Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1802-12-27

M. 10 COiHlilit q r. ' -
=. BODY mutt Zee il did, in faf, condemn
<. Mr.. Teferfon for bis attack on Mrs.
g Walker-lo great a philosopher ought
g to be at liberty to try any ezPeri
!: ments he pleafes. Indeed, according
Z to Teferfon's notions Of the freedom
I" of worlhip aud his liberty OF con
:. fcience, he did not fee but thole CATS
g were denial Of both for Pain tells
6 Us thofs who deny the Jewlih and
4 Chri(fian revelations are the true wor.
q fhippers Of God; and hillory is full
/" Of the debaucheries Of all /ucb wor-
H. A,ppers committed 10 their houiss,
&C their groves and their temples
Here third fpeaker broke in and
Ifaid-s' You may FAY as much as you
q pleale in favor Of LIncon's cunning,
9. | don't like it 70 we'll as | do the hon
g ct boldnefs Of Pain--If religion is
&C not true, let US know it, at oacc, and
" done with it. I am not for halving
g things would have them done with
&c aa(h. as in France. | have been
e paying taxes above twenty years
+" iira was congrega;ionalif, and
e paid them as my neighbors did /; bur
/" GOT tired of this and hearing that
!" if / y spuld turn 5apfjf, ariverjafJf, or
/" quaker. might get clear of them al
9 together. under prfenrs of confcien-
" rious fcruples about the mods n bap
II tim, the aszc birth, and birslizs Prsacb
I" ers, foon fet up difpute with my
/" mniter, and lett his communion to
[" ion a baptit fociety feveA or eight
i" miles off, where occafona'ly attend
/. iua often enough to be contidered
/" one qS their body. | have not yet
g been dipped, nor am fenfible Of any
change in my heart, tho talk much
/" about il 4; BAT what is the wort Of all,
perceive it is expefed that | Sontri-
g butte fomething to orsbuild the meeting
F" houie, and now and then m IKE vol
. untary contribution to our preachers,
which, not being regulated BY any
| 4" fixed general rule upon the Whole TO-
6 ciety, has, through natural pride in
"my heart,telling me | mutt not be out
{. done by others 10 thefe free viii offer
" ings, eqnaled the taxes ! ever paid
:. to my Old miniaer in the fame period.
:. would have turned quaker if had
/" thought l ihould be better off on this
" account but, in addition TO this OBJ.
{" ieaion, / was told the quakers were
q always fufpicious Of dilciples that had
changed their religion more than
9. once. In this fhufl rg Of confidence
and taxes | got hold of Pains Age Of
i" Reafon, and. after reading il through,
/" l found him juR what | wanted.
He tells Us religion is all prejudice, |
g and priencraft, and the "5;5le q Jook |
+" Of Ees Gud tables." To be honell, | |
g never liked the refraints that book |
" laid upon me, and / exPs6f Mr. JEFF |
f ferfen is as averie to them as | am
g for the preceprs OF the bile religion
crcfs his inclinat;ons, and denouncs
his conduit IS feverely as they do
F" mine; and certainly if he thought
!" the bible true and The religion fonn
8: ded upon il Of fubaantiai ufe to the
g country, he would not have brought
:" among US man who has been the
8 means of making thoufands difb-lieve
IL ii, and is conaantly endeavoring to
4" make its diiciples ridiculons, as Pain
has done.
I" am Of opinion, aud we have
g natural right to fpeak what we think,
z that the PgeGdent has not above one
6 10 his councils who believes any more
/" in the divinity of the bible, than Tom
/" Pain himfelf: and fince the republicans
" have publifhed iplendid edition of
Jeferfon's works to fpread more eff
+" fe6tually bis e8bagnation to the only fol
".id foundation of religion, fbe beEeffI
(" one Cad, it is expected they will now
" compliment his friend Pain by giving
the world new edition of bis Age of
Reafon, both parts together. When
8 this is done, and the republican jct7 |
fhall have feated themfelves on the
backs Of the people, by another elec
iien or two, we thall hear no more
g of taxes to fupport public teachers of
g religion, piety and morality. Then
+" we fhall become what Lincoln calls
:: aaiverfal man we fhall all do and
g aa as nature dictates but IN any
C fate fhort of this, or under any ru-
lers but OodrepuJlirans, I fufpeH tax
es will follow us in fome form or
I" other, or to what denomination fosv-
C er we join ourfelvcs and if we are
@ Gncere 10 our endeavors to get clear