Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-11
For TIE Ea3nircr,
urr1. nI.l, MIDI Ely A TNNG.

Rsr Sir. Our papers inform us THAI, upon Il recent
occasion, YOU found it e~Hpediems to den"unce slavery
from Your pulpit; and thu whch reoMheu TOT ~ .!
.bn,v wherein YOU had violated the properties OF IN"
place or the day-tle church or the Saooath, Inns
i the first instance that | know of, ut the Episcopal
Church having been thus degraded, and II is greatly
+, he regretted that the worthy gentleman who Ut
t.red the we'll .merited protes: against it, did not CON-
plete his work aud show IN you and me woFiu 'l!a!
Won have rendered yourself unworthy ot the sacred
Office of a Christian minister. shall attempt 10 90
40, and shall be compelled to Use harsn tcrus; out l
vel :, Won 70 bear in mind that | do It deliberately
| am willing TO stake my character for the truth AID
soberness' becoming Il professor Of the Christian re-
ligiom upon wha: | say, Us God is my Judge.
I undertake, then, to prove that trust uncon-
sciously-in giving ulterance 10 such sentiments al
,ucl, a time, in such a place, and under such circuin-
stances. YOU betrayed 4 spirl; far more resembling
that of q frRd, than that of a sooer-ininded, discreet,
blameless Christian Bishop. lmESA content myself
with showing that | but repeat, III substance, IAN
mace used in q similar connection by your brother
minister, the Editor OF the Southern Churcliman.-
He ascribes the present troubles of the couutry-ihe
angry state OF the slavery controversy lm'nli!eitiy
threatening us with the horrors OF civil war-to the
.p1iticjans," and pronou!iceS them, Tor that cause u
.CrRsr TO the country Now, | do not suppose that
n Southern man cun be found-nOr a Northern one,
who is in his right mind upon this suGject-to deny
that the Beeciers, Parkers, ~, who torsake the
..reat cause vi the Gospel to prulnu!-ate these lanai.
cal doctrines from the pulpi', are Tar more fruitful
AGENTS in "ret,ing up our present troubles than the
very worst class OF "poii'icians." Therefore, upon
the authority of a minister Of ;ht :uspe! aud me
organ OF the Episcopal Church OF Virginia. to winch
YOU recently couiescenhed to belong, pronounce
vou a CURSE 10 this country, aud, rs such, q disgrace
Ia the ministrv-wha; ST. Paul would cal al "unruiy
aul vain :aiker and deceiver, whose mouth must %
stopped; teaching things which you ought not ios
filthy lucre's sake
II would DC u waste Of forbearance to hesitate tni
one moment, to speak of you as you deserve; be
cause it is impossible to Imagine a shadow OF SooI
motive that could actuate you. lou were address
ing a congregation which had not one single ineln0e'
vim hold slaves, or over expects to hold them. 81
of course, YOU did not consider it Deeciul to caution
khrm against the "heinous SIM ion well knew tina
IN thus. indirectly assailiug your Southern brethren
you Eould not, in one iot Or title, promote the osJec
Of abolition OF slavery. In snort you Knew pe'le
than mos. people that you would give great encour
arement To- your Northern brethren I" persevere il
their reckless warfare upon those rights which vi
| DO sur MEAN TO YIELD, CONF VEAL, COME We; tina
YOU would incense against you anu against Hi gu
Episcouai brethren of the North who sustain you, III
whole body of Southern christians Of oil deIominH
tiops; that, indeed, the whole aud sole elect ni YOU
deliberately studied and written false aud uijust de
nuuciation of shareholders III the house OF God
would be TO hasten the dark, bloody day, at the ap
proach of which mems hearts are already quakln,
for fear, and which will cause religion and civi
liberty TO know not what TO say. IL ANY man ca
fnresee or describe the result, it is more than | can
You knew, ir-aDd sach IL your repnta';o
for intelligence, that were you to plead *
norance, you would not be believcd-that there
! urither principle nor precept in the gospel which for
bids such slavery rs ours; hut that. on the contrary
there are principles. preccpts aud facts to sanction t
You kn,w, from a long residence in Virginia, that III
language IN which you referred TO it, was totally in
applicable and unjust. You knew that we were rc
responsible. for its introdpo.i"n. and were II ten tim
the sin you pretend to think it, tia. We c1THot get RI
of il: and, finally, you knew, il you reed your Bib
with the Esprit Of wisdom, and OF q sound mind
that it is our soleinn and sacred duty to tue slave
and to ourselves. to keep them in bondage. There
fore, sir, | say, without hesitation, that if you did us
the language imputed to you, you. to say the yer
least of it, used the name, and the house. aud the y"
OF God in vain! | hope our Southern clergy and IT
ligious papers will hereafter see the p~roprirty, III sir
nera,iny the grounds OF their appeal to us. "to cheris
u kind aud forUearing spirit, v of including "P"ip" WI,
personal assaults"
A VIRGINIA EPISCoPAIIAS.