The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-08-19

ma busted rlght up Ike steamer D1ier, TO
think O all his pootty fun, an capers, an frisks,
al fawnius round mes bein turned fust into
pain, an fright an misery, an then into nasty.
stinkin, little lump o worms an carrien under
the leaves, that he'd ha' been SO glad to be
playin with, when he hadn't done thing un,
der the sunto be punished for. He was Jest as
good "a good could be, an minded every word
Isaid to him; an couldn't see why he shouldn't
be took up an rewarded Jest as much as
anybody else SO the very fust camp meetin 1
could h'ar on, i jest took tramp o forty mile,
to ask psrson what chance there was for him !;
an he said, none, an I'd better forgit trifes, an.
think O my soul, an make my peace with God;
but told him, if them was Gods ways with in
nocent critters, / reckoned thar want no great
chance with Him no how for sinner like me;
an if l did make the peace, I'd be likely to
break it, an cuss an swear like the devil, when,
ever-I thought o poor Tip; so 'twa'n't hardly
wuth WHILE"
II beg your pardon, sir" interrupted Mr..
Grubbe, addressing himself to Herman, re
greet to be obleeged to leave you but don't
remain no longer in the seat of the scorner.
had hoped, from the turn of your conversation
previously, sir, that it wouldn't have been ne
cessary to warn you against evil commoonica-
tions; but you're a-beginning to prove what
was a-observiug Of just now, of the extra-ordi-
nary effect on weak brethren of change of sit.
ooation." He rose and left the guards.
Tho no III ~ pondarad N :oetork
able to comprehend that any offence could have
been given by his frank statement of his own
spiritual case but, as the meaning of Mr..
Grubbe's elegant language, and its application
to himself, dawned upon him, he sprang to his
feet, threw his hand to the back of his neck
with practiced sleight, and pulled up FIVE or
six inches Of a seemingly interminable knife
between his skin and his collar, as he might
have pulled up q snake out of its hole. The
white hairs of the retreating old man seemed to
reprove him, however for ne paused, and NUT
tered, "Too burned old Fight, Stranger {"
continued he, speaking to Herman, who had
hitherto sat silent, though attentive, :" I reckon
yer responsible for him? 2"
Thank you," said Herman, going on non.
chalanay With willow whistle, which he was
making for the child of the steward "We'n
have fencing match by.sndby, if you like, If
we can find any foils; but it's rather warm at
present for anything of that sort, and would
rather sit and talk little longer first.
was interested in what You were saying about
your poor little dog. III had been at the camp
meeting, 1 should have been disposed, when
your parson said there was no chance for it, to
ask him, How do you know that q as you did
Mr.. Grubbe just now"
~ bet did, said the son of the wilderness,
frat puzzled, then appeased; and the knife sank
again into its sheath.
"What answer did he make you ?"
Odd bosh i disremember half on it now,
d Ut ne BaIu Luat CrIIJers was IOr was
eatin, an drinkin, an sleepin, an 6ghtin-an
that's all that Injuns is-an in heaven
thar wouldn't be none O. that a.goin on, but
singing psalms an praisin the Lord an crit
ters want up to that An they received thar
good things in this world, an thar sufferins
want much, an was the reception, too, an not
the rule, so they didn't want no compensa-
ton"
IL know. have heard good deal of that
sort of special pleading myself and do not
relish it much more than you do, especially
from clergymen. l am afraid that they are,
some of them, much too apt to take it for grant.
ed in the first place that a thing is so, and
then to undertake to prove that it ought to be
so, when they know neither the fact nor the
reasons. People tell us good many things,
think, in the name of God, that God never told
them"
ais they heaven for clever brutes, then, do
you reckon?"
1t seems to me there are stronger reasons
for believing that, than for believing the con-
trary."
"When ye're parson, I'll jine yer church."
Every we'll when am, shall be glad to get
a nearer; and one thing you may be very sure
of then, that shall not undertake to serve the
God of truth by telling lies nor making false ex.
cuses for Him, nor by pretending to know more
of His counsels than do. This matter of the
FUTURE state of the dead, He has left almost
wholly wrapped in mystery. Almost the only
thing which he has told us clearly about it is,
that good men and women shall be very well
off after they leave this world and bad ones,
very badly. Therefore, if you ask me whether
the lower animals will live again, tell you hon.
estly, in the Grst place, that do not know but,
in the second, that there is much to encourage MS
to hope they will-many more reasons than
shall have time to state to you, and great
many besides, dare say, that have never
thought of. 1t is of no use for anybody to try to
convince you and me, that the domestic ami
mails at least-the only ones of which have
seen nuch-do not suffer, and very often griev-
ously, in their life on earth. They enjoy more
than they suffer usually, it is very likely-as
suspect that human beings debut they suffer,
notwithstanding, not only in their bodies, but in
what you and should call their souls-their
feelings as keenly in proportion to
their power of enjoyment as we do; and past
pleasure is no more compensation for present
pain to them that it would be to u.s."
"Tm blasted if 'tis Poor Tippy wouldn't
ha' yowled 80 like murder, an wriggled round
on bis bed, an tried to stand up on his legs, an
foller, when he seed me agoing Of to leave him
q spell, an shoot somethin for MS to eat, if be
hadn't ha' known by 'xperience what jolly fun
twas for him to 60 along an help"
"a female animal, whose young are taken
from her, plainly endures the same kind of
pain-I don't Say the same degree, of course
that woman does ct the loss Of her child. It
is not physical pain; if it is not spiritual what
is it2 Then, the merely physical agonies Of
beasts are often such as you and are not