Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-05-14


past, as far as 1t respects the encourage
,lnent they have given TO works and to mer
OF deissica and ath.istical sentiments.
when Pain's* Age of Reason frss ar.
rived in America, who pasroaised It and
promoted its circulation; The democrats.
An edition Of many thousands was imme.
dlately published at the Aurora Office, and
sent ia every directionto all parts OF the
continent. There are lying at book store
n..this city, IRichm oni] large bundles OF
the Age IF Reason, sent here BY cache,
then editor of the Aurora, without any
order. The edition was cheap one; the
price the book was made trihlng that II
might be purchased by all sorts OF people.
twas sauntipgly declared by many demo.
Gratis at the time that priestcraft would'soon
be at an end that the christian religion
would be considered in the same: ,shsas the
ancient religion Of Greece or the present
religionaof China, the effect Of cunning In
priests to enslave andto rob the people.
And whonow say and do ali in their power
to varnish over the crimes and blasphe-
mics of this detested Tom Pain? The
democrats. Is not this one strong evil
dence of this union OF demoeracysand inh-
deity!
Very many books have been published
in france to prove the non; existence OF
Deity. The I" Systemede u Nature" was
one of the most noted. A translation from
the French under the English title OF
Common Sense, or Natural Ideas OPP
posed to Supernatural" was published in
Bnston4 Til 4.s--ietl u 5trso -:.l,-3A,.ir,t,
thal-All religion is built on the belief of
God: let us-knock away shis foundation
and religion falls to the ground. 1t is
volume of so or 200 pages. The whole
labor is to prove the impossibisity of the
existence of God. There are some
specious arguments in the work; so there
might be in a book attempting totproye that
o. aers have souls. Propositions ale not
to5be di5credited because We cannot &C
count for them. Where these is enc diff
Guilty in accounting for the existence of
Deity, there are an hundred in account
ing for the presens state fittings without
Deity No~man can account for It that
tree should not be able to walk with its roo,s
as well as a crab with its claws. Every
thing IS mystery, ia miracle, yet we forget
that,
" Man was NO; made 70 question, but
adore"
We mention this book because there are
many who. do not believe ia the existence
OF an atheist. Tins book has had consi.
derable circulation, in some measure pri-
vately however. A gentleman was in the
store OF great democratic bookseller IN
Boston when a person came in and enqu;r.
ed tor tsis work. The bookseller took
him aside and whispered to him, not with
out being overheard however yes have
II, and it is the best book you ever read.
Godwin's g Political Tus,ice'' has had
at least one edition in America. This is
an attack on all oyernment and al rei-
glon; scsndalous perfornanc yet adj.
mired by many Of our democrats. A shor,
lived democratic society, four years ago IN
Washington, called the Literary Society,
though some Of its members scarcely knew
the letters Of the alphabet, was establish
ed apparently for the join. purpose Of fur
.hering the Interests Of democracy and in.
6de!i;y. Godwin's Political Justice was
to have been one OF he first works 70 be
printed by this society, of which James
Lyon, and one Dlnmore who narrowly es-
caped the punishment Of he pllory or
something similar, and who row conducts
puny democratic prin; in Alexandria,
were memberships somehow the faads
81 the society took a e0rong direction, ard
the society were abolished.
4 large number IF democrats formed
SOCIETY," IN New York unt: the name of
the " heistioal Society" the grand OBJ
Iect OF whIca was opposition 70 the Chris
lion religion. The existeaee Of this 50.
ciety and the design of its establishment
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