The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-23
Letter from DIR. Stokes.
:, cr.rrr1,,r s.MaN lr4 1860

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fsfa6Sfei Of his, sohndnsss .orf the Hlase1
dIasfh5k nj 8 4 i fLt has that sba4, hs ~
anspIe, and All ..sufieiaat TO- Qmxssce you a.
tic rest S6 mankind athat the tOSchsious a
rived At bSIaAaBaptlst,n dliaSf Geo. Stoke
NJ D. arseaerfoneous and false, nay slapds
Gus uuincchristian, naleYolenf &cvIar.s.. al.
It is not necessary to protest that haEe h
narsonally unkind feelings towar4s1heaRe
r. sHstyfsa5n, bn the contrary T hayeateei
rhtasld SNsfH' g5me bis wrifIlgs,.- and Tilt Hit
iatalE I'D ,aqt5s oppose that Ia entertained ser
,.ments hostilei 10 Southern institutions. BIZ
| ist MS in. the calm light of reason and eommo
ssnse examine this matter, and see whethe
injustice has been done the gentleman b
tbe yariotls persons who have spoken out o
/ th;s snhiect and who have condemned him
LANGUAGE nearly as strong as have. 20.
Il Nbw be it known to you, sir, and all til
world beside that the Rev. Mr.. Pendletot
acting President OF Union University, State Q
Tennessee Editor of the Tennessee Baptis
and Baptist Review Professor of Theology
&c, sc, absolutely and ,inequiyocally admit
that he was an emancipationist in Kentucky
TO quote his exact words on the Sd March il
the year of Grace. ABE 1t known to you, MI
Dawson. and the rest of the world, that W
were an emaacgstionist in l849, and at othe
times substantially as follows. That we diC
then and there publish 20 the world our view
of the system of slavery. That We did sa!
that 10 out Of every 90 christian Shareholder,
were guilty of not meeting their responsible
ties. That we did then and there, asscyerat,
in very foreibfe and pointed language, Which
1 it requires no small share of stupidity and sec
tartan bigotry to look over that. zoe detestel
syauerg: it is true that Webster defines detes
/ to mean to loath anything on account Of it
/ meanness and criminaity, therefore, slavery
1 is both mean and criminal, "te JUDGE" But
although / have beyond all Contradiction pub
| lished and republished and now substantially
re affirm thesaIne, by openly on the Sd %
March, 1860 in the Tennessee Baptist telling
all who dare to insinuate aught against me
or ]. Z. Graves, that we do not desire any
! statute of limitation, in my favor; yet / and
Co. rely on the gullibility of our folks; and as
we have often succeeded by crying out Perse.
cution, Persecution we will hawl it out again
and again. We do not, indeed we dare NOT
deny that we did publish and re-pnblish that
slavery promoted infidelity;;" AMI kind reader
this minister Of the Gospel is not opposed to
slavery. So he says and so j. R Graves
says for him. i humb.y ask those reverend
men, appeal to all who love the Gospel, are
we not in good conscience bound to oppose
and eradicate anything that promotes infideli-
ty? Answer that gents. No Roman Catho-
lie or Baptist Jesuit can reconcile his views
and present position.
Mr.. P. also mentions "that intelligent unr
converted men car, have no respect for the re-
ligion of those who advocate the perpetuity Of
slavery" Can stronger ground be taken
against slavery than this !? And yet, sir Mr..
J. r. GreaYes says this man Pendleton is just
as sound ON the slavery question as he is, i. e.
as sound as a rotten egg. II speak advisedly
and declare that John L. Waller in my pres
ence, did say that Graves was unsound on the
slavery question. can therefore readily be-
ieve both, when, they mutually endorse each
other But Mr. Greayes goes still further; he
says Pendlet0n is as sound as any man on
this question. Well, sir, Mr.. g: is bold,
daring man, takes high ground and expects
implicit belief in his followers. :. But in the
face Of all the facts confessed, proved indispu-
ted facts, TO make the above assertion only
proves how unscrupuious is the man. Do
you believe, can any man with thimble-full
Of brains believe Mr.. Grayes?l But Mr.. T.
also asserts that for christian men to wish to
perpetuate slavery is to make intelligent, I'M
converted men believe christianity delusion
and the Bible book of fables. This has the
true ring Of the true Abolition metal Bat
Graves, Pendleton and their cohorts, are
down on me, and they are popular-very-
and If possible will kill me off; now. mind;
Graves, | don't mean you will have me mur-
dered, no sir, L do not dread that; but reputa-
ton all men hold dear may be killed, and
you know how to do it Secttndein artena.-
See how be goes at it; he says am hut an
Hishman and no doubt was an abohtionist be-
fore / left Ireland, and that in the last 2 or
years have begun to own negroes You
know, Mr., Editor, that this man Graves was
turned out of the Church for lying, and he
seems not yet to have mended his ways. Now,
sir, would you believe it, this reverend defam-
er was Hospitality entertained by me 6 years
ago, and knew tnen that was the owner
of a respectable farm and good number of
negroes. 80 !
have been in the United States 33 years
and have owned negroes for over 80 years of
the time. The insinuation against my coun-
trymen was uttered with thu Kpow-uothing
side of his slanderous mouth. IL he do not
behave himself we may publish his Know
nothing platform, the two extra planks and all;
his readiness to take the stump in defence of
Sam, draw the sword, throw away the scah-
bard, and cry blood to the hilt ALI this gas
appeared from his savage pen before be found
out that the Baptists repudiated, kicked and
spat upon his beloved. platform. Then with
the adroitness of jesuit he began to abuse
Know nothingisn and all who would dare to
charge him with ever entertaining favorable
views oft. But | am just now not after him.
Mr.. Pendleton first, by far the more respecta-
bic of the two both as to talents and acquire
ments.
Mr.. Pendleton proceeds to. show By the
awful name of the great and good J John
Wesley" <shis was to ihumbug the Metho4
lists of Kentucky ''that slavery was the
sam Of all yillainies.n Put that in your pipe,
and smoke it if you can 1t is rather bitter
though am an Irishman, and Of late have
been made to endure good deal Of abuse
from just such narrow, IIiteral souls as yours.
You must excuse me gents. i spit it OUT.
and you may rely on it that we are beginning
to be convinced that you ought to spit it out
too, can't you be persuaded to repudiate this
absurd idea ....5..-ss a.. a.. .-.-.-
Now as you beliese7it the sum of all vii
lainies, and as YOU, Mr.. Pendleton, have con-
fessedly published and re,pablished this very
slanderous. idea to the world, and now. in the
present year of our Lord 1860 on the Sd of
March last in the Tennessee. Baptist, did say
that although nearly s11F WEARS had passed
since you had Sp1klished yoaf obnoxious
pamphlet, YET you supposed youswere not
considered sntitled9to any statute Of fimita-
ton in your fayor-nor did you desirea1 l
quote Nh. Pendletqp!s ,swn words Ih the
face of all this how can he or his friends com
plain that injustice is done him. But the
church in Kentucky endorses him and he has
published to the world. that in the. opinion of
some folks in Bowling Greeh, KY, where he
lived, he is considered sound on the slavery,
question. Well, there are all kind of Baptists
in the world, and to complete the assortment
we have Mr.. Pendleton-a southern Baptist
a pro-slavery man--entertaining and publish
ing views the most radically hostile to its per.
lnanency, believing that God does not appross
it and yet making compromise with it.--
Verify never was a man In so awkward a fix.
Ny answer.to his certificate is that with al
the facts before them as furnished by his Ii.
fensise and yituperative pamphlets from which
the above charges are taken and which he has
never denied, any man or set of men who
would or could endorse him as sound must
be unsound themselves What do you say
Mr. P to Republication Of your pamphlet,
SO that all can judge impaatially? Or are you
like the Irishman who when patronizinely
told that he would get justice. remarked that
was just what he was afraid of. 1t isnot,
right for you and Mr.. G. to get mad with al of
us. You have both been down on the North-
ern folks and you have been instilling intothe
minds of Southern people a distrnst q the
Yankees. 3, :;
L Mr. Graves in his usual slashing styie in
Inmates that he is very sorry that the Col
lege at Clinton may be. injured, as am a
Trustee. !. He is mistaken, I am not Emstee
nor have been forf5 or years, so hh love
and kind regard for Mississippi colles need,
| not be at all diminished ON that account But
iwln fatigue my readers-not becauseihe e.
rors and sins Of Mr.. Pendleton against slave
ry are all told, no. far from it. His Nosaie
and Abrahamic arguments are yet to h over
hauled Before 1 concluded ought q make
my acknowledgements to Bro. Aaro1 Jones
Eof the Mississippi Baptist. All rightBro. j.
/ / forgive you and meet your kind beings
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