The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-03

| L IcpicScitcu my Sci w Hull HiSIcpIcScH-
alton causes me, at the solicitation of friends,
to ask place in the columns of your paper,
to set in their true light some of the positions
therein taken by myself and also OF those Ia
ken by Nj. Taunton. ..-..-
lam represented by "Oa Tie Fence Yet"
as Democrat AMI for the democracy, advo-
eating slavery n, it exists in the United
States as of Dvin, origin, and Advocated by
me as b,in, d,;t.in, of tn, dem ,.rati, par
ty. Sush is not tn, fact. For d | MT al
vocate slavery as being ths doctrine Of any
political party. | will here state in connec-
ton with what fjllowel the circumstances
that lei t. the dis ,ussion between Mr. Taul-
ton AM myself, that my position may not b.
misunderstood by the reader Of "Oh the
Fence Yet"
Mr.. Tarnton delivered le:ttrc, taking as
a foundation for his rem .rks, Gan slavery as
it exists in tn, United States b, sustained on
m ,ral AMI r,lg iols grounls." In the course
of hi; remarks, aon, with may other harsh
things, stat,I, 'th,t there was very little
c IN ,cienc. sol tn Of the Potomac,' AMI that
''slavaholdr s, nor even tn. ao,l,.i;ts o!
. slavery, should not b. al:nittcl int, church
as MEMBERS, nor should they b. allowed
church privileges"
At tn, clos. Of Mr.. Taunton's lecture,
was callel upon by large number Of tn.
audience t. answer his speech, to which
eons.at.d All in M op .ning remarks,
stated that AN. Tiers, not the representa-
tive Of any Political party, nor to represent
the views Of any political party, but can.
as frccm,n, to condemn anl c,nfute tn.
!. errors of Mr. Taunton, as promulgated in his
speech, anl to cstlbi, III truth in tn .ir stea l.
and that alone was responsible for anythins
| mi GIT say Oh thu OCCASION.
Therefore, ''On the Fenc. Yet il in .-ror
when he repre- seats M as advocating for any
political p ,rty.
Again, he says, "Wn.n NJ. Fowler said
that he woull prove the Divine sanction to
perpetual slavery throu (, all coming tim
from the fourth and tenth con- nan lmclt,, I
felt easy" This statement rcpr. ,-nts me
differently to that which | did say Mr.
Taunton had said, that if it could be shown
that slavery was ad nissb,c, by the Law of
Moses, that the Pent,teu IN ha | all been re-
repealed but the D.cllogu- and that did not
recognize slavery. And in answer, said,
admit tn. Pentatcuch all to be repealed, but
the Decalosu,, ther. was yet sutfi ,ient in the
fourth AMI tenth commandments to prove
the Divine sanction OF slavery. In this col
nection said n,thin, about it, pc:p,t iity,
nor in this come :tioa did say anyt'lin :
about the Gre,k word "Doulos' and the
English "bondmsn," az am represented in
the continuation Of the quotation, as follows
II said if he can do that an Dam )crat till
death, but it was not done to my satisfaction
and why! Because he hsd previously stated
that the Greek Tord "Doulos" wh.l trans
latel into the scriptures meant slave any,
when the word 60ndmaa was Il ed mad:
no such statement with r. ,arl t. I'D ,llos'
anywhere. But supp,', | ha sid So
what a su5an. cause fpr Mt bin, p:)ye:
to his satisfaction simply because tn wo:l
boadman was not there; w,lel tn. words
virtually the same meaning, STAR. Logical
ind.,l! wonder not at your receiving no
more benefit from tn. discussion, sacin yDu
are po's,sse Of s, p, ,illiar , kin Of r.as ~
| d. not d,Sigi, in this article, to lis us, any
ofthe topic, of tliif.renc. between NJ Taln-
ton AMI myself, but as "Oh tn. Fem. Yet"
has not represented either of u, as he sh )u'd
have done, in connection WITH what have
already said, wish to state further some po-
sitions taken. Mr. Taunton, when crowded
to the brink of the precipica, denied having
taken the position in his al. ',m.nt that slave
ry, in the United states, was political evil
and asserted that it was not political
evil. In comparing this with his text. and
many Of his arguments, or rather, statements,
we can but cxcain, 30! consist .ncy what
ijcwcl"' And finally, he made all effort to
try to escap. from the testimony of eminent
men of ihc United States Tat he had lin self
introduced on the stand As witnesses when
used against hin, by :claring that they,
with the generality Of tn, public m,n of the
United States, held private views when in
their closets, just opposite, or to the reverse
of those advocated by them in public What
a recommendation to the honor of our nation !!
As it is not the design in this, to review
I former arguments, nor to introduce new ones,
on any Of the positions ken by either Mr.
Taunton or myself, will not now attempt to
throw any new light, as am requested to
do, OH what Mr. Taunton terms dilemma"
and 'On the Fence Yet" tight ix'-that
being, as demon 'trat.on showed at the TIM,
argued successfully and fully answered b.
Alc.
design now to investigate this man "On
the Fence Yet" and see who and what he is.
lie starts out by holding himself up as for
many years having been very religiously in
clined. Iwould suggest to my yelled friend
| hot H. IL II