M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-10-22
lPublIshSd By Rseuss'.l
ANAPPEAL-AN ARGUMENT.

FklENps AND FELLwo-CITIzEHs 81
have been rejecting for some time
past what has caused tho present
exciting agitation which RACES through
our country, destroying all social in
tercourse between the free and slave
holding Stsles and threatens to disrupt
the general government. Wonl il
not be woll 10 reflect for moment,-
before it iS too late, and see who are
the aggrsssors, for certain it 10 there
lis wrong somewhere. The question
thon is, where does it lie u We will
commence with the North
Have you carried out the Fugitive.
slave Law in good faith Z Have yon
delivered up the slave to his master
Or have vow not rather encouraged
mob law when the master called Tor
HE property, which had caused it to
be dangerous in many places for tlw
master to reclaim his slsvel But you
say slavery is wrong, therefore We
would be wrong in giving him up.
The laws Of oar country require the
rendition OF the iugilive-sIave to hls
master. But you talk OF higher law.
What 10 the higher lawi-let us
exsmine. know Of no law higher
than ours other than the laws of Goj,
which must be tho "higher law"
Well. lSt US ses how far slavery is
condemned by IL.
First, Gen. 9th chapter, 26 TO 27rL
verses, where Noah prophctlcally y
pronounces upon Canaan the sentenc,,
that a servant Of servants shall he be
unto his brethren and repeats that
he shall he the servants OF Sheln, aud
also Of Japhet. The next case W.
will refer to is that OF HaYsr, Sarsh's
handmaid (Gen. 1877 She, according
to Galatians, 4,h chapter, ~ to 34tiI
verse, was a bond woman, and her
SOD, which she bore even to A braham
lpartook OF tho same relation which
she bore in the family,-that OF bon.
ldage, aud therefore could not be heiI
with IGaac, the son OF the tree woman,
When Iiagsr had fed from the face
Of Sarah. .-being hardly used BY her
and the angel uf the Lord had found
her, did Ire say, "IIagsr, you are right
in fleeing from bondage, aud | vii
direct you so that you may escape
without being retsken by your mas
ter" NJ. he said, Return to thy
mistress and submit thysef under her
hands" | ask, was the angel al
Aboi.ionistl think not.
The next that | will notice is in
Leviticus, 25th chapter, 80 to 48th
verse. This gOes To show the i. ter.
encs between tho hired servaut aud
the bond servant. L,tany one take
his Bible and read the above verses,
and il he will not admit that there
were hired servants and bond servAr ts
for life, and their children aftvr them,
why, then. would despair ot convin
cling them Of anything So wild are
those persons on their iavorite theory
that all men are born free and eqnat
that they would sooner SEE the blacks
banishel back to their barbarous ant
wretchtd state in Africa, or driven to
Canada to perish by freezing or sfarv,
alton, than to dee the evidence Of the
talsity of their theory so plainly before
them. Although | have not noticed
the one-twentIeth part OF the propl
that is t. b. found ia the Old resla
ment, yet will turn to tho new. W.
fad tho same recognition of slavery
10 both. We find both members o.
1.-The Church, and not QUE wor,l said
against holding them as slaves, nor
to the servants, that they might at
tempt to Tree Themselves OF run away.
What does Paul sayl- Art thou called
being a sefgant care not for it, but il
thou mayest bo made free use it rather
first. Cor. 7th capter, 2lSt versq
Notice his words. 1t is moi if you
can get an opportunity TO free your.
selves use it rather. but If thou mavest
he made free. And when Onesuius
u sservant had Acct from his master
Philemon aud was inund by Panl TN
converted under his preaching Paul,
instead cf telling hun he was under
no obligation to returh to his master
seeing he was now member Of the
Church. teaches him bis dnty-to b.
obedient to his master, and sends him
back with a lette, requesting Phile
mon t. receive him and forgive hlm
the wrong he had done him.. Does
! this look like It was wrong to have
servsntsl Here is a command a!sc
Tor servants to be obedient to their
nasters aud masters to be kind t,
J their.servants, and il they have helisv
ing masters the obligation is greater