Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-03
THE PUsIIc vLEw oF sLATERY.

hon SEl.lGg3 the lf8rernl1elt IN the wicked g.
tempt to establish, By force Of araS, . TYRANNY
IN lie name Of 6 republic, whose coTner-st0l
shall bs the pe7Pstusl bsndage Of the African,
and IS sgeh you say 1t challenges your ''ladig
daEt reprobstion.n
Eovr, my right reverend brother, sm soFfy
10 DO obliged to charge you, no: only with I
gross Insult against your senior, but with th'
more geGious of5nss of q false accusation. hly
letter was first published Ia January, 1851
En6Te shan thrss months before the war began
as q tine V7hen no one could anticipate the forH
OF gUver1ment which the Southern States shoult
adopt, or The course which Congress might taks
IN reference to their secession. And when / ceE-
scented % It's republication, did not suppose
that is would be used 10 tas service Of any P0
iillcal party, although had 90 right 10 CON
plain it it were 60 used because toe letter, oEes
pubiishsd became public property. Bat IN is
present form, there is rOiBIng whatever IA Il
which bears On the question Of 'rebo,liGD," OF
Of toe perpetual bondage Of the African" q
Of a't7rsuav uEdsr the name Cf = republic s"
Of which ssFerY shsud ba the ''eoTDsr-stors." !"
1a the contrary, refsrred, en- the the last page,
20 ny lecture published IN Buffalo, IN 1850,
ard to KY book called ''Ths American Citizen, "
published il New York, in 1857, where l set
f1rih tie Same views On the subject CT slavery,
adding, however, plan fer It's gradual abolition
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whole strength OF tie Government cou.d aid II
it's accomplishment Sooner or later
added Il believe shat some measure OF hat
character naa5t be adopted. Bat il belongs &c
sbs slave States lhsInsoives 10 take tie lead IN
such 8 HO7ameaE And meanwhile tbeir legal
rights snd tEeir natural feelings must Dc res
peeted, if We woald RoPs for u1ily and PssCe."
With these facts before your eyes, / am total
IL 81 q loss to imagine how even the eXtZaFa-
g.ccs Of party zeal csuld fTaRs against Ms SO
bitiez a d5uuucial.0n The who's object o. M
letter was to prove, frcm the Bible, thas in Tie
r5lssioE ot master sad sl8vs there Wss uscssslrI-
IT no gin wksrever. Tie siH, II there were any,
lay in sha reat mant Of the slave, ana nos 10 tEs
relation itself OF course it was Liable 80 abass,
As all hHmsu relations must be. But while Is
wss certain thss thousands Of eur CHRIS ian
brethren Eho held slaves were treating them
Hisb kindness and justice, according 70 the
apostles Tui0, and earnestly lab0rng 20 I'm
prove the comforts R1d aIe-iogs5s lRs bard
ships Of he Institution, I h6ld is to Be- a cruel
sEd abEurd cEsrze 70 accuse them as sinners
sZsIE5. the GIFiEs .aY, when Trey VzaT8 GEiJ
d5iag what ths Wsr5 Of God allowed, guder
sbo Constitution and established code Of their
c.UD5Ty.
do net knew vksiheT yo1r bsnd Of indis-
EEEs repT5bs ionists sveF saw my book, puB-
jsasd in 1857, but yea read is because 1 saaz
yo7 copy, and l have your les o. OF sCiznJWi-
siE2eu-, IA which, w5iIe yoG disssnted fronc
sa1s Of Ezy conclusions, YOU did Is with the
courtesy Of = Christian gsHliemsn. L tbss Lett
TER there Is nothing said about ny opinions be-
iUs Unworthy Of any servsut Of Jesus Christ
2u,t uGtsiHg Of ''lEdlgEsut repr0BEtj0n." SUI
sCHgS0rg HtBtGHtzT, et nos. MastHmHT IN dis
Yes, the times are, indeed, sadly changed, ard
yen have changed accordingly. For many
ye1 yoG have set In bIo5heciy council with
tbesl S3Cthlru Shareholders. You invited them
to tro h1spissi.lis Of your house, and paid sae0
especial 05tereucs. The new light CT Eastern
Ab0i5ionisnl had not yet risen within oBr church
ard If yoJ then thought 81 goa BOW lhaz, Won
took czc-4sHs care thst no men among your
Sou LerD friends should know e. Moreover,
your tGvorlts 5E=elssicai seminary, only three
years sgo. vss tie Virginia school at exam
dEis, raised 50 gress pT0sp spsEigy by BishsP Iosde
. slsvshslieT, ana an very sure that nothing
st varisuce with my Bible view Of slavery was
tsuFst n that Institution. Yes, we msy well
say Of you ~ Of many otheTs-QaaaiSs muta
tus qb iit0i How changed is the bishop of Penn
s-l~=1i g. iU tlrse years, from Lis former con
ss1yatisn, peace and scriPsaral consistency!
But the Word Of God has MT changed; the
doctrine of ths apostles has not changed; the
Constitution Of our country hiss UOs changed I;
the great standards If religious truth and civic
loyalty Tenain jEst as they were; Eud l remain
aicnr with them, notwithstanding this bitter aad
uriast sssaut from you and your clergy; l do
nos intend 70 initiate your late style OF viIUpeTs-
ion for / trust thas I have learned, even when
I sn Tsviled, not to revile sgsin. respect the
coed CDinien Of yoar Clergy, and am nos aware
5hss have done any thiag 10 forfeitit 1 respect
FeUr CGos, your tslenis, your personal ehsrac-
er sod The wisdom and success with which, for
many years, yOuE EBiscoPale has been con
Quoted. But I DO not respect ycur departure
from the old and well settled rule Of the cAurcb,
snd from ibe apostolic law of Christian fairness
and courtesy. / Do not believe in the modern
discovery Of those Eastern phi.snthToPs.s who
5aHy eke divinity Of cur Raeeomar, and sttach
30 importance 20 the Bible except as it may suit
them=slvss. l 10 not believe that the verer2ted
founders Of our American church wsTs ignorant
Of tho Scriptures and blind to the principles Of
Gospel morality
I 90 net believe that Washington and bis
csmpsiriots, who framed our Constitution with
such express provisions for the rights OF slave
hoiders, were tyrsnts and despofs, sinners
against the law OF Gsl sad ths feelings Of hH-
n2nity Bot do believe IL the teschiog Of the
Inspired spCs les, Gnd In the holy catholic (sT
suiverssl) church which yc9 ard your clergy
slso srafsss to believe. I knew that the doe
riBe Of that church was clear and unanimous
u the lawfulusss of slavery for eighteen ceata'
RES together; and on that poiaI l regard your
protest and Indignant rePTobRllsn" IS the
ida wisd that passes By.
I wish you, therefore, to be advised thst
shall publish within few months, if gracious
Proyiderce shogld spare my life and faculties, 4
fall dem0nsrsii5R Of the tr0th "whsTeiH
stand" And I shall prOvs IA that beck, by ths
most HneuesdoBzBls sRth0rities, that slaves snc
ssvehcldeTs were IN the church from the begin
riug; that slavery vas heid to be eonsisten
with CRristisn principle by the fathers a8C
councils, and BY al Protestant aivineg and con-
Ronlssors, up 10 the very close of the last esR
tuzy, sDd that this fact wss universal aneag 81
churches sad sects thTenghsUs the ChIissisE
world. shall contend thas our church, which
usalsiasH5 the primitive rHls Of Catholic consent
/ and s5jaEes al novelties, is bound, by her veTJ
c5EzF "a ion, 70 held fast that only safe and en
daring RUS, CT abandon her apostolic claims
I asd descend to tbe level Of these VINO az
"lEige2 sb0Ut by eTe-y wiad Of GsctTiBs"
I SHALL prini your indignant rsBlobai0n," viii
! .s h-s cf names, in The preface Of my b0ok, 6,
/ shat if I c8nsot give yea fame, may at less
/ do my part to give ygU Hot0Tisy.
Tat tha niretsaDth century g = century d
/ vast im3I0vsmsnt End wonderful discovery II
The arts sBd scienees, I gisat ss willingly q
/ lHy nan. But IA religious UUzh or Teva5ancj
/ loT tse Bible, the age IN which We live s proif
| II daring and impi0us innovation We bay
seen protsssadly Christian communities divide,
I zad sub-5ivi1ed on every side. We hsvs seel
/ the rise sn6 ssFesd Of UniVe7sali5n, MILlsrisz
| Fantaeissl, A0Tm3Disa and Ssiritualism w
have seen even our venerable mother chu1cn {
EBglAad sorely sgitaled by The contsgiou5 fsys
/ Of change On The ono band toward superstition
and. OK The ether toward iufdel retienahsn
And We have heard tbs increasing clamo
/ against the Bibis sometimes from the deyetees
geological speculation, s0zaeimes from the Dol
/ denisfs Of mlsclas and PTcpbscy, and, Eo5 lea
uDsz the bss, from the loud-iongued apostles q
sIU slavsly We havs marked the orstol
,ytieb erv, Dawn with the Bibie, if Il NAN
tsins the Iswfalnes5 OF slavery" We have maj
vei.d =. the senstorjal eloquenee which prC
claimed tbat st was high tizis to have aR GBt
slavery God and an aati-slaveEy Bible" "
have Rea-d the Censtitutiou OF our country d
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