Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-19

tne saw n" nI,rIi hn. - .ucrmla:;vc idea. .And why
speculate, To wha. end /" sec a' 20" !,.tI,s,
whether mc can sec and fall into the ways OF ,'on !"
man" Why, sir, the fanatics INN, mi ' rn thcy
have optics kccuer than WE have, ana h"',' -!
imagine tha. their called and elected lHfi N ni'"s
PyorideRrc to n whole people. Now, Slr, non I nt u =
initiate their example By insl"Tlous!y tr!nS ! E Ee
come Little Providenccs to te a.tcI "a fn;obtr
mcrcy's sake, LET us leave Il little I" God i'Hi'EnIt.
hius:,f, 80 iii. n"st rrycrentlv. Don't you be-
lcvc in a special Providence! If so, do you MOI pt-
Ecvc, can vnu doubt. that tiol ~regardetii oTtA ms
PsHAc ami o"r err race, IN ihGT snn,a, t,uar moUe,h
other, and in the destiny which ne ai"hc '"teHn,"e.p
and orlainc,h Lom have an idea "i tlcir "cSliI. .
I am very finite, and n thousand years 3 u o.V T",
with God. | can't take lis ht'i"'r'i'Lc &c ~ -,
man destiny. History lies lIN3 1t H"n''' NV h w,
even clearly Inuk back. Bat we may hluch n'l'eT
Judge rightenuslv in this matter 10y looking oacK an"
Cooking up'--cspcciuliy by the later hn", W ~.
ing-than by vainly attempting 20 see MmW u wv y
be seen through the unop%'SGH , t'S yin be- the tcrminu,
dare moi torctcll tn myself what VIII = : 'nv W. 80. ,t.
of the ssta,clv stcppiucs" Of the AlmiSht! "h NV
grand Journey of His providence I" any P","""
ihc-luman race. | think src lie acts Oh I%". inL I
ais for tho eternal icI"nS'""'y = P'I"">i .tn Tenn.
see He acts OH m~n,joHS, caN'ri, 'r'1'$' races 81 ~ h hm
D,raI rr;ooas;bjI,Y Of pDEC. | think | sec something
50 huge us to be ncunptchcnsibie I" 'r ~ VIZ "a" .n
back ground of the past, vcI.rd by inc ihrsn :" T.nncb
the Reformation Of the Christian ,hulrna"" ~ MN
of the discovery and settlement Of new worlds. lhh'
told Of the mighty engincrv Of mind ani matter SCI ~
motion by these events, and .! the human HcINH. amn
the necessity of human wants ur-nt'en w ~ MI ,
OF q total revolution on earth ir''",o '"n ,mo niIst
Was in night, crampcl IN liz old thca'ftS III ~ - w.,
Of thick darkness. Those VII" he!h The ARK al ,nc
covenant were set free by The "@InrinnS 'iSn' W :"
liberty of the Gospel" and I" that hGht EnI =,
praise. and the honor, and the G'oIf' aIu ~, :" hn;r
ever, II all tie liberty al earn which "''" "mt ,.'M
children have ever rniuvci. The men "l hgh'' OF
freedom, Of liberty, of The law oi He OF cq""H,!'
doing unto others as they would have mem q" ~
them, were sent To II New World, and' pltsScu I roo
| that world yna EnrtL tInplira' Here were tnt lttllltl.
Africa then was a dry nurse "tlions. why were inc
Indians here not enslaved! Why did Old England ard
New England cross the ocean 3,uCu miles III sil!IS "i
the sou and brin. the negro here To be u sIaEe' III
great expense and rink, whilst the coppcr-color"d saw
age, Of the aquiline nose and straight halr' was icl'l4
roam! | don't know. Was Africa under Il curse !
Her lands We're waste pincrs- Z%aharnbs. l'thi'Cs ~
the living God had all crumblcd into dust -.EIphur'
and salt, and bitter ashes, wcrc strcwn upon nor soil
Ilurrid rites were celebrated III her tcrIp!ct, ann .'-
mun sacrifices were burnt upon her altars: barbarian
and savage and hurrid were her waIr and Pcsui''ic''
and wild beasts. and poisonous :erpcnts ana iiS,c'S,
infested her earth, and her air, and her wa,cIS. Head
mcu and chiefs were kings, and kings were masters
OF the most abjrct and absolute starcS, who Iiy"I' an"
moved. aud brcathcd by the r'n "!o"c "i trinn' nrS,
pots, who welded torture and the power oi III ma
death bv a license unlimited and unrclcn'i;iG' L!u
the saving Of the lives of captives taken III war %h"
would have been slain but for the cowrlcs when l"r-
chased them in the slave trade, add 10 the curse nj
the captires7 1t ~ idle TO say that the trade after
wards brgat the wars in which cuptivcs were taken.
Wars did exist. constantly aud universally, before,
and wars which ~cXternlnatcd ~captivcs. llG t"Hr
wars Sdrsd MOys0n9; Of HrSS. Did removing '!r!i'.
witt all the horrors of the middle passg-c, from the
tnrrid zone of Africa tn q temperate climate, disc"iil-
fort them! Did the u~nhinding the bands OF Their NJ
rican bondage. and putting upon them The caSlc! EoNt,
of Il Virginia plantation, make them any the less !r'c!
Did the unb!niing them from the stakes OF suprrs'i-
ton, and torture, and death, and bringing them 10 u
land of law and civilization, make them any more
slaves! Did their migration from a land "l Egyptian
t-I z Iso-N,l l,1. ,l,,.,n .I.1t ALL
deeper into ignorance and superstition, and tit them
less to pursue and enjoy the human happiness "l
which they were capable! Love of domination, love
of gold, lust of every sort, may have been The btSct-
| ting sins If the 'rddsrS-thcy were English and Yam
KEGS: but / emit gee where the original wrong IL the
Africans was, or. rather, how they were wor-ied! IL
any, God, doubtless, put It upon the spoilers who
should be spoiled But what ot it! Here tiiey were
brought, bought and sold, and here they have for cen
turtles served as slaves. And that il was the design
OF Providence that they should be, for some wise end,
| have 10 more doubt than that the Great | AN Saw I'll
repeatedly 10 subject the Jews TO captivity and bond.
age. And what has come ri it! Gods angels and
minister's time, climate, and the Christian Church.
have bccn ut wor. and the result is wonderful To owe
~ body except those Dcnignds and Little lruviicnc's
who think the Almighty operates too slow! Tw"
centuries have set free l3i,61i5 descendants Of E,hio-
piau parents who would never have Known light or
liberty but for that cu.sc we call slavery III the Uni
ted Statcs-nade them Christians, civilized, moral
agents, many of them, of Gospel truth. (Sce table
IL of census OF lSJG:D
In New England. 23,G2l
Total free l9o,fS
In elayc States. .23S,3G1
$3.50
Time and climate have worked this result. and The
free States, you will observe, have set free no more
than the slave. The slave States exceed The ir"r
States IN free ro!urcd population 10y the number OF
i2.nl9. Maryland hns -, 23-morc than three times
the number Of all the New England States. Nir:-
MIA has 5i,373. This county uf my nativity. where | am
now writing, has 3,2aJ free c"lorel population. and
4,9S7 slaves: nearly half the negroes nc free. J, was
not philanthropy did this. II WA no Ti.mousc lruvi-
dcnce Of Man. MossncS'usetts never abolished .lnvc.
nv by law. Hcrjudirinry did it when the institution
had become 50 insignificant within her limits that the
judges might well be INDUCED in legislation "dc mine
ms lee non curH!." No, one of Gods m!ghticS: mil
listers did il, in the free States. That kim, did it there
which strips the leaves from the forests limbs III nH-
tuam-King Jack Frost dill It there. North ufa GER
tain lso,hcrinal line slavery waS found Ia hr unprutta.
be, and was rcl!nqui,hed, Just IL the cultivation oi
oranges and pine apples wuulG have been relnqul-hcd
in Il cold climate. Our predecessors were not such
asses IA to conclude that that should be constitutional
on one side Ut n lin" OF latitude which was urr"ns;i-
, tutional "n the other side "i thai inr. No, they made
no such agreement in lsl9-':0, and Virginia aSscnied
10 no sucil iuily in the ordinance for il" Northwest
Territory in l1S7. They merely Cnn!"rned themselves
To Gods laws OF Naturr-nut IL raise tn. question
pro, on one side, where slavery was Improbable, nnr
con, on the other side. where is labor could be pro-
titably employed. Virginia was the first State in ia"
Union to set apart Il territory 10 freedom from invnl-
untary scrvitudc. She CAV" ny 10 freedom. and | Mon
amp equality OF States. from the Ohio tn the Missis-
slppi. and every free color"d man i'll Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, and Michigan may thank acriIr iIs franchise.
besides the 5t,G0Oin her OWN gates to praise heT. liu.
this is not half OF the resu!; of slavery upon African
destiny.
There are 3,20i,3l3 slave population in The United
States, which, for civ!ization, arts, arms, social nnd
moral blessings, are worth all the prinripaltics. pow
ers, and people of ali Africa, without excepting the
Dutch, Portuguese and English settlements there,
from the Nile, through Tinbuctno, 10 the Cape al;
Good Hope! In the very words l would repeat this
proposition a Thousand times TO emphasize l. and
show mean literally what | say: Ht0f the descendants
Ot Itrtrd mar here az bONtGgC, III the Cnitcd States,
ars, en- mass, as a rhokc weGh If pcophc, IN boG'ia
comfort, m~oraiIy, enlightenment, Christianity and
nc,ai p"rsoaai ~t,trd9m, ~orh mare N0n their mo
Tier c0~hii rnT'rC, rot excepting me EurOpt0Es
there cOmJincd ruth he a0iirrS! This is no boast,
but n tmct which challenges comparison! This is IN
enormous result. Nothing short of the power of
God could have Effected this pr0rligious result upon
near four millions Of human beings IN SO short II time
a. that "f two centuries. ti",'s churches in the south.
crn States OF iEis Union liuvc done ;his, Snnr and all.
by operating both upon the masters and The slnvrs.-
The Methodist and BHltis; churches have been tho
grea, apostles anon. these Gcuiilrs. And thus add
another proposition, 10 Wit M0t *ior'rp, Amcrics9
Sarcrg an tie iHH,R Si"trs, h0S drrp ne nyoci rtr-
cent mts$i0"1ry among TIE h''Hh"H ~ Hc last ira
centuries. Not by going (" Africa and raising al;ars
mere Dt nrSt- u ny pIihgihS tHc ldIi''lH mere ana
preparing priests 10 70 back 10 Africa and bear the
Christian torches through the darkness I'll her night.
The black missionary is sen; back to black Africa
like TO like. And ;l- cuiOnv of Liberia, established
by Shareholders, coming directly ont uf slavery, j. an
other trophy far exceeding tia, al ANY known similar
moral enterprise Of the age. Now, the whole Chris
tian church, by al ia scpara;c ani combined human
efforts, has not ChrisiiaaiAcG otherwise and elsewhere
80 ;mamy heather anu their Descendants, and made
them free in the same time, and also posted Il colony
of civilizations, to 10 n lamp and II guide 10 freedom
III the lnlGl from wlc!.ce the slaves were list ssrcJ
for this very result, which was never designed hy
mnm. but m,st hive been by Cod from tic h..in.