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10 me Editors Of the Cemnsyeisi .5dssrfirr
Gentemen-From your paper Of the
ID inst. ! perceive that Mr.. G. Thomp-
son denies havin, employed the Lam
susg' in rtfe ence to Save holders, at
uibu ed To him in one OF the recent
communications in your paper. As I
am the person in conversation with
whom the language in question was
originally used, | avail myself Of the
earliest opportunity in my power 10
\ assure you that he employed the very
words alleged against him-,hat he
made use OF the naked, unqualified
unconditional declaration, that every
slave holder ought Tor deservcs)to have
ms throat cut. Inasmuch as MIR. r.
has seen TT TO deny this. it may mo-,
DC improper 10 give short account of
our interview, and then let your readers
Judge for themselves.
After considerable preliminary con.
versaiion. in the course OF which Mr..
manifested much warmth. $50 much
indeed, that he declared ali persons
who adopted my views OF slavery 10 be-
IN dark. 10 be destitute Of moral sym.
pathieS, TO be emitting hyDocyiies. and
charged ne with being either a present
OF prospective stakeholder told him
tat haI heard enough Of declama,ion:
aud at the instance OF common friend
had called to discuss some priHcipE,s.
One OF your principles. | understand,
Is that n" Stare holding is SIM" Yes"
he answered, lit is sin under all pos.
stble and conceivable circumstances"
III that be correct, replied. ii at
once becomes the du,y OF all public
men, and especially OF all preachers. TO
preach against it," Certainly" he
reloiaed, lit Is their constant and impc.
ra'ive du'v. Il give The .hought.) luz
| replied, II you are correct IN that.
how shall NC account for the fact, that
while slaycry. according TO your ow n
Acknowledgement. existed al Athen.
and throughout the Roman empire.
during the FIRST ace of Christianity, 10
Y greater extent al ! m Ter worse forms
than 4 d"-' at pre- c... AL the south
0'N Il all ..e account for the fact that
-. P.ul daring the whole course OIL
hi' =" iii try although thousand oppor-
;un'iei presented them selves. never
onre ~ direct terms denounced tins
most drcadiuloi all evils beneath wEirh
The earth has ever groamcd. or upon
which Heaven has ever frowned:-
Paul preached not your doctrines. On
the contrary, he taught: "He that is
called, being servant, is the Lords
freeman: likewise also, he tina, is called.
beng free, is Christ's servant" Art
thou called being servant: Care not
Tor u. And many other expressions
OF a similar import" so do we e.
Mr.. T. rejuined with great warmth
80 do We. But il IRE prcaci wlof IRE
ohgAi, or If ue f0HcH he siareS 10 do
Uhds they ought. we would tell every
one OF them to cut their masters
,hroa;s."
lwa' sirnck with a,toni,hment and
horror on hearing su~h a sentiment an !
nounced by Pacifc abolilionist.-.
Thinking, however. that il was the |
thouShilrSi declaration off heated mind,
aud wishing to afford him an opportuni-
~ oil recalling such an expression, Il |
di'lIactly put the question: what, Mr..
ThomPson, have their thoats cut -
Yes" he replied, every slave holder
ought, (or deserves to have his throat
cut. repeated the question three or
tour times. and he uniformly answered
IN the same manner. After some few
words more had been interchangcd be-
tween US, Mr.. 7. rose up hastily from
his sea: and left the room, agp1renNy in
4 plroSysn of anger. Sometime in The
course Of our discussion Mr.. T. made a
reference 10 the law Of Moses, found in
FIX. ~, 10; but not in this connection
feel very confident.
lt>hould be mentioned, perhaps. that
at this time Mr.. T. was flushed with
The hopes Of an entire victory: bein,
under the impression that he had gam
ed over the larger portion of the theolo-
gical and acqdcmical students, as well
as many respectable inhabitants of the
village. Otherwise, in all probability.
he would not have been so unguarded
and unqualified in his assertions. I,n-
neGiately after the interview as stated
above was called by my engagements
to 60 TO Boston: and the next evening.
IN orc OF his public lectures, Mr.. +.
denied, as stated in his communication
TO the Atlas, that such language had
ever been used by him. This was
done. however when he knew that
the individual TO whom he used it. wa
absent from town
a. KAUFMAN, ir.
Andoyer, Mass, Oct IL, 1888.
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