The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-04
God Go a,irTHE WORD OF GOD NEVER DROPS

God. ITTHE WORD OF GOD NEVER DROPS
FROM the PRIESTS LIPS."i!i
But one might as well undertake TO dip the ocean
dy with clam she'll to undertake to the evils
OF The social state by converting to the Chrstian
~ of the Church.
We object not TO religious instruction; we object
not 70 the gathering together Of the People day in
seven to sing and pray and TO listen to discourse
from religious teacher but object TO every thing
IKE an outward visible Church TO every thing that
IN the remotesi degree parakes Of the Priest II |!
!" The hereditary descent of property is AN ANO-
molly I'm OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM
WHICH MUST BE REMOVED, OR THE
SYSTEM ITSELF WILL BE DESTROYED
A man shall have all he honestly acquires so long
rs ne himself belongs TO the world in which he
9nlres i. BUT HIS POWER OVER HIS PRO
pERTY MUST CEASE WITH HIS LIFE,
AND HIS PROPERTY MUST THEN Bee ONE
The PROPERTY OF THE STATE, M to be
disposed Of by equitable law for the of the
generation which takes his place"
IL Is great measure, and startling. The rich,
the business community will never consent to it. and
we think we know too much Of human nature 10 be-
heve that will ever be effected peaceably, II will be
ehected only by the strong arm of physical force"
II VIII come 4 il comes at ALL only at the conclu-
sion OF war the like of which, the world yet, has
never witnessed and from which, however inevitable
y may seem to the eye of philosophy the heart OF
HUMANITY recoils with horror."ll!
These atrocious doctrines have been dimly
Swallowed out before; but as was the case with
the grand scheme for Standing Army of two
hundred thousand men, they were disavowed
for a time from apprehension Of the odium and
Indignation which they excited every where
Now, however, the Destructives, emboIdened
Ny tie passage Of the Sub-treasury, exultingly
proclaim them anew and should they be able
TO maintain their power in the National Admi-
nlstration, they will rush headong to their prac-
teal adoption. We need only present these
revolutionary theories TO the public, in order to
call down the most decisive and indignant re-
probation. We appeal 10 the good sense, the
public virtue. the religion, and patriotism of the
country against their authors and supporters
Every lover Of his country and of our dearly
bought constitutional republican, american
liberty, will cordially respond to the remarks Of
the Roxbury Democrat:
The head of the serpent should be crushed in il
infancy, before It acquires vigor and strength II il
time Tor every man. who has in his bosom grain O
reverence Tor law morality religion-who inbcrts
spark OF that virtue which shone so brightly in th,
character of our Fathers to come forward boldly an,
rebuke from the rostrum, from the PRESS, from tn,
| PULPIT, these abominable MISUNDERSTANDING,
| which are adapted to root up the foundation of ou
political social and domestic institutions-doctrine,
WINCH whle they pretend respect for religion, woul,
annihiatc it, if possible doctrines which by being
little more specious than those avowed by Tom Pain
and Fanny Wright, ten thousand times NOR
dangeIous-doctrines which, under the guse of Lber
" and Equality fraught with all the horrors
Jacobnlsm, and which, instead of elevating the poo
man to dignity, influence worth, and happiness will
Il acted on, sink him into the lowest pit Of degrade
ton and misery"