Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-08
REV. DIR. BEN
ri, abolition Stare !SeAt j,

.ua.,.r is an extract from speech de-
NV ,,,. Rev. Dr. Beman, Of Troy, a, an
meeting, and published, for the edi-
,,,on Of tie canting crew. III one oil Their VEN
"'"' u-moutl,ed Islander and defamation
TIC, a.. southern brethren never heard me slam
n. ! am candid on this subject Often
der "','' !, said, "Wha, do northern people
do VIC ,." ,layery!" Sir, am moi" stranger
kno" "o ! have resided eleven years at the
10 sac" al ,hree or four winters into the bargain,
>ou.',' " , something about IT. 1t is an immense
ana a." our southern brethren inialihc They
'e'h L;rd.bearted brethren: yet some OF them
are '1' TIFF IMAGE OF JESUS IN THEIR
S,,.vrS, Are they competent judges IN tho
% The wise man says, \ giit bl'ndcth the
case THEY JUDGE WITH THE PRICE
ryyrrs,,u,MAN FLESHlN THEIR HANDS y
= of, blindc,h the eyes, doth it, Reverend
60, Who 50 fit to offer comment on this
h, whose conduct has furnished practical
.,empIiIcarion oiits truth When' in the year
no, the said Nathan S. ). Benan, then oil the
,.,y ., Hancock, and state of Georga, sold to
,.a,, Wilcox of Savannah, (as the bill oi sale 'pc-
.c.., :. the image of Jesus" in his 50 three ne
ylg
,.,r, of age, her son George, years OF age, ana
a.l,,,lucr Cu,linc, an infant, Tor and IN consdc-
..,;o,or,bc sum of 900 presume the gentle
,,o,. conscience was not quite 50 tender AS 1t IS
.,.,s..,, or he did not dream that he should go
I'D - tho North and atone for his sins by abusing
,hose ofothers, who, if they Judge with the price OF
human flesh in their hands" are at least as impair
,ial udscs as he who has the price OF human
flesh" in his picket! 1t becomes the rcrtrend
,ntl,map at least to show that he has disg0rgcd the
money thus nquitously obtained, and that he has
." carefully repentcd, with tears" the consignment
o, the image ofJcsus, in the persons of his negro
women and children, to perpetual bondage, before
,hc reproaches others with the like sins. If, in
deed. they be of an uniorgivablc character-it, as
same of the AboltonSts end, they who are
Shareholders and slavc-dealcrs by an invncible nc
c,,,i1y arc 100 impure to belong to the Church on
EARTH or to hope for salvation hereafter, how will
the rer.rend DR.. Beman approach hi, grave
VIII he console himself with the reflection that he
ba, atoned for his own sin by abusing others for
the like offence WrctcIcd soph,try yet how
often do we find it the case, that men dcudc them
selves with the idea that the dcnunciation of crime
in others aoncs for their own deyiations from the
path of rec,i,udc How often do they
- Compound for sins that they're 'neiin'd TO-,
by damnng those they hare no mind to-
Welamcn, the necessity of speaking thus harsh
sy of DIR. Bcmal,-Bm he has no grouse. Him
.eflong resident Of the South, he knows that i'm
mediate emancipation can no more be effected
than the instantaneous moral regeneration of Il
world Himself slave-scller, he kno,rs the i'm
v1isas circumstances which often impose tins ne
ers,i,y upon individuals, against their inclina,ions
Having himself =" sold the image of Jesus" and
pocActed q the price ofhuman flesh" he should
sAuddcr at the contemplation Of his own criminal
n.y. if the acts inlicacd by these awful terms de-
serve thus to be characterized!