Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1836-12-01

AsN'.S AAVAeS Va huttutIcut, Out SNORT t1mc
back, between the honorable Mr.. Buxton
and Sir J. Hobhouse, on the subject of Brit
ish slavery in India !.-There you will find
it admitted that domestic slavery prevails
to great extent in India, especially in
Bengal" There you will find proof that no
direct effort was ever made TO abolish it,
and reasons urged by the government why il
cannet now be abolished, and why treaties
now existing seem 10 reader its future aboli>
tion impossible
8. Turn your attention, next, to the West.
ern side of the Atlantic Ocean, and see near.
Iy million OF apprentices in the West In
d'a Islands and then remember what you
have yourself said and written on tho subject
OF this system: and call to mind the innu-
merable declarations made weekly, up and
down the country, by those who belong 10
your party, and who Cat the Houdsworth
Ahti-Siavery Society, on the I'd of this
month"; denounced it"as aggravated slavery,
under the name of apprenticeship" and de-
nounce every "proposal Of government" as
only calculated TO excite suspicion.
do draw an interference al all sti aimed
when I say, that the subjects Of a Monarch,
whose dominions IN three quarters of the
globe are by their own showing and by ir-
refragable proofs, covered with slaves, should
deal somewhat gently with other nations,
condition? Do say foo much when eau.
ton such people TO be more guarded in boast
ful assertions, which are coniradicted by the
fact and the record of the case. Do give
needless offence, when beg you 10 remem-
Der, that your Parliament is omnipotent over
this subject and is therefore respon sble for
all the evils which exist either through their
negligence or by their consent? Alas! sir, il
is an ancient habit, 10 he bitter against our
brother for mote, when beam is in our
own eye.
Bat have more TO add. We have been
spoken against with great severity for ne>
eject of the spiritual welfare of the colored
population OF the United States: and you
have in an unhappy hour, said, you believed
and approved these hard ayings. have in
vain, denied; in vain disproved them. NV
object now, is to show the condition OF the
country, whose people bring and credit them;
still keeping the line of duty indicated by
your suggestion.
4. Let me beg you then TO look al the con-
dition of Lower Canada, where the Roman
Catholic religion is established ny law, where
annual grants Of public money are made TO
support it, and where il has had free course,
until the people are so ignorant that by statute
law the grand jurors and the school commits
sioners are allowed the privilege Of making
their marks instead of signing their names,
and where, according to the belief Of the
whole universe, except Papists, system of
idoiatrous worship is guaranteed by the pow>
er of the British realm
8. Then look over the votes in the Conn
mittee Of Supply in the present Parliament,
and you will see e. ,92S ''tor the Roman
Catholic College at Maynooth," (Which is
just about the sum the vilifiei A mericans nav
annually to promote the religion of Jesus
or 4 g. II ~
lonization Society and ask you, as chris
tian, TO resolve the question, which of those
enterprises you deem most injurious to true
religion? which you and your party have
rnast actively opposed? and which is most
under your eye and control? Heaven ard
earth are moved 10 prevent the spread of the
gospel in Africa through the Coloniza.i N
Society; and aot whisper is heard to pre-
vent the increase of idolairy in your own
land, through governmental patronage
3. But more frightiul case remains. Re.
member that you have above one hundred
millions OF heather in your Indian posses
sions then road thu noble speech of the
Rev. w. Campbell, missionary from Ben
galore, delivered at Exeter Hall, AT the last
annual meeting of the London Missionary
Society. There, Sir, you will find positive
proof that the horrid system Of Hindco idol
airy, in all its cruelty and corruption, is up
held, partaken of, and made source Of gain
by the British authorities in India (! Temples
are supported by the government; priests
and dancing women are paid monthly al
lowance out OF the public revenue magis>
tra,es are present and aiding officially al their
brutal ceremonies; military officers do their
peculiar honers tn The abominable thing
and British functionarics collect tho wages
OF iniquity. And now, sir, what can the eau
gerness Of party zeal End, in all its false al
legations against US, equal to the naked de-
formity Of these facls3
T. But pass again to another portion of
your wide empire. In multitudes of publi-
cations have seen our alleged neglect of the
religious instruction Of The Colored popula-
ton Of America, made the basi. of insinua-
ton against the sincerity OF our religions
profession. If you will read the speech of
Dr. Philip, already alluded 10, you will find
the following sentence "Boieman, Cafiire
chief, and others, have been petiiionipg me
tor missionaries, by every messenger through
whom they could convey 10 me verbal
communication, for The last twelve years:
and have not yet been able TO send them
one" Gracious heaven! what an account
will the twenty thousand protestant minis
teTs Of Great Britain have TO render for the
souls OF these poor Cafres, who so many OF
them have forgotten, TO abuse their brethren
IN America for neglecting population a.
mongst whom a larger proportion hear the
gospel, than OF the inhabitants of the capital
of the British Empire
Let US look at London, the scat Of vour
wealth, power and civilization the abode of
yonr Sovereign; the seat Of your Parliament:
The seesof bishop whose income would sun
nor, a hundred missionaries J,;sfor 10 ,,t,,