American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-02-11

career, was much beaten and stabbed vim il.
and when The offender was apprehendtd h n" !,
crime, there was such determination on ~
oil the students TO carry opposition to the u,m,.
that the military were about to be ordered our :.
there are such rumours OF another attack. o.
keep our minds unsettled when we attend d;,;.
worship.
The students, many if not most Of them. Nv. i.
lieve) go armed with some kind Of dangerous wa
pons Since the prohibition of sword Canes H..
carry spanish dirk and some of them poke, i.
tolls. When they choose to be angry with man
il is no difficult matter to pick quarrel with him
the next thing the dirk is drawn; there have b,.r
instances Of this nature where unofendinp citizen,
have received dangerous wounds However, thi,s
not the character of all the students of the coleo
there are some who do honor TO the institution
they have our confidence and esteem. The pret.n,
that one or two students had personal quarrel win
a young man in this city, we look upon as too uil
for them to give as justification, that sixty or N
hundred young men, armed as they were, should Al
tack an unarmed congregation, composed in pr,.I
degree OF women and children, peaceably reirir,
from religious worship on Sabbath evening MI
we not send our young men to college to be mad
better? Do we not expect their vile propensilies viii
be restrained Must colleges be pests to the nh
ces where they situated Must they be the form,
ains OF vice When offenders are screened fran
justice, will it not encourage them TO do mischief.
Many have blamed US because we let the other AZ
fray pass over so lightly We have complained ii
the guilty in lew instances yet we do not think thai
law suits. which give rise to animosities, are bes
calculated to secure US in the possession OF Religious
liberty.
i We are annually paying part of our income to
the support OF civil government, and ask no exemp
ton from the burdens of civilized society; and il
II return we expect participation in the enoymtns Of
civil and religious liberty. When sui fer so much
rom students, and their teachers do not or cannot
control them, think public civil officers ought 10
lsend them help.
Some have spoken lightly of evening meetings
but these we think. in general, have been ATTENDED
; with more good than day meetings. Evening
meetings are coeva with the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and have ever been continued among them
Other denominations have beer convinced Of her
utility to society, and have generally adopted them
That il is our privilege peaceably to assemble h
divine worship, we presume no one will dare to deny
while ii is guaranteed to us by the Constitution
the United States, and also by the Constitution 0
this State. See amendments, article LIST, Consllu
ton OF the United States, Congress shall max
y no law respecting an establishment of religion, 0
= prohibiting the Tree exercise thereoi,' &c and III
. Constitution oil This State, article 9TH, sec Sd, say
The free exercise and enjoyment OF religious pro
y ession and worship, without discrimination or pre-
c ference, shall forever be allowed in this state by
mankind but The liberty Of conscience hereby St
{ cured, shall not be construed as to excuse acts
y righteousness or justify practices inconsistent vii
the peace or safety Of the te."-Therefore,
y Resolved, That to prevent us peaceably to assen
y BILE and engage in divine worship, is an inlringeme
: Of our rights
i Resolved, That in :he opinion of this meetin
% there ought to be some reform in the governme
= OF U. College, and that the best way to do this
= Tor the teachers to bring out offenders and des
them up to justice.
; Resolved, that such is the behaviour of a gre
part Of the students OF Union College, that the peac
9 and safety of this city, and the Methodist society
= particular, are not secure.
81 Resolved, That in the opinion OF this meeting
the introduction Of military spirit into The COLES
= and the raising an uniform company among the ST.
: dents, have been an injury to the institution.
: Resolved That it is dangerous and useless {
the students to so armed with Spanish dirks, pock
" pistols, &C.
81 Resolved. That this declaration and resolution
: be published in the Schenectady Cabinet, and
- the principal papers in the state of New York. sig
'el ed by the chair man and secretary.
!" JOHN JOYCE, Chairman.
70 john HOLMAN, Secretary.
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