Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-04-27

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the negro's skin differed in color from
a white mans, that our fathers, for many
Rent,s.ians, lad hid thtei IL avery,
and treated them as we dc, and that cir
Gun stances having gwen IS the power,
we could still use them as we pleased
with perfect lmpunily. Should he then
have read to him the extract from the
Declaration Of Independence which we
have Just quoted-be told that we boast
ed much oil the freedom and equity OF our
laws, and that we lived in land Of libcr-
It-'hat the religion We proiessed vas
sYlem OF perfect benevoIence and JUS
uce-,hat its fundamental principle was,
:" 10 do To others as We would wish that
others should do TO U.S." tia, we valued
ourselves highly on our profession oil 1t,
and annually expended many thousands
OF dollars in conveying a knoWledRe Of
it 10 people many hundreds Of leagues
off, while we carefully pre-, enled our
slaves from coming 10 knowledge of
lis precepts and its blessings; he would
surely be perplexed aud amazed at the
Inconsistency and wick edness Of cur con-
dud, and be ready To dpub, whether we
were rational, reGecIng b. ings. I lie
following anecdotes Wi, illustrate tbs
view. The venerable Eiios Bpadinot in
lis 3" Star in the West" relates that
society for promoting tie gospel among
lie Indians, Of which he was a cores
bonding member, sent on, two Young
mon as missionaries to the. Delaware In
dams. They we're furnished wnh let
ter written III the Indian style, Informing
them 'hat through the goodness of the
Great Spirit. the white people had been
favored with a knowledge Of his will,
and tina, thus enjoying 50 much hasn't
ness themselves, they could not but vi ISL
10 communicate the dad tilinps TO their
Indian brethren, thal they also might be-
come partakers OF the bessng-that
hey had therefore sent them Two minis
ters OF the gospel 10 teach them these
things, earnestly recommending them 10
their careful attention. The young men
arrived at the place OF their DESIGNATION,
and con inundated the nature and object
oi their visit. The chiefs of the nation
were convened, and spent fourteen DAYS
in council, deliberaiing upon he impor-
tsn' subject, when they dismissed the
missionaries with . reply, pWportiur--
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differed from NJ in cota,. we hid ,. de
.I4ves ri and made ,hso, sg.r ,r..t
bardshiDs and lead miserable lives. Nov
,bpy conld nor see anv reasor. iC reo.
oIe beinp black entitled us thus ia deal
with ,le,n. wbv a red coI,, .bo,ld nor
eonallv ,,s,,f, III. ,e,re.,r,r., Th.y
bad therefore II, ,er,,ined tn va;, IN Gee
whether all the hI.ck reon1e a,,ona ma
"a 20 made time h,c,, ,,d ;o,I,1 baGnr.
,hev could mn, ronfde,ce !, o,r ,,ro
misses. Ger thew ,bou.b, neo,le wbo
had Suffered {, ,,,cb and en- Iona by
o,r means. sb,,ld ne e,,;t,ed tn o,r r,s,
attention. and ,hererore tbev had SON,
hack rho ,wo ,,iss;,,nar,es Win INV
thanks, PROMISING ,ba when ,hev saw
the bl.c, neon1e among ms ,estor,d IN
freedom, and hapnincss. ,hev would Glad.
10 receive onr n,;ss;o,ar;es ye,v
sensible Osape chief Rio Soldier. when
Or. Sj,by was Urging 10 him the benefits
of civilization. renlied hy a,knowledv;ny
The wonderful at,ainuen,s of the whites
in arts and sciences. and added. s. Put
Won are surrounded with s,aves-everv
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