Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-01-27

he distributed, insg;ae, grs.is; Cor il has final
note indicating 5000 copies Of the st edition print
Ell. 80 tar MS It respects Virgins, the following cx
tract of letter furnishes the ou,ine.ihs Extract
is offered, because it may be apropos for the
Petition for the establishment of IIesioyicm So
cicty before the Legislature, and which they
have shewn the un'isu 1 respect OF hearing A,lyo-
cate for il n. their bar. From what a.arter this
Theological Society comes forward, know not l
viii DOT say il is intended but who will say That us
rot c6fcEldted MS the entering-wedge with ts the
elesical sister in Andoyer, for the body OF Squsii-
fed r. ligous instructors" proposed by tneir pnns
brethren oil the East, to e.anseize, and cate
ehise," to cdify our daughters Lv weekly eciures'
aud wives by family visits" FROM these pous
,odng Monks nj Harvard and Yale ?
EXrRACT--efa letter.
he sway of the New England priests
is indeed formidable. No mind beyond
mediocrity dares there to devcope itself
ilit does, they excite against It the public
opinion which they command, and by lit
tie. bat incessant and teazing prosecutions,
drive it from among them. Their present
great e1Iigrat'ons to the western country
are real flights from persecution, religious
anl political. But the abandonment of
the country by those who wish to enjoy
freedom OF opinion, leaves the despntism
over the residue more intense, more op-
pressive. They are now looking TO the
ilcsh-pots OF the South, and aiming at foot
hold there by their missionary teachers
they have lately come forward boldly with
their plan to establish q qualified reiigi-
ons instructor over every thousand sluls in
the United States > and they seem to con-
slider none rs qualified, but their own sect.
Thus, IN Virginia, they say there are but
60quallhed, and that 914 are still wanting
Of the full quota. All besides the 50 are
mere nominal ministers. uuacquainted
J., a..
are understood to be the Presbyterian mi
nisters on the western side OF the Blue
rldgr. Inc country b.low thu mountains,
inhab ted by Episcop ,liaus, Methodists &
Bapt SITS (uagler "mcrc nominal ministers.
unacquainted with theology'') are pronoun-
csd " destitute of the means of grace, and
as sitting IN darkness and under tn shadow
OF death. They are gu te in despair too
ct the Insufficient means of New England
to fill this fearful void with Evangelical
light, with catechetical Instructions, week
ly lectures, and family visiting. That
Yale cannot furnish above so graduates
annually, and Harvard perhaps not more.
That there must therefore be an immedi-
ate, universal, vigorous and systematic
effrt made II evang lise the nation, to see
that there is bible for every family,
school for every district, and qualified"
J. e. Presbyterian pastor for every thou
sand sonls; that newspapers, tracts, ma
gaines, must be employed, the press be
made to groan, and every pulpit in the
land to sound It's trumpet long and loud.
more homogeneous" i. c. New England
charac er mus be produced through the
nat on That ction then of our union
having lost it's political influence by dis
loyalty toit's country, is now to recover
it under the mask of religion it is to send
among us their Gardeners, their Osgoods,
their Parishes and Pears1ns, as apostles to
ach Us their orthodoxy, their patriotism.
This is the outline of the plan, as publish
ed by Mrssrs. Beecher, Pearson, & Co.
ithas uttered, however, one truth, q that
the nation must be awakened, TO save itself
by its own exertions, or we are unt,one."
Anl trust that this publication viii do not
little to awaken it; and that in aid Of it,
newspapers, tracts and maya zines, will
sound the truHpst long and ioud''