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‘CHEROKEE PHOENIX A1VD IXBtAXS’ADVOCATEj Fiomiti N< tv YorkObserve!. Th* ,1 > trims i espivling itit: rights of imitlilS ft* .mil iy illlvilUOtUt III S01IIL- Oi oar ouo i iiriiVs and oven hi our jut 11.- doiuuieiit*. arc so absurd that th y hardly merit serious refutation. Irony in sum casts is the proper vcapon, and is justified by the exam ple of Elijah in his interview with the prophets uf B'til- tVe tie not hesi tate (her-d'ore. to admit the lollow- ing k ti le into our columns, premis- in •■.)•• the sake of weak minds, that Ho'. Mihsiandinx the signature it ivas Ho written by a Persian, but by an .American citizen, who shocked at the m mstrous principles recently ad vanced by the State of Georgia and the Secretary of War, has taken tins method of exposing them. Fo- the Now York Observer-. AH A 3 8t JEZEBEL VINDICATED IN T1IF. MVTTElt OF XABOTli’S VInEYA .D. in tho twenty-first chapter ot the First Bo <k of Kings we tind the fol lowing story. ,\il it ca ne to pass after these tin igs that Naboth tno Jezreelite, had a vi icyard w!iich ica* in Jezrcel hard by t ie palace of Aliab ki :g of S un - rh. And Alia!) spake unto Naboth, B v.in, Give mo thy vineyard, that I in..y have i: for a garden of herbs be-'iusett is near unto my house; and I v U give thee for it a belter vine- p i than it; or, if it seein good to t i v. I will vive tli *e toe worth of it no.-ioy. And Naboth sai i to Auab, e Lord forbid i' me, that l sliould o tile inhe itance of mv fathers un to thee. An ! Ahah cams in o bis bouse heavy and il soleased because o'the vord which Naboth the Joz- r<* -|il“ lied sooken to him lor he had sii.l, 1 will not give thee the inherit fin"<• of mv fathers. And lie laid him ilo .n noon his bed and turned away his face and would eat no bread. IV:• I 'Hohel his vile came to luoi, aid unto bi n, Why is thy spun 1 ihu thou eatest no bread:— c s id unto ter because 1 sprn.e N dinl'i the dezi'i < lite, and sjk: mu (T' e tin* ''ey \ meya 0 lo. if jileasi tnte, » an /A"' * inoy«ird i0r it: d I will not give Uieo in - T ! giv an And lit to II"'O jn > I u «>• riv. 6 a' the brea f vi both I. > '■ *v: or el s give 1'ipe he nns.ve viio-v ird unto hint A ud Dost dozchei ins ulie thou turn govern I: anse, (inti eat Heart be niei;y: vineyard ol N.i- So siic wrote Allah’s name, and sen leu kingdom of Is'ac ;d and let thine I 1 give thee ;lie the Jezreelite. * C. 'll vitl 'is seal, r.nd sent tiic Jo tiers U‘" > iV* ;•*! h: rs. and to the uobies tma W- in 1;is -i> * . dw •.‘iliiig uitti Na- h lb A J . w , o!• mi the lellois. t> yi: tg P m . st, and Sv.-t A a- 1)0* .1 nil .: gn ,n the people: AnU s- 4 wo i'.i-:i . sons of Bvlial, beloie bin) to bear. lvitness ngaiiiit him 8 T Lug ITiou di 1 •s' bins iheine God ..ml the ing. \ .ml then carry him out, P.tt'l ! s one b in Hi t lie may die. A: id tl|(* 1 n in of l iis 'ty, C'ich the eld< i s n-id lu* no!)h ■s o tvei'e the inh a hit- {l in th the n An i c Cii< f a o b; .o ti his itv, did as Jezebel had to tTietn mu! as it ions wrii.cn ; i r rs which she had sent unto They pro laim-cd a lust, and -i.h on hi h . mung the people. < . .‘.til. in t \ o men, children i’ *i.l sat before him: «nd the f. i I ilnecs d against him, , Naboth in the presence i no.'; it;, s.-iing Naboth did j i.i * God and ih«‘ king. 'I'lien t him f. 'ili out of the city, .ud dim \t ill. stones, that lie .no to , :ss. wlieu Ahah Nn’ontli ■ . s dead, that A- tr go < n to fhe vihe- n the (ireclitc, to take 1 it. u d of the Lord came lo Elijah the Tial ibile. saying. Arise, go down to meet Ahull king of Israel, v. ;i *h i» in S- maria: he win the vine- y M | if Naboth, whither lie is gone dm. il to possess it And thou shall sue >I- until him, saying, Thus saith t-.e Loi.d Hast thoi killed, and also tn' i possess! n? And thou slialt s oak unto him s • ing Thus sailli the Lorn I., the . where dogs licked the 1 |u d of N both shall (logs lick beard th hub run' . Vaid o' N pur,SC- n.;?. And ■ thv s * ; ! O b • 0 d of* blood, even hiue. Vul Ahah ■1 Elijah. Hast thou found me, ■»■ n.■ ent iii* ? And lie answered, I found ihft; because l lion hast •hvsulf to work ovil in the sight Load. In perusing tins story the unlearn nt leader is very apt to receive lli« impression that. Aliab was a wn ki>. man, itiat Jezebel was an artlul cm el woman, and that Naboth, a peace able inoffensive vine-dresser, was un justly uepmed oi his property and Ins hie. That tins view oi the case snout, be almost universal among Christians is not surprising. Christians have al ways been no ed lor their squeamish* ness hi regard lo what they call “ the rights ol man. i'he distinction oi master and slave, or vassal and lord, aie almost unknown to tneir laws, a no hence it is not strange that they blun der, w hen they attempt to pass judg ment upon the conduct ol men slanu- mg in these relations lo eiuh other.— It was my privilege, Air. Editor, to be born and educated in a land wiiert. these distinctions have always been known and \ here the rights and du ties whit.li they involve are tnoiougii- ly understood. 1 leel, therein.e, that 1 am better qualified than any Christian can be, lo judge ol uliai was proper in this allair ol Aliab and Nairn.h; end as f perceive that some ol your Editors, with their perverse views of the meaning of the story, are making a wicked application ol il to a i use w hich now excites n.uch atten tion among you, and in winch they would lain involve lhe character ol youv government. I must beg the priv ilege of your toluinns while I prove 1. That Naboth had no right lo hit. vineyard. 2. That Ahab was a kind and gcu- eront master. d 'i lia; Naboth was a foolish, ob stinate. ungrateful vassal; and 4 Thai Jezebel's plan ol getting rid oi Naboth was the must politii that could have been devised and v>; s no! inconsistent with the slit; ii-st justice. 1. Naboth had no right to Ids vine yard. The vineyard was Ahab’s by right of inheritance Loin the cotiqueiois oi tile country. Naboth was a J( zrcel- ito. jt-zrcel, ;.s vvc learn liom Jofeli- ua xv, bb, was one of the tew ns ot tije Cum,a.tiles, the aborigines cf the land, who weie srbdued n. the time ol Josh ua. Fiotn the circumstance that Na irn'..t is called a Jezreelite, it is lair to inter tin.I be was a ties, endant ol ilie aborigines, and of course bad no right lo j roperty or privileges ol any kind, except so long as suited the ( on- veiiience ot Aliab his lotd and sove reign. lie was a tenant at will, lia ble lo be ord< led offal any time, and at moment s wanting. If ii should be said that Allah’s of fer lo buy the vineyard is prool that lie himself considered k abotii as hav ing a tight m it. and that probably there were trealh s in which the kings ot Israel bad guamntied to the Jez- reeli.es the quiet possession of their lands, l answer, th t even il it were so, Ahab would have been a very weak titan, if he bad allow d liimseli to be influenced by considerations oi tins kind. lie was lord and master ..fine Jezi'..elites, and lie must have had a very imperfect sense of what Delongs to the relation, ii he felt him self bound to fulfil the foolish promises wbi n he may have made them.— vVtuit are the rigols of master!) w orth, if they may be frittered away by ev ery vvi ding lo which they happen to pul their name J& real. It is said of a late emperor of Morocco, that when called upon by an Englishman to fulfil him, hen promise which he had made indignantly replied, •■Thinkcst thou that l am.ui infidel (that is. a Christ ian 4 ) that! should be the slave of my word ’’The emperor was a Mahomet an sovereign. &.had a high sense ol the digiiMy of his station. He had no idea of nuking himself a slave or a Chris tian. And what would Ahab have been but a nlcre Christian, if lie had allowed the claims of Naboth? But. indepe idently of bis rights as s.uvf s-or to Joshua, and as Naboth s unsltM' Aliab had a peifeet title to Hie vineyard on another ground. He wan ed L for a “-gatden.” Naboth us d it merely for tlie purpose of raising grapes. Grapes, it is well known, contain very little nutriment Probably the herbs vliidi Ahab could have raised, would have fed ten times as many persons as eould have been snpoort.'d on Naboth’s grapes. On the general principle then, that they have the best right to land who can make the best use of it,—a principle which has or ouxht to have a place in every system of international law. And <if J<*7ftbftt son! c the Lord, s vine 'he Hoys fc,, all cut Jezebel by the wall of JozreeL Utah bad a sound and clear li.fc to .0 vineyard. ‘ 2. t,ihab teas a kind and generous .aaslet. tv e have shown that he could have nade out a perfect title to the vine yard on any one ol three distinct ,.ounbs. Go would have deeu justi- iicd, therefore, in ousting Nauoth without notice or ceremony of any kind. But did he oust him. lusleau oi tins, lie condescended to negotiate wall nun, he offered him anoHer vineyard, a uetter vineyard, or if tie prefeitd it, the worth of the vineyard in money, tnd when Naboth declined all Ins offers, what was the effect? Aliao was grieved to think that the poor man should be so blind to his own in terest. It touched him to the heart. ■ lis compassionate feelings were too powerful for his feeble frame. He returned to his palace, laid him town up oh his bed, — turned away bis lace, and would eat no bread.” Mow ould lie have manifested more kind and generous feeling! J Naboth s a foolish, obstinate, ungrateful tuissui. The tender concern which Aliab manifested for tbe improvement ot Lis condition was met with - old inseusii i- lily and stupid indifference. T o i.II Ins offers of money, of a better vine yard, and a bt tier title (lor doubtless Altai) offen d to guaranty the title oi (he new vineyard) lie turned a deaf ear. And what reason did lie. assign? V*. hv forsooth, he was attached to Ins vineyard, because il had ( ome down io him from l is anoslo s l -l lie Lotd forbid it nte’ he says, “that I should give, the inhn itam e of my fa thers unto thee. The veiy > ii< nm- stonce which should have remind, d him of the 1 cue d. bt of gratitude hich his family ow ed to (lie kings of Israel is assigned as a reason for n - 'using their n quest! He had been permitted to o cupj tin vineyaul so long that lie now claimed it as his on n! To be stoned to death was too mild a a | unishment tor such ingratitude. 4. Jezebels plan of getting rui cf Naboth vas tie most pc litic that could have been derma, and was not inconsis tent with the strictest justice. To appreciate lull) the merits of Jezebel, we ne. si eoi.snlei the i n- i umstanec s in nbi. li she v.as placed. — Nabo b although poor and mi alien, doubtles had friends among Ai.ao s subjects They knew that he aim his ancestO!s had always oci upieii the vine.varil-— ihey would >!n reioie nat urally presume that it was l is, and it njisrht have been very diluculi to convince him of the contra rj . ihey may have heard t Iso ol the lit aties, and there may have been among them buhl sii« klers for the rights o. vasst.lt>, I and for the. obi gntion of sovereigns to fulfil their promises, tf Aiiait then had attempted openly to drive Na- botli away, it might have excited an alarm among liis Israplitish subjects, w ho would h:' e feat ed tbr.l their own vineyards would soon share the late ol Naboth's. Jezebel w as aware of all this, and with admirable dextertiy adapted hi r measures to ‘he exigencies of tin i use. She immediately extended the laws of the Israelites over Naboth, brought him before the court oil a charge ol bitch a course was recent mended 'by tour powerful considerations. 1 First, it was the only feasible me thod of saving Naboth from destruc tion, lor Jezebel bad resolved that he should emigrate or perish. Seconuty, It would have spared Jezebel the necessitv of planning Naboth s death, and saved the sons of Belial from tbe guilt of perju y. Thirdly, It would have highly gra tified Ahab, and Lastly, It would have promoted the personal interest ol Elijah. Doubtless Ahab in return foi the influence which Elijah might have exerted, would willingly have sup ported him ever afterwards from the national treasury. Instead of wander ing through the country, lodging in eaves, and fed, sometimes by ravens, and sometime by taking from tbe poor widow her last mouthful of bread, and her last drop of oil. he might have lived at his e ise, and continued to discharge the duties of his sacred of- nee, cheered with tin approbation o. Ahab and Jezebel, and all the sons and daughters of Belial. But Elijah seems to have been blind to tbe advantages of Inis course, lie chose rather lo take the part of (he poor vassal, and to denounce Ahab in the most harsh and bitter language. Elijah was truly a singular man, a.id il is impossible, to account tor ids cun du.j, by ascribing it to any of the mo tives which ordinarily govern men. There was something invisible, on which bis mini! s eye seemed to be always fixed, and to which fie bad reierence in all Itis actions, ft was a som -thing, which 1 do not understand, and about which, therefore, i will not attempt to Bpe, ulate. A riCKS I AN M00LLAI1. Bug Bear —One of tbe Northern papcis fcivcs us an account ol a Bear that nus s.iol uy a youth while Hunt ing. that was so completely covered w till small bugs, similar to the spe- cii-s that was so annoying to O oud housewives, that he was ,i skeleton to minutes after his death! i Ins ooulu loll well in a second edition ot ruun- chausens travels. The Grand Jury of Wilkes County S. C. congratulate their feilob *.m zens on tin* dec.re. so in me sale ol ardent spirits, and present usagiiev- ntii e, ol incalculable evii, that men notoriously intemperate in ide and practice are permitted unuer the constitution and lai.sof out state, to bold offices of either honor, proht or trust. ” Liberality among printers.— Fropo- s.Js have been received by tin gents appointed for furnishing the State of New Hnmpshiie with 600 copies of the revised statutes. Mr. Long of Hopkinton, made the lowest oiler, which was accepted He gives five dollars for the privilege of furnishing the Stale with the 600 volums. (of about Gl)0 large octavo jnigcs round,) gratis. PROSPECTUS OF THE BIBLICAL INQUIRER. bla,,,I,,,,,,, am. « « | T^V^SL 1 ‘SKT 12^1 two sons of Belial v Ntibotli pionabiy udi bo. principally devoted to the interpie- * The Mahometans call all Christians inlidclsff not being allowed by the laws of the kthgdom to avail himself of the evi dence of his own people,) had him condemned and slotted to death. Ttiis plan was certainly ingenious, .anil it was not in onsistont with strict justice. It is true. Naboth sutiered for a crime w hi h lie never com mitted, but no injusti e was done him. He deserved to die for his obstinacy in refusing to give up bis vineyard; a id as there was no law lo punish this offence, justice required that some expedient should be devised to supply the deficient y. INFERENCE. The inference from our exegesis of this story is. tliiit Elijah. Hie. Tish- bite acted strangely. Elijah was a holy missionary. It was bis business to instruct men in their duties to each other. He was a prophet; and doubtless understood perfectly well the nature of the con troversy between Ahab and Naboth. Why then did he not go to Naboth, and advise him to emigrate tn the new vineyard which Altai) offered him? Why did he not sav to Ahab -I see the trying situation in which you are •dnoed and ! pledge mvsell to eo-6p- e-:<te with jou in ull four m'ea6ur- | €8.” ^ 311^ devoted to the interpie .ble. They (io not mean Ly tins, that the pieces which the work shah contain, will all he merely exegctical.— V) hati-ver may contri! ule directs to lu 1 - nish the Biblical student with the means of exegesis, it. will be a leading design ol Uie piopo -ei work to exhibit. 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