Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-05-04

. butte to that result.
! Owing to my professional and othe'
engagements, it vii. be impossible fol
me to address the people in the differ
ent counties in the District, until aftel
the sitting Of the Supreme Court il
June.
i OLIVER II. SMITH.
j Csnnersvillc, April %. 1888.
i For the Riehnsond Palladium.
j OHIO YEARLY MEETING AGAIN.
RESPECTED FRIEND.
/ In the Palladium Of the
10Th INST. i observed communication
dated Milton, 4th month 10th, 1888
touching certain speeches made in the
Ohio legislature, on IA Bill to incorPo
rate Ohio Yearly Meeting. ] saw
then in the S. E. Post of Philadelphia
and in one or two papers published
in Ohio. before they appeared in thy
paper, and ! have DO doubt thou hast
noticed them in some Of thy exchange
papers.
who it is that has committed 50 great
an offence against the amiable ''form
of religion" as to request thee to pub
liish them, thou canst best tell il II
become necessary, for l really do not
know who it is: however, as 1t is GUS
|tomary to publish the proceedings Of
Legislative bodies, the members OF
which are not generally held response
bic to any but their own constituents.
! had not anticipated an attack on
them here, where it is reasonable to
suppose they will not have an opPortu-
nifty to make defence. Should some
attached to that body OF
professors, interested in the success Of
the bill that occasioncd the debate,
feel it his duty to make similar at
tack on them in every neighborhood
where the public prints may carry
their speeches, II would seem that the
constitution, Gi thou wilt allow me the
expression) OF their moral characters
must be very strong to resist the vio-
lence Of the accumulated flood Of 10
yeCtive animadversiOn that will bear
against them.
l'he w.itcr of tiaC GOmsss~oa entiVas
under notice, charges that the speech
Is are iuli OF disgusting and ul,sound
matter; that the orators strive very
nard to make an impression Oh the
iionse very different from the facts Of
the case; that their opposition to the
act, arose from a restless and persecu-
ting spirit; that 1t is tair to presume
that t..ey a,e lt.cksite Partlxans, ex.|
ignorant, or deeply Preju-I
diced: that, il these speeches had been
made b, la.yers at the bar under
pay, 1t would ha, ebeen less
inat the Society should
have been so grossly misrepresented.
! can with truth reciprocaie the VIII
Ler's language, when he says: at is
ever painful to see error proPagated
instead of TRUTH. and may add, how
deep must be the prejudice which SO
obscures our mental vision,
IS to cause US to mistake error for
ruth. To support his black lis. Of
charges, what testimony does he otter
10 our consideration, other than his
bare assertionss Why, he simply
shows that the orators we're uniform
ID Of the one solitary case in which a.
~ body OF people calling themselves
friends, had ever asked for an act OF
from the commencement
If the Society till since the late difi-
:ulties in it. And this case will scarce
y bear date anterior to those dif6-
:uities. 1t did not occur 50 very ''longI
lgo," not ten years since, if recol-
ect correctly; but short time be-
ore the dissention became public,
md in all probability, not before it
.xisted in the society. 1t took place
n a distant state, between whose leg
stature and citizens, and those Of
ohio, it is not probable there is a very
requent correspondence; and it is
4 too recent date to be found 10 any
egular history Of the society: that
the act to be Justly charga-
lie to Friends. it is reasonable to sx-
use the orators for not knowing it.
My sentiment however in relation
o the case, is, that those who we're
mainly concerned in procuring the act
( incorporation in New England, had
'e.ome withered under the bligbting
influence ofthe love Of the world, and
lad bartered their birth-right to al
ich and more enduring inheritance.