Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-07-03

/ Impressed With xhsse e siipgs, aud an nl'-
prchsrsicn Of e!oiy, ! have been engaged
!. ~ leave divers Of The nearest andtendsr-
eat connections in life, FOR season, 10 Vi
4 sit many Of my friends in religious pro-
fsssion, and others on this continent, as
my way opened. But not apprehending
am required to pay you a personal visit
l(though have fell my mind engaged on
lyour BEHALF in very peculiar inanner).
/ believe y right thus TO call your altenli-
on to some considerations, which have ap-
peared to me awfully importanl, as they
regard your real interest, both in time and
lin eternity. In passing along through
some OF the southern states, nay mind has
been pa;nfdi,y affected at the sight of
numbers Of my fslloa-crsa,nres, Of the
African race, deprived of their natural Ii
berry, and Of almost every means Of i'm
iprovementoC those faculties bestowed up.
ON them as well as ourselves, for the no.
blest Of purposes, by that all-wise and
bounliful Creator, in whom !" we live. and
move and have our being ;"s and who we
are told by the greatest apostle OF the Gen
| tiles, . hath made of Que blood all nations
OF men, to dwell on all the face ofthe earth,
and hath determined the times before APP
pointed, and the bounds of their habitat
ont From any OF US, his dependent
creatures, TO force them from the place
thus appointed by q gracious and super.
intending Providence, appears TO be an
Infringement, on the order and economy
! of this part Of his rational creation, for
which the aggressors must be accountable
I at his awful tribunal, who is infinite in
lustic- as we'll as in mercy. lament
exceedingly lament, that custom, so bar !,
barous as well as so rspuguant to every
! principle of humanity and justice, as The
: African Slave Trade, should be continued
in this or any other nation, & by involving
them in the greatest of national! crimes, lay
: them open 10 those national punishnents,
: which mus, be expected, as just re,ri-
button for the blood of thonsands Of those
innocent people, which has long cried for
: vengeance, and whose cry has reached the
J ears of the Lord of Sabbaoth. What
J then must be the expectation of those who
support this horid traffic, by purchasing
and continuing in slavery those who have
never forfeited that right of liberty they
derive, with ourselves, from the one Uni
ivsysat PARENT What but " a certain fear
ful locking for of Judgment and 6sry in
dignation,"i when ne standeth up 10 plead
who hath declared, "that for the oppres.
sion of The poor for the signing of the
needy he will arse,'Il WHO is undoubted-
ly able TO deliver the oppre ssed from the
hand OF him that is mighticr than he |!
4 AVhsIa al n. g,
fchris,ianiiy, & are in the performance of
what are deemed religious duties and ce-
remonies, may not these come under the
same description as those spoken of by
the prophet, when he says, We fast for
strife and debate, and 10 suile with tie
fist Of wickedness .''T May all such, there
fore, have their spiritual eyes 81 anointed.
: as clearly 10 discover that the .lst which
4 the Lord 'shath chosen, is to loose the
! bands OF wickedness, to undo the heavy
burdens to let the oppre ssed go free s.,
j thatye break every yoke when thou seest
, the naked that thou cover hirn,ss hide no,
\ ithyseIf from thine own flesh; and il thou
| draw out thy soul to the hungry, and sa
s tisfy the afflicted soul, then shall Thy light
rise in ob.curi,y, and thy darkness be as
: the noonday."ss That this may become
: the engagement, and consequent expert
ence OF all those concerned in this sinful
J traffic, and of the inhabitants Of Charles
) ton in particular, that so you may break
off your sins by righteousness, aud your
iniquiies by shelving mercy to the poor,
tit may be lenglhening Of your tranquil
ty,"tt and the means OF awful and APP
Prehend' impending Judgment bring aueyf-
ed, IS The sincere desire of one who wish
es health and salvation to The souls Of all
{, mankind. ANN ALEXANDER.
$ Philadelphia, Ord no. isf, 1905.
!, Aets xvii. 90. tAels xvii. IS.
: Heb. x. ~. Piai. xii. IS r lisa.
ly'ii. 4. lisa. lyiii. 6. z. 10. IT Dan.
: tx. 81.