Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-11

Gs We nave rarely seen n more striking illus-
tration Of false logic and the non segnifyr IL
the following argument,in favor of an EstablixboJ
Church, derived from the circumstances atlo,I
ing the death Of the late Ex-Prcsident OF the M.
ted States. We find it in a Scotch paper H..
.Seriing journal End .4Rcertiser, a stray numb.
of which has reached US. We have never yo,
seen a feebler argument urged in favor of an H.
Enlistment. IT may, at leaS', amusc our readers
and serve TO show 10 what shifts the friends of ~ az
Established Church are reduced, when thew NJ
tempt TO defend it upon any grounds other than
those Of State policy.
There could not be a more practical illustration :
The truth oftIe arguments Of lhuse who have strn,,l.d
to support The exi. tsnee ofan Established Church aqains,
all opponents. than we find in The circumstances ,ttoaI
inc the death of Mr. Polk. one Of the Presidents of ,L.
United States. Nuluntaries. and all who are opn,ssd =,
any connection between Church and STATE, or. in nh
words. all who are opposed 10 the existence ofa natjo al
OF established church, have always arIued lhaf lbprv e
opinion. and freedom Of conscience should lie all,v D.
all, and in order that heir view might be carrier H.,
insist that IA member ufrhe State should be cal ell "a
10 support n church to which he does Lot belupg and
that. in fact. between a church and state there should h.
no connection. In vain has it been argued thar were this
IN be the case, religious ordinances " onld seon cease IN
be attended to. and that a laxiiy of murals would sbo,,.
" prevail 10 IN extent of which we can 70 IN no ile,
That this view OF the case is The correct one, as we have
already stated. has been mosi s. fikingly exempli6pd in
the last sad scene in he life of Mr.. Polk. In Amptic,
as our readers are well aware, there is no FsiobGLoi
Church, aud 50 Frequently are the external forms and =.
dlnances Of religion neglected. that many pass tlronoh
life, who. though protesting Christians. show M nrao,i
cal knowledge Of The creed which they profess nor evor
claim admission 10 he ~parlakers of lis holy rites and ar.
dlnances. Living amid such a stale Of leliuions inlifsr
ence, we do not feel as onisled II tear hat many wbo
profess 10 place their hopes Of salvaIiun upon the blessed
Redeemer, should pdSsaNay from this vale Of s,rroy
without ever having entered he portals of The universal
church, even by the ritas II baptism; INT we certainly
were not prepared 10 hear that 'helcaI If the Rennblic.
he President ofthe free and t. enlightened United
States Of America. Should only OF his %deathbed, 50 far
withdraw himself from The ca Of this world. AS in
call for admission To The visible Chu ch by bap ism. A
blessing fr VIII ca lie had pinned for many years. His
mrs. woods 10 the summoned clergyman may teach all a
lesson. for truly we may, ''be foufd unprppared.'
"Sr," he said To him in pressively, 'ifI had snspec-
ted twenty Years ago that | should tulne t my deall-bed
.ppfepmed, !. would have made me a wretchod man;yet
am about t die. and have not II ade preparalion. haze
not even hetn %hapriscd. Tell me. sir, ran there be any
ground FIR II man thus situated 10 hope %
O. In the account we published, in our last.
OF the existence of a race in Africa OF human be-
ingS with tails, there was one point, of conSidera-
bic interest, left uneXplained-viz the length of
this caudal appendage. This information is Civ
en- IN a paragraph OF the report of Col. Du Couret
to the French academy, which has since met
our eyes, and which we subjoin. After all, the
tail is not very formidable, and when the race is
civilized, and the tailor's art invoked, there will
be no necessity for that anomaly in breeches, al
luded TO in the famous stanzas of the "Devips
walk'-nnless indeed, docking is practistd among
the GhilaneS.
Giving a sketch of the personal appearance of
Blllal, the caudated man he encountered al Mec-
ca, and OF whom he took a drawing, Col. Du
Couret says:
lie was thin and dry, but nervous and strong. His
skin was black. trouzed, shining, soft 10 the touch like
velvet. His feet Were long and fa; his arms and legs
appeared feeble, but well supplied with muscles. HIS
ribs could easily BIZ counted. HIS face was rpulsiyely
ugly. lis mouth was enormous, hi, lips thick. his teeth
strong, sharp, and very white; his nose broad and fiat; his
ears long and detormed; his forehead low and very rece.
ding; his halr not very woolly or thick, but nevertheless
curly. He had m beard, aud his body was not hairy.-
He was vely active and hrndy. His heigh, was about
. t'et. lis tail was more than three inches long. and almost
as flexible as thatofa monkey. His disnsition, setting
aside the oddity ofbis tastes and habits, was good and his
fidelity was above all praise"