The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-02-04
Capitalization.


have grown out Of tho church contro
versies ut Buffalo and St. Louis has
no doubt with the aid Of new princi
pies in the politics of tho country Civ
en rise to the Legislative enactment
We are about to refer TO-
In the New York Legislature the
other day bill was introduced, the
object Of which, ", to strike ut The
very foundation Of temporal religious
power, atld as far as The Republic oI
the United States Of America is con
eerneli t. fdispcrse end put ut end
forever hlic dangerous religious tier
arcdicg Which from time to time must
Influence, if hot gain H$enialancy over
political power, Tie Lii referred to
i published il Tie New York Herald
Of the 18th lust, and il recommended
to the attention Of such politicians
and public men, rs have at heart tile
perlninency u our Institutions.
The object Of t'ie law, is to lisband,
the ha''y Of chnrcl, property-to
make it unlawful for any lepcmina-
lion whose head Of government is not
within The State, q l1old properly in
II. To Lrinlg tie Church property Of
each dpnpmihatiou npdoT The control
q each congregation, q republican
pfinc;ple, that il is tie legitimate III
sinesa q government to see to. We
believe that there is no denomination
that does pot through lis Priests and
Ministers aspire to centraiize wealth
ard power for political purposes, apfl
tllero j. . law, operating alike upon
al, tllat strikes at the foundation OF
att orror, tE;an Which there il none
other, more pWjudical 70 tho cause Of
liberty, aua freedom Of conscieneo.--
Y hen we como to consider calmly the
mot only. Of domestic, but
foreign religious governments, upon
uswllea vc !ook about and see the
immense wealth that is yearly aqcru-
ing to various denominations, VIC can
come to no other conclusion thap this:
that Q check paayt be pnt to it, ~
enactment; and the "Now
York bill" is one having strong claims
upon tie attention Of every other
State The passage Of suclin bin can
not be denomiliatcd persecution be-
cause By i al are alike affected.
NEWSPAPER Facrs.-T There are
sixteen lnililon fifty thousand four
han&lrea and sixty newspapers printed
II thc course Of 4 year in The city Of
Albany This il 3o 70 each inhabi-
5ant, Or moro than one to each person
,verr weekday in the year. The
nan tl,at don't take the papers" does
1o- live il Albany.
Tie people IL the Union spend in
! year for news papers $15,0oo,Ooo
or .wo'ild if they paid all their debts.
i'ho ne sspapers that they read, if
II put together in 4 contiguous string
would reach more than ten times
'ous1a tle world, and weigh seventy
nilli"n pounds? lfthey were spread
,nt 10 dry, they would more than
over the whole District Of COLUMBIA
ike b!anket.
The origin ef newspapers Is traced
. Italy The first in England APP
scared durng the reign Of agood
queen Bess,n At the time Of the Span
II Armada. It was named Te Kny-
'ish Msycayie, imprinted il London |
y Her Highness printed in 58s.--
5ranklin's Boston Nems Letter was
he first in America. 1t commenced
u 1906 A hundred years ago there
we're not more than twenty-five pub
ished in i1baay Joasfa,a1,
18th, 4sst. w aFl W \
---7----Tr.e- fs-s-----------l gE h. |
E=g Gov. Gardner, Of Massachusetts,
las practically commenced lis admin
stration by pnttil o into force a nor.