New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-29
engineers, ard Will, We dare say, in come form be
finally adopted BY the company.

sunken emancipation squnt while the other 10 re'o
lutey and sty set in all its Ines against the pseudo
pbianthropic schemes of the Abolitonists. There Is
faint tradition sometimes aired in Church ConTer-
tioDs, that great many years ago the learned
Doctor either did emancipate certain negroes, or
talked about emancpatiDg them, or would have
emancipated them, if it had been perfectly con-
venient from him to do so. How many black goods
were made free goods by the Doctors good inten-
items, We have never seen numerically stated. It's
certain, however, that the Doctor "busted while
engaged in his benevolent enterprise, and 1t equal
ly certain that one unphsppy black man, who
might have been made free, if the Doctors purse
bad been longer, was seized BY remorseless
creditor. Now this negro, if Of hopeful nature,
DO doubt autcipateda life of paradisaca happiness
for was he not sold to the creditor aforesaid,
certain Netbsrland, who was member ofthe Pres'
byterian Church in ROgersville Tenn. VI course
the silly colored person expected life Of hymns
and hominy, of sanctity and samp, Of prayers and
prevender, of bibles and bacon. But ne soon
found out bis mistake. The wretched race are al
ways making mistakes. There is no help for it
they will blunder. When this pi'us Netherland
obtained the black boy, be Immediately exerted bis
right Of PROFESSIONALLY and sold the boy aforesaid
to Mississippi trader. The boy had free wife,
and did not care to leave her. The boy ran away,
as only boys can run away, and staid away year.
What an ill.bebaved boy, Finally, however, he
was caught, as all runaway boys will be, sooner or
later, and brought back in triumph to Rogersvile.
That was a precinct into which any fsgacious and
INEXPERIENCED sinner might not shrink from being
carried Why, there are tSO Presbyterian churches
in Rogersville! But the boy soon found out the
truth; for they took him behind the eecond Of
these churches, and foseed him. Most runaway
boys are cgged, but it is not often that boy with
wife and children is hogged so vigorously.
The man who Rogged him was drunk. The man
who icgged him swOre-actually swore behind the
Second Presb, terrain Church in Rogersyile. Per
baps he would not have sworn behind the First
Church, but this being the Second, and feelings
too many for him, he threw off reyerential re-
strsint and did justice to the occasion. They took
the boy by the parsonage, behind the churca-they
stripped bin naked-they tied him arm and foot to
four saplings-and then the acourging commenced.
The number of blows, ne counted by the specta-
tors was $780, Time, about two hours. The
scourge dripped with blood. The poor boy was
rather raw than otherwise. Aud all behind the
Second Presbyterian Church in RogersviIle, Tenn
Well, the thing behind the church came before
the church. Netherland was member thereof.
The pastor, the Rev. Samuel Sawyer, did think
that the Colonel in thus delivering up the boy to be
icourged with many stripes, had not exhibited
lively regard for the teachings Of Our Savior, or
just appreciation Of the Beattudes. 1t was ques-
ton, certainly. 1t is held in several Christian
States, that to fog and pickle man. or even
woman, is an act of piety, which should at once
elevate the iogger and picker to deaconship in
the nearest ecclesiastical corporation. But the
Rev. Mr.. Sawyer bad kink in his intellectual or
ganizatiop, and was spiritually cranky. He had
been preaching the gospel to that church for nine
long years. however, and felt that be had psternal
right to call Netherland to account. lie thought
that he had rather not have these fierce aagella-
tons going on behind his church.
But Netherland showed proper spirit He re.
fused to be called to account. lie was a regular
Christian and had right to do these things. Have
his own "niggers" fogged why not Didn't
Abraham and Isaac and Jacob fog their niggers
Sell them why not Didn't Josephs brethren
sell him So Netherland, it is clear, had the better
of Sawyer, who was merely bothering his brain
about " GOODWILL to man, or some other mustyin'
culcation. Besides, Netherland was rich. He was
a man Of family. He was man Ofinhuence. Cash,
position and blood, it is evident, must be too much
for any teacher Of the Gospel particularly in Ten
nessee. Netherland ptted his Christianity against
Sawyer's Christianity. 1t was pew rs. pulpit;
ard, of course pew got the best of it, Poor Mr..
Sawyer was driven from the pulpit in which fornine
long years he had waeged his head Poor Mr..
Sawyer is now an exile from the modern Palestine
Of Rogersvile Tenn. He has published a state
ment, but it has not saved him his passionate. He
is DOW sojourner in Indiana.
We are proud of the press. The Knorriue Uhig
came to the rescue like trump. II denounced
Sawyer as an incendiary, an Abotionist, and cut
throat. 1t advised the citizens TO ride the Rev.
Mr. Sawyer upon rail. Very proper A Chris.
tian minister who does not please to have Gods
image scourged behind his church Jay and His
chu1cb too) ought certany to be treated not merely
to that lateral conveyance but to "a balmsge of
tar and a bieroelyphic Of humble feathers"
Mr.. Sawyer did well in "vamosing that (spri.uaD
rancho"
AS for Colonel and Deacon Netherland, he is 10
the very talest condition Of spiritual plumage. He
is getting to be rather an apostle than otherwise.
He is seriously and sodly cracked up in The Jour
al Of Commerce. And more than all, he is ap.
ointtd a delegate to the Convention soon h be
ED in Richmond called to make over the Chris.
IL xalininn and Ex the Eth that u sha MT