Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-11-15


lust about the sum the vliiiod Americans
pay annually to promote the rcHg ION Of Jc-
sls Christ in Wes,crn Africa. through the
Colonization Society," aud ask you, as a
Christian, to resolve the questions, which
of these enterprises YOU deem most njuri-
ous 20 the true religion! which you and your
party have most actively opposed? and
which is most under your eye and control!
Heaven and earth are moved to prevent the
spread of the Gospel in Africa through the
Colonization Society ; and not j whisper is
heard to prevent the increase of idolatry IN
your own land, through governmental pa
: tronage.
6. Bat a more frightlul case remains
Remember that you have above one hum
dred millions ofhea.hen in your Indian pos
sessons;-then read the noble speech of
the Rev. w. Campbell, a missionary from
Bengalorc, delivered at Exeter Hall, at the
last annual meeting ofthe London Mission
ary Society. There, Sir, you will find
positive proofthat the horrid system of Hin
doc dolutry. in all its cruelty and corruption,
is upheld, parlaken of, and'made a source
of gain by British authorities in lndla!--
Temples are supported by the government;
priests and dancing women are paid Il
monthly allowance out Of the public revenue;
magistrates are present and aiding officially
at their brutal ceremonies; military officers
do their peculiar honors to the abomInable
thing; and British functionaries collect the
wages ofiniquity. And now, sir, what can
the cagcrness of party zeal find, in all Its
false allegations against us, equal to the ma
ked deformity of these facts !
7. But pass again TO another portion OF
your wide empire. In multi:udes OF pub.
iications | have seen our alleged neglect OF
the religious instruction Of the colored
population of America, made the basis ofm-
situations agains. the sincerity of our rel-
gious profession. willreadt the speech
ofDr. Phillip, already alluded to, you will
find the following sentence "Botemen, a
Catfre chief, and others, have been petition.
ing me for missionaries, by every messen-
ger through whom they could convey to me
a verbal communication, for the last twelve
wears; and have not yet been able to send
them one" Gracious heaven what an
account will the twenty thousand protestant
ministers of Great Britain have to render
for the souls of these poor Caffres, whom so
many of them have forgotten. to abuse their
brethren in America for neglecting popu-
la,ion amongst whom larger proportion
hear the Go, ,cl, than of the inhabitants OF
the capital of the British Empre.
s. Let US look at London, the seat ofyour
wealth, power and civilization; the abode
of your Sovereign; the seat of your Parli.
amcnt; the see of bishop whose income
would support hundred missionaries. Lis
ten to what the bishop says of so much Of
his diocese, as is contained in the metropo-
lis. "There are" says he, thirty.four
parishes, containing above 10000 souls
each, (omt.ing all notice of those which
contain lcss) and in the aggregate l,l37-
600 souls but there is church room for on
" lOI,6S2-less than one-tenth of the
whole. Allow one church for every 3d.
600 souls, and 379 churches would be re-
ouired while in fact there are bnt SO: or if
consecrated chapes be added, only loo" "
That is, above 100000 souls. in single
CITY, and that city, the scat your glory, ut
ter y unprovided for by the nation, and the
Established Church. Now if we should
add what is done by dissenters Of all classes,
and add also the destitute of the small pa.
riishes, the result might be varied little; but
still, make the best of it you can, and you
are left with more people destitute of the
means Of grace in London alone, than in all
the United States If you doubt these
statements of the Lord Bishop of London,
consult the proceedings of the last annual
meeting Of the City Mission and then pom
der, whether the hundreds of pounds squan-
dered on Mr.. Thompson's trip to the United
states-and in printing his ISLANDERS Of that
country-and the additional hundreds which
DR.. Heugh urged the people of Glasgow to
give him by way of Testimonial Fund
might not have been fully as well laid out
in sending the Gospel to the British caPi.
tall
Besides, the accusations now made your
own, the general subject Of slavery in itself
considered, and neglect of the religious in.
struction of the natives-the remaining char
ces which we have been arraigned upon
may, to a certain extent, fall under the ge-
neral head of severity, injustice, and deep
rooted prejudice against the blacks. These
things may be true, or they may be false.
The statements and evidence on both sides
are in reach of the public. You have
vouched for their truth, and it is not now my
design to show the contrary but to show
who they are that are so ready to magnify
real errors, and to allege false crimes upon
their neighbors.
9. Pray, sir, were you ever in Ireland! !