Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-13

To tina Eutr,a- - Tux Wu,,
! herewith send yoa FOX publication tire act Of the
Leg stature OF Rhode Island, Incorporating The YEARLY
meeting of the Society Of Friends. The object of
published, IS TO expose TO the People of the United
States the danger of such corporate bodies 10 tho noT.
zeal and religious liberties - :hc 0ttizeus, tina, . c1-n,.
rate body OF this character should have ;,s cris,,, .
an age when mankind have become moro rr,c,,IJr
cniightened. and their minds expanded with Ibcr,I
sentiments and increasing attachment to the Republican
Institutions OF this country, is still more extraordinary,
There Is something so remarkable and novel in this &C.
OF incorporation, as cannot fail to strike with as,onish.
nneni every Person at all acquainted with the history
oil the people, called Quaker, from their frs: cyis.encr
as n Society, TO the date of founding this eInpirc Of -
liglous wealth, under the spacious colouripp OF Lcncvo
tent, charitable, religious and Other Ir.rroses. 1t is well
KNOWN that OF all the people in Christendon, the Gun.
hers nave been The most Jealous advocates for keepinr
tho State and Church unconnected; and that reli,ioST
should stand or fall upon its own merits; that the Socie.
" oil friends should bc the first religious body 20 ,,nIy
tor and obtain an act of incorporation. cmL-,cir, ~
men and children in perpetual succession, viii, all ,Io
powers usually granted corporate bodies, n sue md be
S'ed' &C. Is 10 my mud. and must I've TO the mind of
r'cIy rcilcG'ihg man. a conviction ofthc great dcgcne.
Tlcy from those pure, highly liberal, &, sound rennbic,r
principles maintained by Fox, Penn, and a host Of o,hers,
i'ra hundred md forty years, Religious cnInrn,ritins TO-
S'ich) feeling the influence Of wealth. under , i;ho-,l
c.Nh government, becomes the most 6ang,.rous ins,i,r
us; i inc happiness and prosperity Of mankind. of
III o'i'i eN!Stihg IN n country whose government -
.nnndcd upon equal rights. There is a very r.n,-l,
us TACT IN this act Of incorporation. and ON Ill.,, -
''' "uo" ingenious dIpicIty on the part of the know
ing ones wishing to bc lords Of the hcrtarc. and ia,
s., III guarding agains: alarmisc the moro hon., 49,, &C
thc SocIety, by not using the words ususllv o~r,cs.oJ
IN charters, GIVING the incorporated tho powers 4, sue
.hu pc suc1' impiesd andb implicated. BY this saracity.
INC bulk OF the members, no doubt, were ipnor,n, ~,
friends Yearly Nesting could sue and he sued. boco.-,
,hey were equally ignorant Of the powers granted, in
"a" ana equity, 10 corporate bodies; yet the KNOWN,
ones were not disposed TO dispcnse with HAVING tho nov.
CT OF dong all matter and things, not roplcn,nt ~ ,Lc
laws OF the United States or the State Of Rhodo I,I,rd,
and therefore use tho tocIu;.,t,;, o - -. -.
uHi ne nose whose honesty would have rcyoltcd at trc
i'ea Oh bclhg dragged before the civil authority of the stat
by any member, that might think proper So 10 do r,o,,
IN imaginary or real cause. Suppose for instance
thcic slould DC n war, and some ofthe member sho,Id
nv :" ,h;lP ch ~ ID Iclonse OF the very property secured
the laws of the u. Statcs and the State or RL,oJo 49,
onu NOT inc society, IN maintaining their pcacaclIo
iI"cip'S'. against War dsown those thus yiolatjpg
ne d~Iscipilne! j should suppose thov cc,,a;,I, y.a,tj
then the Members 20 dis6yynod vy,LJ - .'-.N
caIise Of complaint, by being disfranclised from ,,r,;. ;
PaLng IN tho advantage, OF cdncatirp tbci, cI;lt,oa
uPon rec Cost as we'll ~ other interest they may L,yr a.
w IuHos. IL - more than prcsunablo ,hot ~. ,.,Ij
citc the Yearly Meeting 20 npuear bcc,rc Tic 49,. IN
NY 10 shcw cause why those disowued pcrsnrs L.,,
oych PfoJudiced IN their rights by the mcctino. for ro,,
dyms u h'he laws OF the land; thus, in cycry caeo Of
u.so"hnIcht' ter c1inplyihg with the laws or 80 U,;,oJ
HtAtes' OF no State Of Rhode Island. tbc or,c noa,naLLl
Saahcl'' Always opposed 10 wars, TO Iay g,iiti and ~
sd,iVhs OF any KIND, would show a now and noel scc,c
III 49, So !" W uc Wofid another fact 10 the many record.
. III history OF the incompatibjlfy of rrco, v.c,tu, L.
sI influence and vital religion, hlrironioreIy ,-n,,o,.
- 'oBe,hci' There arc many other cases vyhir, min,
sa.ou' hneWihg the evil likely to rroy out or his
cal ~ az ooay PoItic itself; but, prcsuminr I have
-"Ni enough 10 salty every rchcctiur mind of ,c a.,
LJl ulcfc is IN giving such power and opulc,cc 10 800
- ~ seer, or any power whatever, bcvo,d ~
necessary 10 exist ~ a civil character orIy. 80, ~"
s"cfcd my object in addressing Won. y"
IN f',my N unihag R,Ngiopq gsd
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