The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-09-02
COMMUNICATIONS.

QuARTzF6RY, July 81, 1853. t. A.. C.
COMMUNICATIONS.
MEssRs. HOWARD g. CowEN:-I would ask |
the favor of replying through the columns OF
your paper, to some remarks g. structures of one
of the Free sons of Liberty, viz, Robert Heaney,
Sr., And in replying would just commence
where the thinker left off. He complains and
says that ought at least to give them credit
for bein g sincere in their profession. To ac-
comodate the gentleman | will admit that
they are sincere. What do they profess.
The best answer can give to this interogd-
tory is the special instructions g. pledge drawn
up by the Township Central Committee, and
circulated by the sub, or school district COM
mittees, which reads as follows: "June 22d,
1853. Messrs. Thomas Ball &--U refrain
from publishing the name of the other gen.
tleman connected with Mr.. Ball as committee
men, bscauseahe is gentleman and would
disdan TO circulate an infidel and anarchal
| pledge among bis neighbors) you have been
appointed by the central committee of Kirk
wood Township, committee for school dis
!
names of all the voters in your district, who
are willing to lay aside all party ties and sign
the pledge which follows:
We the undersigned do pledge ourselves to
each other that we will support no man for
office who will not openly declare that he is
opposed to all laws having for their object the
abridgement of our personal liberties.
Now is the time for actor! Stern enemies
} of liberty are organized and it behooves all
, right minded republicans to unite to resist
. the encroachments of Bigotry, Demagogism
and Fanatism. You will forward as soon as
: convenient to central committee the names
, and members of those enrolled. The COM
| mittee will cali meeting of the association
, as soon as the enrolment is complete;
Yours, &C.,
, JOHN MILLER, Centr'l Committee
, ROBERT HUNTER.
: would just say that all laws, human and
! divine are abridgements of mans personal
liberties. That the candidate of the free
sons of Liberty must pledge himself to op-
pose all laws human and divine. The law
} that was written on the tables Of stone is not
They grumb!e at being called anarchist,
would just add in6dels The gentleman in
his essay says that the democrats are shoulder
to shoulder in this matter and large portion
of the wings. The fact is that Democrats g.
Wings are united in opposing intemperance,
and the grogsellers and tipplers and men who
like Tom Payne, Voltaire and others, who op-
pose the Bible, are shoulder to shoulder in
this matter. Mr.. Heaney says that Noah got
drunk and Lot got drunk, and there was
no visible mark OF Gods displeasnre on them,
or He passoetno Ordinances: proving hy that
question, that 1t was right to get drunk. If
Noah and Lot being good men had some few
faults we should invite their faults and entail
quotation. certain woman spoken of in
scripture was accused Of adultry and brought
before our Savior; the Lord said "go sin no
more;" according to the reasoning of Mr..
IHeancy as there was no ordinance passed at
that time adultery was not sin in the sight of
our Savior. In answer to the personal slang
of Mr.. Heaney would say the cause he advo-
Gates require arguments of that kind and the
man that would familiarize his family with
the use of ardent spirits as a be verage would
descend to make use of such. He says when
this Johnson came to sojourn among the
good citizens Of Kirkwood he came out of a
distilery: no objection to him as being a dis
tller but coming out Of a distiHery is a he
nous offence. Iwouldiust state that believe
that the sale of arden: spirits as a beverage is
not known in krkwood and lift would do the
gentleman any good to abuse me for the small
influence have exerted in bringing about SO
desirable a state of things he is entirely well
come to proceed. He grumbles that the trus-
tees understood the Statute as it reads. lie
says it is unconstitutional, why! Because he
| is thinker and thinks so. believe the men,
bers of the Legislature take an oath to sup
port the constitution. The sons Of Liberty
say the passage of that Law was Just for a
bore on the temperance societies. | con-
fess that am not very Partial to the course of
the last Legislature, but am yet far from be-
lieving that they all willuly perjured them
selves. AS regards the consttutionality of
that Statute authorizing Trustees of Town
ships to pass ordinances, we have the opinion
of the Ohio Legislature on one side and the
free sons Of Liberty on the other, and in the
absence of supeme court decisions, am in
clned to think the Legislature right and the
sons OF Liberty wrong. Some of the sons op-
pose the law because it gives discretionary
power to the Trustees. A number of the
Statutes do the same, for instance the Statute
authorizing Trustees to levy road tax in cer-
tain cases and number of others. But ev-
cry one that likes the critter has particular
objection. Mr.. Heaney is afraid that the
Legislature will legislate Morals & Religion
into the sons. If the pledge they sign is their
creed think he may rest easy on that score. |
Mr.. Heaney quotes from the Scotch Bard CO.
piously; why did he not make this quotation
"Oh wad some power the giftie gle US,
To'seooursels as others see us,
1t wad fra monte n blunder free u.s."
Your intentional friend,
JOHN II. JOHNSON.
ST.. CLAIRsvILLE o. July. Gath '53.