Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-10-10
Presidenl .1ddm $ Correspondence.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
Quincy Sept. I8, 1918.

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The English doctrine OF Allegiance,l a
is 50 m s,eriuus, fabulous and engn,ati /
cal thai ii IS difficult to decompose tiiel,
elements Of which il is compounded. The !
pries.s under the Hebrew economy, es-I
pecialy the Sovereign Pontih's, we're
anenntgd with consecrated oil, which was
poured upon their heads IN such profit
sion, that il ran down their boards, and
the, were thence called " he Lords
annoi ted . When permitted 10 be in
troduoed, they were anointsd in the sameI
MANNER by th. Sovereign Ponlilf, andj
they 100 were called I" the Lords annuint-l
ed" When the Puntlfiis Of Rome' as
su,ned the customs, pc, ps and ceremo'
mics Of the Jewish Priesthood, they as
sumld the power Of consecraiing things,
by the same Ceremony OF holy oil,"l
Tne ope who as Vicar Of God, possess
sed tie whole globe oil earth in supreme
d0T.iniun and absolute property possessed
a!s3 the power OF sending the Holy Ghost,
wherever he pleased 70 France i'll
pleased his holiness TO send him in al
vial Of oil; TO Rhems IN the beak OF al
dove. | have not heard that my trIendl
Louis the 18th has been consecrated att
Rheims by The pouring on Of this holyI
oil but his worthy elder brother Lonis)
10th, was so consecrale.l at vast expence|
Of treasure s. ridicule, How the holyI
bottle was conveyed to England is worth
enquiry. But there it rs, and is used at
eve coronation, and is de'aurtly II rot
e,uutl, shewn 10 every traveller VINO
visits The Tower. ] hese ideas were once
as tlrmly established in England as they
were a, Rome and no small quantity
OF he Reichs of them remains to this
day. ii1nce the doctrines OF the Divine
Right Of Kings. and the duties in subjects
OF unlimited submission, passive oDedi-
encc and non resistance on pam, ton
SOW can write II, Of eternal damnasson.
Th, &c ductiipes have been openly and
boldly asserted and defended, since my
memory, in the town OF Boston, and IN
thu own oil Quincy, BY persona OF no
small consitl, ration IN the world, whom
/ ond name, but wilinot, 1scause their
post.ri,y are nuch soEeneti from this
severity.
his indellible character Of sovereign.
ty in kIn,,s, and obedience in subjects
sill; ienleias. ii. rigats aLa duties arr
inne mi, unalienab.e, indeieasiole, inds
true ,ie and Immortal. Hence the rlgh
Lieutenant or ,Iidshipman Of a Brit
ish man OF war 10 search all Anierlcai
ship, mp ~ss ever, seaman rs ludgestiI
snan decree " law AID III fact to be I
suyle,y OF MS Ii s, and compel him te
hisht, though ii may Nc a. ainst his lathe
bother or son. y country men. wa
you summit to tuese miserable remnapt
OF p,iesicraft and despotisin
.i,"re i no pr!n ,pic 81 law, OF
Government, that iiss been more del!
berstcly or more solmnfy. jiuoset il
G.e Britain than that Allegiance il
1ol ane 10 the king in his official ca
pa.iI or political capacity. bu
merely TO his personal capacity. Al
icgianvu TO- Parliament is 30 Wher'
fourli in Eir,,lisa. S"etsish o. British
laws. ss,at then had nur ancestor:
to 40 with Parliament Nothing NOR
tbs, with the Jewish S.aiieirim, 0
n .poenn's literary and scientific En
stitute at Grand C'.iro. They owes
no glance to Parliament as y whoi
or in part. None TO the House o
Lords as branch of the Legislature
nor to any individual! peer OF numbc
OF ln,iiyi,iuais. None 20 the House c
ssoa,inuns as another branch, nor
any Individual camuoher or group q
coinuamrs. They owe; no aiiegianc
10 the nniion any mere tran the nj
lion owed TO them ~. they had
good and clear right to make law
for England as the people Of En-
sai,;, nad TO make laws for them.
Waat riga, then. had King Jaan
t!ie ist TO the sovereignty. dominic
or propert, oil North America ? n
more than king George III, has 70 Il
Genrg,u,n s'uus, because MIR. He
scuull discovered that planet III |,
reign. Ills only ceior, profession
pre,t.x. i, this. The Pope as head
slse Chnrsl, Was sovereign Of q
world. Henry the Eighth dspos
hiu, ,,erause head Of the Church
E.l s.au. and consequently becaI
rr'lgn master and prop i,tor
as ,auch Of the globe las lie rot
grasp. 4 group of his Mobiles ii,
aere,! for immense landed estates
America AMI obtained from
QUASI HOLINESS large tract. Bui
Was useless and Improbable to 'be
They aia-t have planters and settIe
The sin IRE AMI oDselcntloas II
asst.uis had been driven from EnSli