Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-03

nSneu your CONFESSION OF faith ana Goo
forbid that should insolen,ly and impi
ously mierpose between your Creator aud
your conscience, by any species OF inter-
roga,ion on the subject But 10 him who
from ths house-top, prorlams his religi-
Gus opinions 10 The world, and conscien-
iiously brlieves that he is performing a
duty To God aud ID service 10 man, by dill
iusing The Scriptures Throughout the
earth, and, al The same time. speaks al
domestic slavery as an atrocio,s crime
the consumniation of all wickedness (; 10
lln' ! say, and ] am authorized 10 say
lie that reprovCih God, lei him answer
IT,. VIII thou disannul his judgment q
VIII thou condemn him, that thou may =
est be righteous? Where vert thou,
when he laid the foundations of the earth.
and to whom hath the root of wisdom
been revealed 2 OF him whose pride.
(alas we take pride in every thing, even
IN our rtligiom)-wbose pride i, is TO b.. ID
christian, and whose glory il is 10 aid in
dlfinsing the Scriptures among all ma
lions ask how he can exculpaie him
cell from the charge OF blasphemy ID
gains' The Most High. when he calls
domestic slavery, whether by compact
or by birth, the cOnsummation Of all
wickedness p
1 WIZ Sai' w NOuT TcCOileCIiOn announcer
circumstance, which all of yeu perhaps,
one of sou certainly, will deem worthy
oil serious consideration. Bishop New
ton, III his Dissertation on the Prophecies.
urges the present aud the past condition
OF The Africans as a fulfilment of a pro.
phecy, and evidence, of course, of The
uiVine authority Ofthe bible. Noah, in
ms prophetic wrath, had said Cursed be
canaan a servant OF servants shall he be
unto ms brethren; and blessed be the
| Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be
his servant. God shall enlarge Japheih,
and he shall dwell in the tents Of Shem !:
and Canaan shall be his servant. Now
| the Africans, he Bishop undertakes to
shew, are the descendants of Canaan, and
Their slavery is an accomplishment of
Noai's prediction. II this was really a
prophecy, divinely inspired, The present
condition OF the Africans is inevitable :;
all efforts to eX,inguiSh black slavery
are 'die, and the phial of your wrath.
poured on our devoted heads, is poured
III vain
This is not all. AT the time when the
christian religion was first preached a
mong mankind, slavery existed. and had
long existed, not only in Judca, but in
| Greece and Rome, and IN every part of
the weird then known Among the Jews
The law OF Moses was yet i'm force. OF
ms law concerning slavery, no direct
notice is taken by the founder of the
christian religion. As 10 the practice un-
der II, he Is equally silent. But he Game
MOTTO destroy the law or the prophets,
out 10 iulhl. 90 He mol only does moi
condemn slavery, but actually gives TO il
a sort OF sanction, by borrowing from Thai
Stale, IN lis most tremendous form, an
! illustration oil his pa ables. The king
dom of heaven itself is ikencd "to a
certain king, who would take an account
OF his servants" and forasmuch as one
| OF them bad not 10 pay" ilis lord COM
manded " him 10 be sold, and his wife
ana children, and all that he had, and
pay menf to be made. The servant having
iailen down and worshIpped' his master,
was released; but. being accused of
harshness 10 another servant, he was
delivered over 10 the tormenlors' (2O}-
i ne hihgoom oil heaven is again compared
10 master travelling into Ear country,
ana VINO on his T-iurn directs the ser
want who had buried his talent, TO be
cast into utter darkness. A third Illus
! 'ratlon, equally grave and solemn, is
taken from the return of a master. whose
servant, Knowing his lords will, prepared
mol himself, neither did according 10 his
VIII, and Is beaten with MANY stripes
YIN all these things | make one remark
only II is this; 1t domestic slavery had
been deemed by Jesus Christ the atroci-
Gus CRIME which II Is now represented TO
be, could II have been passed over with
out censnre Would the doctrines of
salvation have been illustrated by "A refer.
ence to II, direct and unequivocal p
Should we not have been told, moi that
the rich man, but that the slave holders,
could not enter the kingdom of heaven
Let II be remembered, too. that Paul
preached among the Geniiles, particularly
among the Greeks aud Romans He could
not have been ignorant OF the condition
OF slaves among the latter. He must have
seen lie ergasiula in which slaves were
confined, and The porter chained 10 the
gate of his Roman master Yet. instead
of dcnouncing the federation of slavery
as d crime. lie and Peter both exhoft
servants TO be obedieni 10 their mas
iers, with fear and trembling :" 'to please
them in all things, not answering again >
moi pmlolning but shelving all good
fidelity, not only TO The good and gentle.
but 10 the froward; for wha, glory is IL
TO them, ifwlieD buffeiicd for their faults.
they take II patiently but if they do
well and suffer for il. and lake il patti
emily, this is acceptable to God 12D The
references will show that these quotations
are principally made from the writings of
81. Paul; who, moi content with prescrib
ing The duty of servants, goes on TO adj
monsh his followers against those, who.
being anxious 10 be thought righteous
over much, might incuIcaie different
doctrine. II any man teach otherwise.
says tie Apostle, list Episi. 10 lin. C. g.
N3.) and consent not 10 Wholesome
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus