New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-27

morrow The Hebrews were permitted 10 Keep
slaves "of tue heather that were round about
them, and no doubt for prudent reasons-and
they were not told to go Africa for their
bondmen. This was the divine punishment
of Amorite, and CannaDite, and Hittite and
Perizzite, and Hiyite, and Jebusite; but where
i. there anything said Of fitting out slayers
to bring over the Ethiopians' On the con-
trary, the Jews were particularly commanded not
10 vex strangers. "For ye were strangers In the
'laud of Egypt" is the affecting reason given. IL
was upon the sinful patons. Of Palestine that
the heavy but natural curse rested-the meet re-
ward of their uDrigbteousness. Strangers, the Jews
were to love as they loved themselves. And yet
the (supposed) progeny of Cush are to Dc doomed
to perpetual slavery in the United States, because
the AmalekItes were doomed to destruction IL
ia by such limpng l)gic as this-that many men
who should have known better, have been hum
bugging good-natured folks for quarter OF a cen
tury Old Jacob Bryant, who was walking
miracle of antiquarian research, exposed the
wretched fallacy aud falsehood of the argument
nearly ninety years ago; and here it comes up TO
| yex us in A. ID. 1861, driveled out by men whom
1t would be fulsome fattery to call seiollsts'
We cannot go. into the demonstrations OF toi'
great man to-day, for they are too large and rec
| opdite 10 be easily condensed and made popular;
| but the next time our Lawyer undertakes 70 all
his Hebrew learning at the expense OF humanity
we warn him, that we shall have Jacob Bryan
ready for him. We mean to silence these non
sensical perversions of Scripture; and there are
twenty excellent authorities on our side, jewish,
Christian and Pagan, who will be FORTHCOMING II
they shall be wanted.
And, after all, have not the Arkansas theoo-
piaps invented a better way of getting out oil
these difficulties, than is to be found IN mere DIS
mutation. which, after nl is like the straw-rofe
IN the classical story. which the ass--we' IN TINS
| case. being OF course the ass-deyoured al one
end while somebody wOye it at tho other. NO
Arkansas logic is of the curt, conclusive
bempen variety. If any ambitious scholar de-
sres to 90 there to dispute about Greek roots
and Hebrew texts, let him hot load himself with
lexicons aud cbre.tomatbies; but rather let him
make his will, and upon arriving at dear, de-
ipbt(ul Dardonele, be measured OF once for hs
coffin. Asprants to martyfdOm will please 10
I observe that here is q lovely field at our yer!
doors Do not talk any longer about
the fehcities Of being poisoned in Africa, Of
being eaten in New-ZealApd, Of being cutt.
cularly engraved by the unspohsticaed artists
of Southern seas; when, By taking rail for
Arkansas, you Can be neatly turned up and
turned of for the safe of text, in lees than
twenty minutes. Arkansas is evidently the pace
in which to pursue the study cfBiolcol criticism
Who,o would learn discreetly to eUlarge upon
LevItcus and Deuteronomy; whose would Obtain
that measure OF knowledge which Will enable
him to pronounce all texts sayoring Of humanity
| spurious; whcso would find himself sweetiy
saturated with the beautiful brutaties of the
worlds infancy; whose would become coarse,
profane, slavoboldiue, drunken patriarch-let hun
pursue his curriculum with the hangmen PROBES
| sors OF Arkansas