Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-06-26

,lWhen you lurnlSn PROOF III tne SdHe lettei
in which you make the charge, that your
statement is false-absolu!ely false-false
in alii.s parts.
You complain that l have representa-
:: you as having retired from The contro,
: versial field, aud express yourself at loss
10 know ou wha, grounds Icould have
formed this opinion. And pray sir, had |
:. not good reason for thinking you had re-
z tired, when three months bad elapsed be-
tween your letier@uf July 26th, aud mine
: of October 26lh, when | wfole to the ed
itor of The Recorder lor,know what had
1 become Of you, or what was The cause OF
your silence In what light could | con-
: slider your silence bul as exhibiting proof
that you had ..backed out 2" Ipso facto
your silence was proof Of your retreat.
i When you commenced tie discussion did
i you intend that three months should inter
vene between the dates of your letters :?
Ifyou did, you ought to have told me 3d.
But you did not, for you promised that a
I certain portion Of the True Wesleyan
should be appropriated to The controversy
/ "erery aoeek" Did moi you or your CO
editors assure the public lha, the paper
would print as fast as the dispulanis could
write? When an apology was offered for
your delay in replying 10 my first two let
ters, were we NOT told tha, now you2had
removed 10 The West the controversy;
would go on without any delay....In con-.
sequence of your delay did j not publish.
a.lel,er in the Recorder that would pub
lish no more until you had replied.to my
two le,ters-,hatI should adhere 70 the
mouo-"dudi nlterena parten.." And in
that letter did not tell tho editor of the
Recorder, thatmy neighbors were under
the impression tlIatthe controversy would
not go on, otherwise / could bave sent
him more subscribers than did? Was it
not with lhe expectation of obtaining the
controversy in due tire, that so many
were induced 10 subscribe for the paper.
and do you think it was either honorable
or honest thus to violate an implied con-
lract-to falsify your promised punctuality
-and cheat them out of what; they were
willing toreceiye as an equivalent for their
money IF you think il was. | do not.
And to prove that would not be a party
10 such auinfamous transaction, wrote
second letter aoou, your delay, and puo
published il in the Recorder. OF these let
rers you have taken no notice in your COM
plant but prnceed TO ceusure Inc az il you
were as free from spot as The virgin snow.
| subsequently continued my letters ln de-
fence Of slavery, not inscribed to you as
formerly, for considered that you had
"backed out" and did not think was
under any obligation to wal, for you ITO
hlow your own bugIe" to announce your
defeat. .-
Blu, strongly as condemn your manner
in conducting this con on,roversy, your faults
therein are veuial when compared with
the principles you profess aud lie object
you have in view. Do you ask what are
these principles? and what is this object
answer, | arrive at knowledge Of the
former by a perusal of your own articles,
aud The articles Of others published chiefly
in your paper and the object is too plainly
and too frequently indicated 10 be misun-
dersrood by the most stupid or superficial
reader. TO begin with your principles:
l. Your first principle is aprofessed pity
for the negro slave. Against pity Tor the
negro, have-l can have, no objections
provided that under the mask of pity for
the slave, injury is moi intended or done to
the master. honor the man who feels
compassion for his fellow man, whether
he be black, white, or FRED but in this case
| suspect The profession Of pity is nothing
but "A mask; because it injuries the slave
instead of Jeneftting him,-and, because
it is a palpable violation of the golden rule
hy which ahollionisIs profess to be gov
erned-"io unto others as you would they
should do unto you.'
2. From avowing pity for the slave,
you proceed 10 ix the character ot the in
stirurion of domestic slavery. You say,
slavery is great IaoraI evil-a sin
against God-the sum of all villanies-the
vilest system Of oppression that ever saw
tho sun--worse than horse stealing gam
bling. Or whoredom This character yeu
give it, not only without any authority
from the scriptures, but in fiat opposition
10 Them.
g. You next fix the character of slave
holders. They are Thieves, Robbers,
Pirales"--uuworhyrto be called Chris
tians" and '',uorse than The det,Is.' -.
4. A scriptural defence Of. domestic
slavery is termed "HoRRID BLAsPHEMY."
.'This is committed whenever any one
saws the Bible, or in other words, the God
OF the Bible sanctions slavery Except for
crime) or that he did sanction it in old
times which if it were no, done in ignor-
ance, would be an objectionable siu.--
What! a just God sanction The most un-
bounded injustice /! The sum Of all william
les, the unsophislicaied wickedness, The
superdiabolical aud unparalleled robbery
of God and man."
II believe that am bound as man, a
citizen and christian 10 do all Lean in
the use Of all means not contrary 10 The
word Of God. to effect its immediate aud