t afforded by the religious
principle, is wielded by ignorant and fanatical men. Shall we, then, let
this matter alone?"--_Evan. and Lit. Magazine, Vol. 8, pp. 603 and 604._

How literally this "prediction" was fulfilled in the Southampton
insurrection, many remember. A "crisp-haired" fanatic led it on.

V. Not only the general course of legislation, but also the general
tenor of Providence unite in declaring that the great body of teachers
for this people must for the present at least be white men. It is truly
marvellous that although Dartmouth College was endowed chiefly as a
school, in which to train up Indians for useful stations, yet did that
institution never, so far as is known, furnish more than one or two
useful and successful preachers of the gospel from among that people. As
early as the year 1693, the Earl of Burlington and the Bishop of London,
for the time being, who had been constituted by the great Mr. Boyle
trustees of the fund he left for the advancement of Christianity among
infidels, directed the proceeds to be paid to the president of William
and Mary College in Virginia for the education and instruction of a
certain number of Indian children. This charity was continued for more
than eighty years; yet did it never raise up a missionary to the
Indians. In like manner efforts have been made for the last century to
train up useful ministers and missionaries of the negro race for this
country. As early as the year 1744 the venerable Dr. Styles and the Rev.
Samuel Hopkins undertook the education of two apparently promising
negroes with a view to the ministry; but it was finally a failure. Dr.
John B. Smith also laboured for the same object but never really served
the church in this way. Many other efforts have been made, but
generally, though we are happy to say not universally, they have been
unproductive of any solid or extensive good. If valuable ministers,
therefore, are to be raised up from this people, in our country and in
sufficient numbers, it must probably be at least for some time to come,
from amongst white men.

VI. If Protestants do not attempt and execute this work, Jesuits will
undertake and execute a most undesirable work among them. Not only the
spirit and genius of popery, but also the developments of policy made in
the Leopold Reports, put this matter beyond all doubt. The danger and
annoyance of such influences may be learned not only from the doctrines
of Romanism and the general