The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-08

til'h OF fuoinIS ittit S"tNItlSS ttS
writer OF rhis paper thar divine provi .
dcncc has prcdeitined the disgrace and
dismiiIion OF Thoma, Ietfcrlon. Whc-
Their the chriiJiAn religion DC founded on
tru1h or impolture, it is nothing iei> than
the heightof ratl'nels for Madi0h AMI
the PRECEDENT TO embrace as their conf =
dent and companion, the man that iniul.s
t. Theynever think of religion bur 20
dcipiie it. They, as we'll as Paine believe
that the tory Of The biyfb Of Teias CbtT9
IS an OBSCENE BLAsPHEMuUs FABLE.
L Sy believe, and all lneiraCquaintances
Know, by tbs time, thar they believe
that the Virgin Mary was woman Of
bad tame, and that her hu.blnd was cor
nuled. BuI if iuch was his opinions
MIR. Madii0n iltould have kept il rs
hinlelt. 1t is true that he did nos
write icrte, Of invitation TO Mr.. Paine.
he did not thank the author Of tie 14gS
Of RcaIdn, for his ufctui labours. Bar
the iccrctary did the very fame thing.
He has paid TO Mr.. Paine The bg.azgt
q bis 1ig9 confederation; and this no an
cere chiiiIan ever NiI dol
A3anlt = book 70 yo,uninotls, as rl,9
!eihle, book wrote by various au-
-nors. It various and dijlant periods, ana
even in different languages, IT'S imp II
ilbtc rilac "oiettions may not be advanc-
cd. J t,io,ion is the mott Celcbrared
Wr'rerot ic?mons in the Eng,lih Ian
SnAgc. Has learning, his acutrncis and
his ofthJd"Ny,hav never been ij,1aled.
he gives an oplnion that pucs an end
10 many or the verbal cric;cilns ana tri-
wal wirrlciiins of Mr. Paine. He lays
that Ii IS Idle 70 believe chat every word
OF the jcFptures WAS wrote by inimedl-
ate Inspiration. HE ailigns his yealons.
liz adds chat tich belief is nor ncceGarv
Tor the ialvation Of chriltian. The
book IS not at hand; 6ut tho pallage has
been read more than ohcc. X is diifiae-
iy remembered; an,i il d,u.andcd, can be
produced.
But, in order to condemn lucli Book
as Mr.. Paine's, it is not neccAarv 10
believe in chriltianity, The author
may be defeared upon ground ofhis own
chuiing. The book tends to difurb
The peace of iociety, to wound, in
the mott ourrageous manner, the feel
ings OF mankind, and all this without
the inallett chance of attaining its ulti-
mate object. And if thar o6jeR were
at1algaole and attained would mankindbe
the better for it Z Did N9bespierre, with
his athelno, prelent fuch brilliant ipc-
n1en OF morality I Oh does man Who
has been an eye WINES q the iccnes
In THAI country, with to te1cw them in
rilis For even in his hrit lcrrer, MIR.
PAlne has gone on5 OF his way to inecf
at the prayers ofprieits, and The piecy
g OF hypocrires. Ifreligjon could be
iHbyerredj the morals Of the people,
and eipeci::iy OF The female ftx, would
De m"ch 'yorte 5han they are. 4 wo
man that dr'pi:es rel; sion, is one of he
moit dangerous tnon1rrs in nature. Tax
AVA tx DsEL, 5aYs Scots proverb.
TAX a"a TIE pEEL, AND GUIDE WEE
TO rae ao&r. I he example If France
prove, ii proof i,ai been wanting, rhae
NOTE.
S7m"5lmr ag Du N Kid that De Wa
died T. on !cJ.fu!l. He has been bored
70 yaln 20 ;cii in what country that
icafoid food. Such is tae hiitorical
knowledge OF rhis republican houle=
breaker
+ ! wAs here going 70 have added
81 1- tEiir.c.. III ,J:C.,, ,,,:n 80.