The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-02-25
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because of the sin of slavery (Cries "Oh Or 3D.
He makes slavery the terrible crime OF tbos
world in his own fancy, and reduces 0mn1po-oqa
tenee to the task Of Furnishing us By war for 10
its existence. He conveniently forRess that
there il another side to tho battle, and that Il
when when :. q faii God Sides by his fee9izlt 4
logic, with the shareholders, C,aughtero Per-
allied with this logic, turn back to 1875, when -
Randolph came to New England from the pssl
rent governmeBt,ito fud out the cause Of thesg
Irdian war. TheansEer Of the government offos
Massachusetts,, furnishes the commentary :---.s,
1t officially declared chat sftliese ara the great
and provoking evils for which God hath given
the barbarous heather comuissien, to eriDf
against them For men wearing long hair
and periwigs made Of womans hair, Laugh.r
ter.) Fer women wearing borders of hair. and 81
for cutting curling and laying out their hsiE,s 5
fashions in their apparel. {l4aughter.) Forss
profaneness in the people In not. frequentlnG as
the meetings, and others going away before
the blessing is propounded. Laughter.) For
suffering the Quakers to dwell among them
aud to set up their thresholds BY. Gods thresh-
ods, contrary to their old laws and resolutions, "a
with many such reasons. gssE has es9aiH 9st
Thus it will be seen that the original defects ar
| m the Puritan pattern have been copied 70 this
day Like; the Ohiness artist, when told 70
copy fine and costly piece of porcelain e :
which some accident had happened, he followed 4,
his instructions with such great skill and labor,
that he copied the crack which Iextendedl the
whole length ofthe madel. (Langhter- .Anothr-,
| er fact of history not generally accepted, H.
that, the charter granted by King James to tho
SAs .os shs :. Pssss - AZ
nm II .5.., =. E.t
- Ia. &C ~. I.s,,;t .rs 20
a Of arse Ss5inr
\ the gospel were to go hand IN hand, But the :,
sequel showed that instead of eFangelizing thess
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.e1ss =: 4. s....t1 =
81 ssrs ed
~ salz..;or f .Se rss : MAJ, y.a enfr1y
IL; 80. H. Isel,scf
o. ',be;r' own creeds. Tbeir CHARTER J.P J.Ps
4 violated Turbulence and meddling between
i ob',rch rnrad r;fb m ;rnn scssntrea ore
i ,.IS /. o.a e b not no Z cb 21rrch -
a,tho,, H. .e,ayts of tbs Tnr;fsn< Rs,
So d,,atd fray. Isno3sn3f
.ad fa H.. !, ar Ibo.b
j erS the Church of England, they were ready
! to poresecute in the wilderness as well IS those
i whe dlssented from themselves. Under the
/ rule of this Puritan church, every form OF SUR
vei1lance was practised- The late spy sFstena---
j in New England churches, as illustrated m the
case of the father and son, at Boston, last year,
who were accused OF disloyaity before board
/ o. aaecsaaIs, because they were Democrats nnos
4 its antitype in the cruel prosecutions OF the
Quakers and OaPsists, and IN the Salem s Wl.en-
4 craft There was then general belief tnas
! Massachusetts had devil. That belief pre-
/ walls yet--outside of Massachusetts, Laugh
j fer i The miserable fanatics of 1912, who
1 hunted out little girls and poor old women and
/ tried tsen, for wifchcraft in meeting; houses
/ before podly hypocritss, have their imitators
i IN tho ze,lois Of to-day--thcse minions of pow
er who spy about to accuse and, arrest thoss
rho itfar with them in politics ICheers1
/ Cotton, Matber said then 1.-The Ty Dogs ofthe
Pi. a,nonost ms and the frebrands Of He'll are
nsed for scorcbing us. and that New England
sbonld he thus barrassed not by swarthy In
d;ans hut they are sooty devils" His saying
srauld have more truth repeated now, for the
nrsssrt venaration.
Tbe ssme epotistic intolerance is Observable y
4 II ths;r treatment of Roger Williams In 1885,
II;s nnrsecp,ors never came to New England
Nth any notion of freedom of conscienee-'
Their system tolerated DO contradiction and al
n lowed of mo- dissent TheSstatutes of uniforms
4 - - Englond, they re-enacted here, by church
a5d ,,,,hl;o con .iment. This the source Of )
tbo.a d;sssns;ans vb;c, we're toreud1th theiroNn
,o,,,Ie.I ponuhl;a .,a ,hosa .-ataTaUtlsHAylt :
:; ~, 49, II
.a,, nI; J.res .bo i.n5 - b,ood Te Ne
! Ian .Pilgrim drove Roger Williams into
;lderness as he drove Mrs. Hutch
..s., ~ Codd;noton to tbe satne exile. for.
differences of opinion in religion. He enacted =
I.-s farb;Sd;nq trade with these outlaws for
90 ale. Savaees were more Kind
.ha., tl.so hgoss Fo,. he indians hospitablv
.aaa;,.a, ,hs S;ct;ms Of persecution. Disiaiuine
a. ;-Chrirt and batine the DR..
Eia, ., ,laser harsh PILGRIMS set Iun eyerT little
xsn;ty of = nreaoher as their none infallible.
every yillare Paul PRIV as an inauisitor, and
| eyery sister communicate as spy for the de-
/ tection of.s beresvI BOG fses3 - Il sTsafs
/ II ;s an unnleasant task 10 recall the fercc
~ = a., e III ss-.serel ,s.a;+-.3a ~ m.
oisPutes oi tnese SEP t-"5.'j,. -
trial OF vane and CoddlnSton' anq tns .risae
/ Wainwright and Mrs hutchinson are fruitful