Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-08-27
Tsca Fer Aazstc6a T-sl1es1fm
TO TIE
DISSEMINATION OF CHRISTIANS,
coIfNoNLT CALLED
BApTISTS.

that the doctrine Of infant oapn crip:uai dottine
who WHITES YOU ucces from his heart III your Jealous er-
eavolrs build tp the broker. walls OF JerGalerto
beautiiv 71onand enlarge The bodets OF the kedeen
| ers kingdom No divines have Appeared nat
evangelical and corecy orthodox than ioDle of the chant
,on, your faith. When a@racious God gave the world
Fuller, he inlpocd upon it unceaiAg Obligations OF graf
ude. trcdudccd aI, your .avor yoa viii nor be-
evs re unfendly when you that greatly lament
ela ocpe Be ycur political e-rcrs For ny ovn pagt
entertain douh that the ultimate c5ice OF the leaders
0. dat political iee rh whom you generally aiotase
is the total ueiruGton Of chriitasy aG tins Won
viii open yot eye. apon the cees that have been fer few
years pa and which l paing IN our land, the fame
thing be obvious you The dcipiied Gailea. jeus
OF Naxareth is the object Of the ate and maliceand
however they iatanic fraud careis you that they
may ter the pre.e, reader you ubervient Their abc
Unable deg yet depend upon 1t they hate .ou they be-
evs na, sey know ,s YOU are attached TO Chrsitauty,
which they are determined deroy, and branch,
and matters whether is clothed in The garb OF pep
iuperlitiou, whether appears the un1dorncd
inct. o tie Goipei and the any set approach
its dfcpne and doctrine 10 the pure aadard pre-
!rincd by that Gofpe the deadly viii be their hatred,
icct. Pauie End YOU vii find that every
asran, nhde rallies around the iandard OF democrary;
and hence il, that Tom PANE, the Infamous bsf OF
his God sa ts fame time the avowcd champion OF de-
,ocracy, AID heacc j, is tina. Palmer, and Drco!, wo
have erected houie OF y:er.h they call them in the
..s Of Network anl Ph.adetpia and openly fcou the BIZ
5e fable and preach Deifm ALTO jealous advocates
of democracy. Weekly papers EDITED in Philadelphia
Baltimore, the PAGES u which devoted oiey to the
vrroois ritcuiag Chri,hanty, and beowing paiiss
democracy And when iociete vi nndeis dcov-
cred as Network and Ns~gh the North river who
formed and who together for the parpoe Of deitroyng
The religion Of !aes and ws.o pledged theuelves caeh
other ie every seans il then power Tor that rpo
it appeared that every member of thoe iociee the
enou advocates Of democracy the holiowhcartcd pre-
ie ftiends OF the people Ne man, friends REGARDS
your rights, who i,as,s corn the revelation Of
God Whenever the ;n,osrant Spirit of dcr a.hein CT
roierp Pn,'ocphy, (Which YOU call IN prevails ch-il
every feet mutt feel the hand OF the rot cruel
oFpreiicn. Witncfs the reets OF every city IN France
when a,heA and dc, hofe champions of democracy, be-
the rulers of that devoted people; then hoc irees
were filled with carnage and flowed with the blood Of
who void not abare the God that bought them No
matter whether they Bapfs Prctetants they all
fell in prcmcuo delruetion, bccare they bore the
of chrf,ans. Be not dcce,ved-huan Is the
fame all countries and in an ages and whenever
racy is advanced the pinnacle Of poerin this any
lty will produce precife!y the fame effects.
Moit OF the leaders in this country ae the and
vowed enemies the cros Of ehiit this you iDR know,
you will do you.telves the jnfce TO enquireca your
eyes upon the r leaders of democracy before hoaet
dcl1ded-eon; plate their charaG:.s for
ala lay would the h.ory of their lives polute the
pages upon which it was writtcn "itneis Vrgiaa-ths
STATE my friends is the leading fate III the cae of der'ocra
cy IS Virginia thai pretencs to glow with fue ardent
teo for the sh:s OF ard yet this fame Virginia
ccasans within her boiom nearly HUNDRED
sf1vgs, and from the hard earnings Of thefe fera-
BE the naughty Lords Of this country riot in luxury,
], aweli known fae that chrarty the fcof ant rid
cule Of the leaders of democracy throughout that fate and
for the benss of GOD the inceant iabours
of Esb and Mcthoit ard few presbyterian preachers,
the OF chriiany would have been lott IN that
try bat the gofpe though hGden from the rich and the
great, ard by them detped ard rodaen under tocyet
ias prevailed nightly among the poor and among the laves
and believe ich the deadly hatred OF thoie democrat
c chetains the PROPERTY Of Zion THAT they have lately
enacted law punifh all black men, whether free,cn
avc who et ,ogethsr in the evening for the prrpofe ct
worihip,ng God.
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thefe unhappy men, who in the day ieaon forced TO
perform their hard talk under the a of the cowiks, in
the hands OF hce fons of Liberty They nun ao be de-
prived by act OF the legislature o. that mott Invaluable
Of all beings the privilege of meeting after having per.
formed their talks pray and prafe the God Of their
hves.-lfow happens ali this my friends! will tell you
it the nve.era,e hatred Of theie ufdes to the caute of the
beed reaeeIe that has duced this monrous ad which
fbes thefc noHenve followers of the lo}y jefs to be
fined and whipped twenty laes whenever they found
convened for the purpoie Of woripng their God That
you may fee that nothing inflated, bore nlct the act
which is in the words foilowfng-vz.
" An act to amend all act and to reduce into
one the feveral acts concerning layes, free Ne
gros, and Mulattoes.
/" Wbsres5 !. is resysifnted to ,be general oC
/sm5.y, tt0t ais eomnan praffijs in many places
qy.siu tSis commonwealth, for gaprs, Free "ser''
AMI r,uattoes, to a1Dsmb!e IN tanyfd~nble "a,n6e'
az MEETING HOUSES And rLAcEs CT RELIGIOUS
WORSHIP IN THE NIGHT 7sbieb may bauF a ten
deney 10 promote esepiracy and ialurff7i0".
Be it therefore enat1cd, that all mcet;gsf o.
Ggn5l.et sf faces, FREE NEGROES OR MuLAr-
1oss ar ANY MEETING HOUSE OR II USES, or a.
nv 9ikey. Ila.s or places in the night UNDER ANY
Patience WHATEVER si.ALL BE deemed era
esnyG4syea naIasvfm e1snbl. And ,bat Hs&ah
b. tie duty Of any masiqrms Of the county az cor
fo~ation, qcke,e ji'e5 e1sm5y @aH Be, eiteer }rem
bis etun snszOiedge or f0m .be igfaynsal'9n q 'tb-
eet, Of jaeb una7vtla s9fmbiy or meeting, 10 0as
s qoa,ynnt, directed 10 any oorn eee' or o5ifers,
aniSwi;ag BIN or them 10 enter the boeiff Spbsrf
jgcb uala1yfM meetings are, for the pH'psE ZAP.
p,etending dipr.fng The GaOes, t'Ts negroes ana
m1istfoes, AND TO lNfLIeT CORPORAL Pun
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