Year: 1859

slaves themselves, OF tne Wntte pOpVj8s
ton, and of the whole brotherhood ol
States, federated into national life. Aad
while the principles Of liberty and jus.
tice are one and the same, aiways end
everywhere, the wisest method Of COO.
ferrins upon man the benefit Of liberty
and justice, demands great cousident;oa
according to circumstances.


How to apply an acknowledged prin.
ciple in practical life, is task more diff
cult than the defense OF the principle
1t is ha. der tc define what would be Just
in certain emergencies. than to establislf
the duty, CLAIMS and authority of justice.


Can any light be thrown upon this diff
cult PATH Some light may be shed;
but the difficulties of duty can never be
removed, except by the performance Of
duty. But some things may be known
beforehand, and guide to practical solu-
tions.


shall proceed to show the Wrong
Way ard the Right Way.


l. First, we have no right to treat
the citizens of the South. with acrimony
and bitterness, because they are involved
in system of wrorg-doing. Wrong 10
to be exposed. But the spirit Of rebuks
may be as wicked before God, as the spir-
it Of the evil rcbuked. Simplicity and
firmness in truth is mole powerful than
any vehement bitterness. Speaking the
truth in love is the Apostles prescrip.
tion. Some men SO love that they will
not speak painful truth. and some men
utter truth so bitterly as to destroy love;
and beth are evil doers. A malignant
speech Of slavery will not do any good;
and, most of all, it will not do those any
good who most excite our sympathy, the
children of bondage. If we hope to
amc.iorate the condition of the slave, the
first step must not be taken By setting
the master against him. We may be
sure that God will not employ mere
wrath for wisdom; and that he will raise
up and send forth, when his day comes.
fearless men, who will speak the truth
or justice, in the spirit of love. There.
fore, it is matter, not merely of polti-
cal and secular wisdom, but of Christian
conscience, that those that have at heart
the welfare of the enslaved, should main
tain a Christian spirit. This can be
done without giving up one word of
truth, or one principle of righteousness.
y man may be fearless and plain spoken.
and yet give evidence of being sympa-
thetic, and kne-hearted and loving.


2. The breeding of discomfort among
the bondmen Of our lard is not the way
to help them. Whatever gloomy thoughts
the slaves own mind may brood, zoe are
not to carry disouiet to him from with.
cut.


Ii could have my way. every man
on the globe should be free man and
at once. But as they cannot be, will not
be, for ages, it is best that bitter discon-
tent should not be inspired in them, but
Christian qnietness and patient waitirg.
Ifresllessness wou!l bring freedom they
should never rest. Bat firmly believe
TIA: moral goodness in the slave is the
harbinser of liberty. The influence of
national freedom will gradually reach the
enslavel. 1t will hereby inspire that
restlessaesS which precedes development.
termination is the most silent, but the
most disturbing OF all natural processes.
Slaves are bound to feel the universal
summer ofciviliz,tion. In this way they
must come to restless yearnings. We
cannot help that, and would not if We
could. 1t is Gods sign that spring has
cone to them. The soul is coming up,
There must be room for it to grow. But
this is very different thing from surly
discomfort, stirred up from without, and
left to rankle in their unenlighteued ma
lures.


The time is rapidly coming when the
Southern Christians will feel new inspi-
ration. We are not far removed from u
reyiva, Of the doctrines of Christian man
hood, and the divine right of men,
When this Pentecost comes. the slaves
will be stirred up by their own masters.
we must work upon the master. Make
him disconnected with slavery, and he
will speedily take care of the rest. Be-
fore this time comes, any attempt to ex-
cite dlscontent among the slaves will
work mischief to them; and not good.
And my eXpcrience-and 1 have had
some experience in this matter-is. that
men who tamper with slaves and incitc
them, are not themselves to be trusted.
They are not honest men, unless they are
fanatical. If they have their reason,
they usually have lost their conscience.
never will trust such men with money
nor place any confidence in them whatso-
ever. do not know why it Is so. but
my experience has taught me that men
who do such things are crafty, and come
forth from such tampering, unreliable
men. And ii were in the Southland
think | have the reputation there Of be-
ing tolerably stout abolitionist-I
should, not from fear Of the master. but
from the most deliberate sense of the
injurious effects of il to the slave, never
by word, nor sign, nor act, do anything
to excite discoatent among those that
are in slavery. The condition Of tho
slave must be changed, but the change
cannot go on in one part of the commu.
nifty alone. There must be a change in
the law, change in the church, change
in the upper classes, change in the mid
die and in all classes. Emancipation.
when it comes, will come either by rev.
olution, or by a change in public opipion
in the acto!e community. No influences
then are adeouate to the relief of the