Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-02-07

6v false Representation, in 3aTroc:Hy :ro.n i'e'r
EcTptian masters precious ~T7isslS, ~)o"%i'Ji and
gold"
Tho author s.:e,m, 20 ignore TIE miraculous
Divine agency in lie tic!lgcTAnco CT 'fe ls;A"I.
ties. it vas merely G successful! Ichrllion Of
slaves against their i,aosc-5, accompanied %
a huge raul. The author puts liitase.f in u
sad Giiemms. uo either believes, OF ho does
moi, that God commanded the Jews n d. :tia
thing. If he does, he holds that the Just God
commanded the Is~raal!tas to de'faud tho
E.yptians. if he does not, he 3'!Sc"cei;s tie
Sacred Record. lie claims 10 be q Ciir!s!iaa;
therefore. he should not ha7a shocked CHRIS
t;sn community for whom he writes, as he :lors
IN This passaec. II liz did NOT know now 10
exp;sip this trcnasc.:.or. &c should haze sought
correct information, ~ bs;n silent. ted
p;.aneG Tho 1sSapo q; ,lle l;5aelite:; Eiu com
mandad them 10 ask, require, demand Ct the
EpyDt;sas-for such il tho tria meaning CT
,h: scrd in this place--.ad H. ~ia"liGsl their
cDpressors 70 givs literally. Ehs. Vas given
was not y full equivalent 10, lo's aiid ardnouF
service, rendered b. at least SIX hundred
thousand :aen for many years. h@t iiiis "Tlte:,
and all Of his schoal, kao" hat there wn5 e.
Borrowing III the Gaze; aid l2t E:I7 II" ,'io!e
offend by burning his books with s;i!e ard OF.
reiutcd infidel arguments ag.ihSt IL" iias!nia'
ton of the Holy Scriptures.
This writer is Negligent, Or the sap,a page
he tolls us that Leah was the Uifc Of Lahan,
and Rachel the spouse Of Jacob" llo further
tells us that : Hebrew slave wss entitled TO
release at the year OF Jubilee, unless ta Sc
looted thu contrary" Now tho fact is th:t q
Hebrew slayc vao entitled TO release ut th=
Sc7enth OF Sabattic year, uiltEs 10 selected
the contrary, as wull as ut The sea: "a: jubilee.
we object to his laInu a.:c:Gr: L. prove :hst
Solomon imported negroes in:o :hr la.@ 81
ISRAEL, By q piece vi unl.:rness, wnic!l 'algh;
lead SONS Of his Readers 70 suppose aaas &c
draws bis pront trom The Bible. H. GA3iea =
passage from joSephus 10 shoH th&t '';9inonM
ships brought ~"i7oy?, apes "nd Etliorians..
The B;bio says they broasr; '';Torg. ':;cS WA
pescocts." This is 4 SINAI! picco OF d!aingeau.
casaoss that will surprise ;!,e candid 71%ceE.
We obj,c: 70 the argument by Which iH
attempts 70 provo that the Jews dn: hci re
g.ra Slavery as contrary 70 tbs laws Q: -.
turc, O.: Of NATURES G:d." lie says il was
| becsuse, :" in addition. 10 Tic old jewish co:A-
iron Law, tho Laws given by Masses - the Jews
were drawn from The Egyptian sys:cn 81
po!:ty, bu. purified hy The Hebrew tasrg'Ay.'
This IS d virtual denial that TIE JeT!si. code.
moral aud ceremonial, was fr0m God. Tbs
JsGish polity was frcru God CT Mount s:nai,
and not fron Egypt, although this ":'tcT has
| discovered that Noses was & priest at II:
| city Of Hcliopo!i5." The jews did 10! regard
s!ayer7 "aS contrary - tho isws Q! 0stuTe2ad
natures God" because thcJ hsd t'ai1:a ii:em
| the example OF Abraham and oti;er p@;1;arci!s;
and, mole shan ,his. they mad the i'"r.: iaT
written by the finger Of God.
We otiec. to the grand error q tais antE,
sud TO the excessive dosmGtisEa with which
| the author s,stes it. "Ths thesis IS mise, SAYS
he, "that I'll species OF msnlind D2i = 2aDl~
mon origin-;hat they ale the descendants Of
. single pair" This IS certainly WORTHY ii
1.-THE Typc; Of Mankind" Nesuapcct ttst The
author has been dah5l!ng in this iai;ds: book
In reference &c this theory. &c says ii g note,
paro 81: "'Rnt a.; this ;ks superficial
| thinker will sxc;aim is contrary To ina 40
salc arCuuuL'" lie n'uct :r"ii. rni cJ:i u"
for differing from Eitn: We ago nc las; Chris
ton than he. hfosea never intended 10 have
the negro regarded as 4 child Of Adam and
| Eve" This is choice s~pecirucn Of tii;i VII.
tei's nodcsty. He knows perfectly we'll tie
intentions of Moses. Wha, a pity that War
burton did not DECLINE 10 write the Divine IL.
CATION and leave this task 10 a gentleman who
knows so accurately ihr mind ae Tia great
LawgiycT, As he IS so si.iilful 1t Discerning
The Intentions Of ancient wr;:crF. perhaps &c
can tell US what Saint Paul rirant when lie
declared, in the pTeseaGa u The assembled wis
dom OF Athens: God that made iii: world.
and all things therein, hath made IF Gle b!cod
ali nations Of men for 10 Gwsl o. all The Jucs
Of TIE Garth, aud hail, determined Tic i;u;;s
blflro appointed, cad the E;iuntts of tiiri: hab.
ita.iony." Come, sir, c7Idagccud 10 ;c!i uH,
coor ~icnorant Southsraars, the in!eo;i9!. Of
Saint Paul in using this lareuagc.
Tie author tells Us that the A.i!auic 1io%
If our first paTsats IS the sIn-s:; Eiam - that,
wi.a these ;To S7eat men. be agrees, -! pi
which is proven. ci course, % lis enii1D satia
faction By a Epiend;d pass2se from 'Giiton.-
Thv poetry IS grand, bnt the nro"t non -.
We object to lis swrc2inE Decentralization and
defamation Of Christian missionaries, ren
who i;syu deserved s7i received tia ccn.a,3nda-
ton OF the very pcoH!: in WHOSE presence he
,iui.uuTces t:Ia!n.
We az. no4 suspiiseti Lhs! nc a5G:es liz:
learned DR.. P%cici;a.t, ;i,c.nee lie hs9 triumph.
aatiy arnrthrc"n the &c! theory OF tho author;
bu. We 60 confess 70 scsnu good Grg7oo Of sur
prise when he assert: t.ict, du: oi d. Living
stone, The ":omeuhnt c:ltbTated tr-SoiiaT,' ~
be calls him, III. truth cnrld nct como 'SitIaut
= Surgical operation" And why? R-tnusc
the picture he draws IF The wretchah ifr;cauc
e1e not dark enough for the morbid appetite
6i This writer. Au6 YET, il al conscience,
Livingstone had said enough 10 ~ccu7:uce any
candid mind that MANY Of tho native ii"iccn
tribes could hardly find a lower DEEP q
moral degradation.
But this writer asserts That toe ''c.siijiiy
Of the great HESS Of tho Americas: people bag
long been d;sgrsceluliy Imposed Upon IN this
direction By the fc!sa reports u ths!r religious
eroisssries abroad"
Now, what are we to tank oi this Hy q
single dash ot this mans pen, all tho Ecif-
eacrifcing men who nave gore forth, in Obs
dience to the great coEimaH1 CT the Savi0ui,
10 preach the gospel 10 lh0 iicathen. are swept
away as = set of g~racciesS ielio6a Tho have
''disgraesfu!lT imposed" upui rs ty their j.,
ing reports. Numbers CT good inan nave gons
from the South, aa val! as f:om tho North,
with their lives in tbcir hands, seeking ibc
souls Of men. VIVA: say those vino ssh! them
and supported them in their ns1:ious isboTs: Ia |
this declaration Of Mr.. Mcmahon? 'Doh't
believe 8 word they write YOU says ;his 49,
tu,o gentleman, "aLout the conversion Of ne. |
eroes; I can assure you that = rational syE>
ten Of theology is intellectually impossible to !
the negro" And so the question ii sc;tled 81
once, and forever.
We object to the C,ise assumption. growing
out Of his false theory, thai the neg:e !s in
capble o: becoming 4 Christian. We haze seen
that he scouts the very die: of { negro bang |
converted 10 Christianity in his native africa.
This is sad enough; hut what is still zorze, be |
won't believe that no can bcc9ma : Christian
even in a civilized community. Even Thca
in a civilized community ne adopts 4 noble and
elevated creed be does so merely as a matter
81 ;n,itntihu end f,r1nalism: Enr i IS ,slaliz