Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-02-27

we have heard King Pharoah spoken Of IN terms
Of disfespcct The preachers all seem TO have
pick at him, and especially at his heart, which,
4 you would believe them, was as hard as gran
Ito They always tell one side Of the story; let
Us givethe cther:--Erchaage,
Pharroh was king Of Egypt in Africa, coun-
try once celebrated for its science its corn crops
and its stone masons When the Pharaoh
about whose heart we hear so much, was on the
throne the Egyptians owned about two millions
OF ofslaves-decendants Abraham. These slaves
were multiplying very rapidly; we're in the
main contented, and were better off by far
than the most Of us. Pharaoh aud the Egypt
ians were much attached to them" "provided
fot them," made all their laws, and they had
nothing in the world to do but work, eat, and
be Jolly Their masters had all the trouble.
But they were multiplying too fast, so well off
we're they, and Pharaoh was induced to order
that after certain day all the male slave child
rem born should be drowned or strangled like
kittens. This looks bad, and The preachers
have made the most Of it;-but let us consider
his motive. 1t was to make slave insurrection
impracticable Now, we all know what hor-
rible thing a slave insurrecton is. We have
heard OF st. Domingo. Stump orators some-
times tell us Of st. Domingo. Pharaoh thought
his brutal slaves might beincited by some mis-
Orable fanatic like John Brown to rise, and then
what would they do but cut throats, burn hous-
es, ravish their dusky mistresses and runpitch-
forks through the curly headed children oftheir
good masters. Who will say that in view of all
these possible horrors. IL was not hest inst 10
send the little Hebrew slave bows of one or two
generations TO heaven. where thew would he
better off?
Tt is true, too, that whipping and beating even
to death, was rather common, and that women,
even. were not SHARED. but 10 offsai ,h;s thav
had nlentv of leeks onions. and otber sovory
things to eat, and ali thew could do. They had
no concern Of mind. no schools 10 attend no laws
10 make no cares 10 f,rrow their faces no,bin,
TO do but work, eat and be Jolly. We arc cers
tain that ifa correspondent ofthe London a7Y,es''
had taken boat ride on the Nile An those davs
he would have failed for language ia describe
the happv condition Of the ebiya1rops Egyn,ian
masters and their contented slaves. %
But. alas, they were walked from tbe;r hiss.
ful dread of happiness bv one Moses Now.
Moses was well educated man, but like too
many now. he made a bad nse of his learning
He was kind of Yankee agitator. He once
saw an Egyptian beating Hebrew slave and
instead Of helping to subdue tbe slave as he
should have done, he smote the master so yio-
lentlv that he died from the blow. For this
cause he was Obliged to run away. But he did
not stay away. he heard something out M n
burning bush one day, which iniamed his abo-
lition notions. fanatics are always having vis-
ions) and SO he went back to ESypt: and when
he pot back, every thing was going we'll The
country was 1ourishing. The people were uni-
ted. Taxes were low and trade prosperous. If
Pharaoh had hung him up at once. a great deal
of trouble would have been avoided. But he
did not hang him, and the trouble began. Mos
es insisted on the immediate and unconditional
emancipation of all the Hebrews. Think of m
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happy and worth about $2OO,OOOOOOl How
could Moses ask such sacrifice of prnpertve--
He claimed that God had sent hin-tbat the Is
raelties were oppressed, and all that; but Moses
was a minister: what right had he to meddle
with slavery in Egypt, purely apolitical oues-