Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10

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would boldly speak your mind, yo
would tell your bearers in the Tab
llernaele thai, Washington was a acaitif
land Jefferson a thistle or hideou
hag. Is &1
Il know what sou will say--tha
/ those illustrious men, those slave
holders, always felt and said tha
isiayery was an incubus and a ours
To the country. Possibly it may b
so. That is q subject on which ]
gave no opinion. But. the natioua
debt is an incubus and a curse t,
England, and yet many good men
believing it to be so, hold debentpres
and even go sofar as to buy stock il
the tbree-and a-half per cents. &
But yeu, crusaders Of abolition
gre not content to- rest the casesor
grounds Of policy. You will have. il
that those who differ from you, and
agree with aAthe wisest of mankind
are fools and Wilkins. You have a
nnmber ef exclamations and inter
jec.ions always ready, and you seem
to think people will take them for
reasons. .WhatR you cry. can a
man be a .chattel?' To which Ian
tswer, why not?s1 The Legislator OF
the Jews saw no harm mil. Would
you sell being with an immortal
soul?'l CERTAINLY; Moses and the
Prophets did the same, Would yon
send back a fugitive to his maste,?'
.AssuredIy;; Paul the apostle very
honestly sent back the abseonaing
0nesimus, and begged of his owner r,
the worthy Pbile mon, Pauls dearly
believed and fellow-lahorer, to9orgiye
bis returning slave. ~ ~ {. )
Was Paul a hideens ,hag2 Believe.
me,it is Your reverence who is an:
old woman. Y Yeu viii never geta
new code Of morality received among
men,. Wo willznerer consent to be-
liese3 that you are a better CHRIS
tian than.lhe fonndersef fhat;resigion;
that you love Liberty better than.
those immortal Greeks who invented.
H;'that You are a stroer rePubtiean'
than all the srepnblicaEs of ancient
and modern times, and OF both hem:
ispberes. !, This is undoubtedly a.
great. century, aud thinkssit KNOWS
nuch,s but, Ihave always been ac-I
cnstomed TO thank my God th:it ]
am behind my age 1t is a matter OF
taste. q sflF sse5.e s-isss ~. ~ 80
s For tbe sake Of undeceiying your
mt the Tabernacle, L think.
i right now to:infofm them (apd I dol
{ with,regrut) that you are ia the
habit Of giving 50 erroneous an ac.4f
count Of slavery among the5 ebfeus,
hat Moses himselfwobld net knew
lisiown sIaw IF be heard tbem de-
'elihed in one zeft your, reverence 81
ecfnres. You say7that the Mosaic
an did not Indeed prohibit slavery,
3ut surrounded the system with such
restrictions as to nlaks.it very -in-5
convenient and fiually.tok abolish It.
The very ingenious authoress of'Un-i
lie Toms Cabin, in her Key to theI
same, has asserted quoting a. Mr.
Barnes for it, that although Hebrews
might buy slaves they could moi sell
them; and again that there VAS Jan
enactment requiring Hebrew slave
holders to liberate their slaves every
liffieth year. ThrseAare statements
which you aud your school seem 10
take on trust from Mrs. Stowe and
Mr.. Barnes; but you will find ,thatTit
IS unsafe to rely for facts of this kind
Upon pamphleteers orrlady-novelisfs;
Undoubtedly: some of your hearers
and some Of the readers Of Uncle
Tom. will be surprised TO hear that
there weIe 70 snehs enaclments. at III,
except in relation TO that class Of
slaves who were children Of Israel
The Mosaic law commanded tie
Israeliles 10. boy slaves from the.
heather *ho were round about =
These sIsses il commanded them To-
take ,as,ah inheritance forever. 'Tei
shall take. them asan, inheritance for
your children after you,s to ihherit1
them for a possessions; they shall be |
your bondnlen foy.per. BIT ever
sour brethren the children of ISRAEL,
ye shall not rule over one mother
with rigor. Qeyits XIV, 46) q
! fn the year Of jubilee, liberty yasII
proclaimed throughout the land, So
al the inhabitants thereof; but is it
possible for a learned theologian, like,
yonr reverence, not to. be aware that,