Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-08-30
CHURCH AND STATE. !

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CHURCH AND STATE.
Ertracg JroD.she Speech of AiUan Stescayt.
The only countries in which all r,cn
think alike3on the subject ofreligion. and
professs6ne and the same faith, and enter
tain common opinion as 10 what the BIZ
BILE contains, is where the people do not
read tho bible, and take the facts il is sup
posed to contain from a corrupt priesthood,
second-hanled. III what country is the
bible read by 50 many as in the U. States 7
Where do 50 many distinct persuasions
and sects, honestly differing in form Or
substance as to the contents Of this holy
hook exist, as herel This nation IS re-
moved, according TO the nature 6fsthings,
to ali onmeaAirable Distance from an union
with church and state < AMI every new
child brought into the Sabbath school, aids
in forever divorcing that uRhallowed CONF
am Compelled, Mr.. Chairman, to say,
I lack charity fnf Az not believe that
any intelligent man III this nation, ever
thought that the distribution Of bibles and
theincrcase ofsabbatl, schools, tended any
'"otS ~ t"s vs'ioi y SH"'e" a"u s'"to :"
our country, tnan u tended TO bring Sc
cond Hood upon the earth, to drown the
world. think one conclusion on y rs fa.r-
" deducible from the premises as the 9th
er. What, these descendants of the Ply
mqHth rock pilgl inns, who fled from that
monster, the union Of church and stac, in
Europe, to the ferocious wilds of Massa-
cnuse'.s w " ~, nat anese oecenoap1s' VINO
nave sacureu e ilIer'y % conscience ny me
cu .,, =, 'ne oll'se STATES, ~ tne
D'I! q figiAs, ny tWshty., , stare constl-
Unions, ~ hu !, 81 laws 70 inrther-
ance q ihose elementary propositions on
whicn lhe social compact y based: WHAT
men 81 as many 'olnefenI secls ana belief
as tnero are leaves IN the bible, consenito
see the constitution q the Union and OF the
states, All overturned and destroyed, IN or
der That the Methodists may as party, or
the Presbyterians as q party, the Babtists
as party, ~ the Uniiarians as q party,
ne sustained. .ed, ana iostered. and their
clergy maintained out Z, u ne nations chest,
70 Inc union 81 cnurch ana state, tncre. can
- out sls paIslSl ZIG cnurcn !aken INTO
ss gooa Iaiss 81 sne sla rs. =: All = under
1900 ai'u s''as, svv " t's0 .'sHohors ais-
Pafagemen1 ana .axas,on OF every oiner
sec., Ior ne speclal aavancement q that
h'g m favored .'a0 oenoM' ~
mere y no'nihg D1t rank innhdeiity,
w y l1. raises the cry OF Churcll and
S ,il ana TINS .nhHdelify, did i possess
me l' power. would restrain every mlssiona--
ry 81 Chrlss, rom crossing the high seas
e heather lands. with the divine message.
II would suppress every mission station.
from the polar SHOWS Of Noyaaembla to
the direinl wilds Of Madagascar. Yes. il
those who would terrify us with the cry Of
Church and State, had power equal 70
their impudence, the legacy Of God 70
=. she bible, would never PC reprinted
SaDDash scnGol would ever meet again;
the poor would remain ~ their ignorance J;
the orphan wouid oe forgotten and the
yotaries ol'reiigionf would nave 20 wan-i
ger " sneep SKINS ana goat SKINS, ~ caves
ana dens OF inc earsh,- ttscG ltecordeT.
.ssYl - =. If.
Sessng q . Kc't, AT time when