Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-12
TO EZRA SrILEs ELY. d. d.

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SiR-fou have very pli,u'y aud boldly expressed ,
;ecming them OF Immoral IL DANCE, tendency, and
even subversiye OF the peace ard liberty oi this Re-
public. '--.N'
Az To Your motives IN dsscmnat ,ng these opinions,
II Is rot 7 us % Grrsirn them. Whatever others
may do. We shaii never ossan,. the uu,teo which
belongs To the Searchcr of Hearts alone. We will
Judge MOI, that we be nut Judged But regards
tue cDctof your recommendations, tho case - very
Inherent. u Is for us TO Judge yes. aud to comment
upon, these op'n.ns. by publ SHIN. them. you have
made them common prop r,y; and, such, we M
tend To treat them.
Y'u deny that you have ever advocated union of
Cnurch and State Very well; We viii not quarrel
about names. Let Us see what you hare advOcaicd
aud tor fear OF misrepresentation, I us take your
own words
Al propose, Fellow (you san on the July
party ia Pciic," ''' ~ '''
Aud again IN the same sermon:
"SuGcr, my Chsiian Fellow Curzeus a word Of ,Nhoha.
tons Lstusah be Girisfisn Politicians"
Lest VIC should be al loss what this meant. you
give us n statistical insight into the pllI The Pres
Dyterans alone, you say, tpo.w"ak To form this
Union You called To your aid, there Ure. the Dap-
t'sts Mcthod'ss, Congrcgationaliss aud Episcopa-
hans, and yea say.
"The clecn- tr0uli
gteern ecssy oeci1a IN his country"
electors INTO the field"
You were the VIZ ter. too, Of the Annual Report
Tor 1916, of the Sundy School Union: which report
contalhed the 10 loving sentences
In ten years, certainly twruty, the political power
OF our country would he IN the hands of whose char
schools"
| Oo not imag,r we blame you for speaking 30
plniniy;-Far from 1t. We respect you much
than we d, tnose ~hp sfcr;rly n;urrcd III these
views, and have since cried out against YOU
blumdcrcr for declaring them.
Let Us see what Is, you thus honestly declare.
| Our designs" you tell u.s. "arc these We VIII
obtain the controul of the minds of the Young
I 9TH tl.
We will become las you yourself express 1t IN
another part "t the same repor'l EDUCATORS q the
conSc!enceS of lions OF mmo5 al beings; and in
ten or twenty yeats. thcss young pccpr when we
have thus moulded wax in the haow Of our
hands" wall govern every public election
country We will teach them to choose, n" Pre-
sidents, Secretaries of Government, Scna and
ana other Representative III Congress, Governors
OF States, State Legislators; Justices of the Peace
and City Magistrates (your words again those
dnd those only who arc orthodox III their faith
FMS we viii teach them TO do IN opposition, again
your own words to any known advocate ct De-
ism, SocinianIsrl, any species OF aTowcd hostIl
Ity 10 the truth OF Chri>thnity: (hat is, to what
You may consider s"!)-Or, III PLAIN English, No
Delt; Unversa!iS', UnitaiIln. any other person,
unSound in the faith shall, an twenty years from
now, be alderman, Justice Of the Peace, Represen-
alive, Congressman. Secretary Pre- idcnt The
hfst question: at every election, shall be. not; is
( he honest Is he cnpabh: 2 but, ], he Presbytc
ran, Baptist, Methodist. n CongTcgatonast or
/ an Episc"pallan. If not. hr wont suit 3"
Now Sir, many have cried on against suah designs
a. unconstitutional. But dissent from them.
they nrc no, unconstitutional man has perfect
right, IN this free country saw fh III. asses: shall
never give my vote for Unitarian, n UnIvcrsalIst,
or any other rtgionlst except sound
the same rgnt hc has say ne will never vote for
any man over live foot SIX inches high II IS
st'tnttDHHt Tor man TO set for Elmset me
standard as the other: think iCo, 1t about
rdtipnGt Ii 1t were true that thu honest and
Capable men over FIVE foot SIX inches IN height OF if
II were trl+ that there were no honest and capable
men except ~ The hve favored sacts then the stan
dard, spir'urti temporal would oil be very well.
But 1t 50 happens that there many honest aud
pabc men, who Outgrow both standards; who arc
tallr than five feet SIX, and VINO are neither
Presbyterians Bsptisis, Mclhodists. Cungrega-
upnasts nor EpIsoopalians. TO set up ether
standard. then Is 10 deprive ofhO,est aud capable
men, an exceedingly m;echievous consequence. tor
such men are scarce enough already
But tins not all. THIS winnowng of legislators
and magistrate! according 10 their spiritual cahbre,
VIII produce heartburnings and lealousIeS nDumc-
rablc, This tlVorIng Of the cleo al the polls; this
pharisaicnl leland aside, for am hocr than thou"
IN temporal matters; this Judging of morality by
ca cchisms, of talent by religious pr f;sson aud of
worth by the length of crceds ih religious tct Gu
stamped by Sundy School dlctalors the youthful
mind all ih' is dreadfully immoral. 1t is setting
up faith every thing and setting down works as
nothing 1t is reversing f me po IS maxim, as
to read:
FSr ri,iuon; deed, let gr.cc!ess secpGes. fgtt.
Els cont bcprOng Whose creed IS IN tie right
II Offering magnificent premium io' hypocrisy "No
h'hoDn advocate of Drsm Suclnansn" your
preston Fhe u1kHoTs III the chance as
yourselves that all the dishonest roguss hocrodox
pary-men Of no pTncipeyou will admit all honest
and sel-respecns (as Metan,ol would say, who
cannot ichose who say what they de- believe
ali such Deiss Sonians aud other hcretcs ysu exclude Al
once anu Tor ever from the humble char Justice ut
ine feace f0I would have objected election of
fhoinas Jefferson or John Adams John Quincy Al
ans as city 1drndE for the former were Dests and
the latter is Socin'an.
And who az" replace such Those who rem, new
ana occupy them, Of the FIVE favored churches!
Do ever occur to you, S Iflegsators were chosen &C
eodns IN Their orthodoxy, what excellent chance yourc
ana your colleagues would stand, within the Cabinet
or even TO ascend the Presidential char II never did Won
are ,e most simple heared and fsniereed of men Where
Wonln fesyehan Po!caas hnd Secretary Of State 20
own ninis',,"'
vc,;, VIph the faith As the pastor OF TIC "'" ''
We wilnot ,,,,,'i ,,. ,l attention unIca,ona-
y, an" 'neeIoie n, nj anohe iciicr, what havt i
ther 10 say on this inn ofta,.. ',,b;sst
IHb EDrnrs tn DAirT StNTiNti.
Sfn-At The conclusion Of our list lsttGt we
asked you, whether, when the orthodox standard IN
no 81 la nat all bod