The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-09-18

because comparatively few have pieaged themnelvesI
that they will strictly defend the due Observance Of
a day rendered sacred both by Ae avs Of Heaven g.
Of our land-that they will not suffer any one over
whom they may have influence, to 60 unrebuked in
vocation Of the day. Are our liberties endangered
y the Use Of moral means like these Are the hCea.
on and grossly Ih6deI PRACTICES Of the open viola
tors Of the Sabbath better calculated TO render per.
manent our political priViegesi Has not the Chris.
an mo aIIst equal rights with his Ant-chr stan ne n
bOur And are the pnre principals Of Christianity ia
mIcal to political freedom lnfdei Frauce once re.
DICED IN It's bOased freedom from the restralnst OF
Christianity, and nfidc France immediately del
uged with blood: and instead Of efemnate priest
ridden monarchy, she procured for nersrif bloody
despot'sm We are no advocate for the union vi
'Church and State, =" but really we are UNIV ling that
the former should be expelled from the land in order
TO prove the independence Of the latter: TO
the experiment whether happiness and our iber-
~ cannot subs'sl without its influence. France has
already made the experiment, and her history tells
language winch cannot be misunderstood, that that
people only are blessed whose God is the Lord. As
well might warm himself by the 'atent heat Of an
lce-burgh, or cOoi himself in furnace seven times
heated as to hope tor national happiness and prosper
without the proper observance Of the Sabbath and
the institutions Of Christianity.
This view OF the subject. if il be correct, proves
that true religion and politics such sworn enc
mes as many pretend to believe. 1t is true that the
| former being derived from infinite authority, should
never be made subservient to or dependant upon the
latter. But every political act of a proessediv Chris
tan people should be governed BY those principles and
motives which religion teaches and imcuicates. There
is q" danger from ecclesiastical influence and misruie
when this is The case,-the examp Z of our puritan
fathers, who the founders of our natona berty
abundanfiy proves this. 1t is only when christianity
is debased TO be the stepping temporal pow
er, as IN papa Europe that the freedom OF the people
| 40 A.tnI oik u Ifoa nA.
suason to induce them be good citizens and good
men ;--the latter uses physical force to urge them to
the observance and maintenance of certain rites and
ceremonies, falsely called Christian. The one will
has, enslaved world. The former dwelIs only with
! light and knowledge--the landmarks Of virtue and
freedom; the latter finds its abode only with ambi-
ton, moral darkness and ignorance, the main pillars
Christianity and Of national policy imperously re-
quIres us to guard against the pernicous influence of
| the one, motives drawn from heaven and earth urge
u.s. as we value our Temporal and e'erna! happiness,
| sacredIy to cherish and practice upon the other,
Here rests the error Of those who such Jealous
advocates tor freedom at the same time thew prove
| themselves I" be the most direct enemies of Chris
tan'ty. Through ignorance, and perverse neglect OF
that light which Ecclesiastical history is calculated to
shed upon their darkned understandings, they profess
to believe that all the mseres which the people en-
dured IN the dark ages Of papal domination, are
to he charged entirely to the account of Christianity
I
the dust, and its followers treated weak enthusiasts
that liberty assume her appropriate place on earth
instead Of honestly ascribng those mseres to the
want OF christian fee ing in the presum'uous spiritual
l"rd'ngs 0f the day. and allowing the reformation
and the predomnance Of religion all the freedom
which is now worth enjoying on earth.
Gu Monday last, IN the Superior Court sitting in ~
York, verdict Of $500 was gwen in favour of Ell
len Yates against William LIE Count, for breach Of
promise.
large manufactorv of lsingass has Been in opcra-
ton for a number of years, at Gloucester, Mass and
the article which is considered by many as Of the best
quality, ia afforded al lower price thar that imported
from Russia.
1t is stated in the Baltimore Farmer that 900 az res
ofland were sold, few days since within miles Of
Baltimore, on navgabe water, near dle PHILADELPHIA
turnp Ike, with brick house, and abundance Of tim.
Der, for 81 50 per acre.
dashing gentleman escortng some very genteelIy
dressed ladies AROUND the PhadeI phia Museum the
other evening, about o'clock, inquired Of bystand
where the solar microscope was exhibited as he
desired the ladies to spend the evening in examining
it.
It is calculated that in the immediate vicinity of the
city ofPhiladephia about 100000 bricks manufac-
tured daily, and that in the vicinity Of that city and
Liberties alone no less than 4O0eO.00O will be used
the present season. on the numerous public and pri-
vate buildings now being erected.
In store in this village, we noticed green snake
about inches long, which had been captured by a
spider, and drawn up some FIVE or six feet from the
hoor-the web appeared to be attached to the tail Of
the snake, who performed many curious evoutuons in
order to exricate himself, but in vain.
| Keme6unk Gazette.
The National Intelligencer states that DR.. Richard
Randall. member of the board Of the American Co.
lonization Society has been appointed Colonial Agen,
in place Of Mr. Ashmun deceased and that he accept.
the appointment with the intention Of proceeding ia
Liberia to assume the administration OF its Govern.
ment
The Ohio Canal Commissioners have offered to re-
ceve proposals until the 9TH ofOctober for loan OF
900 OOO payable in Ohio stock bearing an intere
OF either or per cent and redeemable at the pleas
ure Of the State, after the year 1850.
II is mentioned in the New York Gazette that the
Philadelphia Directory for 1923, contains something
Iess than 5000 names-the New York Directory con
tains above 81 900 names.
The President Of the U. 8. arrived in New York or
Wednesday, and aoon left for WASH ngton. We re-
gret to learn that his return was hastened
Of the ndisposition of Mrs. Adams at Washing
ton.
Col. Monroe. late president of the u. s. and Alder
GA tin ESQ. we understand are among the personi
spoken of to succeed the late Gen. Bailey as Post
Master Of New York.
DfED
| On the 10th inst in this town Mr.. William Church
III aged 49, In jumping from cart, the bank OF
Waterbury river, his foot slipped aid brought his bod,