The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-09-05
NUMBER 225.


} to infamy and disgrace his long acquire
: and hard earned fame, But, fellow cit
} zens, shall the name of this rcaerabie ma
whom we have seen so ollicious in tn
cause OF liberty sink into oblivion, O
: shall ace whose iRecrcHa have been ddraHl
| edby his unwearied efforts, raise hlgh hi
name in the annals of history!
While many of the heroes ofthe revolu
ton have been toasted by every person
ana upon every occasion, the name Of tht
rc0'0ujiaJlc PAINE, whose boldncss ant
honesty prompted linn to an explicit ayow-
al OF his religious sentiments for the bcne.
1T OF his country, has been aSsaIcd aud
lramPIed upon by crny foe 10 Ddsm,-
Notwithstanding the frequent cIandestine
attacks upon his character by the croth
ciergy aud their toiowers, yet his name
shall rcaOuad miM h0aJrs, aud cU0v foe 10
lbs erect shall hta him oppimdcd by
C5The boW ard fearless Ucist. But
gentlemen, after Lestowng suitable cnco-
mInms upon the memory of departed worth
let us take a brief survey OF the present
state OF our aflans, While W. whose OBJ
Jcct Is to lnculcale in the breast Of every
true republican,, liberal views e religion
would not wish to usurp righ., or 10 use
IN the least degree harsh means for the nc.
compllshment Of our object, but pursue in
a steady and guarded step, until the rust Of
prejudice shall become erased from the
minds Of those who in consequence OF
too haSiy conclusions have been our opro-
scrs, We would likewise wish olth re-
percnd Clergy to show us that lenity which
is 50 Justly due from that august body
Perhaps many worthy men there are who
might become an ornament to our society,
and who from fears Of appropriately are
unwilling to give their support But to
such we would only observe that 0nhodorY
Is fast yielding to the more HJcrai ecims
and "Fite ercry succeeding gear DIMINISH,
Is THE VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS or RELI-
GIoN, the scale becomes more equally bal.
nnccd and shortly the pEIsTICAL CREED
WILL rRGooMlNArE, Let every friend
80 '''o'J '"'C'''R"'c '"c '""sc VI 'lc VIZ
t"uS revolutions OF greece ana france |
pom mature delibcration he will find
mat IN consequence OF refusal to submit
% their peculiar creed, wars have been
"agcn, Kingdoms nave been scourgcd, en-
'res have been rooted up, and tyranny
heir destiny, Shall men sleep while such
,aHagcS are gong on and the causes evI-
lent! Let Il few more years crown the
success oi oW '"JoTs, and 'yranl'S thrones
'hall tremhle, aud the Prcarni PWcdlhR4 |
'c'9 MaH tag ProSirGtc at me Joot q rc0-
o"' ms p!oughsharc oirnin, II suffered
o progress us IN centuries past, would
ooU lay waste TO orr country, and blast
ne hopes OF the prondeSt morlas. Bul
eliow cl'llenS, thanks be to the wisdom
u aces mat Their DAY OF grace Is past, and
ne 'imc Is last arriving when the name OF
nm VINO has been so nH'rcrs0iy dcSPlSco
y lhrHr demons q '9H0T"Hre ana ddrLnCSS,
haiI sh'he iorih with HaidFR'Shed bniioH.
H. Aga.n, gentlemen let us examine into
ne state "I our own society In the first
lace, then, nothing can better test the
rines OF It's members than the trmuesS
nd long continuance amid the sIanderons
eproaches of their vile prosecutors. In
his respect, then, liberal sentiment bath
70 compeer, For while the oFhodor have
undertaken to root IibcraIsts from their
caccinI and harmless societies, 1t has min
led itself with political strIlcs,, Shc3 The
Iood Of ow people, oM wouid jtno CBorfs
'uc made to suppress il, shortly cm N ty-
anHicGi gOrcrRmrm. Should such meas
res, then, be suJdued, or suffered to pro-
ccd destroying in tsrayagcs the mind, Of
ian, for the sole purpose Of gratifying
ler own wlIIuI and malignant dispositions!
.ook, as | before observed, at foreign ma |
,ons' wnIc towns have been divided
hnFchcs nave groa"ed under 'h'ir own
pPressIonS, ana perpetual scene OF war
ire has been the result. Now, gentlemen
y way OF conclusion, beg leave to re-
'ark that although the time has been when
he poisoned arrows OF superstition were
nrIed with all their vengeance against a
re progress ot oar societies, yet alas
hat changes are wrought by the hand OF
me! Finding to their great establishment
nat the ark oih5rdi c'e'rS IS to"ndcd npm '"
'e H00tfH PnWcPh[ ~ hHhlHH h"fNfc, me u
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