Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-09-09
OLD SERIES,


jet. and happy in is results.
But when Egypt vas Af peace in al her
borders. and when The land vas fon of gold
and silver. and all things we're going in the
accustomed path pleasantly. Mose.. a runa-
vsy slave. and murderer. 20 show his grat-
itude for the preservation Of his life By a re-
lative Of mine. came into this country. and
began 20 preach up abolitionism, Thu.
shows how wise your countryman are in
making laws which forbid slave to learn
90 read or write.
Had Moses not obtained 4 good eduea-
tion At the Public expense. be uoald have
been a harmless fellow. IA Il vas he rais-
81 great disturbance. was then on the
throne. and IN shc goodness Of my heart.
treated the fellow Kindly. when should
have thrown him into the Nile az once. He
demanded the emancipation. without COM
pensaiion. of s2OO. .OCO 600 -orth Of chat
tels lie asked Ne to violate the old Ia~.
% my country. under which they had been
bvld Tor hundreds Of years. lie insisted
thar our poor slaves. Who had had no expe-
rienc- and would ce-taislv starye % death
by hundred. and thousands. should be turn
81 loose Al once. and b. kept up the arifa-
tion. on one prctext and another. until the
whole kingdom was shaken. aud millions OF
doilars worth Of property. had been sunk.
Al length the people became 80 disturbed
that u ~as thought best by me 70 issue
Proclamation o. Emancipation and A. soon
a. ] had done a. aw.y went the ungrat.ful
wrvtches. loaded down with stolen proper
".
After they bad gone. the more conserva-
tive Of our people became DISSATISFIED With
the measure. and when I reoonsidered the
matter. and rvascted on the gigantic fraud
they bad committed on the eve Of their
leaving. (slAves seem 10 have a natural apt
itude 90 thefr) felt sorry and ashamed Of
nv Proclamation. I bad yielded 90 the
agitafOrs bad been bored 20 death nth
lectures aboa; the Lords ~lli.' aad the
rights ofman. and had Welded 20 nv fears.
in moment Of agitation and weakness.
kegaining nay equilibrium. I called togeth-
er my captains. placed myself a. the bead
Of N, best army. and started in pursa IL Of
the fugItises. Eserythin vent veil. I
succeeded IN getting them hemuaed in A.
the Red Sea. They we're terribly frisht.p-
"a. and would gladly have aoccpted u,v par-
don and returned 20 my service, had u not
been for their leAders. Bot the result of
the matter gives nc mach pain and always
WiI. Moses damaged % get has deluded
followers across an arm Of the Sea safely.
but while vas crossing a sudden gust Of
Wind. or something else caused a sudden
rise in The water and put a most unfortu-
nate termination 20 the expedition. What
added not little 20 the mortifcaiion q rs
failure ~as the conduct Of our escaped &C.
male slaves One Of then. an impgdcnt
women. Miriam By name. e4tempori1ed a
song. and led Ler insolent sisters in What
they considered a religious dance. While our
dead bodies hoafed about IN ilie sea bclo.
then. But the unseemly jolifcation OILY
puts iu a strong light the universal deprav-
ity Of slaves. and their base ingraiitude 90
the kindest masters. Thousands of years
have passed since. bot can never thiuk Of
the affair a. tbe Sea wiihout ertreme arita-
tion' Bat ve arr not the only brave and
chtvalrous peopie who have made an unsuc-
oe-siul pursuit Of their rights
PuARsou.
During the delivery % this message the
spirit sceu,cd 20 be- perfectly calm until b.
came o. the incident a. The Sea. The rap
ping then became excited. ny table was
split m several places. ard lifted four Or
I've feet above The foor. then VIOLENTLY
thrust down. snd tboughf ] .aw some
'a.l-s of u.l, D. -If in thr room and per
o,is,I su.e o. o 30 salphur For moment
a tremor shook me bot regsined ms self
possession. nay gho-tiy visitor lefi NE. ard
already tbe morning light va shining tLro'
thc shaiters Of uy east winfor
Those Of my reader. ~ho have fought
against abohtionism a. I have. uil b. able
70 apologize ior thc mom-nfary excitement
manifested BY my Egyptian visitor.
When JuI-e Hall. uho hsd been serce
swash-bucslsr in bis youth. sat in judr-
ment upon one Of his former boon eompan-
ions. BE- took advantage of the retircment
of ne iary % ssk tbs cslprit IN the dock
suniry questions toaching their cd asso-
crates. ' They are all hanged. ny lord ''
ausscred The knave. except ,ou and NJ ~
q" For sant q vine I'm forced 70 drink
water f bad wafrr Ivould drink zine
Tbs speech is a riddle. and here j. the go