Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-04-16

prefers IF His tcH. ne pronounce IL to be insonsis
tent tcih HIS tcH, that mails should be transported
on S,nday-and ia conformity tcih this decision
sh ~ the mails be regulated. What more intimate
and radical offending Of religious and civil AFFAIR."
be eioed, than an assumption on the part Of Con.
gress, who are coniessedy eiohed with temporal
authority, TO decide what il tn will OF the creator! As
individuals. the body may all be deeply impressed with
certain belief in regard to that will But mem
bers OF Congress- they found any official OF heirs
uron such belief, without thereby blending reig ion
with temporal power! JVIH IL not be an exercise of
temporal porer, founded on, and directed 6vreigiouS
OeRTI IL Congress stops the malls because they be.
heve the measure agreeable to the Divinity, is her
any other OF the powers with which they entruss
winch they may not regulate the exercise o upon the
same principle' The Constitution conhdes to them the
regulation ef the Mails. II authorizes them also TO
regulate naturalization. IL they regulate the mails in
particular msnaer, because OF particular reason.
may they not, because of the reason, regulate
naturalization in particular manner! IT, for instance,
with Dr. Ely, (who, by the bye, has the credit of being
the original contriver and chief agtaor Of the Sunday
mail ques'on) that Pepery is the "reign Of the Of
SIM may they not, because they so believe deny nau-
ralizaon, and even admission into the country Pc.
pIsh priests' IL is too manifest to require further
mark that, whatever be the regulations To which Cc0.
gross may tit to subec, the mail they cannot, with
out Offending civil aud religious Attire. adop, any
gulatou, on the ground that is agreeable to the Di
Unity.
The blending of ecclesiastical with civil power-in
what does it consist IN being influenced il, the erer.
else Of temporal poDer by religious beii.f or the
"union OF Church and State, generally and tst-
ly deprecated by our countrymen this is the essence
IL matters not by what name the public func
exercising civil power, lie called. Pope or Bishop
might be the repositories of temporal power; and
this arrangement not necessarily involve union OF
Church and State. Whether this union did did MOI
exist, would depend entirely the consdv raons
which Influenced them in the exercise Of that power.
IL OF purely temporal nature then would the union
OF Church and State not exist; ii Of religious nature
then the union ,ooud exist. The same is strictly true
as to King, President Dvan, or Congress- IL,
A.
nyw-e under the influence OF religion, motives, then
Notwithstanding their nomn,lly lacal character Church
ami State are united. You, Sir have, by your official
oath, entered into solemn covenant with the Deity
support the Con stituton under which you act Unless.
therefore You conscon'iousy believe il to be perfectly
consistent with tho p of tho Con.iituticn that r.i.
giou. and civil affair. be blended yvt cannot auo,o
yourself in The exercise Of the temporal po,cer cntyust
ell TO yOu, to be influenced by religious belief. Under
that covenant you are bound by the most solemn OF
sanctions seGuon<ly TO guard your mini against such
influence. In regard 10 any vote you may feel dis
posed TO give upon point any wise connec ted with
gious considerstions il your sacred duty TO search
the Utmost rece.'es OF your science, and TO
that religious belief IL not Operating your ind
motive 10 that vote. you find any such motive iurk.
ing there it is the first Of your rel eous oblig aon. to
eSpel it, aud to emancipate your mind from its iuhu
ence.
1 shall pur ne this review in my next.
A Friend "to Pure Religion and Undcfled"
(From The Baltimore Rtpu5iiean)
Setting History right."-The Postmaster Gene
rails Report, in compliance with a resolution of the
Senate, calling for the number of removals of Postmas
tiers, made during the last year, she VS. aggregate OF
fur hundred and ninetyone-aud this is proclaimed
be Prescription, Prescription, Pro erption
Two or three statistical items, will serve to et"histo.
ry right in that particular.
The number Of Posmastcrs throughout the United
States, does not vary far from "eght thousind that
the removals have averaged about one in sixteen" OF
the whole number.
OF these eight thousand, il is admitted that than
nchalf at least fueeghths, in favor of the late
adminisr tion and consequently opposed TO the election
OF Cen Jackson. If we suppose that every man re-
moved opposition man, il follows that the proper
ton OF removals of opponents, is as one to ten-tha is
or every coalition turned out, there nine left in
NOW, inns 'Uu' ~ proscrntion. nor
has it, 10 any reasonable mind the appearance OF nci
intolerance III there had been thousand removals
instead of less than five hundred the number would
have then been only equal instead of bearing that pro
portion which the parties bear, and to produce which
Mr. Jefferson avowcdy acted in the distribution of Offices
Further, il we deduct from this number G49l, the
changes which became necessary from other thar
politics. unfahulncss, imbccility, other good easons
the number removed for political causes will be render
ed still smaller and make the cry of universal proscrp
ton still more ridiculous.
The facts disclosed in the report demonstrate, tina
for manly exercise of opinion, for temperate use
the elective franchise which is presumed TO have mark
ell the conduct of the coalition that have beer
retained in Office by their opponents, there is nothing
he feared from the present upright administration. Blu
for brawng politicians, for ose who have brought eth,
patronage of the federal government into conflict will
the freedom OF elections, by using the immunities
their office for the circulation of scandaous faschood
against public men, and foul attacks upon private char
| actcr, there is, as there should be, no favor.