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              r P 0 ' ( -i i i VOLUME XXIV. MOUNT VERNON, OinOi 2.1861. NUMBER 50. C REVIEW OP ZHT7. ZL T. VAIT DTEirS 'DISCOIMISIJ , oa The Character md Iaffaeace af Aboil - tiBaisna, 1 SEBUOK -JVsvtcXAcf ta U Tltrtf Reformed Presbyterian Ckvrth, 7 wenty-Third Street, New Tort, on jjjlbji . ioounj, December Z3, I860, SI 4. tt. . BLUAJl, JTASIUA. 4140, BT BTtCIAL KXQCrST, XX TBI CBCBCH Of TBI rrwrun (bat. a. ctmiu, oi uiuti errrjnxo, JurcxT 6, 186U - Cms Uv saouU for the dumb ia the cause ef all Baca as aro appointed to d is treaties. Pov. xxxi., 8. BMmWt Uem that ere ta beaas, m mu wtta UcemiloK,aiiL, S. Ussier, give uu year -rU that which la just Bad equals CoL, iv., X. Th. Hmm which I here read, aid atat others ecsttered" throughout the pages of Scrip- inrst tnrca as stars m '--. 1 Bitot timit for calling your attention to a re- narknhla discourse which 1 propose to pass .ar firlew toWbt. When the enemy ha a tilt a flood, tha Spirit of the Lord thall H I ka wAlehmeu upon mj wells, 0 JeeeW whiJ kold their peace day oor night, xe , , " --"T" . Lord; keep aot silscee." Itihi !-. . . War the a lb or of fie BfM Jcura cr tccitrie iodiridoal, wii0ttP-Bd-wiihout character, wa might pw ? bJ. 10 nc. leaviof it to the acora of tha CJN" w. aad th ablirioa to which it dm t oJumiMwy ba coMigaed. Wbea wa conaidar, bowrver, that tiA ii m miniir.1 mmiA IA K A man . of lfltk?llCt and of caltura, paatorof a larjre and respeetab.n congregation in a aeigbbonug city, occupying an important and reapoaiblo position in a religiona Ivaocaiaaiioa wbicb ia Mia of tha moat powerful and iuflitaotial in iha coantrf, the cauae of troth find rurhieouanaa damanda a different mode of treatment. We are to remember, alao, that the pnaetpiea wnico ne aarocaiea are noae oi ine Old School Preabyierian Church, with which be a coaaacted tbt fcta aeotimeuu, however ab dered from hundreda of palpita 8abbath after Sabbaih by men wao are cfee caoaen moral and rcnM teacoera wi poope aea, ioo, oy co aieaaa eaoieatpLIe -or lo be defia)d. It may ha aaid teat I U itjusckss, Wn I i - . . . - i i j . i uarxw vvh h vccmiuuim lunji roe ifdu anejrta of a aolitary iudiTidual connected with it. To thia, I reply that tbe ttev. Ur. Van Dfke me tbat tbeaeace the arinoplea of bia Church, and no one haa eatored to deny the olaitn. I bold in my band a volume compiled of articlea aleated from Tie PrinaeloM ifcctfw, the acknowl- are ia thia hook two article, ooe entitled 44 Abo-litioaiam,'" being a review of certain apeecbea vwuiwva w a..4Wi laaeu imV 9 taa V VI of atavery; the other entitled Slavery, being a review of the work of Dr. Cbanning upon that aurject. Tbeae articlea, Jrora the pen of the jaatJy dittiogaiahed Dr. Iodgf atate the princi-pleM of tbe Old School Preabyteriao Church on thia vacation, atad have never been repudiated. Of theee articlea, Mr. Van Ojke'a aermon ie virtually a reproduciion, a kind of echo, rather a faint and teeble one, too, aa compared with the maaculine vigor of the original. I do not aaaert tbat h ia a plagiariam, or a copy ; but I do aaaert that it it all here in thia book 1 even, to tbe quotationa from Dr. Chanoiog and the attack upon Dr. Wajjand ; that all tbe principal poiuts, defiaitvona, and argumente are taken from theae articlea; that Mr. Van Dyke haa pat on another maa'a coat, after broahing it up and alifhtlr altering the fashion to anit the timea. Tbia aub. taatiatea bit own claim, and my charge, that he apeaka tbe received eentimente of bia Church. It may be replied that the opinion! of the Church bav greatly .changed aince Iheae articlea ap peared. I bare no doubt a change baa com-raenced and ie progreaaing iu tbat body ; I have , aeea not a few Burnt which indicate inch a change a a aera ... in it; aitooagu i oare aometimea tearea tor it, aa aome oae aaid of The Keto York Observer, that it would be the laat thing converted previous to tbe Millennium,. Doubtless there art many ia ita membership and miniatry who heartily re pa diate tuch views, but it to htppeot that these peraona are never heard, while tboaa who apeak are all upon the other tide. But again I ask, will any prominent minieter of thia citv rebuke Jleviev) acknowledge its aiae of twenty-four and aii teen yeera ago, aad condemn auch sentiment? WiU The Presbyterian t Will any Minister, Magazine, Journal or Review, having any "acknowledged right to apeak the mind, of the Church, give sach a deliverance? I pause for a When Prof. Hitchcock, tome two or three years aioce, was reported aa entertaining views of in terpretation at variance with tha received doc-triaee of tha orthodox upon that subject, the Rev. Mr. Vaa Dyke waa the firat to sound the alarm, u warn yivui wuu uu cumuiikitiu toeir uioio ters to the educational influences of " Packer Institute " of the daageroua hereaies being instilled into their unsuspecting; minds bv the at tractive lectures of the distiaguisbed Professor m rr: Tt-i - i o The man whoee soul waa disquieted by a rn mor tbat unorthodox views concerning tha Book ot uenesis were oeing presented to a score or two of young ladies, in tbe class-room of a Fe male College, preaches to a full kouae on a Sabbath evening, aad permits to be poblieed in a widely circulated journal on Monday morning, . and afterwards revises iarorder that it mar be printed ia pamphlet form and. scattered by thou aaade over the country, a aerman in which be declares AmeriAa felaverv to be a divine institu tion, authorised of Ood. warranted by bis Work, ma nocuooea oy me Oaviour ot too world. . ; : Had this gentleman preached an indefinite atonement, denied tha doctrine of decrees, of . awciioB. h iarara nnniah man, .r v. aaea of tka any other embodied in our i caua, ne would have been libeled for heresy, aad oompelled to recant, or site bare ifr Ij pI" V " pjvacnes, as uoa s truth. m J .VL; oe wna ana guiitv &atasytbat maa caa bold property ia man," da- " ucnpwvs waat the uev. Dr Breckinridge, locking a Louisville audience in the face, pronouuoed nha most atrociout system upon wbicb tha ssa aver ahoDe,' what Waaler defines as the sua of all villainiea. an)A rebuk.es tha blasphemy x nav, so far from beins eondemned, ba is applauded, aad loses neither jot nor tluia of tit re:;tct tod esteem to wbicb - b U-k.i4 a.. I.;. i. !.. , T .'0,a at isSdeiitr sbooads I that pro- iraw wm aaaer at proretaed orthodoxy 1 tsl tbat T of trotb U avU tpokea cf ! tv email remember tlt t .An. . Baiauca. "'. Ui """at or freedom la all .. laaos, stan a. w:.a annoas erts and ntt.:.. bearta, awai;ic tie iasaa, it Is proposed to decide -tbla enttst iy tirowiaj too tbcntaodt of aop. "Its e tlla tarmon t-oa tL si's cf tyranny 1 ,Sr-;.r. O Ccacr, at treasoatlla irasstlay bell firstTi-re. Cows tswa tia c&ar. rAmrmA the Cout tlat their ds , f : rt --- v. pcelxss, lis poIiUcaTpartiet, ar tia pesa, W ?l - irT: a-icl between detpotiso andllibsrty srhicb the ereridi ba. aver itnetted i aa boor when o-rttf scalea han i ' from the conscientious convictions of the sober, serious, aad religions masses of tha North, who bad beta taught, aad who firmly believe, tbat slavery ia a crime aad a sial With aa artless area pliciir which Ja each a q Barter is beaatifa! and refreshing, ba asks the southern Hotspurs to stay their treasonable hands, and afibrd tiaa to the North to correct Its falsa opinions this, ba considers, caa easily ba accomplished, br means of various agencies, thief among wbicb be men tions tbe preaching of Ur. Van Drka, at Id omoe geaas." Approaching tka diaeoarae mora nearly, we must at the outset give Mr. Van Dyke tba credit of candor ia ait general statement or the question. He plants himself fairlj aad squarely upon tha broad rronad that slavery is right. Sack a maa, however we mar deteat hie principles, or object to bis mode of defending them, commands reepect for tbe boldeeat of bis position, aad tba boaeaty with which he states it j while your thor oosh-bred time server, who always begins, " I am as much opposed to slavery aa aag ana, but but "any then cloees bis mean abuse of eotr alavesy men and antl slavery parties with wbia- ing cant about amaaoraung inUoeaees or tha Gospel, and aa appeal to tba Bible argument, deserves aad receives nothing but so rerign con tempt. Tbe first thing which arras bj attention it ur antbor's defiaitioa of abofitiooism. He ssra, almost copying tha words of tba Itecievo, By abolitionism we mean the measures and princi pies of abolitionists. Aad what," be aontieuea. "ia aD abolitionist 7 He is wba belieres that slavebolding is sin, and ought therefore to be nboliihed." I" Begerdleet of coaseqeencea," asys the Jteviete, bat Mr. Vaa Dyke more candid, and assuming broader ground, omits this qualifi cation. He goes oa : This is thefaadamental. the eeeentiel. rbaraciensttC of aooiitiooism that alaveholdtag tt via that holding men ia ia voluntary aervilnde is aa iofrioreaient apoo the rights of maa, a beinous crime in tie sigbt of God. A man may believe, on political or commercial grounds, that slavery ia an uadeiirable system, and that slave labor it not the moat profitable; be may bare various views as to the rights pf slaveholders under the Coaaiitution of the county n sy thibk tbia or that law upon the ststate Lks of the Soulbira Statee is wropg, but this docs i"0' constitute bim an abolitionist; to ba entitled to Ut name be muat believe that slavcholding is vtoraUsr rong n Here we have it the italics are i-U own abolitionism is tha Ulicf "that alaveholdii.. is morally wrong." With a candor which caf.ot be too highly ex-tolled, with a fullneas of sUte.eot which leavae notbiug to be deaired, avoiding a?1 subtle d is tine tiona about 'malum in aa" and such J4e equivo catiotie, he cornea directly to the pt Pro o ounce every man aa abolitionist w&o be..'es slavery to be morally wrorg. Scorniog all dlv tiuctions of theory and practice oo ttis k'reat q neat ioo, patting in the eame category John Brown and Henry Ward Beecber, Oarrison and Seward, Phillips aod Liacloa, groupia; together Garrieoniaas, radical abotitiootsts, poKticaJ abo-litiouiala, gradual emaoeipaiiooiats, aad republi-baoa, be at am pa all with tha tba same brand, 'abolitionists," writes this same superscription over all, and proceeds to denounce them as covenant breakera, baters of God, and foes to the beat iutereeta of homaa eociety 1 . . At tbia point, our admiration af Mr. Van Dt ke's eandor most, unfortunately, cease. It would call ma entirely too far from tba mala questioa to enter into a critical examination of all bis aa-thoriiiee. I atop only to aey, that I do sot accept the interpretation wbicb Mr. Baraee fives of Mr. Vaa Djke'a text, for reaf ooa hereafter to' be atated ; and I repudiate Dr. Wsylaad's explanation of the supposed of Christ. 1 cannot omit, however, to notice tbe disingenuous use which Mr. Van Djke makea of McKnight, of whom he aaye, " Let ma quota another testimony, en this point, from an eminent Scotch divine, I mean Dr. McK nigbt, whose Exposition of tie Epistles is a standard work in Great Britain mud this country, and whose associations must exempt him from all suspicion of prslavcry prejudiced As to tbe standard character of Ur, McKnigbts work, bear tba celebrated Robert Held sue, in the appendix to his great work upon Romans, p. 7t0, Carter's edition: In adr. rting, in the foregoing exposition, to the fundamental heresies of Mr. Stuart, I have also po:nted out, in various places, tbe deeply heretical character of Dr. McKnigbt't Com nitntary, end have sltud eooogh to draw the attention of tba reader to the errors of that very dangerous aad unsound comments' tor. Dr. McKnight's work oa the Epistles bas, probably, done mora extensive mischief in this country, than any other tbat can ba named. His 'Audacious Heterodoxy, as it ia termed in tbe Presbyterian Bedew of May, 1836, and daring perversions of the Word of God, have been most pernicious I " I am aware tbtt out toti'i ortl od oxy is another man's betrodoxy, but I am now speaking to an Old School Presbyterian, who will not venture to deny or controvert this opinion of Mc-Knigbt, aa expressed by Robert Held ana. But Mr. Vsn Dyke is yet mora disingenuous in his assertion tbat McKoigbl'e associations must exempt him from, all suspicion of protlavery preju dice ; each a declaration might, with equal justice, be made concerning Rer. Gardaier Spring, D. D., ot ibis' city, or Dr. Thorn well, of South Carolina. McKmght was bora.be it remembered, in 1721, and died ie 1800; a period in wbicb "pro-slavery prejudice" was as prevalent in the churches of Great Britain as it is row in the churches of tha United Stales ; his commentaries were published in 1795, and although Wilber force and Clarksoa had been at work tea years to get tbeAfricsn slave-trade abolished when bis book wis published, be did not find it ia bia heart to eayone word in favor of their cause. Yet Mr. Vandyke attempts to carry back tbe present antislavery sentiment of tbe Scotch divines, and attach it to a maa who died seven years before the slave-trade was abolished, and tbirty-fosr years before the accomplishment of West lodia emancipation, aad who, so far as I know, never wrote a single word ia condemna tioa of slavery or iu favor of emancipation. His first proposition is stated ia these words i "Abolitionism" (tba belief that slavery is mor-ally wrong) " bas no foundation in tba 8crip tares." Patting tba patriarchal age, and for soma unaccountable reason emitting the beautiful aal powerful argument wbicb tbe apologists of tba "patriarchal institution" bare been accus tomed to draw from tba three hundred aad eighteen trained and armed servants of Abraham, to lay nothing of the carte prononnced upon Canaaa, be comes at once to tha law of Moses. psasages, omits with oblivious indifference all tba explanations wbicb tbe great w- atue nave given xr these laws, AW1! rn tToof ttnw knocks tbea fwn " "7 M boy bis nine pint, asserts that God aaaeUonad slavebolding. Sat Se fTl'S s' i -ot iaka lit Z htTe tbat God era, aaaetieaea ai. aadthafSe fore slaTsry u aot aiafaL Te tklTl ES direct contradiction of tha prTmSJ aadftlsl tbat God laactiontd j&Sfi$g. e? tbat tlsvery ever txUud tbire, except SndLIs .ioUtiaa of bis law aad will. Tbia "PpricatS woB, ana tj argumanu pateU te every endmtaaiiag. ' wa the Cnt jice titre it na wctl In tie Ht-brew Ur??r ib tltve, cose for iUtbtt. There u a eord fcr tsm-t, .t 3 cue f-r tertl:, hat ward Uka ox word slsvery, dencUBj a conii-w or iarclaBtxry ttrritude ; na r-icLSo tana Fcrnls.Um, and tnaau . It may be replied tbat tbe abaaaee of tbe word does sot imply the negation ot ue thing there is bo suck word as slave ia tbe lav technically called the Fugitive Slave Law," yet ao ooe denies that slaves are meant. We 40 not however, rest tbe argenant apoa tbe mere absence of tba word from a particular document but from tba entire Unroare t bad slavery baea a di viae institution, as Mr. Vaa Dyke argues, surely there woald bare bean a word to express tbe idea superficially. The fact tbat there it ao sucb word is a strong presumption tbat there was ao sueh thing. Ia the second place, there is no account ia tbe Old Testament of any permission for tbe sale by oae person to another, of a third wba was allowed no voice nor wiu in tbe traaiaeuoa j no sucb transaction is recorded ; on the contrary, all sach traffic in buman flesh, ia w alavet and son Is of men," was absolutely prohibited ; it never attempted except ia direct violation of the taw, and never failed to bring down apoa tbe people tha withering curse of Heaven. There was ao purchase of men, except from themselves, by voluntary contract for a specified sum, for a den nite time, known and agreed upon by tbe parties: there were no slave-bunts in other countries fur supply of servants ; there was not a single barracoon on tbe borders : there were no slave- pens ia tbe cities no auction blocks, upon which men, women, and children snigat be be placed and sold to the kighest bidder in all tbe land. Yoa might bats passed through all tbe tribes from Dan to Bersbeba. whithout ever meeting a come of alavea I .., - I In tbe third place, tbe special ttatott designed to prevent this crime, He that stealetb a maa and selletb aim, or if he be foand ia bie band be shall surely be put to death,", forever brands with the stamp of God's reprobation and curee American slavery, and rendered the practice of sach an iniquity in the Jewish Commonwealth impossible. The law does not read, ha that stealetb a slave and selletb bim, nor he tbat steal-eth a eervant even, and selletb bim, bat be that stealetb a man. It was tbe crime of stealing a man from, biroaeit, of removing htm from a condition of freedom to e condition J of bondage, as oar slaves were stolen ia tbe first instance from Africa, against which this law was directed ; the very grossest outrage tbat can be perpetrated on humanity, a crime in God's tight of the deepest dye, and therefore adjudged worthy of the severest punishment known to the divine law, namely, death. Dare Mr. Vao Dyke deny this t So have aaid all tba chnrckes; b:S owe included, in its testimony of 1801 previous to its enlightenment and tanctihcation by the price of eotton, aogar, aad tobacco ! So have all tba civilized nations of tbe. world agreed, by declaring the foreign alave trade murdtr and piracy, words all too mild to express the enormity of i's gailt. . There waa no auch er me as alave-etealing known in Israel, for the simple reasoa that there were no slaves ta steal. However criminal helping a man to freedom may be, it is not forbidden in the divine word ; on the .contrary, as we shall presently leara. toma'biog like it is highly commended. But the tfrime of man stealing was known ia tbe heathen nations rcund about Israel; and against the practice ot" sucb b enormity. God guarded bis chosen people by the fiery sword of this express and unqualified rnactraent. Cat any maa deny tbat A merican ata very originated ie bib- atealine- T If ao. does it aC stand cwademaed and cursed in its very root, b tbe law of that God whose judgment is according to truth ? Moreover, as if tbe Spirit designed U? anticipaU all eubterfages, :t Is added, -and if he be foand ia bis band, he shall surely be put to daaib." Had it been made for our system, and deetgned to meet the argument with which it is attempted to ba supported, it could not have been more specific." '. ', Bow many transfers then, I ask in the name of all that is sacred, does it require to transform this vice into a virtue? -this crime, against which the judgments of Heaven are denounced, into a grand missionaiy enterprise, and its practice into the highest exercise of a heavenly beneficence and piety ? Nobody pretends anything of this kind." repliea some well-meaning individual, about forty years behind the present stage of the controversy ; " the southern people would be glad to get rid of their slaves, if they could, but do not know what to do with' them." I hold in my band the discourse of Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans, delivered on Thanksgiving Day, a man of whom Mr, Van Dyke nys, M that his tool is knit to him with the eympatby of Jonathan for David." Front this discourse be quotes a long passage in a foot note to the pamphlet edition of bie sermon, with bigb approval. Here are the closing sentences t My servant, whether born in my boose or bought with my money, stands to me in tbe relation of a child. Though providentially owing me service, which providentially I am bound to exact, be is, nevertheless, my brother aad my friend ; and I i aa to him a guardiaa and a father. He leans apoa ae for protection, for counsel, and for blessings " especially the blessing 1 "and so long at the relation continues no power, but the power of Almighty God, shall come between bim and me." Hera is another passage from the same discourse, which Mr. Vaa Dyke does not quote, " This argument, tien, whi jh sweeps over tbe entire circle of oor relations, touches the four cardinal points of duty to ourselves, to our slaves, to the world, and to Almighty God. It establishes tha nature aod iotemnity,of our present trust to preserve and transmit our existing system ofdomestic servitude, with the right unchallenged by man, to go and root itself uhrever Providence and nature may carry it." This chivalrous sentence from New Orleans bristling- with Dr. Palmer's owa italics seems to have been ratber. nncourageously omitted by his enthusiastic friend oa Brooklyn Heights. " This trust," he adds, we wiU dis charge in tba face of tba worst possible peril. Tboasb war be the argregetion of all evils, yet, should tbe mr.doess of the hour appeal to tbe arbitration of tbe sword, we will not shrink even from the baptism of fire. If modern crusaders stand in serried ranks upon some plain of E-draelon, there shall we be, in defense of oor trust. Not till tbe last man bas fallea behind tbe last rampart shall it drop from our hands; and then oqly ia eurrender to the God who gave it." Well done, Dr. Palmer I Here is the exhibition of a courage secoud only to the piety wbicb may reasonably be supposed Co characterize one who bas been called to tbe pastorate of one of tbe largest, wealthiest, and most iefliistial churches in tbia city ; also to the important post of assisting in the education of tbe rising ministry of the Old School Church ta Princeton I - Mr. Van Dyke, with characteristic modesty, charges abolitionism with being not only a fanatical but a blooiv spir it t eud almost in the same breath, declares that his soul is knit, like the soul of Jonathan to David, to tbia modern M Peter tbe Hermit," who declares crusade of blood, for the purpose of! cam ins slavery, not only into all the territories of tbe United Elites, bat into all parts cf tit Ub- lUbie world. Ja the foirtb place, tie lav for tbe fugitive rendered . involutUry serritsde ia tbe Hebrew Common wealtb impostible "Ttoa shall not de liver BBto bis matter &e serrant waica Is esctp ed from bis taasUt. onto : tbee ,' ts tbaU dwell with thee, evea aasonj yoa, ia tb.s.t p'ace wUcb be thall choose Ha oss of tiy tis, where it Uketb bito belt r t-aa thalt fcat cj;nzs iia." pIt Uw, is exj'.Icit aa it U tss.za uS taerci 1-0, C tr.a $ri:ZZt tl tjTZZXJ CT tZLZ'.TTS, uzl tacr6i ' - - cf t;clj;i:a to CI zzisr theTUMraey. Akaacctttttot enartasst which iir-raeex en CTLrter r. I tioa 1 YsW ia tie lace cf Uas bentTolent decree of God, this maa, profetsis to stand spoa tbe Hosaie lattituUoaSp cs opoa tbe l.ortbern States to repeal tbeif 'Iierty tr.lt," ia order tbat be who ia yiag toil-worn and weary, but with tba l!?it cf tbe sorU tsj la tit ere. and tbe Cgtt of tbe bepe of Utcrty ia Lie heart, from the prison-house of bondage snsy be pursued by tbe bounds of tie law, -$ by tbe strong era of tbe civil power, and thrust back into tbat bell of toil, eufsrisg, aad woe, from, which be is at-Umpting to escape I Would yoa do it? Not ooe of yon? Woald IT Not though opposed as Luther said, by aa many devils as there are tiles on the roofs of tbe booses! Woald Mr. Van Dtke T No t I do bia tbe honor to believe tbat be would not ; tbat bis words belie bis heart. . . ... . i ry aia wita tne case menuonea sae outer even ing by oar eloquent young mend, lit. TUton. A mother. - whose hour is wear, basteaing b? flight to a land of liberty, iarder that her child may be bora not a tia re bat iree I Wo imaginary case I Jatt sack a One oecurred under tnr own roof although, unfortunately, I was absent at tbe time. There were those there, however, who kne bow to giro protection and sympathy. Whea braised to star uslil btr trial should be over, aha replied ia words which ao far surpass the oblest stteraacea of . Raman mothers in pathos and sublimity, that I would score to place them ia comparison I cannot stay : I want ay first child to be bora ia a free land I" God bless her, it wxv bora ia a free land 1 Mr Vaa Dyke could aot staad aad say, tookinr lato the eyes of those mothers to whom he ministers from Sabbath to Sabbath, I would hart seat her back." If be should say It, who would believe bia 7 If be should have dons it. who would not despise bia f Yet, wbat aa accoubt that man. will have to reader wbo preaches each doctrines ia tbe abstract, or advises that others shall do that which is1 ao eoatrarf to all principles of natural kind aesa. to say Boutins of iustica. and so directly in the very teeth ef God'e. express com- aand! "Inasmuch as ye did ft not to one of tbe least or these ye did it sot to as. In tbe fifth place, tbe law of the Jubilee rea dered slavery impossible among tbe eboaea peo ple "A ad ye shall hallow tbe fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all tbe inhabitants thereof." No Iimita-joa, no re strictton ; the Jubilee was glorioos, ' because it was a proclamation of liberty to all without dis tinction ; but if it had no reference to the for sign born servant, it would bare been a farce a mockery, lor all Hebrew servants went out at any rate by the law of their service. M r. Van Dyke affirms that there was no jubilee for the heathen servant, nor for tbe Hebrew whose ear was bored. The t'ea. at it relates to the latter. is too absurd to be tolerated for : a moment. Is t to be auppoaed that any maa who possessed common sense would, merely because he loved his master, consign himself, wife, children, and children's children, to the latest generation, to a hopeless bondage 7 or, that God would have enacted a law which would bare permitted such injustice to arise from seek folly 7 The troth is. that the terns forever, ia this tjeaeectioa, is idio matic, arid means only to tbe year of jubilee. The very nature of the regulations as to 'and and property make this certain. The- argument is fully elaborated ia the larger 'works this subject. If any thing caa be made clear, this bat been. that the jubilee waa - a proe!ama.a teroaghout all tbe land to all tbe iahabitante thereof; and that the first notes which pealed from 'every hill top of Judea, oa the first morning of this auspi cious year, proclaimed, to ail eervants the termination of their servitude. - What a moral ob- qulty does it argue to find a man desirous to construe every passsge in which there is room lr a doubt, in' favor of this atrocity I I do aot wonder tbat a distinguished maa said of each characters, thatt&iV God was Air devil. I a the sixth place, the whole eat are of tbe covenant which God made with Israel was for the security of freedom aod justice to all, not for the establishment of a hateful tyranny. Mr. Van Dyke says, and says truly, "1 here was not one slave in all tbat mighty boat who gathered around Mount Sinat, to receive the law by which their future institutions were to be moulded." The admission is important; it shows, at least, tbat if that vast multitude of SLA. res which Abra bam possessed descended to his sons, tbe stock bad by this time run out. But observe what a view this presents of the justice of God. He did oot simply permit, did not tnsrsly "wink. at," this ayatem, but actually ordained it, established it by positive law where it did not exist ettab- isbed a- trade in slaves ia tbe wilderness, be- ween Israel and the heathen nations 1 The ab surdities start ap before this assertion like the men of Roderick Dhu in tbe presence of .Fits James. "Thou shalt neither rex a etranrer.oor oppress bim Jor ye icere strangers in the land of Egyp.n Also thoa sbalt not oppress a stranger, for ye know Vis heart oj a stranger seeing ye were strangers in the land ot EgypC Thou snait not glean toy vineyard, neuter halt thoa gather every gripe of thy nneyaid thoa shalt &ave tbea for the poor aad itranger. For I aa the Lord thy God." "Aad if aatraug. er sojourn with thee ta your land, ye shall oot vex him. But the stranger that dwelletb with yon shall be onto yoa es one born among vow. thou shalt love kirn as thyself, for ye were strangers ia tbe land of Egypt," We caa explaia the avowal aad advocacy of sncbeeatiareots as Ur. Vaa Dyke's only by a reference to the blinding nature of a monster iniquity. Such rata have been so long accustomed to plead aad apologize for slavery, tbat they are at length absolutely incapable of distinguishing right from wrong, dark- seas from light, sweet from bitter. - : Vice it a monster of so frightful mien, That to ba bated needs but to be seen, But eeea too oft, familiar with, her face, We first endure, then pityf then embrace." In tba leveatb place." I do assert, notwithstan ding Mn Van Dyke's disclaimer that the argu ment forpolygaaay, the twia sister of slavery, is stronger thai for slavery. I caa assure bim that the day it7 not far distant when bis argu ments for oppressioa will be as abhorrent to all rigbt-thiaking men, as those of Brtghan Young for the accursed system wbicb be has established ia Utah. Polygamy waa- tolefatea slavery was not. " . . . . . Ia tie eigtb blace, were we to rrant all tbat these men claim far the" system which prevailed e .a m a "... in tne ewita immoaweaiUi, tbey would be as fat from bavin faaei eny joitiication of Amer ieaa alarery as oyer. I They matt needs show the same divine warrant as they suppose the Jews to bare possessed. They must take all the laws and regulation! with it; for in casei cf divine authority jt will not do to Select ; all muat go together. Bat bow Ion? would Aceric&a litre ry last under those Itwi? . . Tli.. mult mm f Imv'.V aii.t tYtmrt T & . . M..W0 W m H thousand directions. Their enactment would be equivalent to immediate emancipation. Ameri-caa flavery could oot live a day under sis g!e en sctoents reli'jDtto Uebre r servi:si. Girt the American t.are ahoct trree tevemts crone half of bis time, as was ty tbe servants anoaxGod's pec-la, tsw ncch wsll-slate property be trcrta ta tie L;u.j r -; . ? 4,1 - - Lat wbattcrt cf tUvery u it tzr wsci Ur. Vaa Djke 1 !cis7 lie cr:V iattcrritnee wi:i( UsrVtjlz -r-'. (t--cf a tLs esityif the race, dezzszlC: A-in,. t-1 rep-rettstil'aatlrcrrb V.,) x .x i: ca t'3 crrmi cfdirtrs'ty cf e&!-r a-ii r':r.:y cf Tacs Elihst of;tleajf Cililira arcill cicrrcaL's ea- fctef U trswi tia ni'i tfc-a VrA a3 r-l!ana cf cts. GcJ Laih Thtlcji. oil coatwqnence of his plea tbea Is for theeaala-fiag of the white, aa much as the black z bat would he dare say this t What is tba rroaad of I ttrVt M. WVtoV V. hll. Vt...r n. V ... - - fimmww M I imwji k M UIM SS BBS act told ae. We would be euioea to heat aa cxplenatloa of this point. m Bat, I am asked tbea, what was the aatare of tie orew servitude T t aaswer, a roiaatary contract catered into between two parties, and only two, upon tbe ground of value received aad service performed, ao bed red about with cerafnl lUnee," " possession forever," etc, are idiomatic phrases, and cannot be made to mean ' slavery while all the laws and regulations which I have cited, and I have but glanced at points capable of indefinite expansion, together with ma ny other just as forcible, make it absolutely cer tain mat no sucn system, did ot could exitt Mea will not believe, all arjra meats will aot make them believe, and are thankful they are aot per nitted te believe, that the God of Heaven authorized one maa to lire oa the narequited toil of another. That is injustice, there is a written law upn the heart, and tbe only effect which sach arguments produce Is to shake men's faith ia the . inepirattoa of the Scriptures. The very light of nature ia nan gires the lie to all attempts to prove that one maa has tha right to the labor of another to whoa ha gfves no equivalent. If Mr. Van Dyke pronounces aa appeal to tbe light of nature infidelity, hm may go and settle it with Paul and the Westminster divines. We come now to the New Testament We eoafeas our astoniaoment that he did aot shriak back affrighted at the monttroui character ef his aasertiona aod inferences. Slavery be af firms was iuit as common ia Judea ia tbe time of Christ as to day ia South Carolina I That Christ was familiar with the laws of Roman slavery I That no man, having any pretensions to scholarship or candor, would allege that these laws were as mild as the very -worst statutes of the slave-codes of modern times I That the Sa vior waa acquainted with the law that gave the master the power of life and death over bis slave and with all tbe rast abuses of the system, and that nevertheless, there is no rebuke or den a a. ciatioo of the system. . That while all other sins are freely and fall condemned, , this is never mentioned but in terms ofjhe utmost respect. Of course, there is but ooe inference He appro-red. Christ then BDoroved a system that rave the master the right to put his slave to death at his pleasure, a system never matched ia atrocity except by that prevailing among as, one which tbe writers or tbat age mention only to excite abhorrence of a period that could endure sucb wickedness, one which bas called forth the most indignant bursts of condemnation froea all aod ern writers wno nave treated or that epoch, and which mora than any othar cause, perhaps more than all other causes, contributed to tbe over throw of the proud fabric of the Roman Empire. It remained for the Christian miniatry of this land to find this lowest deep ef moral perversioa aad to baptize this horror of the centuries with the saactioa of Jesus Christ I It It oot difficult to detect the raonttfont fal lacy of the position. Tbe assumption that sla very existed at that time sa Judea te wholly gra tuitous i-4he xiitement is without tha shadow af proof, oa the contrary, forbiddea as it was to Is rael, ther is every reasoa to cosdode that it id aot exist toere in ear form orxuerree, aad that Christ did aot come ia contact with a slave daring tbe coarse of his ministry. Will Mr. Van Dyke tell as what sort of slavery this waa which Christ did not reprove 7 Romaa slavery, he says. What tbea bed become of Hebrew servitude 7 Whea did it disappear ? Whea did tbe other at rocious system take its place in Judea 7 Bui wbo does aot see the fallacy of the attempt to sanction, from the silence of Christ in the New Testament, a system not only so opposed to all principles of natural justice, bat so directly in tbe face of those tremendous denunciations against oppression in tbe Old Testament 7 The sect of the Essenet existed ia the time of Christ. Yet they are not even mentioned ; no allusion to them even by him or bis apostles except very obscure reference! to this sect be allowed 10 one or two passages, are we, tneretore, to conclude tbat Christ approved cf their perversions of the Scriptures and their, denial of tbe doc trine of the resurrection 7 Christ does aot men tion idolatry, did he therefore approve of idol worship? He does aot once meetioa or allude to the gladiatorial combats, are they, therefore. divine mentation! tot tbe apostles spoke of these things, says an objector. They spoke nothins: cf the Easenes, or, at any rate, obscure ly, and, if anything, respectfully ; so of the glad' iatorial contests, i ney spo.e aiso ot slavery. The law. Paul reminds Timothy, was made for ui-stealers, an advice not unnecessary ia some quarters at the preseat time ; at 'any rate, nolb m could ba more delightful thaa a diseenran from Ur. Vaa Vyke apoa tnat declaration. Fancy bow this reverend apologist for slavery at. tempting an argument with some distiaguisbed champion of the rise ; he commences y calling prizefighting unnatural, cruel, brutal, wicked, or by whatever other epithet be may find ssost expressive of his abhorrence and detestation of such brutality. Stop a moment, if you please, ays the gladiator, I am no heathen phi kisopber, groping my way by tbe feeble glimmerings of the light of nature, no modern iufidel appealing to tbe con apt aad fickle tribunal of human reason . plant myself apoa the Inspired Word; my motto'is To lbs law and to the testimony.' Where in the New Testament, either by Christ or bis apostles, Is my calling forbidden 7" While Mr. Van Dyke is thinking up his pessaget, our champion torsi upon bim, Ev ery body knows, sir, that it is no sin to knock a man down under certain circumstances ; as to its cruelties, they are nothing compared to what occun sometimes ia families there is, sir, as yon have stated, a child 1b aa orphan asylum in Brooklyn, who waa thrown by ita father into the fire and almost roasted to deth; better save your 'tear end shrieks' for children, and lea've men to take eaxe of themselves. So far from being inhuman, as you represent it, we are the ve ry best of friends ; besides the 8cripturee alwayi speak of it in terms most rrspectfel; yoa don't consider yourself better tbaa the Apostle Paul do you, Mr. Vaa Dyke 7 Hear what be says, So fight I, aot as one that beatelh the air. ;' I keep my body under,' a clear reference to our abstemious habits, when preparing for the combat. More thaa this, sir, he compares the beivenly assembly, to the respectable company which assemble to witness our manly sport, Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. These things, too, were spoken la the time of the Homaa gamer, reach more brutal tbaa oars, as every scholar and tnaa of candor mast admit, before tbe ameliorating influences of the Gospel had produced so marked a change opori eurvjmrtuit P. .Where is the Re. Apologist in sick aa armament J : . . Bot, then, was Christ silent 7 I answer raest positively that he was roC All things which te said are not recorded, for the simple reason titt tie world would cot cccuia tbe becks f bet, J he aot eonitanily t-peal to the Oil Tettsssect Ccr pttres?-.re -ta, ia criat to jletsi a fw eoaUzspt'.lla ' tlvebcl2;rt, to sBrrota tltt La ominei tisse r".r:-:i alici&netmee cr-r-s- A'aa a ... tioai ti tr"--i r"T" c J cct e-iecn ita Livery, tr.v .t r-rj-- wera t y wt.v tea? .itt u c;;ri a if t.?fc.-y u cct? i.., t jala: th9 rrzzi prl3c:;?-t ef his teach ir;i are diane'jicil. c;;ottl ta C1 t--J laiquiUes j aad and Just enactments that the rights of both parties were fully secured. M Bora ia the bouse," bought with his money," possession," iuher te practice them. American slavery woali tarmiaau before to-morrow'i sua shall siak U the west. -Thoa shalt loe thy aaighbor aa thyself," worda quoted almost literally - from tha Uotaie law, with reference to sea of aaothi w race 1 one of those to cotaaaodoeits rpoa which kaag an the law and the prophets. Does the slaveholder lore bia neighbor aa himsstf ? Caa the toPuig slave obey this divlae eoaaaad? I am sure I could not were I ia hu place, aad ray aelghbor interpreted to aaaa ay master or everseer. Chriet's firit straoi waa aa abolition discowree. Ooa aa fnceadlarr nnW; the Prophesy of Isaiah, aa aati slavery book of V . All ewe . . . - Aesiameni. ia text which be selected wae this Oaaorable pesaaga, "The Spirit of the Lord God is apoa aa, because be bath anointed ue to preach the Gospel to the boot, to heal tea broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the eap fives, and reentering of sight to the blind, to set at woerry vum. viat are bruised." "Therefore, whatsoever ya woald that maa akoald do to you. do ye even so to tbea, for this is ths law and the prophets." Bit whit is the great sum of Christ teaching 7 Love to maa and to God. What the great end, bat to fill the earth wi;h lore aad peace 7 As far as the east is distaat from the west, as far aa light is from darkness, as bearea froa hell, so far are the teaching! of the dirine Savior of the world from any alliance with this dark aad bloody despotism - The taaehiagaef the apostles are, prteisaly what might have baea anticipated frsta maa who had leaned ta sueh a sehooL There is aot eas wjord of ippraval, aer the Ughtast iadieatlsa that slaveholder wvrs admitted U to churahv Slaves were admitted, hat It ia suseeptihle ef demonstration that slavekeldars ware aot roooirod into the eomeseaioa end fellowship af Ue Apostolle Ckereh. The Ko-aaaa iawaeeoaatad si a to as pre aaUia, pre asortaia. pre qaaarepediua, as aobdiaa, aa daad, as brutes Canstiaaity reeogiiied thaa as Immortal beings, elevated theaa te tha rank ef aasa, aad wolaoaiad uiamte aU the pririlagas aad immunities f the spirftaal eessaieawealta. The ear! Chrlstiaaa had all things ia eoassen; thay were shorted Let each esteem ether bstur thaa themselves, ia honor preferring see aaethar," Haabaads were exhorted te love their wives, aad wives their hasbaads, ehilaroa to bay-tbeir parents, sad parents to provide for their children, aid bring thessep ia the sartor and adsaeaitiea of the Lord, all ef which dalles are Im possible ef por formaa e ia a roLatioa which ia oa ef absolute authority ea the eae side, aad ef absolute eubjaetioa apoa the ether, aad which aaaihi-latee the iaatltatiea ef the family. M3f asters, "says ta apeeue, -rtve ante your servaau that which is Jest aad equal." This Uequvaiaat te a proeUma- uoa at taisaediate maaelpauoai Tha law of American slarory U, 'black ma have ao rights that white sasa are boead te rsspact." MasUrs give aateyeur sorvanta that which ia jest aad equal. It ia 00 aal jesnee utai a servant saeaia asve aright te his wii asm eauarear uive aim taat right, aad Asaarieaa slavery ia doomed. Is it just aad eqaal that the ser vast he Uarbt te read the tTord ef God? Give ear sis vse ths alphabet, aid thy will tear down ths prieoa-hease of their bondage ere tea years have some aad cons. Jnst aad jMusir Jat this he rlr- ea te te slaves, aad the homes aad plantations of the Sou a arethsirt; for, have they aal aaade them with Ue tail efUelr Beads, the aw oat of their dark facee? We have aevsr elalaid Car thsa'thet which Is jut aad equal, ealy that taey be peraaltted te g eat free, altaeagh spousd, aad robbed of every thing uu we aav asae,-aa4 intend to keep ea ask iar. uatil God, la his sserey, rraau ear request. This passsge forever leules Ue questioa ef Amerieaa alavery, ee fcr as Ue flow To tamos I Is eoaearaed. just as it sotU d Ue questioa ef JUmsa alavery ia IivasresT lortj ia Ue early eaarekw Tha aaee whiak air. Vaa Iyk has seleetad as his text rives ae eouaienaaee te tie system. I might advUe a slave tesabeaissiea aad respeetful treatment ef his master, not eeeeeae Ue master bad anv rirht te hiss, hat for his ewa sake. Graatiar that "aadsr the yoke" mesas alavai, there is aoUiar raised te his eaase. I bar ae dealt, aawever, that whaa properly Baderstood, this nasaar eats Ikroark aad throBch Ue-systaaa, like a two-odgod award, indicating, two classes ef serraaU, Usee who had aabe-liaviag masters, aad,thsrefore, ware aader the yoke; aad Uoae who had baUsving aaastera, aad wars, Uerafera, free; demeastratlng that Homaa slavery was totally iaceatistiBt wiU Ue praetiee ef Chris-tiaaity. . Be much for the Scripture arrument. The only exsase which w.e eaa make for a maa who attempts te justify, rrom tbe benptaras, a system which or't-iaaUs ia ths atrotioas alav trade, which denies all ssealar aad religions instractioa to its victims, which makes merchandise aX man, women, and children, which is the vsry aursery of petty dispoU, promotes rvry haiafal ImmertalitT. aad orisiaatea no virtue, la, that be ia given ever to. strong -delusion to bt- have a lis. - Poor Dr. Thorn weir of South. Carolina, and hi brethar ia distress, tha bellieoss Dr. Palmer of llew Orleais,dsspsiriiig of ever being able to eonvinee Us North that slavery is aot sinful bat a most love ly, bane foeil, patnarebal, aad divias instiUtion. are already shaking off the dast of tbir Jest and tearing Ueir raiment as a witness against us. In other word?, Uey ars preaching diraoioa with all Ueir might, whUe Dr. Id e Vicar and Rev. Mr. Prentiss (he hald be D. Dnl are charming delighted aadieacea with Ueir scriptural srgameats for ths alave-trads, with special reference te iu adaptation to ts epiritaal waats af Uo aesro race! rTas thora ever each aa inteaae of Uraisg Ue grace of Ood late laseiviousaessF Did impiety ever go beyond this? Csa each diabolical psrvsrsioa of Us troth be maUhsd? - Ye by Ue maa wba stands la a aorthera pulpit, and approves; declarinc that his soul is knit to sach aaea by the Word aad Spirit of Gad as Ue soal of Voaatbaa to test or David, aad deaoaaciag as madmen and fanatics Uoa who will aot indorse his 'doctrines ef devils." . . If r. Yaa Dyke's second prepositiea Is "Th prla-ciples of abolition have boea proparatad ahiefly by misrepresentation aad aba so." Still keep ia mind his desnitioa ef abolitionism, "the belief that slsv-err is morally wrong." Thia second prapeaitioa declares Ual the satl-elsvsry sea timea t of Ue North, which basset lately spokes ia Uaader toe that have carried dismay to Us heart of UU despotism, has baea produced by misrepresentations of sis very aad aad abase ef slaveholder, which deelarstioa I pr encases as ia itself a misrep roses tstion, aad a lander apoa the aaast iatelligeat people upon Ue face of Ue earth. Te declare tbat Ue sober, iatal. Iigeat,aad eeaseieatioas masses ef Ue North have Veen influenced to hate slavery, ia soma iastaaeee ta eaact atatatea for Ue better protection of the fugitive, aad at learU te plaee ha Us presidential ebaU a maa who oelicves slavery to be a social, moral, aad political evil; te declare that all this has baea prod need by misrepresentation aad abuse, exhibit a recklessness of slats meat, aa andaeity 'of Impa-deece, sbeolately iaeoaeeirable. Tst,Uls is what Ur. Vaa Dyke assert, what Mr. OToeer repeats Ue pulpit ia this instance leading thenar. A to Dr. Chaaaisr's oplnloa twsntyifouf tears aro ef seass who wars Usa teshnieaHy rtvlsd aboli- UeaisU, I bare aothlag te say perhaps it was just more prooaoiy aajast, 11 matters sot the opusioa is rather so eld tar present ass. Nor do I cart to justi fy all that has baea said aad done by Ue friends of freedom daring Ue thirty years ef UU facreasing eenuct. : 1 eoua aot naueate aa that was said or deae by the great refbrtsfi of the sixteenth cana ry. . Thrr were semetinies rash, rindietirffi feres; thsy used terrible weapons sometimes doubtless miarepreseatsd their opponents. Bat What dors this provsf that their cause wis not just and good? By ae mesas; omly that maa are men, net angelsw-Se we Cad Usa ia all history. They were rirht, aid eanquersd Sot by tslarepresefcUtioa or abase of their opponents, bat by the invincible power of truth. B I say of thU glorious aati-slsvery msvs-aeat. If (hers aer boea mistakes or tsisreprsMata- uoas, u fool 11 a or wicked mea have allied themselves to iU taUfests, (and in what good cause are men aot Iou.na:; t&ste bare retarded aot aavaaoea itsvrerress: it has eoaaaerad. set fcr Usee BSMS, hut U spits af Ueou Bat how does he sestsia 1W1 ertion? rsftisg bis weakest vpv too v fur-yaars-old tesumony of Dr. Chaie?, to whica I live alladsd, be yweeds te decUre tit tterd s!a: lie essirii be now to i daster. th creof tsattsni. , -m tor C ie cj-i rTr-s.r-.tVtt":v'.- t.r I r?rMi't-ai:-s oer L...oi m tia ssa wsyiuriai was s,u--; 'r: ,v.ew-eaaloa forever" S . r . . , . , , wUch hee siiwr. Vastus U adirikraelal Seay nothing ef Ue raflaed aad spiritual Usa ef saarrisgs which U implies, we eoasider it aaaylul 4m- It baa e.1! lbs aulities eT & rrviwt m1 1. v . boUwaya. We hope toaws it at eaes oarrted Ut Stetf by all means 1st it he aader rtoad tbat Ue slave has the same right ef prcpsrty ia Ue alstsr trkkk the master has ia Ue slave. As the property la atax!. a. 1 tafl a lal&S aSaelf la tVa Mu .f fV.. - hasbiad aad Wife, so 1st It be wiU Ue starter tai lavathe Utter having as tiered a ri;it te se2 Ue formor, er IU wife as ckHdraa. as Ue fonesr has to deal Una with hinu With thU amxssssi, X should he quite satislsd. Again: he eomplaia ef the m aaaer ta wtlch aV- . elltioaistt kava eAployad tbe lastaaesi af ersslty which are so freqaeat fa all aUveholdisg eosamasi. ties; avers, tbat apoa Ue earn prineipl i mijil SoajiBi tba rata, baabaada abaaa kuibaads, aometime!-parcats, abjldrosj ebSdrea. parenta. eta. .To taia Ireoly. Uat tt U aa oil n'.. aad a lexical ens, that "I be tree ia known try his fruit" oae that we ere warranted to apply, uTe shall kaow than by their fruits." Thus hare mea argvsd against all tyrsaaies aad oppressions siaee Ue world began; thus would rta-mi tr was ioaad preoaetir of more eril Uaa ef com pen sat ory good Ue fraitfal parent ef riees aad miorie, raUer Uaa af happiness asd rirta w would au aay at oae. dowa with it. ThU triex kewsver, which the spolo gists sad dsfeaders of slave ery have of iacesssltly oosopsriag it So Ue family, is deceptive. The com par Uoa is absolutely blasphemous. That family U a diviae iastitutiou, liar' than the eherch. Older thaa U eomaeawsalih-the parent af both, originating ia tbe diviae lev,eroww-ed through all the ares with richest blessier "The purest souroa ef bliss Uat has sarvived tbe aiV- Slavery U simple epprassioa, oririnatiar ta man'a pride aad eoretoosnees, prompted aad impelled by Mammon, "the least erected spirit Ust fall front hsarsn." The very point which clinches tbe argument against UU system, aad brands it wiU Hear, en's reprobation and ears, U Ue andeutabla fast, Uat it forbids marrira, aahverts Ue lamlly aad renders either impossible. vwwm awrrpmIWU9S, SOWSTBr the maa ja yet to be bora who eaa paint sis very la . its true ciors; ths word is yet to be coined which expresses the combination of wisksdaes whioa, eonatitntea ita eaaeiiea. CnaM ttvlaa (m .11 ful IiaesmenU before .the syas of Ussivilised world to-night. iU doom would be sealed beforeto-morrow's dawn. Vr. Tea Dyke talks about CkrUtUa families ia Ue South, ia which Ue slaves are well fed, well clothed, and kindly treated. Sarnose ll granted How maay, I ask, ef Usee tsUlioas ef iUtii ars ia the lamlly of Ue master, or ia aay way connected with It? They toil daring the day apoa the plan U tioa, aader the eye of Us eve riser r uaderdriver; pass Ue eight ta eabiai mere er Us eomfortabl, according lo Ue ability er hamaa-ity of Ue owner, bat always separated from the with Ue masUr's family Uaa aU kerse aad male aot a partial: and in ainety-aiae easss oat of a kindred, as little effort U made for their improve ment. Talk aboat families! mockery ef mocker ies! Why, I have sees a eleven War apoa bU horse - a pen ta boat ox a runaway slaved faaey a tauisr pursuing hU son or daaghUr ia tbat styU! I have seen a alave-girl rise from the sids of her mistress, aad hobble across ths floor, eoatasd by fetters wh isa. slaaksd like Uoss of a prisoner ia his ceil, to r re vest bev from Bring to Ue woods, as she ass for merly doas, te escape the isferaal torturei whiea Uat mistress iaflUUd apoa bar ia eatbroaks or pas- , ioa. A mother mirbt thus treat bar disinter, but would it ba tolerated? I have ssea the tase af a babe six msaths eld streaming with blood, from a' eat is flUted by the lash af Ue whip ef aa evsrseer. whs, la bis reckless baste, aad aimed Ue blow at Ue Burse who hold It la her armsi 'but 1 forbeari aad rst sir. Vaa Dvks dares as taia aoeut mlsrsprs- seatation, and ask as te send back the fsgilivs who ' - - - - - ? - - But let as look for s moment st ordinary star it ssparatsd from these cruelties I mean separated ia i i . 1 1 . .t . imBgiBBMOB ior ib rwuiT uit Barer bto ana can aot be Uey belong to Us isteaa; il roa keep mea sUves,yoa mast treat them harshly: Ue ralatioa U ae af wrong iadictod apoa ths ens aide aad and re ed red poa tbe eUer; it aevsr eaa bo harmoaiowe. This U U apology I make for ths southern wooslei Uey ars ao worse Uaa others; Uey are not deriis incarnate; the eyclsat makes them what they are. and compels Uesa creel ties; Uey know it them-elraa, and ia many Instance deolors it. Bat 1st . us look at this mode of cxlstenee a nail from UU cruelty. Go with me, then, to a'Keatasky tebaoco plaaUiloa. At aariy dawa yoa hear tha bora ef of the overseer; aa soon as it U possible te see, mea womea.aaa cmiarea or same tea I age ready for work, i- . . i a i ... , . . x . umds w b u,ia, una wsrs ism eraasiaau jreo..- last consists of a lmrre piece of oorn-broad aod fat meat enough of both wiU water lo drink: dinner the same. I have sat by a poor fellow apoa hU loa aa he ate bis unsavory meal; snd whea he ssid 1 me,"Don't yon think wo poor negroes have a hard . time or itT' I felt that Uat was indeed a hard Usl and as I looked to tbe blue beaveneabova, 1 .rendered tbat the arm ef the Almighty waa net extends-for their deliverence. Sopptr la the cabins, with . aome additions, -provided the females are svot too. much fatigued to prepare it Thus passes eas weary . j aiier snotner, ib itresome moaoioiij, Tsriea en ly by diversity of tases, or snob ineidenta as may be supposed te arise from sach a life ao hope, ao object in vUw, no stimulus bat Us fear of punish - . meat.;, bo possibility of itnproTsmcnt ; hedged . sfound on sll sides by sn iron necessity Ust peruiiiS no ailerUtioa; yet, an immortal being, suseepubts of sit degrees of improvement aad happiness, sax painfully conscious ef Us Ulartice ef Ue dreadful- doom thst opprsssss snd crushes him. Sach is tha life of Us unhsppy victim of thU atrocious tyramsTT) 1 rp oak what i have aesa, aad know whereof t affirm. 1 bars read aod listeasd to Us speeches ox otaers, ana bsts epos en mjseu, eui always wita a e d . S B . Us oonseioasnass of hew far short all casse af Ud reauir. nisrirj, o bbowb, am sa seea, aosj apoa Ue surface, but a it i. 1 have yet ta loci' the oaadid maa ia Us fass who has Uas studied iCwha will nbt eaafeaa tbat It la a STitim aT k.m:'.1.I atrocity; that cruelty is the rule, aad kisnineea the exoepuoa. Anii-siavsry mea, aowsvsr, lave aevs failed te insist that tbe sin consists ia tbe relation! ' Tha self-evideat truths sf Uo " Declaration af la dependenesr" aad UstsaohUgs of the Bible havw formed Ue great sple of Ueir addresses; these are Ue principles whkh Uey hive attempted to iastil into Ue minds or eomamaityt tr poisoaoa mi.x,li comes from a soares whsao each strsanu hare lot Tnanii finmllT ran Tin aril tra law - , - . The mUrsprsseaUtioa and abase, however, iivd come from the oUer side; Us abolitioautt havsbsea th beet s based mea ia tba country? Ueir snsisies bars bean well acquaiated witb tba Spa&us proverb T throw pleaty of dirt, aad sosne of it wwl Uok--J Sometimes it bas com from dainty aaids polplu press, ssa pistiorm, nive noa ta tne i;nc&is suu'e a a . av e i .a . e ex eoinlar and spplyiaa orprobrioas t.tusu to Ud tusa whs hive Isd ia UU eoafiic't. Tbese bare boea Bobbed, hooted, hissed, pelted WilS aamercbaatsbtd eggs, exposed to popular violence, and to sreryiay disnity aad danger; politically, socially, rtliyicmtlyi ostracised; denounced as Infidels Socialists, Jo-b Ins, snd whatever elsa might bs iildsrsd edioas and eontemptibla. If stang by sUck earcaomed ar rows Usy bars semstimes turned apoa Ue foe, sa hurled bask Ue charge in word some bat ssprss-tlroi scd aot always too esref&ny ehsse who es woaasrr x rsmemoer vms a wm ," - . ; a noble fllUw, eea ef a Preebyterisa ilmkab. f miblste ef Alabama, Who had bees a - Dr. Beeehat la Baea Seminary, aad who gnro ? time and Waal tb for Uu easss. - - - - aarvad that hU cloak was vsry mo a fF i.owa-ea"S hoa. by t?fcewlisx mob, hU life trrotectcd by f.iaad t ?..HDri dt"k abolltioxirts iarroek-f-v lis sxpeads a good deal of soperHaous T' i iium eysr a book which he saw la Scot-aad y . frsatUpicce was a plctirre ef a laaa w;A f ;rc to Ur. Tsa By as tiat a) msabsr rflii vs j !!LiaUoa U f aU eocmua'.ou boasted W Bie ef d - ing that very Ubf I la firehim aamsa-i a . dresa. If he desires it. Ha a -uses ths A:- --ti-aUvery Society wi: oat caasua,ar trfsys his UandriE3' ljeranea ty hu Prasidet U a Cf .ef.' 4; New Jersey ir UiiwjM- " TTbe la this elief latliee whs i .- rosi-aoa jbt BxwUact sf til A-sa.; 1 .lul!iiISsei-w. - . - - coci.cps ox rsear nt-i )