Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-21

l,r the escort OF cnrlstlanity ana al CohsS-
=. .oee of inevitable ca,astrophes. In spite
q S,he clouds that cover the future, this e.
a.hmay be perceived, though We are ena-
n. to calculate its term, or Its disasters.
1.-THE bounds of this letter permitted me,
, would oppose to the evils engendered by
;.sdelity, the benefits protussly spread by
r, christian religion its introduction was
~ mos, vast of all revolutions, and the
s,ost beautiful, because the most useful to
=, human race. The cross and the gospel,
= ueparing us for the happiness ofe,ernity,
.,ss the civilized world virtue and know
/ .dpc have every where marched In their
IAN every religion has been abandoned
l. virtue and knowledge, which has lost
ss-1.tianity those regions have turned to
.,barsm witness the church OF Africa,
;ls,rious Tor so MANY learned men, and
ns;rb was once enc of the most brilliant
.o,,;ons of Christendom. Witness Algisrs,
rsrrr YOU resided two years such would
,.,he lot which the United States would
sl if ever they should cease to be chris
tins. =
and is not this equivalent, 10 what you pro-
ro,r IN some lines, and by an engraving,
which adisc;pls of the Gospel repels with
baror The attributes Of pure christianity
are Chased among the embiems of prrludi-
,,s. Where are your proofs? It's IN the
nature of things, that what is invariably use.
ri sbcall be essentially true; instead OF
moois, you give up to derision objects revtr-
sdby many hundred millions OF men, who
will net believe you on your word they
viii see that your anti-ellrlsiian sentence
wants iustness that it is consequence
without premises tl.at, without reasoning
al all YOU decided that all the disciples OF
,he gospel reason falsely.
Virluous mintls would sigh to behold ca
ldnny, impiet, and lubriciiy display them
slycs with effrontrry, protected by ,hclher-
Tof the press but us. we do not know
there to place the limits, if we attempt TO
establish BY law repressive measures this e.
HIwould be ccunterbalanced by others, IT
our mouths were locked, and our penscrush-
sdbynrannv. The press is free IN your
tounay thus you are not reprehsnsihie by
Sslm, but eonsiemnaLe at the tribunal OF
opinion, the supreme judge of all crimes
'hatofsnd propriety and justice. Yours Of
lend both.
koaends justice, becauseit is sratuitous
outrage, that resembles that of the, .Jesumy
alapau. What would you say, it the at
tributes of liberty, which are SO dear to you,
were trampled under foot before your eyes
IL oGeHds propriey, because in holding
out as frsj,aa;ces the einblems OF the chris.
tan religion, il is saying TO all those who
profess 1t, thai they are fools this compll-
@nt addresses itself to the disciples OF the
gospel IN every part Of the globe it adarss.
SIS Itself to the estimabie descendants OF
nose catholics, who, flying from British
Prosecution, established in Maryland,a state
Osio,nSmg to your confederation it address
ssitseli to the venerable Carol, bishop OF
DsallImore; you ;rampie on ths attributes
" DIS pastoral character. In France, it is
W. the nonconformist: outrage in this way
'lHsopacy in the person Of those pastors,
VINO, faithful to the voice of their coosci-
sess, hare committed the unbaraonable
olme Of submitting TO the laws Of their coun-
W this is a sad example to cite, not mo-
@a 70 initiate. Your presbyterian country.
u, %sn viii perhaps ask, if you have abjured
%s principles that you plolessed when you
:, sF!e the chaplain Of a regiment in the war
independence.
n. nto bsieve,in the gospel be a prejudice.
r r TO partake OF il with the feeble
buds OF Addison, Abbadie, Arbuthnot,
s ssson, Berkeley, Barrow, Beat,ie, Bentley,
laGave. Boanes, Boyle, Blackstone, Gull
~ ~ .,al ke, Doddridss, Ditton, Forbes, to-
p Gsrsil, Ferguson, Grotius, Gray, Harvey,
lanway, Hartley, Harrington, Hyde, Hal.
Jones, Johnson, Locke, Lardner, Leib-
B :, Lyttletoa, De- Luc, Milton, Newton,
a - " n tls.