Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-20
Speech OF MIR. PHILLIpS.
Before The London Ribls Soeietu.

Before the London BibIe Society.
We beg leave TO call the attention of onr
readers Ia the following speech of MIR
Charles phillips, of the Irish bar, spoken IA
tue annual meeting of the British aud Fo-
reigH Auxiliary Bible Secretly, held in Lon
don, Oh the 5th of last November
N. Y. L. Post.
Although have not had the honor either
OF proposing OF secondins any OF your resou-
tons, stu, as native of tiiat country so mimi
eddy alluded 10 in Your report. hone I may
be ludulged in few observations Tile crisis
In WHICH we are placed, is, hope a sufficient
apology IN iiseli tor any intrusion /; bu, find
such apology is rendered MOI than unneces-
saty by The courtesy of this recep.ion Indeed
my Ord, when w see omens which are every
day arising; when we see blasphemy openly
aVOWed: when we see the Scriptures aud a-
cionsty rldculed: when in this Christian Nom
aschy, the den OF the republican and the
deist yawuS for the unwary in your most pub
TIC thOrougifaIe-when maris are ostenta-
tiouSiy opened where the moral poison NAV
he purchased, whose subtle venom enters I'M,
very soul; when iufidcty has become an arii-
Gle OF Commerce, and maiIss perd,tion NAV be
cheapened at the stall Of every pedar: no
friend OF society should continue silent: il is
100 iOdser "A question of political privilege
or Secidrlan controversy: of theological dis
cusStdS--It rs become question whether
Christianity itself shall stand, or whether we
Shall set go the firm anchor OF our faith and
drlit wsthout chart, or helm, or compass into
the sioTeless ocean of impIety aud blood! I
oesplse as much as any man the whine of
oigotry / will go as tar as any mau of ra
tional liberty, but will not depose my God TO
deny tile InfIiel, or tear in pieces the charter
OF tile state, and grope for "A constitution a.
mongst Tie murkypIgeOn-hOies of every creed
less, iawless, inturiated regicide. When saw
me othtr day, my lord, the chief bacchanal
or Their orgies: the mau nth whom the Amos
lies were cheats, aud the Prophets liars and
Jesus an impOstor, on his memorable trial
"itHering hour after hour with the most hor-
RIA biasphemles: surrounded by the votaries
OF every sect and the heads of every faith.
the Christian Arch bishop: the Jewish Rabbi.
fhe men most emineht for their piety and their
learnng, when he had purpoSeiy collected 10
near hls luhdei ridicule of all they revereuced:
when saw him raise the Huiv Bibie in one
hand, aud the Age OF Reason M the other as
ItweFe confronting the AImig hlv with a rebel
worm, TIL The piOus Judge grew pale aud The
patieni jury ihteIposed, and the srlf-cOnvict-
.d wretch himself, after having raVeJ away all
bis original impiety, was reduced into "A mere
machine, tor the reproduction of the ribaId
biasphemy OF others; | could not heIp ex.
claiming, infatuated man; if all yonr m.
practicable madness could be realised what
wonld yen give us IN exchange for our est.k-
Isfinents? What would Suu substitute for that
just tribunal; for whom would YOU djsplace
that independent Judge and ,llat rpartIal
duryg WOuld Won really DuIn The C,oSnpl and
erase the statutes, tor the dreadful eu,ii, aleut
OF the erucIhx aud the cuillotIncH indeed
1T was asked for practical pamegIric on our
constitution, would adduce The very trial of
that criminal and IL The legal annals of amy
COnutIy upOH edrtn furnished am instance moi
merely at such Justice, bnt Of sueg t,alItnre
sGch tOIbeaIamcr, such almost cujnablv Iudui.
gence, l would cOncede 10 hun Tie triunub
hope, too, ~ what say I shall nor he ram
S'drIed as iOrShking that liuStriOuS examine
II nope avn above an Insult on dnV man ir
MS neutrality-suspicious. had | the power |
""iid inhGW ihe example iurtheT tbdu ought
--T"riiaps ! wNu''i even humble liam into AN
lf 49, init 4.
aS cur creed was ievIled ~ li~ peIsOn and
VWdtcdted ~ ms conviction, so | wnuid Give
II as uOblpst triumph III ms sentence aud
merely conSign him to the punishment of liz
nlcrCy. BAT indeed, my lord the tate OF this
liait-iUtlbel haif-iTad.ng martyr. matters very
Ittie IN comparison. of that OF the thousand,
lIe has corrupted lie has iicl ally dr,seu,i-
haied moral plague, against winch even The
nations quarantine can scarce avail us IL
has poisoned the fresh DiOOi OF iuEutCv-,t
has disiIedrtened tie last hope OF age--it hIs
own account % IFS circulation be correct
hundreds Ut thousands mIt,t be tins Instant
tiuied viii tile infectious venom v hose sung
dies Hoi win TIE destruction OF The BODY -
imtgine not becaG.c The pesiiieHcc smites got
~ once, That us faiiity Is less certain; ma.
CINE not hrcauSe the iOwer orders are tie ear
tieSt victims, tldt the more elevated will not
sstier ~ 'hflr turn; TIE most mortal cbillness
beeius at tie eXtfepntiCs, and You may depend
npUn %, nothing but Tine and apathy ars
We So change tHis hedltbiul land lntu a
v.
ftVstltnflnu, aud tic Whole hell brood of rut-
dcItS, wlii qrait ihe hearts blood OF the con-
RtCtdiPd aud The noble
My lord, AN tie more Indignant AZ these
designs, necduse they are sought to be con-
redIed under the disguise Of liberty. Ills me
0nty OF every real friend Of liberty 10 tear hcr
n,ask IRON tie Iieud VINO has nsnrDed IT. No
~, tilis Is nut our ISLAND Goddess, heaung thc
mountain freshness on hCT check, and scatter
Lax Tie valleys bOnnty irym her hdBd known
Dj Tue tsnis thdt herald heT far presence
lhe peaceful virtues mat attend her pAtI and
iiie tong b.dze Ot glory indt lngeiS W. her
iu-n ga demon, speaEing fair indeed--
itniihWg or iatiti witt any hopes and yt.i-
01a' iedtnS, bht even WtttIn inc fuiItr,s
~ a. mantle, hiding the bi0Ody symboi oi a.,
finpVsr. Hear not ia sUpuisirN guaid
ynui rhtid agdinst u. dftw round NOnr hDfnp.
ihe constcfated ctfr'e winch Il dal q GOT enter.
90 "ih md 81 amulet In iir teiigiOHOf tOnf
country ~ tie gteat uJund rsised bv tine
Aimj1hiy fof ihe protection OF nuntauny--a
staliGs Dci"eGs1 oa anG TIE lasa " human