Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-03-31


lg which they maniiesily eschewed. Tn,
to religion Of the south is stainless of IN,
IT. guilt of mobbing and lynching. 1t woulc
It dePrecate these things, though directed
P against the most malignant abolitionists
IL as sincerely as the religion Of the north
70 could 1t does not appear to me, though
= you seem to have supposed that the theo
a liglcal seminary approved of the prac
r ice OF lynching abolitionists, though they
- did take measures to secure those who were
70 not abolitionists, from all liability to being
= lynched as such.
III II you mean to say that you trust 'sthas
g Will see displayed in your letter, rea-
$ sons which justify you for not contributing
a toward the erection Of New Orleans
chapel" you must strangely misconceive
Q OF my sincerity, or greatly underrate my
understanding poor as it may be. You
= assume premises which you very we'll
: know would not be conceded by any roli-
a glous man in the south; and from them
: you conclude against the propriety of the
I contribution solicited, and then--Q will not
l characterize the proceedingD and then you
: suppose must see reason, in what you have
written, for Withholding the contribution.
most certainly had no other claims
on you than those created by bona file
purpose of Clarifying God, and advancing
the interests Of true religion. presented
these claims to you as to one who had both
these objects in high regard. Whether
you have sacrificed these objects to the
interests Of an excited and fanatical
Observation-Disclosures you have been held
back from this good work by mistaken
apprehenslons of the religion of the south
-or whether tho religion of tho south
Is itself involved in error on this subject,
would perhaps as little become mo to
determine, as 1t becomes you to deter
mine, as you have done, of the heath.
enlsh character, or, at least, mutilIated
state of the religion Of the south.--lt is
certain, however, that if the religion of
the south is such as you represent it, there
IS a sterne and tremendous obligation on
you, and such as you, to send and bring
the Whole OF the true religion among us.
Many of US, on this suppostioa are
'.pertshing for lack Of knoDedge;n and the
worst of it is, the Bible itself will not SUP.
ply this lack 70 US. We cannot find the
character of our religion thus drawn in
that sacred book. We must be taught,
then; and on such as you it is incumbent
to teach US. Come over, then, to our Ma
cedonia, and help US. Think not you have
done enough, or, indeed done any thing,
while your lectures against southern idola.
try and heathenlsm are confined to north
ern audiences; who, though they framed
our idols and forced them upon us, have
themselves cast their idols to the moIes
and bats, content with the price of inqui-
~ which they have treasured up, in ex-
change forthose they haveset up among us.
Come, repeat, or send; that we may be I
taught the whole of the true religion In
this great work you cannot, certainly, fear +
that you will repeat the deluson which so i
long held you in the front rank of coloniyta
cation advocates, in the best days of your i
mental vigorl Or would it be too much q
mercy to US wrctched idolatrous heather, d
10 convert us from the error Of our ways, t.
and turn us from our idols to the living Il
God2 Why waste the noble energies o. S
mind, and other resources with which Il
Providence has endowed you and your CO. RI
ldjutors, Birney and the beloved sisters u
Sarah aud Angelina Grimke, in lecturing o
hose who are not involved in it, on the 81
sin Of Southern idolatrys Or, perhaps
mistake the purpose Of your movements. h
You may be training band Of missiona- s
ties for this purpose. If so what is it in a,
ended shall be their outfit? Will they pc
,ome to us with the simple Gospelf Or ci
nay We expect the Gospel to be supported ed
~ violated constitution, on the one in
,and and by severed union on the 9TH nc
'rl And will these carry fire and the te
word as the cogent arguments by which an
he whole Of the true religion is to be urg- Y
ID upon our voluntary acceptance? lfnot, ae
Why delay the commencement of your yo
reaching the true religion among us in its w
Wilthe Gospel become more Sc
fficient by the delay2 Or shall zoe be- tn
ONE more disposed to receive it, at your VI
ands, in proportion to the injury which pa
V think you have attempted against US tic
1 your denunciatory lectures at the north? ar
| say nothing in this letter, upon the We
uestion ofthe right or wrong Of slavery in ex
10 abstract. Every conscientious man CO..
lat holds slaves must believe that il is
ght, in the circumstances in which he wa
Odds them; and, till he is convinced to Tr
10 contrary Of this, no denunciations up UNI
a general principles, much less upon dr.
'isapplied portions Of the Jewish Scrip ma
res, can convince him Of sin, or reform lar
i'm. Many Of the religious men Of the | u
'uth believe that in existing circum- ccs
ances, it is greatly conducive to the C
ell being Of the slaves in general, that heo