Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-09
About the President and Noses

The Cincinnati Commercial inquired q
few days ago in what particular the
President had failed to act as the Moses
of the eolored people, and suggested
that Moses himself did not bestow the
right of suffrage upon the Children Of
Israel, nor lead them into the promised
land, but, ON the contrary, detained
them in the wilderness forty years. The
Colored Citizen of last week responds in
the following article:
ANDREW As MosEs,--A late issue OF
the Commercial contains an article in
tended to prove that the President has
already fulfilled bis promise of being to
the children Of Ham aleader anch as
Moses was TO the children Of Israel. We
can not see It; and as the point is one of
immense Importance, politically as well
as theologically, we have searched the
Scriptures in reference to it. BY the
way, we recommend the editors gener-
ally who have not been to Sunday-school
for a long time to follow our example,
and post themselves occasionally on
Scripture points,
aThe reeult of our laborious investi-
CATION is that we have become satisfied
Of the truth Of the following PROPOSE
tons:
al Moses and Andrew johnson differ
considerably more than tweedle-dum
and tweedle- dee. ~
"a. Moses was very meek; Andrew is
not
aB. Moses was slow of speech; An
drew seems to be afflicted with O chronic
incontinence of the same He has made
more speeches in the last month than
Moses did in the forty years he was
leader of Israel
~ Moses did q great many things
that Andrew has not done and never viii
do s
aE 80. Moses did not do some things
that Andrew is doing.
a4 Andrew has done some things
that Moses did not do.
g S. Andrew does not do some thing
that Moses did do.
80 Right here, we may remark TO an
tieipate captious criticism, that the seem
ing identity of our propositions two-an
fonr and three and Eve are simply tn
result of our attempt to initiate tn
Johnsonian style of presenting an argu
ment. as ii were, giving first front AM
then a back side view of it. We hop
we shall receive due proportion of sue
nland;ts an were showered on the vet
message. As to those showered on tn
Washington speech-'No, sir, thank you
not any
But to our proof, Moses, the genuin
article, slew On Egyptian who oppressed
his bondman.
Moses executed signal vengeance o
rebels; as in the case of Korah an
those Israelites whom the SONS of Ley
slew. He didn't reconstruct them.
Moses led the children of Israel
the borders of thespromised land; wa
with them in all their wanderinqs, an
devoted himself to their service.
"When Eldad and Medad did propL
esy in the camp Moses did not make
stump speech against them 40 Andre
did against Sumner, Stevens and Wer
dell Philips.
aMoses did not veto a Freedmen
Bureau Act; but on the contrary, he 81
acted some laws very similar to certa
provisions of that act, K. G. i. He div
ded the people and appointed rulers
thousands, and rulers of hundreds, an
rrlers Of fifties, and rulers Of tens
Z. He enacted in the case of emancipat,
slaves. when thou sendest him avn
free, thou shalt not let him go avn
empty, but shall furnish him liberal
ont OF thy flock, and out Of thy floor, a
out of thy wine-press. He also enacte
There shall be but one manner of Ia
for him that 10 born with you and /
stranger.
"When the Israelites were being b
ten BY the ancient types Of our. mode
Coppegheads, the fiery flying serpen