Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-08
nISunp MEADE.

In consequence Of certain criticisms upon u's''"'s
which I've delivered before negro copSrcs"''''
Brunswick. Bi.hop Meade has thought pr"pe. '"'I'
init his remarks the intelligent aud inpar''"' Jus
ment of the public. A friend requests us 10 '''e''
discourse in our columns. We did not Intend ~ ""'
fur apy suggestion 10 render this net Of justice u o
IF the brightest ornaments Of the Christian onu''"
in this or any other country in this or any o''e' o.
rr,rtunately the article was msiad and is JUST ho"
recovered:
BISHOP MEADE's STATEMENT OF IIl ms RtM = RE-
ar a CONFIRMATION IN LAWRENCEEllLE, IN.
ING MADE AT THE REQUEST OF SoMh "
FRIENDS. .d "a Nh.
fact that number of servants were about 10 ue
srnad elsyen out of the tweve-that sonethine =,
bIe TO them was proper from me-that Zoo viz, ;s
one blood made all nations upon earth, nnu toJ
ns religion suitable to all. md that the p'oe , d
un thinr, addressed to ALL rich md poor bond ana
fr,o.that the larger portions of the human rue
ALWAYS been in some form of bondage 10 tne u
benG poor and dependent, that God III MS p' ,h;s
Janc- bad perlnitted large number 10 co'e =" 49,
country from Africa intending to make nsins
~ them. their posterity and Africa ITSELF ny nrlnG.s
,hsm 10 the light of the Gospel, and sending INC 80
mel back to that counry-that there were sohe p,
sons, who, by denying the unity Of the huian
and ascribing different nations to dliereh. VI I'LL
ord MT 70 the one first pair mentioned III ihc u'1,
made An invidious assault upon our holy rcl'SIon
in maintaining different origins, and great VI ~.
difference way was prepared for denying ' "nd no.
tan;ty was suitable To all, unless modified anu LII; I
cnmnodaed to the variations in tho hu'um If
ubnrs rs one great argument from the d'''""y n
orr relirion is that il is suitable tn ail--waS J
and understuod alike by all rich aud poor oo"u "'
free, learned and unearned. ,Loy had
syborted the servants to rejoice thai 'ncy ,'''a
hoan horn in this christian land, and not III
IonJ-,o seek that liberty of soul from Sin "t NV
Cfrist nlune could give, and which wa. inuu's ,,,
t.r than any other liberty-to obey all th"'o 'n J
tons which God had given to servants IN w n,as
IA he humble, faithful honest, oOedichl W nv. =, d.
49, n,t eve servants but doing their duty as ia M
sL, nf God The whole address WAS Dasen oi '''c
.nnuosition that their lot was assigned mem "
whence aud that they should rtJuli' u! w ',,
,njrual blessings connected with It, JUS !" 20 r;m
tion n, they rrioced and "beycd my ammonium WA
they be happy, contcnted anu 'n'''"'
their earthly and heavenly Ha"'ets. ,,.,h;,,,
Tho sbov. WINS written on hearing thai 'ou'"'n'hS
had appeared in n Petersburg paper On me Tuni;
hut not knowing the precise cH"iaoo, y, ,,,o
Inv, f2r turtyslx years been addressing our slaves
in ria. sb,.nc. Of their owners. Forty years nave
beeu uubIcly laying my hands on uhen 10 connrma
ton, and ia publicly addressing spe:a! eAhor!huon,
to them. During all the per'oa u uiy -
have never heard it intimaed that word WIS utter
al nv IN. which was found fault with by any. More
Than twenty-four years ago opened one OF our
Irr-cst Conventions, which met III the Monumental
KlcnWOllIl,
instruction OF servants. 1t was unanimously ap-
nrnyeJ Of and copy requested for general crcula.
iiou Several editions have been Issued l nave
never varied from the sentiment contained III that
s.rMun. have, on severn! occasion 81 late years,
a!yerted 10 the fact that there were two classes OF
p.rsons who were making assaults upon the Bioe III
connection with this subject, the oao consisting oil
those who unable to resist the argument in favor OF
the lawfuness Of slavery from the Bible, had gone
to the extreme Of denying the divine authority OF me
Blble the other consistng OF those Who MOI satlsned
with the sanction afforded to this institution by the
Bble sought to strengthen it by affirming that differ
ent race and especially the African came from dlter
ent origins and that the latter was very diverse from
and inferior TO the others. Or COURSE the same reg'on
might not be equally suitable 10 ALL Against all such
assaults upon our holy religion, trust the ministers
of the gospel will be ever ready to defend It. On the
occasion spoken OF, briefly alluded TO these assaults
IN our HOLY religion, and referring TO the many no.
tees of servants in the Bible, and especially TO what
ST. Paul had addressed to them and his inunctlop 70
Timothy ~ to e1horston, TO them, said that never
fs, mv.elf more as the minister of Christ and follow
err of thcs Apostle, than when laying my hands
ON the heads OF this portion OF our fellow
beings I have ever reJolced % say 10 those
who upbraid with being Indifferent 10 tne
s,uI, Of our servants that our mnIsers general
~ seem to delight in preaching 10 themto do So On
that OCCASION said that from tine earliest period the
more NOUS of our foreathers who declared that they
came to America chiefly to bring the Christian re-
gon to the nations, also ice hS sem
here, not merely to fell the forests and cultivate the
field though this was part of the design ol froVi'
d.ucr but chiefly for the far mors gIorlou. purpose
of hearing the gospel Of salvation Tell thar. ~hle
,peaking | was defending Southern Christians
a,sinst charges of neglect from distant quarters,
though J. By no means, affirm that hey 90 "a vi 'ns
duty towards them
a most sensitive and morbid state of som. minds on
the subject. W. "HADi''