Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-21
them have forgotten, to abuse their brethren in

tncW nave IOtEOUen, 10 ABUSE WeH DretNtcn III
America for neerc,,ns u popuiaon a'nona>,
! whom larger proportion hear the Gospel,
than oi the inhabitants III the ca,i,al ri thu Briti,
empire.
IL, rs lnnh ~ London the seat ot yonr wealth,
power, aud cNil,h t,on: the abode III Your Sovn-
'eien, thu scat Of Your Parlia'Hrnt the See nj !,
| Bishop, whose income would support hundred
missionaries. Listen In what the Bishop SAYS al
80 much oi his dioecNs is contained in tho me-
tropns,. Thofc ar.,' saws he, thiitN-lo'tr
parishes containing ahpvc 10000 souls EACH To-
'"tins all notice Of tha~ ~hcl, con,ain c~s.) and
in the aggregate ,l37 900 >ons but there j.,
church for on, l0l ,6S2--less han one
tenth Of the whole Allow church Tor every
5000 souls, aud 80 churches would be- required ;
whi', in fac, there bu, 90 m II cons"oraied
chapel, be- added, only 100" That is, above
700. 900 soul, in single city, and that city ,hr
seat oil Your glory utterly unprov'ded for 10y thu
nation ard the Established Church. Now, il We
add What i, done by D,,,."ur, Of all ,l,s,rs, aud
add also the destitute oi the small parishes, the
suit mied be varied liur bur s,l, make the
best Of You can, and Won left with more
people destitute of the means OF grace IN London
alone, than in all thu United States II YOU
doubt these statements Of the Lord Bishop OF LON
don, consul, the y. oeetdiHgs o e last annual
meeting Of the City Mission; and then ponder
whether the hundreds of pounds sqnandcrrd on
Mr.. Ghompson's trip 10 the United States, aud IN
printing his ISLANDERS Of that country, and the nd-
dtiona hundi eds which ] SEQ DIR. llcugh urged
tine people of Glasgow TO give him by way of
=" Testimonial Fund" nigh, not have bccn fully as
well Land out in sending tho Gospel 10 the British
| capital!
g. Besides the accusations now made ,our own,
on tho general subject oi slavery IN itself cons'-
dcrcd and neglect OF the religious instruction. of
the savcs-,hc remaining charges which we are
arragncd upon--may, III II certain extent, fall I'M
der the general head of sever w. injustice, and
! dccp-rootcd prejudice against the blacks. These
things may be true, they may b. false. The
statements and evidence on both SIDES are IN reach
of the Public. You have vouchcd for their truth,
and it is not my design TO show the contrary,
| but TO show who they are that ARE so ready 10
magnify real errors, and to allcge false crimes up
on their ncighbors.
! q. Pray, sir, were YOU ever in Ireland II
YOU were, YOU saw n land fertile and beautiful
people handsome, intelligent, and active eli
mate more genial than any other in so high nor
thcrn latitude in short, every thing should make
its icening population rich, happy, and powerful.
was there | saw hundreds Of people who had
no fixed abodcs. l saw the ma GRITTY OF the hon.
SEES of the lower classes Ia be worse Than the STA
blcs and COW houses in England, saw thousands
in rags hundreds naked and hundreds more ma
kcd, except piece Of n single old garment. l
looked al the third report the expcd,rn"y OF
poor law for Ireland made nv order OF the Par-
lament, and found that 2.3S5 900 souls are "ui
of work, having nothing To depend on, and are IN
distress for thirty weeks in every year. IL Is
settled, indspu,abc truth, tina, one third nj the l.
rish people beg their bread ,wo-,hirl, of cvc'y
wear. And yet enormous quantities Of grain and
live stock and all OF PROVISIONS, are exported
from Ireland. And vet in defiance OF all tins
tremendous, long continued, and periodical s''iler-
ing there is no poor law, nor any sort OF general
provision by law, for the poor Of that ISLAND. b"
there are iorty-nnc reg imcn's Of horse and loot.
and a constabulary iorcc OF about equal magn'-
tudc. ready to stay the Peoples s'omachs with
lead at night, and steel IN the morning. ms IS
the happy con simmaon of six hundred wears OF
British au,hori,, And how can you. sir, look
any human being in the face, and charge his conn-
try with wrong, ill yon have strained every ci-
lort TO redress thi. vast Hereditary guilt Or
if YOU fail, how YOU speak, ndfion"Ly. IN
the hearing Of earth heaven. about human
wrongs
TO- Look for the last time to the vast plains OF
South Africa, with the blood OF murdered ma
tons. Read the clear and mastery sp cch 81
DR.. Phelps, already twice referred to. " II ira'-
eIlrr who had visited that country twice twenty
FIVE wears ago, where to take his stand on the
banks of the kcskamna river, and ask what had
become Of tho natives whom he there on his
former visit; II lie took his stand ON the rocks OF
Sondago river, and looked towards country So
vcntv miles in breadth before him. he might ask
the same question +; il he were 10 iake his stand
again on the Fish river, and then extend his views
to Caifraria, he might ask the same question
and were he to take his stand on the snow noun
tain, called GRAF Rcinoi, (hc would have before
him IA country containing 10000 square milcs)
and ask where was the immense concourSc he
saw there twenty five ycarse ago, no man could
tell him where they were ~ Ask Lord Glrnelg,
his Majesty's principal Secretary for the Colo
MES, and he will admit that the system, OF ircach-
cry, plumber, and bulchery, by which these brave
and upright savages have been wasted in exier-
minating opposition, constitutes perhaps the most
degrading Of all the chapters OF the history OF
mankind 1t is chapter written in the tears
and blood Of slaughtered tribes, and is hardly YET
dry upon the paper that records il for the cHccra-
ton of posteriiv 1t is "A chapter that had NOT
been fully enacted when you were connecting
plans and arranging agencies by which To make H.
listrious the benign sway OF universal freedom,
Justice, and henev0lence in your Wonarchy-anh
to brand upon our Republic reproachcs which all
coming generations could not etlacc.
But why need multiply particulars When
these things are set right, and you seek from us
another list will say to You concerning Your
poIity, in nearly all its parts, things which you
will then be better able TO bear. We will point
out how YOU may establish real freedom amongst
yourselves, aud thereby show your acquaintance
with its sacred principles {; how YOU can make
YOUR laws lust, equal, and humane, and thereby