The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-01-23
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Penns ylvanian.
THE DECOLOGUE AND ADOLITIONISM.



THE DECOLOGUE AND ADOLITIONISM
Pontiac ILL.,. December, 1859.
SIR am one of the constituents of the large
club got up very recently among US for your Dollar
Weekly. Yours, and such like, are the papers eye-
ry Btle-revering and peace-loving citizen Of the
United States wishes now to see widely circulated
Times get very Observation-Disclosures puts forth
every effort revolutionize this blessed land, and
the friends Of order and of the constituted author
ties have only one means ofdefcncc-the Press and
we must use it. Aboliuonis,n, with its usual fierce
ness and discrimination has of late pressed upon
cur quiet city debate on slarery which, though
against all prudence and caution the present ex
cited state of the community, the Democratic party
could well decline altogether and accordingly 4
came off last week. Dr. Botteheim who resides
some miles north his farm, quit. in retirement
and known 70 the public only as physician and tin
We usually ge. from the D.,ctor something new I
ssrcE me 4 novsIs s .ss a w,eh
wi1lSr csrcuH.tso s... i.ses ss. f.,.,.s ~ our
country papers Tae Ds,,o. >:,i,i
l. The abotioI-L> viii ~ and i,v lie t,li,pced
to expunge one coaI'h 'i',ilst f"n the Dccao:sle,
! viz:
Thou shalt aot eoset thy neighbo,'s bondneun nor
kis 6oadscoaaaa. - ihs Last of the ten command
ments will always shareholders propeyty
in slaves, wherever the Bible is regarded divine.
None has ever yet ventured to declare the Dec
alogue superseded by the Gospel, and as long it
is read in our churches, slaves ION divine I.ity)
may be considered righttul property.
2. Il tugltsce sLtte 1enAtndest to the Onaer 6y an
anyeL-The second striking acw idea advanced by
the DOCtOr Was Thine following HaTar, SuralS slave,
had fled; and the angel of the Lord found her in
the wilderness" And what did he say her +?
Eagar here is ticket tor the underground railroad,
speed on? ? No such thing! But nc said, 'Hagar,
Sarais maidhe terms used in the origin Il for SER
want and maid, unless otherwise modified, always
denote slaves-retur~ to thy mistress, and submit
thyself to her. or literally though thou bc torment
ed under her hand Here is Il fugitive slave law
in all its practical visor enforced by heavenly de-
tective.
3 have also from private conversations with the
Doctor another biblical example of fugitive slave
law, found in l Sam. 80 I5 There an EGYPTIAN
slave, owned by Amalekitc, had been cast off by
his master in the midst of the road in a diving con-
dition. Cruel as his master had been to him and
engaged, as he knew David then to be- in the deadly
war against his master, and permitted, naturally
enough, to reckon on David's gratitude for the i'm
portant service-the betrayal Of the enemys camp
|-expected of him, yet he insisted David should
swear unto him by Cd, that he would not deliver
him into the hands of his master. Had the prohi-
biton, Duet %: 10, related to any but Hebrew
slaves, at least slaves owned by Hebrew masters
David instead of swearing, might have frankly told
the Egyptian Of the law by which he was bound to
respect his freedom. But the restoration Of fugitive
slaves universal, and the slaves plead
ed for their escape little believed that the
Egyptian nigger was sure that nothing less than Il
solemn oath will secure exception TO be made in
his case"
AS correspondent from new ground, fresh
droker by your journalistic efforts think mi,st
uot trespass more on your crowded columns But
there Was much more i'll the Doctors remarks that
in my simple way if you desire it. j.
CAPTURE OF A SLAYER
On the 22d September as II. NJ S, Spitffre was
steaming to windward, briguntne, suspected of
being engaged IN the slave trade, was met off Agh-
way Blight Denn, running to lecward, which
shortly afterwards anchored at Whydah, a noted
slave depot, at which place her Majesty's slip
Spitire likewise anchored For three days the
suspected vessel remained there pretending to dis
charge plank and other cargo. On Sunday fore
Snrf fhorl 81,
the brigantine left Whydah, and ran to leeward,
Desiring not to lose sightof her the Spfre steam
ed i'll the same direction that afternoon and Lieut..
Chapman, having ascertaned that she was not an
chored at Jackin, to which place the brigan:ne
was said to have been bound, proceeded in chase,
and came up with her working off the land, on u
wind, at 19 Z. NJ. No satisfactory answer being
returned when hailed she boarded, and proved
to be the suspected vessel. The boarding officers
returned apparently satisfied with the result and
with the account given by the person representing
ing all this, doubt to her honesty remained in
Lieut. Chapman mind and there being almost
Calm, he decided on steaning back to Jackin, to
learn some particulars OF her having been off that
place, which is noted slave station. Having
ascertained early n,gnlg IA vessel had shipped
slaves there the previous aIt.ri.on, he proceeded
again In search of the b1gantinc came up
with her at 10 a. M September 26. Lieut.
Chapman boarded in person. and not being satisfied
with the answer given by the person supposed to
be the master OF the vessel, who said that he had
Issued immediately the frantic cries of Sitting hun
dreds OF wretchesi human beings who were huddled
together In heaps, Naked regardless of age.
AT the same time two three of the leaped
out OF the hold, naked to the waist, and begrimcd
with the blood OF the wretched blacks whom they
cruelty lshed into keeping silence, looking in every
respect demons The flag that she warrantably
had laid claim to Was hauled down by of her
crew, and the b. ttisl up amidst the hearty
cheers and joyful shouts of the rescued Africans.
The vessel Was found to contain $50 slaves, and
taken in tow to WIIydah, and dispatched to Sierra
Leone, with the slaves all healthy, for adjudication
in the Prize Court at shat place.
MAYOR NOJD FO.s PRESIDENCY.
[From The Concord y III Dcn,cr-tIc Standard
We have seen he naine vi Mayor Wood men
toned III cOnnectioh Wt.i the Prcsi.nry His
nomination at Ca ,re>.... u an ,:n,. ,s.tle
event. de has pr x Vt -,,-.., .to-
~ In the recent -. CITY
OF New ork To al y ii Il mas 4 ud-
mItted that he h,> -ru,t ,!r.,I III t..ei.i and
remarkable cour.: a.ni energy W"n men
contemplate the career vi L..u.s Na poieon of
France they cannot look upon any political
event as impossible in connection with a talen-
ted, perseveriny aud ambitious man like Mayor
Wood. We think 1t would be unwfSe to ex-