Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-10
RICHMOND, FEBRUARY 10, 1920

The same principle which this day induce. us to
phosh an address on the Missouri question: leads us
10 give place TO the following. Lettbe Press be
we confess 10 be very ingenious, elegant forcble
Producuon-t may too have the good effect desired BY
the anthor, OF softeHing down of those fiery en-
thusiasts TO The East who cite the bible without
ra,ion, as an authority Oh all occasions for charging
inc southern people with inbnmanity-and who seem
10 have forgotten that the evil Of slavery has
common not confined TO ourselves alone but even
lound among the ancient Hebrewshy what mysterious
eSPshsatlohs was SO permitted, il is for us TO
presume to conjecture.-we protest. how ever in onr
ewn name and of that of many others that we do
not Vnnicate servitnde we wish slave had touc
our soil we wish it could be terminated. As repub
iicans, we frankly declare before our God and our
country thai abhor institution: bu whst then
Is this the question uOp Is il not curse moi cbosen
by our foTefatheTs, hut imposed npen them and entail
60 upon ourselves? And does not every man, unless
ne he fanatic, conceive how dicult il is for us 10 he
r6 OF II, in manner consistent with our future peace
and tranquility? As to the extension of slavery he
y"ns the Mississippi, it is miserable it wonld
tend TO soften the evil and accelerate It's abolition
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
SCRIPTURAL RESEARCHES,
Concerning tenureS Of Involuntary Service :;
lchich result an demonstration that siape-
holding neuer V0S prohibited 6y the Word
OF God-brn thai from the earliest ages
the purchase Of servants and the usage of
rendering their SerUce an inheritance. aCas
Sanct,0ncd-
]. Under the Primal 1Heocracy
ii. Under the Mosaic Law and
Ill. Under the Gospel DiSpensation.
% Having good Conscience that wherea, they speak
e' OF you" as Of evil doors. they may be ashamed.
lSt. Peter TO the Gentle Christians.
|. Researches under the Primal THeocracy.
That portion of years which elapsed
from The day on which God created man
IN his own image 10 the day OH which he
gave his laws TO the Hebrews on Mount
Sinai, is called by Christians tie period Of
tie faO of Nature. The exact duration of
this period has been coniroveTied by emf.
neni men. Archbishop Usher, whose &C.
curacy IN the computation of scripiuraI
years is much admired, reckoBs t,co Mon-
sand fUe hundred dHdthirteen ye1rs between
the creation of The world and tic promul.
cation of the Mosaic law. But be This
as il may (for no difference in chronology
can affect the object Of our present re.
searches) II is evident from the tenor of
the sacred records, that between The ere
alton OF Adam aud the prOmulgaiion of
the Mosaic law, the disptDsaiion which
has been sly led the religion IF Nature, al
torded The only true religion IF mankiad.-
Few aud simple as the sublime principles
OF 1t may mainly comprehended
IN directions 10 worship one supreme.
eternal Being, The creator and ruler of The
universe, and commanding his creature
man To cbuse and act IN conformity To
tie inward dictates OF sound, unsophisti-
Gated TeasoD--sliIl il would b. difficult in
Itself, aud extTaneOus TO our present pnr
suit, 10 digest those principles into Il reg
uiar code, containing all the special rules
oi those duties which constituted Tie sys-
ten Of that religion. We dO not pretend
10 unfold The sublime system Of the reli-
giOn OF Nature but We dO undertake 10
demonstrate, by many passages of sacred
3isIOry, that siave-h0ldiug never was pro-
ibiied by the word Of God, which on
hc contrary authenticated that system.
The purchase and bolding OF bond
zen and bouGwomen was The cOnsiau,
urPbHked practice of some of the mosi
lus,rious aud faithful observers Of tie
Gen. 1, %.