The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-05-26
BY THOMAS FOWLER.


In reviewing the remarks Of Mr.. Tau',ton
during the discussion, and the letters of '.On
the Fense yet;' there will, to considerable
extent be a lack of system in the arrange
ment Of our arguments arising from the de-
sultory manner in which they hare handled
their subject A q
By way of depression we m lst confess that
we feel alta loss how to speak of the person.
ages Mr.. Taunton and "On the Fence yet y
whether we should speak of them in the sin
gular or plur,l number. Their language,
heirideas, their whole procee lure are so very
similar, that we are irresistably led to the con-
clnsion, that by those strong demonstrations
OF affinity that exists, that their identity
amounts to unity, that tha latter is fully mcrg-
el into former, forming one boiy. one mind
/. and one faith partaking Of the unhoiy spirit
Of abolitionism, and becoming a kind of latter
day trinity. Hence we shall speak of them
hereafter in the singular number. fta.se ..s'
In his first letter Of son the Fence yet"
. he states his case as being deplorably dark,
and having become SO by his proposed d-
lemma for Us, with regard to the separation
Of slave husband and wife, fornication, adul-
terry, &C., arising from the sale Of slaves. We
shall not attempt to dispell that deep dark
ness with which he is enveloped, 1--WE seldom
engage in impossibilities) for all the suns of
light pouring in their ilicess,nt rays for an
equal number Of years, could not penetrate
the deep darkness beneath which his moral
nature is buried. "Ephraim is joined to his
IDOLS, let him alone'' p5 81 i sqejsi-rs-q
Then VIC will shell those feeble rays
Of light that We may be possessed of, for those
who having eyes, see; an having ears, are
ready I, hear and unlerstsnl. ia p.
Mr.. Taunton has taken the position, that
slaves are m,rrie ! or they are not married. !"
Andif marriel, he says: g Cursed is he that
parteth man and wife," He further says:
"he also violates the injunction Of the Sa-
viar,n Whom God hath joined together,let
no man put asunder.'' And if separated,
he says, they have to form new sexual con.
nections, which is adultery. This is the
point upon which Mr.. Taunton hangs, aud
the one which has so terribly affected him in
the form Of our only bcgotten son " On the
FenceAyct.vaI.is .
Now let US investigate these slledgcd OBJ
jections to The system Of slavery in the U.
States, and see what importance may be at
<~cA cArI - Ia. A1uTE AftAHr eFffsl e
Hsws.M Ms r. to determine "whcm God
hathjoined togethers" If is all those, Who
cshabit as husband and wife, what will he
do with the Hsbrswsssrvant who served his
master six years and not liking him, had to go 60
out, leaving his wife and children in slavery ?
Who separates this man and wifsa- Is it not
ths divine law the wife aud her children
shall her masters, and he shall go out by him
se1'-Ex. Ala. Now If slave laws Of the
Unitsd States permits The separation Of hus-
band and wife, has not the divine law done
the ane thingt tits true, that under GER
tain contingencies, the separation might not
take place by the divine Ian. but perpetual
slavery WAS the result, Those contingencies
were not tunder the control o. either the mas.
ter ~ tho slave but were dependent upon
other circumstances entirely for, il by some
diyersing and, disinclinsd love Of tho slAEs
ior ne n ma master, the law doomed the separa-
hon.a The slave must love his master ana
children, on the law dooms the separation, no
matter how rnurh he may love his wife,. =.
TheretoFe, NJ. Tsunton's argument upon this
position must fall to the ground.
,Again, We might ask, what IS marriage -
ThsAnswsr would thas present. itself. ! Mar
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