the wild and in- | human | in- | habitants of the woods? 1.1 to delegate to the | merciless Indian, the de- | fence of dis- | puted | rights, and to wage the | horrors of his | barbarous | war | a-gainst our brethren? | My Lords, | | |17| these e- | normities | cry a- | loud for re- | dress this | bar not only | and ne- | cessity, | 1 and | punishment. || But my | Lords barous | measure | has been de- | fended, on the principles of | policy but also on those of mo- | rality; " for it is perfectly al- | lowable," | says | Lord | Suffolk, "to use | all the means which | God and | Nature | have put into our | hands." |1|17| I am as- | tonished, I am shocked, to hear such | principles con- fessed; to hear them a- | vowed in this | house, | or in | this | country. My Lords|I| did not in- | tend to en- | croach so much on your attention, || but I cannot re- press my | indig- | nation I feel my- | self im- | pelled to | speak. |1|11|1 My | we are | called upon as members of this | as men, ◄|◄ as | christians, to pro- | such | horrible bar-barity! | Lords house, test against "That hands!" that noble ples but I God and | nature have put into our | know that | such de- | testable | princiare equally ab- | horrent to re- |ligion | and humanity. |11|11| What to at- | tribute the sacred | sanction of | God and | nature to the massacres of the | Indian | scalpand mur ing knife! to the | savage, | torturing notions shock every | sentiment of | honor. | These abominable | principles, more a- | bominable a- | vowal of | them, the most decisive | indig- | nation. | I call upon that | right | reverend, most learned | Bench, |to| vindicate and this | de- | mand 97 and | this the re ligion of their God to sup- | port the | justice of their country. 99/99/7I call upon the | Bishops to inter- | pose the un- | sullied | sanctity of their lawn, upon the Judges pose the purity of their | ermine, to this pollution. to | inter- | save us from I call upon the | dignity 19 From the the im honor of your lordships, to | reverence the of your ancestors | and to main- | tain your own. 7 17 call upon the | spirit | and hu- | manity of my country, to vindicate the | national | character. 11 in- | voke the | Genius of the British | constitution. | tapestry that a- | dorns | these | walls, mortal | ancestor of this | noble lord | frowns with | indignation at the dis- | grace of his country. ។ | In vain did | he de- | fend the | liberty, | and establish the re- ligion of Britain, against the tyranny of | Rome, | if these worse than | Popish cruelties, and in- | quisi- | torial | practices, are en- dured a- | mong us. 11/19/1 To send forth the | merciless | Indian, || thirsting for blood!a-gainst whom? your protestant | brethren! | | 17 and ex country, to desolate their dwellings, tirpate their | race and | name, by the | aid and | in strumen- | tality of | these un- | governable | savages! | eminence ed herself Spain can | no | longer | boast | pre- | in bar- | barity. ||17| She | armwith | blood hounds the wretched natives of | Mexico; to ex- tirpate we, more | ruthless, | loose those | brutal | warriors | a |gainst our countrymen in A- | merica, en- | deared that can | sanctify hu- | to us by every | tie manity. I solemnly call upon your lordships, and upon | every | order of | men in the | State to stamp upon | this | infamous pro- | cedure the in- | delible | stigma of the public abhorrence. More par- | ticularly, 19 I call upon the | venerable | prelates of our religion, to do a- | way this i- | niquity: | let them per- | form a lus- | tration to purify the country from this | deep and | deadly | sin. | 991 | I am | old | and | weak, | and at present un- | able to say | more; 19 but my feelings and indig- | nation too strong to have al- | lowed me to were | say | less. | 99119/71| could not have | slept this | I | night | in my | bed, | nor | even re- | posed my | head | upon my | pillow, with- | out | giving vent to my stedfast ab- | horrence normous 971 of such e- | and pre- | posterous | principles. | ON THE BEING OF A GOD. Young. Re-tire; the world shutout; 11 thy thoughts | call | home: | I-magi- nation's | airy | wing Lock up thy senses; re- press; 1 let no | passion | stir;| Wake all to reason: let her a- | lone; Then reign in thy | soul's | deep | silence, | and the depth | Of nature's | silence, || midnight, || thus in- quire, As I have done; and shall in- | quire no | more. 1771791 In nature's channel | thus the questions | run. "What am I? | and from whence? | I nothing | know, But that I am; |17| and | since I | am, │con clude Something eternal: had there | e'er been | nought, Nought still had been | e- | ternal | there | | must be. But what e- | ternal? || Why not | human | race? 11 And | Adam's | ancestors with- | out an | end? 1971991 That's hard to be con- |ceived; since every | link | Of that long chained suc- | cession is so | frail; | Can | every | part de- | pend, and not the Grant matter was e- | ternal; || still these orbs Would want some | other | father; much de- sign Is seen in all their | motions, all their makes; De-sign im- | plies in- | telligence | and | art 77711 That can't be | from them-selves | or | man; that art | Man | scarce can | compre- | hend, could | man bestow?1 And nothing | greater | yet al- | low'd | than Who | bid | brute | matter's | restive | lump as-sume | Such various forms, and gave it | wings to | fly? || Has matter innate | motion? || then each atom, Asserting its in- | disputable | right | To dance, would form an | universe of | dust;1 |