The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1851-02-26
From The Charleston Courier.
LETTERS OF GEN. A. II. BRIS
BANE

BANE.
We publish to.day, series of General
Brisbane, to Archbishop Hughes orthe Dr.
Geese Of New York, on the Interference Of
the church with African slavery. These
letters will DO read with attent ion by al!
(parties in our country. They appeal 10
every principle Of interest, reason, and
faith: and he must be a poor logician who
does not find himself enlistee at once on
the one or the other side of question, that
has been placed by the author in bold reIiet,
Tor the purpose OF general discussion. The
Archbishop is now absent, it appears, from
America; but as these letters call for no i'm.
mediate answer on his part, this will not
interfere with the consideration which they
must command. Gen. Brisbane is known
by the reading public, as the author of a
'iFeatise on the Philosophy of Politics, !"
nut forth some two or three years since: but
reputation as bold and daring thinker,
his muck better disseminated by ,bis
will be 'ttsrs, than it could possibly have
series OF *, which was too strictly in,
been by wo pcrusal
ductiye for genera. -EsToN, Dec. II, 1850
CHAR
Archbishop Hughes: ,e seven years
Mos, Reverend Sr: Son. 1t 81 rcligi>
since. wrote you on the snhle, qf Al.
Gus interference with the questr.A elbr,
can slavery, and particularly as to wa. =
the Baiumlr Convention OF Catholic b"
ops would entertain it as of righ. Ion. !,
answer was, that II would not; aud you went
on to state, that whatever IN go, bo the pm
vate opinions Of the twenty live or 'hry
bishops hat then constituted M Il 'c'es,s,
cal convention. those opui yeas could have uo .
force with the council ia a religious pou'
Of view. A. that tine, my limited know
ledge Of religious djc,ri1s and discipline,
prevenie my farther prosecution lthe sn''- /
iect: but circumstances haze since broll h !
me into direct contact with the entire qurs-
ton Of ethics, and return 10 our CORES
pondence, with the conviction, that at the
next Convention, you will, yourself. bring
the subject Up for deliberate Consideration.
Ysu are well advised hat there can Oe
but two descriptions Of law-lhe supernatu-
raj and the natural; aud that mankind at the
present day. are enlisted under the one or
the other Of these two Cedes. You are equal
" well advised. that when Almighty God
fret created he world, humanity was repre-
. senled by unity. Adam and his help meet
alone inhabited Paradise. and at that time
the law which governed them was excu-
svely supernaluraE;hey were forbidden by
formal revelation from Almighty Col TO in
tract certain restriction, aud their priv
leges depended upon their obedience to the
law But the creature must attempt, al
least, 10 assimate to the Creator; and thu;
Adam, with the unity Of the race, fell by
this attempt. Here the nature o. man be-
came first abandoned 20 the natural law, ant
at the extension Of the human family by
birth, the two codes presented themselves
the supernatural and naiural-the advocate
Of these codes respectively the children {
Cain, or the naturalsts, aud the children G
Seth, are sent, or substitute OF Abel, IN
supernaturalists. These Two races Of me
belonged TO the Adamic, or an.ediluvia
age; and the entire responsibility OF human
" rested upon the action aud reaction OF III
one upon the other - unqualified wrUn
could not come, as long as the two brother
respected their distinctive functions. Y
know how soon this dual fraternity fell ava
from their trus's-Or, in the language of h
ly writ, tie children Of the supernatural la,
saw that the children Of the natural Ia
were beautiful, and intermarried with theI
begeuing race of giants, or insubordna
creatures, which the wrath Of Almighty G.
saw iii to eXlermnate from the eartn,
an universal deluge.
Here, Most Reverend Sir, ends the Ado
&c, or dual race Of men. The children
Seth, could no more lill the children
Cain 10 the contemplation of HEAVIER
things, than the children Of Cain could dr.
Gown the children Of Seth 10 esrthly thin
making them entirely fOrgellul ofIheir 81
rior destiny What have we then as
substitute for This dual race-lhis Adamic
an,ideluvian family! The answer is
dne race-lhfee brothers instead Of tw
an Intermediary brother, who should
the entire family 10 Heaven, Ihropgh pc
liar eharaeterislics, possessed by him,
not growing out Of intermarriage with
others; characteristics, physically, more
and intellectually different, so that this
lher shonld have no excuse Or forget
bis peculiar Junction. his intermediary Of
This brother you see at once Is Japhet,
h5tid % lhe three soas Of Noah, The 81
Two, Shem The renowned, aud Ham,
hol-bloodsd or lqstiul. II s upon this
hr,dher &C The human family, most Re
end Sir. that would tx your especial
tsniibh. ] wish 10 examine him co
Already have We seen htn consiiiule
differences between ihe Adamie and Nor
races, % the dual and uiQne, aud q