The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-07-21

l1ey Will CaeTe ma Cn1C the WOTQS, - Jlal
soul shall die" have the same meaning as
those in Ezekiel 18th ch 4th and other vers-
4 es IF we view the subject in this truly
scnptural and an Barksrtsh light. we shall
readily see that If the curse of the drunken
Patriarch was ever valid. then EEesiel 18th
eifectually removed it. This would cut the
doctrine Of negro slavery" off for ever, and
no ma knows that fact better than Mr.. f.
I Here again | bring him to dead lock; and
! might rest the case in full confidence Of the
public verdict for universal freedom" But
my duty is to trot him through. Mr.. F. in
sisted that no kind Of ofser7itude could be per-
petaal with the jews. because they were to
proclaim in the year of Jubilee, full ''liberty
throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
thereof" In the oral discussion Mr.. F. did
mot touch this vital point at ALL vital in
Jewish law,) and in his written reply to me,
he is much more lame than he was in his s-
lence. He thinks that scrvitude might be
perpetual. notwithstanding the command OF
God that it shall not. He says suppose a
law sets out with declaring tilat all the prop
erty in the State ofIowa shall be taxed, and
and afterwards goes On to tax hogs and dogs,
what would be done with that? Alas! for
the cause of poor slavery aud its apostle !;
driven to the wall must it resort to such
paltry su5terfuge as this? If the preamble
ofa act taxing property in Iowa is made a
misnomer, Moses is not to blame for that !:
our legislators must learn to call things by
their proper names Observation-Disclosures is any
such Statute in Iowa it is imperfectly drawn;
after the words "au the property in Iowa.
it should follow, except snch as may herein
after be exempted" As there is no exemp-
ton in the Jubilee we have no right to claim
or make any; the law is so distinct and clear
that there is no evadng tit does not say
to all the Hebrews in the land but to all the
inhabitants thereof-here is no limitation or
exception, and it is IN established rude, that
where there is no limitation we are warrant
ed in taking it in its widest sense. If the
Mosaic text is not sufficiently explicit, NJ E.
should have given us draft of mis- own, and
let US see how he would shape his legal learn
ing so as to give 'liberty to ALL" .
His attempt to prove the right of the He
brew master to sell his servants, is too con-
temptable for notice; the Bible furnishes no
example Of any such sale, and the permission
to sell is nowhere given. Mr. f. says that
his "feeble scope of mind" cannot compre-
hend how the bondmen could be released at
the year Of jubilee, and yet descend as an
| "inheritence" from one generation to anoth
er; this problem, he says. is ''too gigantic
for him to solve'--one of his owls win solve
it for him. Lctus suppose the year Of Jubi-
lee just expired, and year of servitude CON-
mencing; then let us suppose Hebrew, 60
years OF age having sou 80 years of age
and that son having also son FIVE years of
age; here are the representatives. of three
generations, and before another Jubilee oc-
ours, "a period of forty-nine years great
grand-child win be born, making four gene
rationS, all living within the space of forty
nine years. Now, then, let the old gentle
mau purchase bundmaa on the frst year
after the Jubilee; in a year or two he dies.
leaving thirty seven years of service stipu-
lated for, unfultillei, bat, services for forty
nine years were paid for; of course. then, by
the law of Moses and by the law of common
sense, the right to that uufllfilled term of
service descends to the son !; that son dies
alSo and the unexpired service is transmit
trd to the next generation, and so on until
it has PASSED before the next Jubilee,
into the .f6ur generations Here is the very
simple and easy solution of what Mr.. +. calls
problem too gigantic for his fseble scope OF
mind to solve" Having been so sorelv
puzzled with this Gigantic problem" we
may venture to give him credit for telling
the truth when he says his scope of mind ls
| fceble;" this humble confession looks like
returning reason, to a mind which of late has
rather wandered; and which at Jays school
house would pompously say 81 pledge my
reputation as scholar" By his own con-
fsssion that reputation" is now below par,
and the scope of mind" is so feeble" that
he has to implore one of his "owls'' to solve
very simple "problcm !" and show him
''what light was made for;" verify, we may
exclaim, ''how are the mighty fallenr'
As an evidence that his hnc powers of
mind are become feeble" | viii Just remark
that he clearly intended an insult either to
| me or Mr.. Taunton, OF both at Us, 10y apply
! ing the epithet, .'owl." So far from regard
ing it as an insult feel highly compliment
ell BY it-every great scholar knows that
the "owl' was sacred TO Minerva, and is al
ways regarded as the emblem OF fctSioHs---
for the compliment may thank his folly,
not his good viii. REPUBLICAN,.
The Westminster clock in London, has
cost the nation Sll0. 900. punch" says il is
strong exempli6cation Of the homeiy truth,