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How Slavery Can Be Peacefully Abolished

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Day
1
Month
December
Year
1845
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ry existe.J, 110 mast er is ack'resíed, bnl freqnen; directions are addrcsíed to sprvantp. 2d. That no Slavcholder conld have been n churclt member of the first Chris'.iun Churches, - fur hao such been the case, Pial wonld hive bern, at kast, os likely to hnve g'wen them inBtnictior.s, ts otber nmsiers, or Iiends of fiimi]ies - or as to the abovc named chtircbes and mdivi duals. 2. In discusMng theepislielo Pliilemon, "A Lawyer," omits to nolice one fuct stntcd liy 1'uul, which shows t to have been absolute!} impoBsible that Onesimus sould have been the S;ave of Philcmon, independent of the facts above stated; and v.liich facf, wlicn nnderstood renders perfecily plain and coniistent, nnother expression, which, on any o'her liypothesis than the one I nm abonl to stale, ren ders the ojtpression alluded to urtcrly unintel ligible and absurd. In the 16lh verse, Puu' says, (speakirsg of há request to Phüemon u receive Onesimns back, "Not now ns a servent, bat above a servant, a brothur buluvcd, eppeciolly to me, but now much morb unto thee, botli in llie fiesh and in itie Lord. Now I challenge the production, from Genesis to Revelations, of an inslunce where the expres elon "ín the Jlesh' is used in any othersense than to mean a relative by nntural generatron. This alone makes Paui's expression consistent - for why was Onesimus "wjci more' ;a bnither bcloved,'' to Philemon than tPaul? Paul certuinly uas his tpirimal father - and Philemon was not, tinlcss the deai relaiicmship of Matter and Slave, os Doctor.' ScMt, Clark, Fullor, Juukia, Sic. fco. would Eeem to intímate, constituios such a relotion. F'irther, this exposition. and this only, makess all tlie other parts of this episile consisten! nnd intelligible. By Jewish custom, ( and which the apostle P.iul carried much into all the language of his ppistlfs,) theclder broiher was always called Master of the family and hnusehold, and all the youfigcr brethren and 6ister3 were eervants. It is e.isy to undcr stand, upon this onlii rationa! hypothesis, tharOnesimus was a youngcr brother, becamc dis n conlented, perhaps quarrcUed wiili liis eider v brother Pliilcmon, and possibly purloined money or prope rty, ran nuay to itome lUOo s miles from liis home in Asia Minor; (and lei I me eay he would nof, had lie been a elave, F have been ükoly to run to Ronr; for freedom ti as our Onesimuíca run to Ca:it;da;) licre ni p Home lio met with Paul, ihróiigh ulio.p í prenchinj and prayers he tva?, instrumenta]!}', li converted. And, consistently with this snpn poitionT Paul advised Jiim to go back ond e makepeace with liis ofTended brother: and n this too, will rationally accoun' ffr hia givinp e Oneeimus a letter and fendirtg1 Kim on tliis s long journev, without Ovcrstrr, Sherijf, Con- r tlable, or other Northern tnnd-ealer at his s lieels, os is the beautiftrí, ocy , Chrislian] practice in this country. And thia suppueiv tion - nay, nol suppositio?;, for tliat would m ply a dovibt, when I consMer therp is, and con r be none whatever - bu t tliis posiiipu ceeounts u for Paul's langunge in the 18ih vrrse, which h upon pro-slavery constrncticn.isan nttcr, bold nbscrdity. Wliai! "A ch.ute! pcrsonnl, to il uil intents, cunstrticiions ond purposes whatu Foever,' in di'bl to Philpmon. As well mighl a flip lnnfrnnrrf nf 'nn 'lTf Iií nwfl. n,.l.i n„. ilIhat to mine account,'' bc prcdicaud of Pliilor emon's mulo, as of Onesimus, f i,e were pe Slave to Philemon. But conslrue llic lanyi: guagc n iN plnin, obviouf. comrnon sense uu mcaning, and thcn tlic propositioti of' Pnul lo av becotne an intercessor belwcen the ostra ngfd A and incenaed brothcr., ond tho offer to make Ri prcuniay Facrificesto effect a reconciliaron. I plnces Paul in the 'mteresiing oud lovely nili'" tudü wliich is in perfect keeping with the bics 't sed Gospel which Ue preched nnd professed. Ir and wilfi liis whoIeChrístián lito and rnreer,- c nnd nol in ilie unenviabfe attitude of'n misera 1 bletruck!er to ths avarice, covrlousness, uib ñthnni and lust, which miibt h:ivc constitutcd (iA-crr, iuJrnl, n H man Slavdml'Vr. ;i Tliw n-instmc'iiii alsn. coiihsU iiily oprninif nriliL-Cict ítnli-d in dlm-i's lii.-li.iv, vi.: ■ hal O,i"íifiri5 nboilt tliU pi-n ti!, bnmc n ti nrnn"r.t lLintnry ol' llB nr'v Chnsii:in i. Chiircti - "s 'c SJyíf, no 'ss tlinn n Jh'sh".'.' r Wli.it lliiuk yon, f AiiiPriíai tíJuvcj;, imili ■ he cnlightettai bn.l jtkHanlhroptc trn lnno - ui. 1 iiiiiruct'.onsroiir Dncuir (3Ij P!k, ii Julliuun, Fullor. Jnnckin, S.ni'c 'iiÍrr.v. i 'iris lo t!ic i]j,Miiy ni' i]liii)-, wli.l" ycl ■ wcnnrg ifiC boixí of fípiiW( i? ! " A LAWVKKS CI.KIfK. St. Josopli Coinny, K'v. Ut tf). - . ! For i!k' Si'.'ti .1 ul 1,'l.ony.. i TT1J3 MICHIGAN STATB CA.NIv. Messrs. I'k(ki.ky So Postea. As yon liivo evor libcmlly op ncd I columns lo frec !.-cn.-tn. prnv írrinii n woÜ ! ii kiiowñ rrifiíul Co: f lió iiol time, lü canva- i soinu of your srn-ini":i'f. ' Snpprse yonr villaje of Ann Arimrfo bet como the Ucnd qi)nrícf6 of vfümuí lis inhaltiiiuii.s lo be known as cheats nd biacklep; it corM)rnlc powers tobe aelsi X for iiinn'' purpoíC?, mi(] lint by tlieir ii)lali)i) llio Vlllafl trustees cíleclrd jrrea'. public finiid. Sup t pos-e t!ie villaje tlius to gel u bad, vel deerví ed nam; ; lo ('ceny, nud finnlly beenme bank' rupt: itiú it lay ín h stale of collap-e for 'aiors werc to iïïrtippeiS"", and ihe vilioge I 1 lerty to piss 'y Imnest purcliase nía oiher C nnlí that tl.e hpw purchnsers wcre to re' ettle llie vilingn,' put into it honesty, nnd enprprise onc! capitnl ; rfvie its docnyed bus:k íes.-:: impiove i's privüeyt: ox'iibit inliabig1 rii:s of moniüiy, lioncstj amJ industr),' and ti hen clsitn n tliare of public business. Supone ïli itiïa, wuiilil it be f:iir to nüedgc aaainsl Ol lio claims of rovived Aun Arbor the misdeeds " f Ihe defunci? to fhv that t%it" bad cheated P' ome ffix year3 beforr, and therrfore was tint P )ow worthy of coiifidence' Yo;i reply - No! t was not the villnge, bu' the individuels in il, bat did wronj. Jut such, it otilJ eccm, is a fair parallel o the case oF the Michigan State Bank. Six t-eird ago by li-e adusk of its corporate pow?rs i'.s managers efiected fraud. Itfailed;bo II ;ame of had fame: the manageis disappeared r nnd at last its propertv pass-ed by honest pure chase into o', her hands. Knpwn honor, moraüty, industry, pxperience nnd capital suc ceeded to the crtide and pauper echemos of t 1839. The new men revive business: ini )rnve their privilegrs, anfl ntk for a share of t ïublie confidence cömmensurnïe wilh their merits. Is il fair to ulledge against them the c bad odor of the bank six years ngo? Surely h no more 50, than it would be to object to new v 'Vnn Arborites, the misdeeds of raen, with C vnom their only cominunity had been, the r nccupancy of the sanie premises afteran inservm oí years. In yo:ir commonts on thís institutinn yo ri rinve spoken vf "a" oing Unís nnd so: of ei rtiis"' failufe: "is" frouds; "its"' t tion, Scc. fcc. Now the bcnk is one thing: it6 ce manDgrrs another. The bnnk is ihe mere m crealure of slatute: a soulkss thing: lifeles? ñ and irretponsible. The manngers alone jjive t power and fffcct. Yet you speok f tlie [ thing as respoiifible nnd of its acts as titling ihe present mamgers to public favor. Aa well might yon alledge ocralnst IIjp credit (] of llic present mamgers of Ann Arbor, thai "i!,'1 the mere village, was once of bad odor. c The truih is that the ]nst charge hes agamf-t t thc actual nnd rcsponsible operalors, and not n against lijo inetnirnent, througli vvhich ihey pxercised on tlic community propensities alert ( for fraud, and certsin of finding soine vent for s tiieir disastrons mdulgence. s Gieal care is necesparj tofelcct tertns so as n 10 faithfully expresa the preeíse idea of tho mind. 'Mjc charge i nade that the bank did I thns and so; and that it iiow does thus and so. This mode of expression personifies it, and dr.ngs the mind uuder the dominion of the x. dignanl repcobnlion ready to visit on the responsible individual the jast consequenceB of c h is crime. Tl. o fair rourte appears to be, to I ppodk of the misdeeds connpcted with the l bank in 1837, 8 Sc 9 ns the acts of the perpe r trators, and not of an inert charter, to charge the men, the uut hors and execuiors of tht;ceds, who cnjoyed their fruitr--, and were Ihe dun] defrauders of ihe public, nnd not the f," the pasoive instrument. TJtis is the lanly cuure. Deal wilb the doere, and not „ rilh tlieir tooi. So likèwisein spenking of tlicbnnk in IC45, t, uk the '"il" and deal with the men. Let j, lem nttain their j'ist level in puulic opinión. c ,et iheir capi'al nnd ndustry fmd 'üs leyiti late ciianncl. Il' thcy liaV(j pnrehnset! cort jraie privilege, let them enjy tlieir riylit. - f ' a nullity, the confrqncnce; be tlicirs. Tlie L v wil! seltlethe fact, btí mean time nrrny 3t agaüist them the n)is(!oed3 of men d.lierït froin tiiem as the noonrday light froni the f dnigbt darltnei-s, nor bnr tlieir jüst course by f kciting' picjuuices fyiinded cm the wild fever ;ecti!ation nnd banking inania of 1C3C, tinpa j illclfd trefore, fcfid not Jikelv ta be ng-aiu ?cn; - n sl.Tle of facts reprobatpd, even at the i me, by none more strcngly than by these jry persons: yju Bpeak of the pos-i'Wo rosuscitfttiun of ; )!ten batiks. They nre n'l ihfnncl by exi rrs= lm'. This one clajtued lo hv ttlfvr i y rxpress law. Tlie policy oí íncjirpnñiting nt 'ha ,vj;hóu! s ie personal Inbiüty of StociHioíder, Sío. is t

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