The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-03
THE TWO ABRAX,dNT

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t. TIE TWO ABRAXdN%.
1t appears, from Yankee correspond
cnts, that abraham" is the popular
name for the picaninics in the contra
band calaps. The negro mothers de-
light in bcstowing that name upon their
"Iiac little boys" and Yankee serbs de-
flight an recording such compliment.
1t is unfortunate enough to be a free
negro, but to be christencd Abraham
Lincoln isadding Insult toinjury. There
/ have been two Abrahams, however, in the
history Of thc world, and though it was
not intended to honor the first by the
application Of the name to the little Oar
kies aforesaid, we must be permitted to
believe that he was q good deal more
worthy the compliment than his nilEe
sake at Washington = No two men ever
| livedas little like each other~in character
and conduct as these two Abrahams.
Let us see.
The Abraham at Washington is con-
fessed by his own countrymen to be a
vulgar bultoon and joker, destitute Of the
dignity, the courtesy, and every other
quality of gentleman. The patriarch
Abraham was a model of all theseNuali-
ties. His reception of the strangers who
visited his tent has been justly charac-
terized as Specimen Of a genuine gen.
tleman; courtesy Of external deport-
ment; courtesy of polite language :;
courtesy of substantial hospitality ; and
all this the offspring Of truly benevo-
lent heart"
| The Abraham at Washington is as care
ful of his own life as he is extrayagant
with the lives Of other men. He has
caused loss Of half million of lives
to his own countrymen, but has never
smelt gunpowder himself. lie stole into
Washington on freight car; and whilst
the land has been reeling ever since be-
meath the shock of r,she has remained
snugly ensconccd in the-capital. The
patriarch Abraham did not get other men
to do his fighting for him. When he
heard that war was made upon his bro
iher, and that he was taken prisoner and
his goods captured, the patriarch armed
his own servants, and himself went after
I the enemy, fought them gallantly like
the fine old hero that he was, routed them
completely, and rescued his brother and
his goods. When did Abraham at Wash
ington ever initiate his namesake in that
The. Washington Abraham is an Aboli
zionist. He considers slavery great
sin. and shareholders children of. the
devil. The patriarch Abraham, on the
contrary, was himself STAKEHOLDER. The
Scriptures inform us that he had slaves
bought with his own money and born IL
his own house. Others he received as
presents from the King of Egypt. His
whole csbcampmcnt was made up ol
slaves. We may judge Of the number
when he could arm three hundred ant
eighteen trained servants, born in hi.
! house." for the purposes Of war. W.
doubt whether there is now.a slaveholdel
in the South whose slave possessions art
large enough to furnish him with thre'
! hundred and eighteen servants, born il
his own house, for military purposes.
Abolitionists regard house-born slaves a.
1.-The most revolving particular in th'
whole system" Such is the language O
an English writer in commenting On thi'
{ very passage. lie adds: 1--WE can un-
:. dcrstand that man might perfect hi
, personal liberty by crime or misfortune
but that his children and his children:
children etc, etc, Yet Abraham ownet
this as wei, as every other kind Of slay'
. property; md in tic very ness chdpte'
/ Of the I,ibic that records the TACT, Got
prescsibes regulations, IN what lio him
{ self describes as on Everlasting coye
J, nant,' fsr their religions training
a 3biesses tho patriarch and bestows upo'
|. Hin, the nspe of Abrahan, & for 4 tatne'
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