh" Where is The COM
pensation Of the poor slavc? The near
est that il can be pretended, that these
principles of lstice are practiced to-
wards slaves, il, that many masters iced
! them with plenty of wholesome food
| ciothe them SO as TO protect them from the
inclemency of the season, provide for
! them comfortable houses aud lodgings,
while they exact no rigorous or uureason-
able quantity Of labor and provide for
! them in infancy, sickness and old age.
This is the extent of the compensation
| given by the best of masters. But the
greater part Of this treatment is common,
| when men are hired 70 labour, beside
their wages; and it the wages were with
held on the pretcxt of good usage, it
would be condemned by all as dishonest
and unjust, and the laws Of the land
would compel payment. The laws of
!
solemnly declared that servitudc OF 81
or % years is sufficient for all the above
care, except the care tbG. Jld age re-
quirrs, as it is for this period that orphan
and destitute children are bound. But
would 10 heaven ali slaves had no more
to complain OF than that they labor for
nothing, Many are compensated with
hard fare, coarse die; perhaps the ashes
the sufest couch no has TO repose his
wesried limbs upon. Insulting taunts,
neglected in sickness disregarded and
implied in trouble, or the COW. skin.
once a day; lacera'ed back;
bruised head; or broken limbs, such
are the facts in the numerous Instances,
although many neighborhoods are eirAng-
era to such ceuelty and many inviduals
are exceptions in places where such 10
the treatment OF slaves. The righteous
Lord who loveth righteousness will not
always forget thee, o thou unpitied, in
suited African. His justice will not al
ways slumber May we pacify the
most High by turning from the error Of
our ways before he render TO us double
Tor our iniquities as a nation
AT WAR Win THE FAMILY RELATIoNs.
4th Slavery is irrscoucilablo with the
relative duties which Cod commands US
10 observe on pain OF his displeasure
la. Husbands aud wives. Ram. 7 2.
The woman which hath an husband is
bound by he law TO her husband 80 long
as he liveth." (l Cor, z, 10. 'Lat not
the wife depaLt from her husband" d"
And verse, Let the husband render
unto the wife due benevolence and
Likewise, also, tho wilo unto The hus-
band" (EpA. g. 80 HLet eyery one of
you in particular so love his wife even as
himself; and the wife see that she rev.
, erence her husband See also q Pei.
! 81 Col3 l8. l9) Thus has the laws
of the eternal God regulated the mar
riage relation and eujoined that they
. should live together as tue heir .of the
grace Of life. Which of these sacred du-
: ties are oonsonant 10 the priugig 80 OF
. slavery. Or Of which of tbom are oven
practicable ia slavery rrt
2d. or Parents aud Childrcp, t(Eah. G
y /. .. 9. 4, Children obey your arents
ia the Lord ior this is riga. Honor
: thy father and mother (Which II ths first
I commandment with promise) that IL may
{ be well with thee, and that illDu mayest
= live long on the earth. And ye fathers
. provoke not your children 10 wrath
= but bring them up in the nurture aud
" admoniton of the Lord" Cot 3, 2O2l)
r c. Cvr. II. Ia, "lhc Children ought not
10 lay up for the parents, but The parents
y Tor the children" Such arc tbe immu
= table obligations between psrcpls aud
< children aud such are the commands
u Of the creator Of all things in heaven aud
=, earth. And who does not zee at fret
. glance that the lave or Jehovah aud the
laws Of our land respecting slavery are
/. at dreadful odds T
n Revelati0n says (" Hush inds love your
a wives as your own bodies E,h D, %
70 Savery says, Husband you shalt shcw
e no more regard 10 your wife tban the in-
u terrst or caprice Of tho master pleases
. Rev. "Childfon obsy your parfuts."
d SiaV The masters authority shall b,
y Grst regarded Aud your obedience 10 tbi.
= law Of heaven may bring Oh Jvu ia, last
= Of your masters whip
= Rev. Parents bring zip your childrer
!. 10 the purturo aud adMon.dgn n 'h,
. LORD
y SaV The ohildrcn must be kept iguo,
- rant ot religion, Of morality, aud efpr
!. cialiy The rights Of man.
!. Rev. "lSrents provide for your chill
drcn"
= SlaV. They shall labor for me- an,
niue entirely, and ! will dispose VI ihei
p children as please
70 Rev. "Thou shalt rise up before th,
~ hoary head, and honor the ialI OF Ia