Ought American slavery to be perpetuated?

A debate between Rev. W. G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne. Held at Philadelphia, September, 1858.
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877., Pryne, Abram.

First Point. -There is not a single passage in the New Testament, nor a single act in the records of the Church, during her early history, for even centuries, containing any direct, professed, or intended denun ciation of slavery. The apostles found the institution existing, under the authority and sanction of law; and, in their labors among the people, masters and slaves bowed at the same altar, communed at the same table, and were taken into the same church together -the apostles exhorting the one to treat the other as became the Gospel, and the other to obedience and honesty, that their religious profession might not be evil spoken of!

Secondly. - The early Church of Christ, not only admitted the existence of slavery, but in various ways, by her teachings and discipline, expressed her approbation of it, enforcing the observance of certain "_Fugitive Slave Laws," which had been enacted by the State. And in the various acts of the Church, from the times of the Apostles downward, through several centuries, she enacted laws and adopted regulations, touching the duties of masters and slaves, as such. This, apart from all other considerations, amounts to a justification and defence of the institution of slavery.

Thirdly. -My investigations of the subject have led me to where similar investigations must lead all candid and unprejudiced men - namely, to the conclusion that God intended the relation of master and slave to exist, both inr and out of his Church. Hence, when God opened the way for the organization of the Church, the Apostles and first teachers of Christianity found slavery incorporated with every department of society; and, in the adoption of rules for the government of the members of the church, they provided for the rights of owners, and the wants of slaves.

Fourthly. - Slavery, in the days of the Apostles, had so penetrated society, and was so intimately interwoven with it, that a religion preaehing freedom to the slave, would have arrayed against it the civil authorities, armed against itself the whole power of the State, and destroyed the usefulness of its preachers. St. Paul knew this, and did not assail the institution of slavery, but labored to get both masters and slaves to heaven, as all ministers should do. That St. Paul was himself favorable to slave-holding, is manifest from the fact, that in the case of the runaway slave he apprehended, he modestly asked the wealthy owner for the slave, for his own domestic purposes!

Fifthly. - Slavery having existed ever since the first organization of the Church, the Scriptures clearly teach that it will exist to the end of time. Rev. vi. 12-17 points to "The Day of Judgment," "The Last Day," "The Great Day," and the condition of the human race at that time, as well as the classes of persons to be judged, rewarded, and punished! A portion of this text reads: "And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freemnan," etc. will be there; clearly implying that slavery will exist, and that the relations of master and slave will be recognized, to the end of time!

Source:http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/ABT7160.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext

List and comment on the five arguments for maintaining the institution of slavery