Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-06-14
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~ i,lspcsicnt ofaiI other eons'ocl.''o"s' /" ;
-. :,rn,catcd upon tho minds o. all our
- A. system Of oJssiion which Is not
-. sse;st;auity, - tisat docs not ann to
). 49, ..-;,ds Of cAadFcn with reverence for
cr.-s "a. (,hr;sius religion, must be not only
1.sr.:.. s,, ,a;a;scIy injurious 10 society. This
.r,,h wiz swc generally believed ana more
s..n,x ~ when men shall have learned to trace
- tkat disturb society, to their true source.
100 .ev scenes Of anarchy and blooishe1,
..,orc druedl, If possible, that those ofic French
..-u..s:n. must 10 acted ovcr, before men will
.r.eu,.lIv Learn the lesson, that irrclision Is no
.ereccmpatibIc with their temporal than their G.
..r,nl welfare But read the following. Lett
!, ~ By every American citizen, and written
;,dclibly upon his memory.
sThcrc never has been but ono government
.-c-.ealv aiheistic. The national Assembly Of
ksznce, in the commencement Of the revolution,
,ooointcd committee to inquire and report whctii-
rsatkese were or Ought TO be n God; and the COM
,r;ttce reported that there coildbc no liberty on
Garth while thcrc was believed to be God IN lIea-
ven: and that there is no God; and dc 18th IS an c.
,er,al Sleep Tho Assembly adopted the report,
slsiishcd tho Sabbath, burnt the Bible, instituted
the decade, and ordained tho worship ofthc God
Ssss Of liberty in the person Of vile woman. Bat
nc couscaucnces were too terrible TO be endured;
il converted the most polished nation Of Europe
into nation u fcnts and fIries, and tho thea
tire ii voluptuous refinement into stall Of blood
"The way Of such "a revolution was prepared by
the writings Of Volfaire, Mirabean, Diderot, Hell
victims, UAlembcri, Condorcct, Ro soau, and 9TH
xshsc .,lo
useful discuss ions on tho subject oil civil and rel
gous liberty, they endeayorcd to disseminate prin-
ciplcs subycrsive both Of natural and revealed re-
ligion."
1.-The consequences Of tho operation Of such
principles were such rs might have Leen expected
They are written in characters o.. blood, and in
crimes almost unparalleled in the history Of ma
tions A scene Vi iDbumanity cruelty. cold-blood-
cd malignity, daring in?icty, and Unsuitable IA
pacity was presented 10 the world, which excited
in tho mind of every virtuols spectator amaze
mcDt and horror. Savage atrocities were perpc-
tratcd which would have been shocking in the
most barbcrous and uncnligh,cncd age; and, per-
maps, nj no era has there been more wrctchodncss
cencraey. Tho sics offficndsbip were GUS asun
der, the claims ofconsanginity tisrcgardcd, and a
cosd-bloodcd seliishncss pcrvaded the great mass
Of society. The kingdom appeared to be chan
god into ono great prison the inl,lbit ,n,s CONVEX
mstcd fos the violence Of the sword, and tho hay
onct, and tho strike Of the guiIlotinc.' Such wa:
tho sspidisy with which the work Of destruction
was carried On, Tint within tho short space o
ten year., not less than three millions Of human
beings" Ia number equal to one fourth Of the Who'll,
population Of the u. States care supposed to have
Pcfishcd in that country nionc, chiefly througl
The influence Of immoral PRINCIPLES, and tho SC
ducticns ola false philosophy -'''he following
- brief skctclS u some vi thc scenes tn which W
all,,dc, drawn by one who was eye witness Z
tho whole, and actor in several parts Of tina
horrid dramn. 'Thcrc wcrc,' says the writer
multiplied cases ofsuicidc prisons crowded wit
inuoccnt persons; permanent guillotincs; PERU
rics OF all classes patcrnal authority set AT maui
dchauchcry encouraged by an allowance TO tIos
called unmarried mothers; nearly six thousan
divorces in the city of Paris within little NOR
than two years in word, whatever is most drca.
ful in fcrocity.'
Notwithstanding the inccssant shouts Of IL
bcsly and equality, and the boasicd illumination
were carried on against those whose religious {
psnSOOs differed from tho system adopted by tn
state. While inf iciity cnthrOncd in Powc
il wieIslcd the sword Of authority with intern.
lofocity against the priests Of tho Romish clIurcl
who were butchercd whenever found-huntcds
Wild bcasis-frcqucntly roasted alive or browne
IN hundreds together, without either accusatio
Of trial. Al Nantz, no less than $50 priests wei
euVV, uOO IOuI nuuUgCu UfOWOcu. LII ono Ofyn
o. were shut up in barge, and drowned in Ill
Loire. Two hundred and ninety two prizes
were massacrcd during the bloody scene Of ii
IWA August and I'd September, 1872; and IL
were guilIotincd under the govcrnmint Of the NJ
i,onal Conv cntion, from the month OF Scptembc
i7Vs, till the end 81 1875, besides vast number
hunted BY the infiicl republicans, like owls an
Patrkigcs, who persisted in different ways, through
out the provinces II Franco.
"Such were some Of the dismal effects wbic
'"wcd with tho attempt to Danish religion fro
sc'snec, sroW government, and from tho into
course and cn,Picymea,s Of society. Were sue
pmc,p'cs universally to prevail, the world wou
scoa become one vast theatre of mischief and mi
cH-an 'mmcase den Of thieves and robbers
a.x o. moral pollution,-a scene Of impict,
Ec, 1Pinc, and dcvastation-a C;olgoth
-" with carcascs and dead mems bones
-" eOnhicncc and friendship between int
"ss. beings would be dcstroycd; the dca
80 most venerable relations would be yiol
"..' .ees'ucns pollutions nppcti. would chang
;s.I. n'an INTO swine, and passion into a tige
r@lsy, d.strust, rcycngc. murder. war. and :
pss would ovcrsPrcad the earth. and the p;c,u,
NAN. "o"'d be presented whenever the G,
""mcd over the haunts Of men.
Ann although | am aware m, x,-;..,
PsHUscaI causes combined a., r-a