Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-31

having preached ADD prayed for 90 years
against the Jacobins, who never neddlcsi
with any bod;'s religion.
These evenSs will keep working on till
they have made all men see what CossaciS
Priests really are. 1t has long been mari-
fest to every man with eyes o;ien. that the
Cossack Priests had no regard for religion
that they followed it as Z calling to got
money .y-that thew rallied against the
Scarlet Whore OF Babylon In order to CRY
up their own particular branc:.---tba, they
had no regard for those souls which they
appeared TO be so anxious about that, in
short. it was the firc,ffs of pre- aching and
praying, which alone they looked TO- Bue
now these facts must be evident to all the
world. There is now no man that can avoid
seeing them. So that the Cossack Priests
will, in the end, have lost weight by the,
r storasion OF despot;srn and persecution.
Inc new doctrRe which they broacheti,
thai any religion Tyos better fhuf none, was
very suspicious. There are very few pe,-
sons of thirty or forty years of age, WHO
have not, before the French Revolution.
heard Protestant priests soiemuiy declare.
that the Rcmish Church taught idsks.ru Z.
that its doctrines were danna6Ge-ttst Is
eff.ct on mankind was TO make them &C
NIT ROBBERY and murder ycishout remc5,se.
This Is notorious. BAY, this and mncl
more against the Rom;sb Church, Is TOT b:
found in the books, ia the printed srrrIens
and other books OF the most essecrned pso-
testant priests.
Wen, now, what can be svo-se iIian dsn7-
7able doctriness What can be- woke in
practice than that which makes r1tn COM
NIT robbery and murder without rcirorss ?
Have the Cossack Priests been able To End
out Crimes more strocions than robbery or
murder! Have they discovered something
more calamtous than Being damned ? III
they have not. itsfol!ows Of necessity, Lhsp
they uttered faschood when they said
that any religion quaa 5eHcr than none 81.
that they were guilty of very infanors 5sl-
umny, when they described the doctrine
and effects of the Catholic religion. They
are now in cleft stick
The sweet howl which they set up &
gainst the French Revolution, wasinot he
cause it was hostile to Religion but be-
cause it was hostile to P,,iesfs-nut because
it laughed at the Bible, but beca,fsei II abol-
ished Iyfhcs and Fees =" O or said
they, here is an attack upon Chrisieni-
fy- What has Christianity any thing
damnd5ic in it ? Does Christianity induce
men to commit robbery and nsv7-alr spith-
our renorse /? Aye, aye" said they, no
matter for that--any reHgi0n is 6efter Ih,1l
us little. said the Jacobins. We do no.
NEEDLE with peoples conscicnces. They
may follow any religion that they please
only for our part, we are resolved not 20
fdy to Priests of any sort g On. YOU hse-
thens oh you iufidels ch you bias.
phemous wretches % Well but, gente
Cossacks; preachers of meekness and SELF
denial whose Kingdom is not Of this world
you, who have all your lives been rating q
gainst Anti-Christ, do you blame us for
driving out those hordes ofPriests & Monks
who were the battalions of An,i-Chrsts
Yes. Tor any religion is better than rome"
What. then, is the religion Of Anti.Chrst
better than TO religion at all Is it to be
a1gafnst Christianity to put down Init
Christ I! Is it better to be for Anti Christ
than to take no part in the dispute?
But, You artful hypocrites, you made your
hearers believe, that it was for yeliFionthat
you were anxious, while you we're r.
iarmed only for your trade and Your hay.
"Any religion is better than none" What,
then, Is It better to believe joisehood Tran
to have no belief Is pcisouc,i bowl
better than no drink ut all ? IF men in
general could but see your conduct in its
true light, how soon would Won be compel
led TO work for your bread You are, how
ever, reduced to silence. You are 20 lon
ger laxative and bold. why do you not
ansz0sT ? One would think THAT must
have stung you to the flesh before now, if
your skin had been thick as ten bulls hides.
Do you think that the o d cant viii still
carry you along Is there not in al Your
thousands ore man to take % his pen in
your defence? VIII no press give crcula-
tion to an answer Send it e. Tnc in man
us-ript, and viii at my own exp NE nave
it printed and published
Leaving the Cossach Priests. and lie
Pope and the Hourbons end the Bulwart
for the present, let nc c.ll your attention
to curious article in one Of our rc.espa-
pers, relative to the MississihHi ara Mir
souri, 1t is in these words, in The Moruine.
Chronicle Of the 9th Of May :--"'The BIZ
tor adding a new ProUince, Indiana, to TIE
Union, has passed through the Ameri a,
House of-HsSem5ly. TIE DESIGNS Of the
States upon the great 7iUers d9issfs5iHhi
ana Missc1tyi ar becorn ng EVERY DAY
MORE APPARENT"
Now,who would not suppose that the T.
S.wcre here suspect e ambitious frdi.cp.
OF tnUasion, or, ut least of unwarrantal,le
aggraadizeniert ? Who would snp3ose
that the territory here spoke Of. and snr.
ded to, is IS much belonging to the u. &.
as Hampshire is belonging to ENGLAND -
What would any one think OF writer In
an American paper, who shoald say that
the designs of England Upon the rivers Sc-
yern and Medvav We re. hcco..,,.,.-