Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-04

| pies OF conscience, which have lnlertered
to prevent The pious from engaging in a
irefile IN human flesh, must surely vanish
before the clear evidence produced by
MIN; and now | presume they will be
eager 10 fulfil the commandment, given 10
the faithful, TO enslave and make bond
men ot"the nations round about them. "
How can it be otherwise, than that
christians OF the present day, are bound
| TO obey all the Instructions given 10 The
children OF Israel? And what can be
more plain, than that Africans are the
Identical "nations round about US, as
well as the strangers thai "soJourn
among US 1t is clear therefore, that we
are pcrmitied-nsy, We are bound--to
"take them as an Inheritance for our
| children after us, to inherit them for
possession that they shall be our bond
men forever"
While searching the scripture, to
see II these things be so," | fell upon
certain passages which extend The right
and power oil christians over their fellow
| creatures, Tar beyond what the reverend
gentleman has veniOred To go !; aud was
led to wonder that he should have stop
ped short on so important privilege
especially when we consider the necessi
= thai may arise, for putting this extend
ed right INTO exercise, as succ edaneum
TO The hrs. For my part, when fairly
started, | am disposed to $" go the whole. 4"
The passages are as follows:
Deuteronomy VII. is. And thou shalt con-
sumo aH the peopte whch the LoaD TIN God shall
deliver thee; thine eye shat haue no pity upon
them.
25, "a. But the LopD thy God snail deliver
hen unto thee, and shall dsstrog them with u
mighty destructian until they be dsss,uged
And he snail deliver their kings into thine
hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from
under heaven.
Xxx. IS. Phou shalt snite every male there
OF with the edge OF The sword.
10. But OF the cites Of these people which
the Loan thy God doth give thee for an inhe-
fhance, thou Shalt save alive nothing that
6reatheh; but thou shalt utterly destroy them.
Now, after reading these passages, and
divers others of similar import, who can
tnr moment doubt thai we christians
have right TO pursue with fire and
sword, and utterly eXiermlpate the ma
lions round about us"-that is all nation,
that are not good christians like our
selves Our laretathers must have been
SIMPLE souls, or certainly they would have
applied these texts to the Indians, aud
SO cut them off al once root and branca.
10 Penn and other straight coated ca
vll!ers, il would be sufficient that ,br
lsraelites had such authoeny gwen them
about three thousand years ago.
Perhaps it may be oby cted by some,
That my reverend friend, W. K. and n.i.
self, quote particular texts OF scrlp,uro
to prove doctrine which is in opposi
| zion to the general tenor and spiri OF
dolly writ. To ibis l reply, TIA ".
can plead precedent of very sncisw
date. For Instance, in the lonrlh chap
ier Of ST. Luke, in the ninth, tenn, an,
eleventh verses, we find very grave per,
s1nase pursuing the same course---an
although people are so ungrateiui as
not to acknow ledge Satan as heir model,
vet IT IS evident tha, be is frequently tot
lowed by others as we'll as by Us.
Bat l will observe (snd have no
doubt the reverend gentleman viii
agree with meg that it is to thc chris
tians who are " grated into" lhe Juda,c
stock Chat is to true beievers) to whom
he promises and injunclions of the Cos
1el are particularly made. They only,
can claim the privilege OF standing " in
the place and footsteps of the ancicn
jaws" Consequently the scripturai
authority for ensiaping and destroying
he +" nations round about them" oniy.
can be claimed by the members Of
some christian church. Now il is plain
that to such. upbcievers must be AS the
heathen-no matter whether they form
part OF the same body polite or not.
Therefore it is the delightful privilege
of some christian church q have not
yet determined Which, but possibly
w. X. could decide) to bring into bon
dage, or, if more convenien', to cut the
throa,s of all, whether negroes, Indians,
or whites, who do not belong TO the
same church. Whether any church
will have the courage and magnanimty
to make the attemp, is not for me to say,
Ii any person should be SO blind as
not to see the. applicability of the texs
advanced by my reverend friend and N.Y.
self, to christians in Illinois, we cannot
help ii. We have done our part 70 en-
Tighten them.
OLIVER MAR-TEXT.
Since writing the above, have seen
piece in the Advocate signed Martus, in