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has a positive force it is given to the advancement of our inde-
pendence. He asks no reward for the little zeal he has, and he
deserves no punishment because has no more.
With regard to the book, "The annals of the Poor," little need
be said. It will be found that the allusions to Slavery contained in
it have no reference to abolition as specified in the charge. The
subject of the Book is poverty and the stanzas on page 2o2 alludes
to the poverty and sin of the negro who indeed if not the great-
est of sinners is at least one of the poorest of men, as by the
law he can own nothing, not even his own labour. The negro
as appears from his religious experience was kidnapped from Africa
and the allusion on page 164 "to the cruel avarice of Man" which
devoted him to slavery refers to this kidnapping and not the
institution of Slavery as it exists among us at this time, inherited
as it has been from our fathers. The reflections also on page x71
(not noted) are against the slave trade.
If it be objected to, this book, that it is against the slave trade,
we have to admit the fact and shall only reply that the sense of
all Christian nations has declared it piracy and that in the funda-
mental organization of the Confederate States government declared
our reprobation of the Slave trade. Whatever may be the character
of this book Wm. Gamble is not responsible for it. It came to
him with the information of the "American 'Tract Society" publica-
tions, which it is in proof, was understood to allow nothing of a
Sectarian, immoral or Anti Slavery character.
This with the Book introduced on the former trial of Mr.
Gamble is all that a sedulous and repeated examination of his
store, has been able to detect of an objectionable character and I
will hazard the assertion that no library, public, or private or book
store containing an equal number of volumes can be found in the
whole South in which is not contained as much or more that is
objectionable on the subject of Slavery as has been produced on this
trial against Mr. Gamble. And the rule, of judgement against him
would consign nine tenths of all Southern gentlemen of a literary
taste, to punishment for the contents of their library.
"signed" Warrick Tunstall
Atty. for W. W. Gamble
[July 24, 1862]
Special Order
No. 383
I. The Confederate [page torn]
The Cha[rge]
-ble upon which he
at San Antonio, is,
[fo]r sale and general312
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