The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
A FREE THINKERS FANCY.
strange Inscriptions ON a Gravestone q
Buchanan, Mich.

strange Inscriptions ON a Gravestone at
buchanan, Mich.
Never has anything created such uni
versal excitement and aroused the in
dignation of the citizens in the usually
quiet village of Buchanan. Berrien
county, as has the erection in our ceme-
terry OF monument on which are sew
era1 inscriptions, indicative of q great
want OF reverence for sacred things.
The monument was erected by Joseph
Coveny, returned Californian. and
wealthy farmer of this vicinity. who
though OF sound mind in other matters.
seems to entertain peculiar views in re-
gard to religion. It is from the marble
works of Sewersten & Schultz. of Niles
and is the most beautiful one in the
cemetery-when viewed at distance
and also the most expensive, having
cost Coveny nearly So, 900.
On the front side is engraved in large
letters the following
. Joseph Coveny-The More Peace-The
More Plenty-A Free Thinkers Monument"
Below this, in smaller letters, can be
seen the following:
. The world is my country, to do good nv
religion. 4 word to the wise. God in the
Constitution is the end of liberty Beware
how you unite Church and State. Catholics
will burn heretics and Professionals hang Quak-
ers and witches. The Bible God is not all
powerful. He drove out the inhabitants of
the mountain, but could not drive out the
inhabitants of the valley because they had
chariots of iron-Judges l. 19-'
On the second side under the heading
of s'Free Press is inserted this: "The
More Saints-The More Hypocrites. -
and below this under "Sunday Read
ing" is a verse credited to Numbers, 81.
It reads:
..Thirty-two thousand virgins given by
command of God to an army of twelve thou
l A I.As,@ 80
Mothers 1.-The 7th chapter of Isaiah has
no reference to futurity. It WAS sign given
to Ahaz of victory over his enemy, but the
prediction was false. See 28th chapter of
Second Chronicles. Don't forget Cotton
Mather and his reverend associates. All
Christian denominations preach damnation to
the other"
The third side begins:
Free Speech, The More Religion-The
More Lying" Remember Mary Dyer hang
ing on the big elm tree on the Boston Com
mon, a victim to Christian superstition.
Priestcraft and exemption is a source of
heathen's prayer is 80, Lord, forgive my
enemies and then me" but the Christian
cries amen to their damnation. = The Chris
Iian religion begins with dream and ends
with a murder
The fourth and last side is headed:
q Free Religion-The more Priest-The
More Poverty. Nature is the true God
Science the True Religion. John Wesley said
/
George you will be damned. L say let the
arts and sciences supersede kingeraft, priest
craft, superstition and bigotry- The holy
| prophets said the tree that does not bear good
| fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.
| (Science tells you graft IT'D And we'll did the
| holy inquisitor obey the order. Bu: the time
! is not far distant when the old book of de-
/ bauchery will be burned in place of men and
/ women
To persons who have not visited the
cemetery since the erection of this
monument, the foregoing may seem ut
terly improbable, but the inscriptions
were copied Uer6atina by the CORE
pondent of the Free Press. Last Sun
day evening a sermon was preached in
the Presbyterian church by Rev. Mr..
Wells, in which the vile lot of bias
phemy just mentioned was denounced
in the strongest terms. Popular indig
nation runs high, and should the monu
ment be blown to pieces some night
the public here would not be surprised
Detroit Free Press.