Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-05-16
Army Corr eSpondence.
A Letter from the Army.
10 an ALohtiontI al lone.

Sir, l will answer yours which | rcceiv-
cd few weeks ago, by referring you to the
Bible. You say, shall we as soldiers,
fighting for the freedom which our fore
fathers gave us, stand and fight tie rcb-
els, Chose who have gone from the Union)
Did our lorelathers fight against slavery
when but cne of thirern States were free.
| say men who arc opposed to slavery,
/ where it now exists are not in fovor of our
glorious Constitution, They have brought
ON us bloody and almost never-ending
| war. Dark are the clouds that overhang
our once happy, but now distracted and
bleeding country. You say the ground
| occupy, is in favor, at the present, oil
indorsing the Southern Confederacy.-
Sir, it is not 50, | am willing to sacrifice
my life if it need be, in defense of the
Stars and Stripes, that our lore-fathcrs
blcd and died for. will not live under
Sesesh Governments, l am not in favor Of
having these once United States divided
into two sections. hope and pray, that
the time may speedily come, when the
Flag of our country shall wave over every
State as it once did You say that sla.
very in all its forms are wrong; And fur
ther, you say, that no man can be Chris
tain, and enjoy peaceful and happy con-
ciencc, and say that slavery is right And
further, you say, GU don't believe that
any person can get to Heaven, that is in
favor of Slavery.
Now sir, arc you Bible reader, and
do you believe the Bible! If you do,
please take notice. Do you re cognize
Noah as a prophet Of God if so, it was
| God himself, who doomed the descendants
of Ham, to perpetual servitude.
If Slavery be sin, in that case God
would be the aa,hor Of sin. Abraham
bought slaves with his money; was he a
sinner, or was he special favoritc Of God.
Did not God bless him, and choose him to
be the father orhis people?
Did George Washington, and our fore
fathers dcnouncc slavery as sin. If your
doctrine is true, all whom we have men,
toned would be among the outcast heath
ems of the world. You donounce slavery
as sin. God says: Exodus 2l-2, if
thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he
shall serve.
Now, this is the command of God, but
if he choose, he may be made slave
forever.
Exodus, 2,-G. Then bis master shall
bring him to the door, or unto the door
post, and his Master shall bore his ear
through with an awl, and he shall serve
him for ever.
Deu,eron. l5-l7 He shall be thy
servant forever.
Is Tod sinner when he says he shall
| be servant forever? ?
Exodus 2l-2O. And if man smi,e
his Servant or his Maid Servants with a
rod and he die under his hands, he shall
be sure y punished.
Next verse
Notwithstanding, if he continues day
or two he shn ! not be punished, for he is
his money
Is not mans money his property?
Leviticus 25-4i, Both thy Bond men
and thy Bond-maids which thou shalt
have, shall be Of the heather that are
around about you Of them shall ye buy
Bond men md Bond maidcns.
Next verse !;
Moreover, of the children of the stran-
; gors that do so journ among you, of them
shall yc bay, ard of their families tn at
are with you, which they bcgat in your
land. And they shall be your possession
Next verse.
And ye shall take them as an Inherit
ancc of your children after yoi, to inner
it them for possession. They shall be
your Bond.men forever.
God authorizes the buying of Slaves
He authorizes them to be held as a pos
session. God declares that they shall be
an inheritance passing from father to son
lie declares that they shall remain in this
relation forever.
You say slavery in all its forms arc
wrong. You condemn what God has
: thought just, or in other words you on y
believe the Bible, The Apostles inste az
of dcnouncing it as sin, recognize it as ;
! lawful rclati on.
, Ephe. G-5. Servants, be obedient tc
them that are your masters according tc
, tho A. sh