Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-04-13

pat oowH iais aissninc teaerotss spirit T. hawnvon
sieru!y resisted all their .rs and o. iu i..,n,ly
eiec.d The esahiis'meni OF iLe pro,cs,-D resitin
'h' ftot SAINTS de-s'v@ Tive hts, pliudS.gi n,au-
kd ior relieving him thuy far sc,u tet sb,riiual
"'"'' ION, Nhch had lice" SO long, AID wsn,unly
exeri'd over him Bui tie Pro ts,antS a., els sill
retained %" much OF ,hc old le.yeo OF original
caiholicisp. Nor. DID they sucreeii in causins a
general reinrmSioa, Perhaps tour 6'ihs oi the
t'n''"r,a" christians are AZ 'h,s DAY, Roman Ca,ho-
hes. After The crusades, these, aud other e,ents
served maternity To relax the Supremacy OF the
siiituai, os.i the teippoia, power tie clergy
h'dpg themselves occasionally IN seed OF temporal
assistance, consented uDion, aud conIb -aiiun OF
'he spiritual, and ieupoia al ei>-and thus formed
wha' M modern tunes, technC"'!, called church
'"o STATE" has rapid review OF the Effects uliho
recoRn"ioa OF the sisnc'i0n, between Clergy, and
Lazy, AND ut the supremacy o The spiritual over tue
temporal powc;s, gives hut " very FAINT gn,merius
ol tue incaicuiai'!e misciief- done TO mankind bv
these great political scheUies and the -uu,un of
church, and state, which grew out Of them, IS the
great source of mischiefto mankind nj ihc present
day The people of the Uuited States laucr them
selves with perfect exemption from thus fatal tles-
Wuciive combination hut they are ceitainl, ms
,hSrn. There is 10 be suie, ieaxa,ion al ibe e.
iecis ie'i 10y the people at most modern states vet
IT'S banciu influence Is far from bepg rn,irely ei adj
Gated: The only state paper, recollect to have
seen iroui any of the governments of The u. s. thar
'hi"ely Gus asunder ,he uTon OF chu,ch, aud
state. Is lie law OF Virginia, establishing religious
Tceu"m, 1850. In direct urpusi'iou To tue doctrine
o more than fifteen centuries Of darkness aud oppres
ION, 'h"t law does IN substance declare, the absolute
severance al Chttch, and STATE. Ia HAT regpect,
nave always cons'dered that il may IA time bee. me
oi more Importance 10 mankind, than the Decla,u,,on
o' it'ependence iiseif-at present, however il res
9"'eiy IA The statute book aud is rarely disturbed
H being called inlc. action. This important slate
paper, substantially procaiu,s the gres, original prn-
c'n'es That n,an 10y nature, aud OF right, is the
SHE keeper OF his own conscience aud is exclusive
y Interested IN making his own peace with his Cod
lie should choose To do this III means Of An INFER.
cess"r, he has The exclusive iiyh 10 make ii, choic
mscli and 90 be sole Judge oi the means ard nr his
combinations and tiiai governments has no right
whhi''rr Ia in'crmeddle IN these n,auers. Sill Nm
'oii"""le!y 'he distinction heiwecn Clergy aud-Iaiiy
VIII he iouud IN The Nrgini.n constitution Notwilh-
standing this formidable union of 90 church and
slate, the facility Of nIerchauging ideas an,unnsr
mankind, introduced hy The art If PRINTING! lie
senerat improvements of iIc human mind in morals
aud al SORTS oil knowledge, in consequence of t,at
l"ci!''y, would in all probability, la, Produced a
Total severance OF this fatal union at an earlier
period, II had nol found a uosi potent auxilarv in
anoilIcr gteai political scheme, The invention and
practical use of" public CREDITS"
WIN. 3. GILES
March l3, 1924. UieIor,., .3neiia ccnrry ~.