The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-09

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ent churches were we'll attended yesterday
sermons all political, the freedmen the gene
raj theme. Rev. John Chambers, ono Gf our
most brilliant and eloquent preachers, and q
ism. startled his congregation and community
by enunciating the doctrine that the negro Is
not equal to the white man. send you Few
extracts from his sermon, AS printed IN for-
ney's Press this morning:
ave have 1T present thrown upon the
world about four millions of human beings.
who never nasi,cnJ care or anxiety abogl tne
future and what il being done 10 be tier their
condition l admit there Is any quantity Of
sympathy, but that neither shelters, feeds on
clothes tha unfOrtune4A@c reat0fes who an,
hnndreds and thousands. these VIZ mnSind.
ma 70 NEGROES who have been cruelty III i've henn
Nv treated in the way III when LIZ wns 70 Ne
thrown upon the world ~ the people had
wished it, it should have Ds in the extreme
Their condition is depI0.a ,s swoor;uo owe,
and the hot breath pes 81 the desert. II is the
tnel lthI liz Who brought them to this comdlt
Wy .:u Va ,,rnvde for them, for they are mostll
,i on ,,ortion of American people whose ances
tnat lOi . chiefly concerned in bringing slaves
Try , We c,nntry. and who reapcd immense for .
. ~ thereby. The inhabitants OF MassA
chmsetts and Rhode Island should sak
care CARE of these people now. I do snesSsa
thew injured the negro by bringing theh,
here / have an entirely different view
of the subject. In their native africa
they were merely animals. but mere tneI
minds were raised from darkness and degra
dation, and exposed to the consoling innuenceI
of civilization and Christianity. was that do
ing him a wrOng2 have always been IN
friend of the negro. and would nave stlA tIee.
ed him with Kindness and Christian :sntt
ments in his place, when that great privilege
that of which England and America ooas
that great right Of the h0beds corpus was take |
away, and you were lett ~ tne mercy " anS
very brink Of having our civil rights cnf
on from us. When you come TO that point
which the trial by jury shall be assumed D
any military power Oh earth outside OF msLi
military Arrangements in the army, you Pm
in danger, and frightful danger LII w
American citizen be thankful for what ne No
escaped. All right-thinking men n,u.. ~
that as q nation, our condition is q eeplOr00t
one. because we have departed from old land
marks, and are attempting to amalgamate dis
cordant elements which God never lntcndes
should be united Inns Is VIA We ~ enus
our nationality is the part of the man, and lie
us keep it so, or die. Let US i've We canncl
mix oil and water. We cannot amalAamat
that which G cd made so distinct. ,,
The citizens Of this country know the!s
rights and they will have them. Our pro<l
poets for the future are gloomy In the exI
IRENE The whole political heavens are Overt
hung with clouds unchanged with rain. WhaI
can we do? How are we to ward oGthe tmI
pending ruipf There are Congressman asktp$
that the whole negro population OF me oout1
NAV have the right TO the elective uancnlse
and to give it to every cOlored man in the DIs
trict of Columbia. have no hostility TO the
negro, but he must not be put ON An equant4
with white men-God does not mean 1t. Vns
moment yOu admit him To citizenship be - ell
giblc TO seat in the White House, and yoa can,
not help putting him there if the majority say
30. If you bring him into your drawing room
and give him seat on your criMsoned cusn'
toned sofa, by the side Of your beautiful dAusn.
ter, holding her hand, and telling him ina
the hand shall be his If he ask It, Will respec
your consistency. There is difference IN tns
condition of life which always existed, ano
always will exist There must b no ousFaS'
ON the community. These things done. vi
can 20 back TO the truth, virtue ana inseIn
gence and lbe sublime principles NJ the Cnr s
tian religion. We must do II to exist ~ NJ
! public. or else emulate the fate OF Rome -
Wks~s. Aka ssssss<ssAH tfAnlnpneO w.
| the civil law, our kneli was almost re9dy q
, sound: but all is over now, and we can otaW
| a Ceep, long breath Of exnltation Win peaSse
| unity and prosperity. Then We WILL nave ~
Dernetuity of the American Unions one an.
| indiyisiblc, until Gods Judgment nofntnl
| .ha n dawn and things have ceased 20 BE-" q
Nothing emanated from the pulpit NJ. eve
! causrd more comment in this city than the n
| mnrIable sermon Of Mr.. ChAmbers. 6ome =
| his congregation say that ne spoke olks ~!
! from his heart, with the Constitution ~ ~
| text. while others denOunce hun eAe-A 0sss
I .ecessiOnist on the rampage.