Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-05-15

Extracts fro.r, fheYemrks If NJ. King, of fds sa
chuseas, IN The house Of Represea,a q me Y
S. in aebase. on he Petitions against Transporting
and opening The mail the Sab6ath
Nix. SPEAKER,
|. d e. aot appear 10 me thai this subject ha:
been treated wi h ,1at reslect att = en.Icr
winch its impor nee demands The Ceh.ie
man 4 The head Of the post office comm, Z,
(Sir. khea, oil Ten.) has indulged himself, ii a
curse OF iema Ks unoeconins his SITUATION INC
lac occasion. His remark thas nine persons on,
of en-, III The United States, would ather heai
tie news, inan pre- 4chng, ~ not, Ican sssute
IA m applicable 10 he par. o. tte cUun ~ whclc
have he honos 10 reside, and aope IT IS no AZ
hls stale other Observation. Of the honorable
Gentleman ending eAci mir h rather han
serious lefec ION on Tins snhJeet, ate upw2fihJ
IT notice he mus. bessenssbie " heh iInpro
pretty. He ought, sir, 70 pc admoh'ahed ~ IN.
gray hairs, OF the solemn acCutlGt winch he WIZ
aoon DC called Upon 20 rencer % hls God &c
,me is fast approaching. "aen ne, and ali WIG
now hear me, VIII, viii me, br convinced ,hes
ne Ga, in seven is no. too mucb 10, Offending
nlur ais 20 piepate 10 meet their Coo.
Ahosher bonourabIe Gentleman has Wi II
much warmth and lie charity, remarked, ths'
hese peuleDers are pa cet o. lana ics and en-
iuslssts. Ii his observations be true. which b,
,nat there may be fanatics and cnthusiasls a.
gainst Religion, IS we'll as in favor of il.
The importance OF his subject my be deer.
mined by the number and respec; abislty OF peti
toners, and BY the object OF the petitions Your
leak, 81, and The SECRETARY OF the Senate have
IN quest, furnished me with the number of-he
etnions they amount TO eleven thousand
besides remonst ances from nine towns, certifi.
d by their clerks, as the acts of those corpoy u
lons, and several Iemonst ances from associa ions
OF The clergy. For the respectablty of the pet
toner's / viii refer 10 The petitions the mseiyes
.ad 10 tie serious & correct sentiments to VIII
hey have SUBSCRIBED. To al American Ineed mol
insist upon the value and importance of sucj
men and the we'll being Of any nation nor will
0 an assembly which ought 10 be called chris
ian, insist on the supreme importance ofreigion
10 a community, and 10 the stability OF nation
md how much that religion depends upon de-
vout and reyerential observance of the Sa)ba Ii
Contrast the condition of nation, where The
Oh istisn religion is professed and its holy nsti
tu,Ions observed and respe cted with that of 40
other where both are neglected. For this pur.
pose need only call your recollection 10 revolu
sonary Frsuce. AS soon as their infidel philoso
piers (slid every D@.ion has them even Ameri-
ca is cursed with few, bad with unwe arled
sssiduity taken from the minds and Conduct Of
he feopie, he necessary res RANTS and obi
gstions Ut religion, heir revolution, with a!l lis
horror and bloodshed, succeeded. But come
nearer home, and compare cflertns parts Of onl
own country. Visit one of our villages o,
towns, where The worship of the only living and
true God, is duly attended, and his holy Sabbath
s.ncsfied, ali is peace, hssmony, q9etness and
bro,herIy love; with nothing 10 disturb theis
public service, or private deso,ions, -except the
servants of Tie United States, their Mi carriers
ID stage coaches. For the reverse of,his peace
and ha. mony, and other blessed fruits Of our ho-
~ religion, We need but look al the city in whc
we now reside, the capitol of America, where, il
the sabbath be distinguished al all, it is by great
60 licentiousness than on other days. l know
there are some honorable exceptions 70 this re