Communications: For The Signal Of Liberty: A Slave Holding C...
MkÃsks. Fditors: - I am trnngly impressd w i 1 1 1 ilio idea ihat n slavery BÃto?ÃiTn ehurch must mnnufacinre Infidel. ' A diurch lint holJs any o'Iier reÃation lo Slnvery tlian ' lint 6f tiiicomprtimifing host ilit y - that doe- lot reftife tq havo any fellowsliip witli Uáf uifmiifiil aoilc af daiknes - Uiat loes nol (iHlilulIy roprovc this um of di] villainics," nusi cÃiunlciiaiKe a practical herosy ihat wil! Irive cn'igli'ctird, human ininds, nticonvcrtcÃ!. vho rcceive sucli n clmrcli s t lio E.v;:onentot' BiblÃ? il(.c;riiv, - dio tlictl.irk moshos )f :n nfiÃip) PhilusOihy. Tliis Una bren so. Po sustaifl tfiis posilion, Tacts mijlit bo submiücd. Bnt I will not cite isojated (act?, but ry to exhibit a yroat principie. TIjc Amcricn clmrcli, m many of iis (K'porl mentó, is obviously more tolerant of a conlbrmiiy to lier fb'n - witlÃout il.e worká of faith - tiran of woiks vviihout the nominal profefsion. Tfiip scenis obvióos from tlie evorlustiDg horpTh'g we heaf nbmit fortnnlaries oud peirifiëdi nrecds"-=-or hattlit-y understarfd to lie thr lógftiñtifc portions tif Scriptnre - wlnlo t!ie scriptnre etbir - tlie Bbbfitne and mire innrniiiy of tlie Gopol, ia llirovvn comparalivelv (lid tiie b.-ick Ãfround.If our creed is belioved - Ãf yon are of our larty you nmy be hmled na n biother, iliougli iruilt y of the blnckest crimes- especmlly f i hese crimes ure sanctioned by civil law, or Ãhelcered by public opinión. Thus making tbo chnrcli a kind of frermasonnj, where u brotherïs siÃelded f rom nll crime--treuson o rul murder :rt rco)te'fl. Now when nn Infidel ora nutbingnliaii 6ets fotih ihe sin of ihe clmrcii-and (lonoriinces tas the bulwark of slavory- tliJfnjil) iiis issertiwns are all true, he is uiniediatr'fv reprobuted by nll the pu.lty partios in tliochorcli hs tlic tu-jilus ultra of, wicfteÃÃnes?, nnd p1nLoÃi wiihotit tlie pnle of their sympathie. VÃIiy is tliis? Wo havo mure toÃ-ralion fur fVith without, works - Ihon Cor vvoik's vit hout a profeÃpron nf' faith. An 1 here is the tstron; liold oÃ' Ãnfidelity . 'Ãie only considerable Miccesj; it ever uclii"Vc.l was in ihrrf way i otsóciatin}à iuelt' with philanlliropy in opposition to' ,a clnirchCiaffiá, wiilï lyrunny and opprcsMon. I ÃoÃbrulci)ur.-c to Franco. We are uecOstouied to atsociatc ihe Frciicli Infilds wïllï ÃI t Iiat i? hornillo and abomin M; Ãtil wé èVdoin consiJej" iiiat ihfty wóre va.-lly superior li tlieir inirnertia'o opponents in aÃfnosl rvcry (i.rticnl tr. Tlu.y sniv religión nssocialed ivitfà tlioSlatö, Kanc:ioi)ing tho Ãientest I bniiiinntiuns- the diretl thc iriosi horrible murders. They deii"iinced it. T!ie would lint dioiingtii$là leivvn t lio abouiinations of ihe papal lucincliy oiul papal siiperti :tion, i.ml lh religión ol JfS'.'s. llere they ere wrong. TA'efr (pponents nore wrong .111 all p'Mii:s. KquiiHy inñ Ãol ál lie.-iri, foi thc rhoVl part, tlicy tocé adÃúmnms oCilicir powt-r o iiii(l llio firi; of theftöor. Tlins i: wáà ilnit "Ir-óligiou Ãicci(!ciiial'y ris(K-intc(l witb plrliiiillirÃiii'iy, iritüiiiilud Tora liniP ovor idifrión nsÃocin'co vii! .pi'li'. ic;:l antà .sori.il aboúiÃnJliojW Ã'u nltè nn:l iimitii;:l vriur, rcmorús on 'U Mibj'Vt: 'â Ãl is lné to l'he Piiilospphers tu snv, lliat tlie.Kec'rc) ol" iheirVirengtli lay iii'Ãne lm!i ivlÃich wÃ.s miiiülfd willi Ãheir rrors - nml in ilii' gfaflfer$tif{ eiiiliOsio.-ni wlncb w.-is linKien iiuiior liifir Hippai ry. Tliey wrfe titien whO wiih jifl tÃit-jr fiulfs, fnórúl and iiicllrrriinl. infprcly (l'.'siiiil tho imomvonirT.i ofi mnn8 ciindilioii - whot-f blood bóilctl 'it tiie Bigil pl crueliv nd njuslicc - whü made maniüi vvnr nilli ovcry l'aculty thcy ji'"ÃéseEd on wlini iliey CDiishleÃed otnifCS- iiiid yho, on na;y iÃiiÃil occasions, placed tlirtiisches ynlïanilv 1) twei'ii ilie powcrl'nl ;rtd ihfflSpprésséo'. - Whilo Ihcy nnilcd chistini;il with rjincoi and irnfarrtPPs.(liÃLTriicern) lo nth vlio cill ( tlicm'olvcs philiijsqphpK - 'li.'V had vel, 11 ti fr irreator derree tlian tlieir opponents. liia' clmri'y tnwords moii f nll c'nr'r-eÃà ari'd ráeos vvliiclt clirisiinnily onjins. Rplicrióus perteculioii' - .Tudiciü] torture - arbitrr.ry i rtpritoti iDen; - unnecessarv inultiplifaiioii of tfapitn! piini.sliiiieiit- -the delay nnd chica nory otlribnnals - tbc e.Vactions of farmers of the revenue - SÃavery and thp Siavo 'I'rade - werethe constant snltjocts of uioir Jively sitire and :1'(] tont disqnisilion. Tlrns it appears that I 'hereally efficioni wcaporis viili vhich u PlÃiVósopliérá nssuücti the cvatiireHcnl (nith, A-ero borrovVrd fmm thé Gvnri?rliCnl mora ity. The eihicnl and dngtnatical )m-ts of llie Gi)Spel Vere unhappily tüméJ nainá! eacli o;ler. On the one sn!e wn a clnircli bo nsl inir of the purity of a doclrinc der i ved froÃn t!ie opo-tles, but dissriic d w'ufi the Hasanöre of St. Barjiii)l)iuew- by the nftmler of tiio best of Eings-by thr War óf the Cevennes - by llie dosiruclioi) of Port Roynh On ihr other Mcle svasast'Ct lati;liii at the Scripluros - shuot'ng olrt the lorijjue nt the Sacrarrtnts - biil readv to enfconnior principalilips and povvert: in the cause of ju st i ce, niercy ond lo!eralioii.'' llore wás a ho.'iible contest beUveeri Faith aml Works-=-and works seein. to linve been more Ãhnn a match for t - apoptÃilical succcssiou and all. Let 'the American churches toko warning nÃl bpVarr, how I hoy suffer sucli uu isfiiie :o' be fnrilned- -hovv they permit suoh n 'ie veranee of failli and Vorks-""for y' soo liovv lliDt a man is justificd by vvorfe?, and not by failli only.'' On another occasion T mny show that it is not quite prepusteroiis to institiite a cortipari.son between the jews of our Saviour's timo, and the American Church- or, beiwern tlic religión of Franco befare the Revwluüon and ihe rcligiun of Slavcholdinj; America.
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