Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-06-15

zed just DOW. But what connection
there can b. betweep their right to
bear arms, and an act of incorporation
to establish a boarding school is per-
| feet riddle tome. Kreider and uarl a
were no doubt let into the secret. as
an important part Of the Conformation
not generally KNOWN" for they both
mention IT, But as they did not ex-
plain it, we must be satisfied to leave
lit, till time shall disclose the secret.
lie SAYS the Hicksites know that to
"aPp!y to a legislative body for an act
to incorporate their meetings or their
schools, would be direct violation C
The principles by which they profess to
be governed" Now | cannot tell what
principles Of the Hicksites would be
violated BY such an applications, ex,
celt the principle on which they
seem SO generally to have ;acted-of
taking, without law, The property Of
the Society whenever and wherever
they can get hold Oft.
"Whoever has at any former time.'
says he, ~known this people, Tor any
party assuming the,r nane) to apply
for the benefit Of such a Law? They
have had their meetings. and they have
had their schools from the commence
ment Of the Society without such aid.
And now for the first time do they
think 1t necessary to call the law to
their aid and support Tor a party as
Stunning their name) and under eircum-
stances too which involve suspicion Of
fraud and deception" His passion evil
IDENTIFY outrun his wits in large pro-
poratlon of his speech. And what
could have put feelings into such d
fermentation is difficult; to conceive.
.hatever it might have been, it is
certain he intended to lay his censurc
upon US s'wlth weight and power" II
falls however to the ground, and only
stirs up little dust, for the eyes OF the
Hicksites.
But as he has so boldly asserted
that this is the first time the Society
has ever applied for an act Of incorpo.
ration, | will tell him, that several in
'dividuals, on behalf of themselves ard
other members ofthc Monthly Meeting
in Philadelphia, about the year 1897,
applied for an act Of incorporation for
the purpose Of establishing Il school.
The charter was granted, and after
wards confirmed bv William Penn him.
SELF The Yearly Meeting of New
England. many years ago, applied for
aud obtained an act Of incorporation
for purpose exactly similar to that
which we have in view. And our bill
in some of its most material provisions
was copied from theirs. The Yearly
Meeting of North Carolina has long
been body corporate and polite, and
for general purposes. And by virtue
Of the powers it possesses as such, has
received the transfer Of all the slaves
which were held by its members, which
the laws would not admit to be eman.
cipated. by this means more than
one thousand human beings have been
released from the miser,es Of hopeless
slavery.
''Let this bill become law (says hel
and l venture to predict, that twelve
months will not have passed away be-
fore the jails Of the counties where
these people reside will be filed to
over1owing." What possible con-
struction can be given to this passage!
The Bill as already stated had no man.
ner Of relation to the Hicksites. 1t
had not the least reference to the COM
mon property ofthe Society. The on
~ funds now in existence that the bill
are in our own hands. We
have not eOen to collect single dollar
from the Hicksites. How then are
the jails to be filled to overlooking,
The question is a serious one, because
the prediction, coming from an indivi-
dual, possessing information not gener-
ally known, has very ominous aspect.
Can the mystery be solved in any other
way than BY suPPosing, that there is
secret determination on the part of the
Hicksites, to make violent & lawless
attack on the Society Of Friends, to
posses themselves of part or
the whole Of this property, and thus
compel US again to ask the protection
Of the laws Of our country? WhenI
first saw the passage, this explanation
was forced upon my mind, but con-
cluded at the same time that he had
done the Hicksites injustice-and that
they would not now descend to such
an act Of moral turpitude. l have
however been informed from credible
authority that several individuals of