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93 him as ye would me," not as a servant but above a servant, a brother beloved in the Lord." Whatever might have been his previous condition he was now evidently free from all connecting circumstances, it is quite obvious he was not a slave. Our opinion holds good till the Slaveholder proves that he was. They have had two hundred years to bring forward their evidence: their failure, cannot therefore be for the want of time. Jesus says' "Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind, strength, and thy neighbour as thyself." Paul was a consistent Christian, he could not therefore send Onesimus into slavery when he would not like to be sent himself. Again, he would in this be violating the law of love, "Do unto all men as you would they should do unto you." Paul, I am sure, would not have liked Onesimus to have sent him into bondage. Dragging fugitive Slaves into slavery finds no shelter in the word of God; it is therefore a crime, and they that do it are criminals, and will be judged, convicted, and punished accordingly.

Slaves have a consciousness of right and wrong, and understand their duties as servants as well as their masters; many will not, therefore, submit to the lash; such prefer a change of masters, though by this change their tasks may be augmented and their labour much more severe than formerly. One of this class lived in the State of Kentucky in 1846, when he made his exit to