Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 3, Number 23, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 July 1862 — Page 1

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HERE LET THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S R I Q HTM MAINTAIN; XJ M AWED BT INFLUENCE AND UNBOUOHT BY GAIN. VOLUME 3 NEW SERIES. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1862. NUMBER 23 WHOLE No. 127.

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"R. It. Time Tables, p.. Ft. AV. A: C. R. R. Time Table. SPRING AND SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. entreat or ttra faoJt flvmocth btatiox. ZAStWAAD ÜOrMD TRAINS. Pr Evnresa and Mail 10:35 A.M. Nishf EiPrew 'MIS' M rVt Stock 5:4) P. M. Lire Stick und Ex. Freight 11:51 P. M. Local freight 12:30 P. M. WESTWARD fbtTSD TRUSS. Pit Epres an. IMii! 5:15 P.M Nicht Fr-re, f:15 A.M. I.oeal Freight 4:05 A.M. Tat Freight 3:35 P. M. S.R. EDWARDS. Agent.

C. P. A V. R. R. Time Tabic. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. EASTWARD. Leave L. Prte, diH (Sand.vrt Etcented,)) Arme at Plymouth WtsTWARD. Letve Plymouth Arrive at La Porte ..7;00 A. M ..9;55 A. M. ...5:10 P. M. ...7:30 P.M. Twins rnn bv La Porte time, which i kept at R. Vail Jewelry utore. and a 15 minutes slower j than P., Ft. W. it C. R. R. time. H. R. DRULlNER.Sapt. Attorneys. REEVE Sc CAPRON. Attoraevsand Notaries. rivmouth, MorshallCo., In J., practice in Marshall and adjoining rouutie. Renas to Babcock k Co.. Phelps, Dodge k Co.,New York, Cool-j.Fanvcll k Co., 4io'-Y X Rro.. Chicjo. Loudon & Co., Phila.. Benette A: Co., Pittbu-h, Hon. A. L. Osb;.. Circuit Judge, Laport,lnd. JÖ HNsT "S END E . Attoruev atLaw and Real Estate Agent, Knox, Knrx. Ind. Collections, Tax paving and examination of Title.", promptly attended to. nl-ly IIysi?iiiiiK. DR. T. A. BORTON. Patrician and Sureeon.ofTiceoverPer.-diinss A Co.'s l)rnz Store, in Dr. A. O. Horton'- Dental Room'. Michigan ftrect, east nide corner of Gino.wherehe may be consulted during office hours. J J. VINA L. iromeinathicrhyjiician. Pirtirularattcntionpiid to ohtctric practic, and chronic dises of women, and diseaseaof children . nffiee over C. P.lmr's store, corner Michigan and I.aporte tsreets, whe he may be consulted at ail hours. OR. Ö- QAIRD. Graduate of Jefferson Mfd'eil College. resi-.'.-nce and ofüce near?hilt'M Mill. Ilremen, Ind. J) Ii Mm fry. DFl. A. O. BDRTOM. Sir.rtn Ti.'-i P! r.io-.it'i. Ihdiirnn. Whole or : i .1. . ' i f . '.u ....

, , ". , , ,- . l , .u r'wn, n fhev vulre the boon ofn-.il bhrrtv rnvel phins. Sp-chu atteniioii p;iio to Hie ' " . ,,,rv,tion of the natnral teh.and ine.r. d the peace of the country. .houM frown it,!.v of Children- teeth corrected Fnn-s nnd J ür them.

it .,lr teeth extr.vted wit!, or without Chloro-! C in J-e consuitetl nt Ins oruce at au tiaie J "T'-.Tton Iorjdava an 1 Tudsys. ... , P.-h"n,'s b!'ek.u; .-itair., corner Ar j ; jri n jd ( iano stre.. MH:f EDWARDS Ind. W. C. HOUSE. rni'Mi th, r i i. r : . ! I fjirclAVJir-o. H. B. DICKSON El. Co.. L' .Vr in hardwars of every description, also,:01 ores, tin, sheetirot., and copprr ware. nnrrware BUCK Si. TOAN. Dealers in Hr'ivare of very decnption, r.nd m iiiufKeturers of Tin, Fhect-Iroa and Copperwire, Michigan street. I"iv Goods .V. O" Tries. J BROYVN..C.C l)''r in drvgoo!s of all kinds, rjceries, wares Tr , Michigan -trcet, Plymouth, lud. C. P ME R. D-ilerin P: y Goodi, Groctne. I. Pir'e street. NUSSBAUMt 6 ' DeiV rs in Croceriea and Pro Michigan street. tc., south side , cast Bide of Ihiotn V. JSlioos.;. J. F. VAN VALKENBURQH. Minnfictarer od Dealer in Boot and Shoea, firt c ox above the Dank Utiildin. E. PAUL. D'fTin boots and shoe., mtnuf-ictuis all kind of home work in his Tne, Michigan street. Ply month, Ind. i)niirrit.i. rs nt aim Jb rn n ... . .. rfturn ut nd eoufeetionera. west aide ot ."Iirl.iran 'treet, riymuth, Ind. - u 1 T. A. LEMON. Dexter in dni, medicines, notion, HterHrjra.iijazinen, p:tpen, etc., north fide L:tpotte f-et, Plymouth, lud. AVji I limnUcit. JCHNM HCErVKER, Reiltr fn tche, clocks and jewelry, Plymouth Id.,Wepa constantly on hand clockii, watches hr.n t pini, ear rinj, f:nger rini, lochetM. etc C'orka and watches, etc., rcp.i'red ia the bes niaaner poflible. I5arIorInrMICH EL GINZ. Earher and hair dreier, (We.-t side Miellen treet over PatterHonn store) Plymouth ,Ind. Krerythiotn the above businees attcude d to by we in the beat stile, C. HASLANGER & BRO'S, 'Tiftc'urers of wajjom, caniaTe etc. Ulack ' l'tl.mj, painting end graining dene to order Livery. ? N. B. KLINQSR. rrr.rietor Huckeye I.iverj," opposite Kdwrd w )i!;, rivm ith, Ind. n'jTly iVi;i?fi,v T. Mr.DONALD. :41 estate a?ent and notiry publir, offie In ' oii ü bird am re store, I'lvrn.iutti, Ind.! IJ;aw; JH,i4, inorta -, bond, and npree 'atnt, ifu !andi,exainine3titlcaaud Iurnihr9 tracts of the same, pays taaeaaud redejuw adtold for tax?

INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

VHiaK.3, The Democrntic party hiving, from the (Ute of its organization, Won in favor of th maintenance of the Union und the preservation of the Constitution, and r cim: in the present condition of the country tho deplorable effects of a departure from is lime honored and conservative principles, and the triumph of prcfionalism; nnd firmly believing that the Union and the Corstitu tion ran be preserved nlon" by the restoration of that prty to power vre invite aw the Union men throughout the land to unite with n in utainui? it orjrnn'zation and carrying out its principles. Therefore, Rptolted. 1. That we realTirm and endorse the political principles that from time to time have been put forth by the National Conventions of the Democratic patty. 2 That we ar vnnlteraMy attached to the Constitution, by which the Union of these Plates was formed and established : and that a faithful observance of it principles can alon continue the existence of the Union, and the permanent happiness of the people. 3. That tbe present civil war h is mainly resuited from the long conlirned, nnwie, and fnatical agitation, in the North, of the question of domestic a'avcry, the consequent organization of a croraphical pnrtr, gnid.fl by the vtjr.nnl fi'atform adopted it Riiffalo. Pitfebi.rsh, rhilad-'phia. and Chicapo, and the development thereby of sectional hate and jealonsv. product $r (as had longben forePtn -"nd predicted us) it counterpart ill the South of si Cebion, disunion, and armed rcitance to the Oenrr.il Government, nnd terminating in a bloody strife between thn who yhould have been forever bound together by fraternrd lond-. thtu bringinc upon the whole conntnr a calamitv whurh we are now to meet as loy:il citizens, ptriving for the adoption ofthat. mode of settlement best calculated to again restore union and harmony. 4. That in rejecting all propopitions likely to ro.uH tr a a.it'wfnctnrv ftliifment of the mnfters ! in dispute between the North nnd the Ponth, and ctpecially those mp.HU' es which wonl.l have secured the tn.rder slave ?tates to the TTn'on. nnd a hartv co-opemtion on their pirt in all rnnt;t:fional and legal measures to proeuro a return of ti e more Southern St.ites to their nl'ejrianee, the Re publican party assumed a fearful reToneibilitv, and ncted in total disregatd of the liest intere?ts of the whole country. 5. That if the pnrtv In power h:id -hown the same (Wire to seit'e. tv amie-Me wlins'ment. nnr infernal dis enion before t-otilif'es had nctnillv eommenred, that the Adir'H;f ra'ion ha recently r xhiMted to avoid a wrr?'h our nneient enemy. Great Britain, we eoj'fi,!eiitU believe thjf pence and harmony would now rei.'ti throughout all our borders. 6. Tlvtt the iMin'f ninrc pf the Union upon the rrin'-io'e o" the Fedenl Ci!titutin ihould be the Controlling i-bjecf ' nil who rrorej loviltv to he Government ind n our judgment this purpose can onlv he nccomn'ished, bv the seer- - ; deiiey -f a Union pirtv in the South' rn States, hieb h'tll. bv a eouiitrr revobition. di-pl-ice thoe who control and direri the present nbeUirsn. That no effort to create or sustain such a partv r.in be due efid which not ted upon a definite set tlerr.ent. of the rjueftion at i-'S'ie between the two Jeetions; :in ' we therefore demand thnt some nch settl'Min-iit be made bv nddit'cnal eopritnt'onol gunr:inv, cither ini'hed bv net of ConrreP or tl rou'h tr.e medium c.f a National Convention. 7. 'Hint the Pepublie:n pirtr b is fnllr demon srafed if: inabili'v to conduct the Govf mmlif tlirouth its present d:fTi -n'fies. Tint w" nr-' utterly opposed 'o the twin jhere-iej, Norfhern -ertiothilicm nnd S o'ithern e. C' - ion. as inimical to tue Contif u'.on nnd that as ironi'ieal to the Coptif u'on ':'V,n Tn- 'aTji . .. i, . i .t . ' rtl'J r'f n'ment, ivi i proirn i'ii.v I'M'T r:rv to !: whola c .r.ntrv; th it fhiw ir fh'fild no be w.T'ed in the spir't ot c.ni!ii't or snb;ncr-it'on. n'.r ffir thepr.rpo-e of ovr' brewing or intei ferine with the fighfjor .n-tit tion of the .ctHti, "out to deteiid and n.nintiir. the ir.rem ev of the Constitution, niid to jreTve the Ttrdon wMi pIi the dignitv, equality ai d li'ifs of the seve ral Sr;it( mump i. red; :ind t!. it :i soon as t'ie.e chjocts are I accomplished the wir oulr to roue, I HI. Th:it we will sustain, w'h :1I our energies. ! a war f"r '.he rnnintensnee of the Condition, and I - . - r i. ..it." .! - . . . . eimc-ru ... . ..u.i...li.rr.iwiHiri(rnii; I ' 11 ipjnif.i i-j , ,ir mi iur inrmn- Ktmn of the negroc?, or the subjugation of the Southern St-itca. 11. Tint tlie purpose avowed and advocated by the Northern !i-un"oniets, to I hera'e and arm the negro slave, is a ciimce to the nge, calculate 1 to retard the suppression of the rebellion and meet oür untjiu!i;i d condemnation. 12. That the total d;reerd of the writ of halent corpus bv the Muthoritien over us, an 1 the seizure nnd imprisonment of the ciilens of Joval St.ites wLere the judicial m in full operation, without warnntor hiw and ivifhout ai.nin nnv c:ius- r jrivin.j to the i-nrty arn-sted anv opportunit.v of d-f.'!ie, nre fl,rr:iiit iol it.nj of the Con stitution nd niot uhimin netw of innritlon of poer, wlii. ti fhou'd rt ci ie the Ftern rel.rkn of every lover of his country n l of i-verv mm who pnreq the seeurity and l)!( L?':nqs o life, liberty and propei tv. n. Tinit the liber'r of -pereh nnd of the i re3 re juiraufe d to the people b' the Contituion. and noir l.r.t a usurper would deprive them if these rieht ; they :tre inestimable to the citizen and formidable to tyrnnf mil. And the flcmr-t wliich bnve been niu!e since our Tre..'nt unfortumte troubles, to murzle the pres-i nnd -tifle free diaeuion, are enercises of de-potic power nrrninst which freedom revolts and wh;eh cun not he tolerated without converting freemen into slaves. 1 1. Thiit the se 7.ure of M i-on n t tidctl .on jtioird a neutrd vessel, on the Idijh sens, wis j either in accord nee with internatinirtl I ur, nnd j fir, legal; or cNe in vi..lntion ofsneb l uv, rn jio I il'efal. If the former, we lime, t that our nition h.'L been humiliated by their nrr. rider.wn rr a .1 tr .v... 1 ;, ,1 a...-.1... a .1 ifiri.i ii iiir iiiiiri . 11 nni .1 i.ii't ill liii' ill. ministration Rt one to hive di'ivowc.J the :trt of their officer, an 1 instead of incireer itin- the cap-tivi-.v in I'oit Varr-n, to have imtned';itely ien aired the wron bv fihieinsr them, aw f irsn pr ieticsblc, in the Pnine etoioitl. n in wi i h tli f ofli cer for.t them. In either even, ihe ;i. ';on of the Administration w,i vitcillaiin sin I cowardly anddepradinj tn the dinitv of h preat n tiou IT. That the jir-iion of th I' ( i;t ! n p irty, j manifested in the p irtis in eharaeter of all appointment of the Adfti'.iiis'r ilio i to ciril oflfice ; and, in boM::i? partv cmk ihms I y the Ka pul.licnn members of Co'ijrrev for the porioHe of impressing upon the lei-litive action of th it Im!v the ecnlinr dojrmas of that p irty, ti ive demonstrated th it their profefsioii! of "sicriricin partv platform", arel party organizations, upon the altar of their cour."," are tmt omoiy hypocritical and f-tt.se pretense by which they liope to dupe the unw irv Into their support ;an t we warn all loval persons, a" they love their country, not to ba deceived thereby lß. That the rUarlo ore mide by the invest!atinrr conimift-e in ('onres. of tlie noi niotis fra i that hae vf ilked into the nrmr iiiidn ivv d'pKrtmenli, lmplteatin the beaos of tlio.a" d" jMrlrmiiM in coiifrirance at, if Mit an netml j rirti'.r.iifin in a nvsiem of corruption, und inj Uicl. our brave soldier hav bee,, defrauded ufl tbeir iT"cr joip;die9, and our Government tl.r. nt ene.l with b iiiknpter, dcminda tboronirb nue-j tii'.lioi into II our ci'ciidittirci, boib State and Nation il, an I tint a speedy and m.irked oj niile be made of all s h "bird-" of pr'-," who, tiknijr advnntiiff' of tbe neerscity of our country , In ve fed r..t fattened iion pnolic plunder. 17. lh .t tbe mentonoin eo . tuet or tlie InIiana fro m. in every bittfcfidd whew vn-orv Ins, bri bed upon the nation-d banner, In- tilled Iii. Jienplenr tbuHlite nit!, ll.e loirbc't en'oiide to j bcr enllant. voioj, and tint we h nl mm ! wi-lie to Meer and men. di;r-d throughout the cnmiiry. and the hartlelt vr elm-.'of eei y Democrat for their further brilli mt siehie viaenb in ihe rominc context fcr the maintenance ol the Con titutien ond the Union

Origin ofRlbleSlaverj-Xofth, AbalmiuTlic Laui of Iffosct The r ractlec of the Jews Christianity ttnrt Slavery Chrltl, Pttu!, Pclcr, Philemon and Ills Church.

To Abraham Lincoln, President of the ü. S.: UesPectedSir: In my preceding let teru 1 have endeav(rd to show that, whe ther slavery be right or wrong, nobody is responsible for its existence, cr has a right . interfere wi:h it under our political ioeiitmions, except the people of the State in which it exists. My object in this letter is not to show that slavery is a useful or desirable inatitution for our aro or rountry, but that, whatever may bo the abuses to which it is l:ble, there is nothing in the institution itself which makes it the du'y cf a Chtitain to seek its abolition otlierwise than by admonishing the slaves to hi obedient and faithful to their masler, and the masters to be kind and indulgent to their slaves. To this end I shall attempt to prove that slavery is not in itself sinful, by tdiow ing from the Bible that it has been sane tioned by God himself, not only by not rebuking it. but by giving il his direct ai thurity. The first we learn of slavery in the Bible is the curee t Ham or Canaan by Noah Genesis, 9ih chapter, 25;h veise : And he said, cursed be Canaan, a eeivatil uf servants shall he bo unto his bteihrvti ' Now. Noah was the man selected by God to perpetuate the human race, 1 lie wh not p'.ui-iicd or censured 'i Makr for thus datming a portion ot hi-..csteii y to perpetual bondage. Ill the 17th chapter of Gelles.?--. vwrseS 12, 13, 23 and 27, the fn that Abraham bought men wiih A mney in lour liiiies recognized. Verne 12, is iepf i'-d to b) the langdage of God hii.-elf i-j. eating to Abraham, and is it: the following words, viz : " And he that is eiht days old ?dia.l be uircurncised among you, every man child in your generation, ho tint' i born in the bone, or bought with money uf any stran er, which is not f thy seed.' Ileie is a diiect recognition of the fact that .V.)alian held siaVfjs ; and G1. ins eid of c tnmaiidiii l.i.n to s-t them fic-e, ditoc.ted him to incorporate ihom iulo his iwn famiiv by the riglit of cii runudiio 1. in the 21 i chapter, vene 35. men ser van:.; and maid orvanifl am tiarud ::nitig lie "bie-i".!!!-" which God had bestowed j upon Abiaham. Tim speaker, wlio was hinwif a s.ervnt, caid : "And the Lord ha:h bless;d my tnaaror greatly, and ho is become great ; and he hath givei l.ius llcks, and herds, and ilver and gold, and men servants and maid servants, at.d camels and asses." By the 14th chapter, l h erse, it appears that Ahiaham had three hundiea antl eighteen trained servants, born in his house," and how ma.n) " bought with j his money," is not stated. X'jw, if buying men with money, an 1 h-dding them in slavery be a sin, Abraham a in his ae one of the greatest of sinners ; vet Gd, instead of rebuking hit and requiring h m to put away his sir. not only prospered him, but, on account

fl. . , , ., at t I .shall bore his ear through with an awl, f his special fMtli and holiness, stlecludi ..... ..

him to bo th father cf His chosen people and an example for all generations.. Could this have happened if slavery had been a sin in the sight of God ? !t does not appear that tho Hebr-wnj held any slaves when they tied out of ., , , . , ... hirvpt, or that they acquired nnv while a; , . ... r. t" wntideiinir rn ihe wilderness, r lying liom , , , i aUverv themselves, they were a new iation uithout none'.itution or Nw, hh! all

their tnitliu i his were piecribed hV (rod, . . j;hi(Iiiil' the lw hiicJ bohlinir tbeir Hebrew himself, ihmugh Moms. De8 anv 1 Ii f .... 7 ... . . ,. "., : hiethrei in bondage more than six year!. Han believe that (lod could or would pro , . . , , , , ... , . . . ; Un being letiuiteJ to comtdy with ihe pcnbe to His chosen pe ple a stniul in.si-; ' . ,f ... i . 'law they had done 80, and set their He tiuioti9 i rl God himself eatabli-lud, r. J , . r . , . ... biew tenants fiee. Afterward, however, xpreasly rei-omzed Uvery as an iii-iimi, . . I they returned control over Ihem, nnd again li n of the Hebrew nation. K aov "t'O1 ... , . . , . rediK-ed them tu alnvery. 1 his violation doubts it, let htm read the 21 -t chati er ot ! . , , , , . . . . ''I the law thf piophet denounced against hxo lus, the 25th chanter ol L-viticii-t, and , 11 . . , , ' I them ihn most temble judgmentn. iho ihe 15di chapter of Deuteron. oiiv. mi , , t. ' , , , ciime. h owever, did not ciuiHt in holding The fust MX erbs f Ihe hr-t. nnd tlie ... , . . , . . , , a Hebrew in bondage six years i the veriiet from tbe twullth to llio eiliie.-nih , . , . . ... ... . i , , ,, ibtranger forever; but in lud ling thu Ho of the last recognizes the iikht oi a He i . . . . , ,. . , , . ' biew more that, mx yeaia. I he dans of brew to bu? I is own country med aoJ I j . . , . . ., Mrvai.ts to which tho Clime was coi. lined them in liomUH x yenis. and pt scribe . .... , , ,

u rnodo bv wiii. h, with iheir own i"iein', they may be made bondmen "foiever." Hut the. et4tablidim"nl or recognition of perpetual slavery as an insth utiou of the Hebrew C'oniii.. n wealth is found in the j 2.j h lia; er of L"t i'icua. The !-t ling ohj c's of thi np'cr ar ,,. . . . . , nil and legula e ihe hitmtlcal V-ir and lie Jubilee. '1 he firt evHi ter1 provide that evaly seventh vnr si ll b 'a oihba'h r.f rest unto the land." "Tiom nhalt not sow thy field nor prune thy vinyaid." The sixth verse declare that 'the pah,t, of th" land shall be meat for vou; for , thee nod for thy Hcnaut. nod for Ihy muui and for ihy hired servant, aid for the stranger hat aojoiirnelh wi b thee." From tho eighth verse, inclusive, b the end of the chapter, the main subject is the

jubilee, recurring once in fifty years, and

its bearings on the various interests of the Hebrew Common wealth. The tenth verse in the .following words, viz: "And ye shall hallow the fiftieth yer, and proclaim liberl7 !hroug!,oul ll,e 1ä,,(1 unto s11 the inhabi ants thereof, it shail be a jubilee unto you ; nnd ye shall return evry man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family." This passage is often quoted as eidence that slavery ceased am ng the Hebrews erery fifty yrars, whereas, taking the whole chapter together, it proves exactly the reverse. In the first place, the bond servant, not a T.Iebrew, never had a pos - session to which he eou'd leiurr In the next place, the jubilee was an institution tor the benefit of tht Utbrncs only, from which the bond-servants of foreigt, blood are expressly xcluded. The 39th to 43d verses, inclusive, read as follows: And if thy btother that dwelleth by ihso be waxen poor, and be sold unto thre, thou th: li not compel him to serve as a bond-servant. But as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall servo thee, until the year of the jubilee. And then shall he depart fiem thee, both he and his children with him, and hall return unto his own family, and unto the possesion of his fathers shall he return. For they are my servants, whioh I brought forth out of the land of Egyt ; they shall not be sold as bondmen. "Thou shah nt rule over him with rigor but shall fear thy God." Then come the 44. li, 45:h and 4Gih veree?, in the following words, viz : "Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shait have, shall be of ; the heathen that are round about vou ; ol ! them shall ye buy bondmen and bond maids. 'Moreover, of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you. of them shall ye buy, nnd of their families that a-e wiih you, which they begat in your land ; and ihey shall he your possession. 'And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inheiit them for a possession ; ihey shall bo your bondmen forever ; but over your breihieu, the children of Isiael, ye fclot'd not rule with rigor." Is it posnible for language moro dearly to declaie that, while the Hebrew servant was to bo set free in tho year cf jubilee, the bonnmer. and bonnmaids of foreign It 1 i . t 1 t . I 1 Dioou miii ill oe lieu as uot.umeti lurcver?" If there were any room for doubt on thin nubj.-ct, it would " solved bv the 4 h verse on the 21st chapter of Exodus, i:i which it is provided that if the niaater of the Hebtew servant " have riveii l.jtu a wife and she hve boinn htm fonts or d lUiihiars, the wib a id her rhildieu shall be her mastei's, and he shall ro out h hi in -elf." But if the huslnnd and fa h. i pre!er remaining m servitude wub ht vife and childieu it is provided, (vcish 6,) that "his master shail brin: him unto the j judges; he shall alto biing him t the I door or unto the door pot, and his master and he shall serve him forcverS Hence it appears, that whn a master had given his IJebr-w servant a wife, the w'fe Htid chiMien w-ie rot to be fieo with the hushai.d ami lather, who might, if he ' plins teni:4iii m aei v.'ini tv lb bni tint lit j ' . ! the yr of jululee dily. lut Jvrevtr. .J, .,, . ; , A practical llluMlHttoii .f ihe roeatnno- ; , .. . , o ihfue priviituis ia found in the 34ih . . , , , V k vv m v villa 9 .li.v. 1 1 m 1 1 falipo intii ibu nnniir.il nf dici-a. That every mm should 'el his u.an ei vhci, and evey man his maid servant, be ing an Hebrew or Hebreues, go free , thi t none should serve hinibelf of them, vs : of a Jew his brother." In Abiaham's time the power of the master over ihe slave appeals to have been nholute. nor was it very materially modified by the laws of Moses. Among the regulation whioh God prescribed through Moses were the following in the 21st chapter of Exodus, 20lh and 2It verges, viz : "And if a man emite his servant or his in ii 1 wi'h a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall not be punished ; for he i his money." In fee same chapter, vetse 2G and 27, il is provided that if a master smite out an

eye or a tooth of a servant, he ehall let

him go free. Under these laws, preserved by God hircself, the Hebrew nation commenced i their career. In a war with the Midian j ilea' meliotieJ in 3 chapter of Numbers, they put to death all their pris toners except 32,000 virgins who were reduced to slavery. Henceforward, during the history of the Hebrew cation, tho kings, piinces and ! rich men acquired and held slaves under the authority of God's law given through Moses. Even during their captivity in Babylon many of the Jews held f laves, ! for, accordiug to Nehemiah, chapter 7, verpe G7, there were 7.337 men-servants and maid-servants in the company which returned to Jerusalem under his charge. The christian era found the institution of slavery pervading not only Jude, but all the civilired and barbarian world. Did Christ, in a single, denounce il as a sin? Yb not once. On the contrary he recogniia the relation and du'.y of servants to promote the interests of their masters. In the parable of the five talents, in the 2oth chapter of Matthew, he who had received on talent is represented as being punish ed for not emplying it for the benefit of his master. But the christian view of slavery ii more clearly developed in the teachings of the Apostles. Sajs Paul in First Corinthians, 7, 20. 21. 22: "Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called. Art thou called, being a servam? Care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free use it rather, for he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is called, being free, is Christ's servant." In the 1st, 21, 3d, 4th verse of the 6ih chapter of Ephesians, Paul inculcates the Chtistian duiies ef children and parents, and then proceeds in the 6di, 6ih, 7th. Bih and 9ili to teach servants and their masters their Christian duiics. Says he: "Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters. Recording to the flesh, with far and trembling, in singleness of your heart as unto Christ. "Not with ere service, as men phrasers, but as servants of Chiist doing the will of God from the heart. "With good will doing service as to the Lord, and r.ot men. "Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth the fame shall he rocei,e wf t!ie LorJ whether he Im boud or tree. "Aud yo masters do the tame things to :heni fi bearing Uireatenings ui tig thai out Master also is n Heaven, nei her is there tespect of persons with h mi. The plain meaning of ttjis passige is, that it is the christian duty of the servant to obey and serve his master with the j same fidelity and devotion as ho would serve God and Christ; or rather, that (cheerful obedienoe and faithful service to his master is a portion of hit du'y to his God and Savior. And masters are in structed to treat their servants kindly, re cinrocating their good will, and are ad 1 H monished that in th fcL'ht of God all men are equal, whatever may be li.eir earihly relations. Similar injunctiots are impoad on ser vants and masters in the third and fourth chaptera of Paul's Spitlo to the ColloMans. In the sixth chapter o' Paul's First Epi tie to Timothy, verses one and two, the Apostle says: 'Let ss many servants &s are under the yoke count their own masters as worthy of sll honor, that tho name of God and Hi doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing maatara, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather do them service, because they are faithful and bl ved. par takers of the berjefit. These thiggs teach and ezhoit." In o.her words, "all honor' to hie master by a slave is in accordance wiih the "docuine" of God, and he is not to bring that doctrine into disrepute by disobedi ence or misonduot. Nor ib he to think !es of Ida matter because he finds himseif on a level with him in the church, hut is rather to terve him with more seal lhan ever. Ij his Epistle to Titus, chapter ?4. verü 9 and 10, Paul says: "Exhoit servants to be obedient unto their own masisia, and to phase them well in all things, not answering aain, not purloining, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour its all things." In oilier words, the servant who obeys his mas er is honest and faithful, "adorns Vie dm trine f God our Saviour." The Apostle Pe'er, in his Pirat Epistle rhapter 2, verses 13, 19 and 20, preaohes the s;m ih ctrtne in still stronger IanHe ea)i: j "Feivsnts. Le suhj-ot to your masters j with all fear; not only to the good and

gentle, but also to the froward, for this is

.1 1 le r . . ( uianKworiy, ii a man, tor conscience to ward God, endure srriof, suSTorin wronsfully ; for what glory is it if, when ye bo buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? But if, when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable to God." In other words. Peter inculcates the obedience and submission of a slave to his master, whether the master be Lind or cruel, as a Christian duty enjoined by "conscience toward God,' and leaches that patient endurance of unjust chastiscmeut is a virtue peculiarly acceptable to God. It is the peculiar beauty of Christianity that it recognizes all the institutions and relations of human ociety as it finds them arid, in (he prospect of an eternal equality hereafter, seeks to recencile all men to the conditions in which they had themaelves during their short probation on earth. It would make men and wives more happy by inculcating fidelity and mutual conti dence and affection ; it would make families more hsppy by teaching love and reverence to children, and a gentle but firm exercise of authority to parents ; it would make both master and servant more happy, by erjjoiniag justice and kindness upon the 040 and a willing obedience, honeity and fidelity upon the other ; it would make nations more happy, by teacchiag rulers to dispense equal justice to all and inculcating upon the people ready submission to the magistrates and the laws ; it would make all mankind mere happy, by persuading them to love their neighbors as themselves to be content in the position where Providence has placed them, and to do as they would be done by upon a change of positions. The epistle of Paul to Philemon gives us a beautiful picture of the relations which should exist between a Christian master and a Christian slave. It appsars that Philemon, though a slaveholder, was a de voted Christian, with a church in Lis house. Paul found ia Rome a runaway slnvo of this devoted Christian called Onesimus, and converted him to Christian itv. Though ho needed hi seniors it: Lia captivity, he deemed it his duty to eend hin hack to his master niih a letter in which he siJ; Perhaps he, therefore, departed for a season, that thou ehouldest receive him forever ; not now z$ a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, espociallv to me, but how much more unto theo, both in the flesh and in the Luid . Now, supposo Philomon had lud a thousand such servants, all members of his church, all contented and happy in their gopel brotherhood with their mas ter, and that Sums ßeecher or Cheever, bv preaching tho modern doctrine that slavery is a tin, had brokon up this brother hood and sent its happy members to some ancient Canada, to live on hunks like tho prodigal sen, do you think Paul would have recognized him as a true Chtittian ? He would have been more likely to de nosnce him as tho servant of him who taught the happy inmates of Paindi-e thst by eating the forbidden fruit they would bee. me as gods, knowing good and evil. This letter already 6o long that I mtit rcservd seme future vievs of the subject, with its practicable application fjr another communication. Amos Kendall. March 22, I8G2. Tho Rcnl Issues In Indiana and Oilier Free States. We are glad to see that the Union men in the border 6lave States perceive clearly ihe iRsUes to be decided in the coming State elections in the North and West for members of Congress. The Louisville Democrat, for instance, after publishing the resolutions of tho so-called Union Convention in Indiania, and approvetog of the same, says: "The ground of debate in our neighboring State will not be upon the resolution. The rebellion is to be put down unconditionally. The legimate power of the Government must be sustained. And in doing this the Administration ronst be sustained with al! the liberality needed to accomplish tkat end Befoer tha people, however, there are material points not touched that go to the very issue cf the contest. "What are legitimate and appropriate means to put down tbis rebellion, and what are not? "Was it necessary to put dawn the rebellion to abolish slavery in the Distrht of Columbia? "Ia it necessary to put down rebellion to tax the people of the whole Union to pay for the slaves that States may see proper to emancipate? "Is it necessary to put down this rebellion to get up negro schools in North Carolina, and support (hem at the Gov. ernment expense; or, in fact, to get them up at all al any one's expense? "Is it necessary to pnt down the rebel-

(lion to burden the Trsasurv with millions

to support runaway slaves? "Is it legitimate for a man with straps on his shouldsrs to proclaim martial lawover two or three JStates. and assume to abolish slavery? Does the Constitution allow, as a pan. ish ment for treason, to confiscate property at all? "Is a general confiscation consistent with humanity, if it vrtre Constitution al? All such means, in our opinion, are calculated, if not designed, to strengthen the rebellion, and not restore, but divide the Union. All parlies in our neighboring State are united in a determination to put down the rebellion. There may be here and there a man whese wishes are otherwise; but he will count nothing in this contest. Better not charge that the men who eupport tho 8ih of Jonuary ticket are sympa'hixeis with the rebellion. If the rebels believed that, it would inspire them with more hope tbati any military success, and if it were true, it would nullify mil the effects of victories on the field of battle. What the Democrat says of the issue ia Indiana applies to all the free States. Tho Meaning of SubJ oration. From the Richmond Eittalaer, Juae l4Ui. Thanks to their own acts, performed already in New Orleans, Nashville, Norfolk, Kentucky and Tenuessee, the southern people now know what subjugation means. Even if the people of the Confederate States were the worst race of cowards that ever disgraced the face of the earth, the northern Congress has been kind enough to do for us what renders cowardice a source ef strength. That Congress has prepared, before our eyes, all the implements and engines of torture the abolition, the negro intercourse, the confiscation laws, tho whole machinery of judicial murder and robbery to b intlicted on tie South; laws before which every man of us has forfeited his life and bereft his family of property; enactments which reduce an entire people to the condition of hewers cf wood and drawers of water for the Yankee appropriators of their land; provision thst annihilate entire Stales and place the broad 'and and all it contains 'at tha absolute will and morcy of wretches whose name has never, at any time, been heard without the fear and loathing that is felt at the view cf a scorpion or a snake: tho Asdy Johnsons, the Butlers and Stanlys. Congress has left no doubt as to tha oonsebuences of subjugation. Wite pleased maliguity and diabolical confidence it has arranged before our eyes its racks, thumb sciews, gibbets, pinchers, axes. The hangman stands at ease, full in view waiiing with fold-d aims tho moment when the miiirarr work is ended aud the 'judicial business begins. The Congtess of Washington hns shut the duora on cowardice. If all the South were overrun, but one only county, defended by one solitary company of infantry, it would hold together and fight to the death, rather than live to endure the miserabls fa'e prepared for those who can neither v?in liberty nor gain an honorable death. What Daniel Webirer Sold. To the Editor of the Yrto York Exprett : " The litRErnEs?iBLt Conflict. " Sxm after this declaiation was made by its distinguished aathor, and his followers, the Abolitionists and fanatics, had joined hands and formed a party organization, a great and good man, who still lives in memory. said, in the heaiing of the writer of thi, as follows : "If these infernal fanatijs and Abolitionists ever get power iu their bauds, they will override the Constitution, set the Supreme Court at defiance, change and make laws to suit themselves, lsy violent hands on t'iose who differ with them in their opinion, or dare question their infallibility, and, finally, bankrupt the country and deluge it with blood !' Happy for the far ßeeing author of the above, he did not live to see his prediction fulfilled. He now "sleeps his last sleep." But ha will avsr "live in the hearts of Lis countrymen," while those whom he so truly denounced will only b remembered to be cursed by their counlrmea and the whole civil'ied world ! A Wesfera editor defines a widow sa one who knows what's what, and desires further information on tha same subject. Tbe editor of a Western psper says that many of his patrons would male good ??htel horses, they hold back so well. Gen. Bturgis, 1st of Missouri and Kansas, has been put incommtud of btig. ade at Washington. A regress, speaking of her chiUita, said of one who was lighter colored tLaa the rest, 'I never could bar dat tr brat, kase he show dirt to casv.