Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-04-06

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known.
There is now party who have off
clallv announced themselves rs Orthodu.
Friends, Ouakers, as the records OF II,
Court of Chancerv in sister State vii
show. And why do they Law claim 10 III,
high and imposing title of Orthodo,
FrIend>2 Because they claim to hav,
all the Religion Of the whole Society : an'
are now calling upon us to ASST them II
acquiring all the property How doe
this comport with the character Of tn,
genuine Quaker? Would II not hav,
been more honorable In them-morc con
slstent with the character of that auCIcn
and respectable Society to have first set
tied with their brethren; giving To eacf
his law full right? Let them do this first
and then If they come forward in tn.
name OF Free Qmkers, (whosc principles
they appear to approximately or any 9th
er Name save that of the Ohio Yearh
Meeting Of Friends, We can have no oil.
lection to incorporate them; but TO Incor-
porate them IN that name would he io
cast a burlesque on reIigion-wc canno,
do it, But 40, 81, they. We are the Or
thodox Fire nd> we have all, the religion
and we will have u! the property tc
boot.
While their brethren, little thinking OF
what Is transacting here never having no
voice In the matter whatever, are anxious
and waiting TO do justice between man
and man. They are willing to allow
their Orthodox brethren SO called, al,
equal quota Of the religion alsoi The,
do not COME here seeking favours that
would conflict with the interests of their
hrethren; thereby di~gracing the high
character which they have heretofore su--
tanned. No, they attend to exhibit 10 the
world by their actions-by the fruits Of
their religion, that the, are worthy TO tie
called the E,miIy Of Penn.-They know
that to apply to a Legislative body for al
act to Incorporate their meetings or their
schools. would lie a direct violation of the
principles by which they profess to be gov
ern d.
known this people, or any party assuming
their names, to apply for the benefit Of
such a law2 They have had their meet
ings, and they have had their schools from
the commencement of the SoCIet,, with
out such aid And now for The first time
do they :hink II necessary to call the law
TO their aid and supper, Tor party as
Stunning their name,) and under circum-
stances TOO, which involves suspicion Of
fraud and deception.
Let us tor moment Sir, retrospect the
origin and history of this ancient Society,
and we will find that il Is peculiarly enti-
tied to our most respectful consideration
The Society of Friends was founded BY
George Fox; a man who rose co:empora-
rN with Sidney, and the patriots of tha'
da, wherein the rights oi man first te-
gan to be properly appreciated and under.
stood, and the " Fanny Of the house OF
Stuart was began TO be ctiectuaiIy resis-
ted. |, is a subject Of phiIahthropic re-
&ret that the principles Of the genuine
Quakers are SO imperfectIy and partially
known, disseminated and practised upon
Their moral tendency viii be found to he
directing the axe of reformation at the
root Of king-craft and priest-craft; and
they have done much toward the eradica.
ting Of both BY maintaining the rights Of
man at every hazard. An unjust law
even though enacted by tyrants expressly
for the purpose of expressing and exter-
minatlng this people, will be as completely
imperative SO long as they adhere to
their primary principles (and trust tina,
there are many who do) as the passing
ZEPHYR, which Is never heard and but
slightly felt Let this till become law
and ! venture TO predict, that twelve
months will not have passed away before
the Ia,ls of the counties where this people
reside, will lie filled 70 oyerfiowing. "E-
quail rights and strict Justice is, ard ever
has been, their motto; and no law ever
has, or can, be enacted, which will have
power TO divert them from their purposes
They will continue to assemble in the
places and for the purposes that the,
know is by justice guaranteed to them, any
law TO the contrary Notwithstanding
Their Orthodox brethren; YES, this party
OF ephemeral growth, who claims every
thing spiritual and temporal. when thus
iecaliZed In the commission Of fraud, will
avail themselves of the advantages thus
derived. and BY the aid of Sheritfs. Con
stables, and posse comitatus. will dra ~ the
Hlcksites, TO whom the appeliation Of
christian seems more Justly to belong
from affairs raised for the worship oil a
mercifil Creator and incarcerate them in
!oafhson,e and tifthv dungeons, thrustine
them amid common felon>. until Justice
itself shall mourn and mercy CRY aloud ;
and every patriots soul becomes pierced
with the groans ofoppressioD2 Shall We