The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-26

October, 1851-The carriages are
passing going to yearly meeting of
Orthodox Friends. The Hicksite
Friends are also in session but COM
menCed their meeting a few days ear
lier. They professed to meet in wOr-
ship with the God of Heaven and to
transact the disciplinary business Of
each society. They meet in this ca
pacity, annually but each year leaves
behind some cherished Friend who by
age or sickness is unable to attend
and others whom death has laid in the
silent tomb.
They are colIectably a peaceful, we'll
organized community, d~iscarding the
principles of war, or self defense and
slavery. They are Wings of politics
an often allow political questions and
often low political questions and pref
to override their religious
principles. In witness whereof their
support for the presidency of Clay,
sive, while at an earlier day, repudi-
ating General Jackson, though a slave
holder like Clay and Taylor and a
warrior like Taylor. From my ac-
q%uaintance with the different demOni-
nations protesting Christianity | have
to make the record that perfection
does not attach to any particular sect
and that certain acts are tolerated by
them which many professors would to
have perpetrated.
Some Support Provision.
Witness the approval of the fugitive
slave law and the support OF the thlr-
teenth article of u amended consti-
tuition by every sect. or some OF every
sect. Even among the Quakers may
be found a few who supported and ap-
proved this anti-Christian provision.
The eort to justify slavery by Scrip
ture testOmOny. while slavery is pref
liable and labor considered disgrace
full but should the period eve come
when the holding of slaves would pro-
duce bankruptcy and make beggars OF
the masters, an apology for their
emancipation would be sought and
proved righteous from the evidence in
the same Bible and with more certain
ty of success.
DaYid Hoover and myself got into a
buggy and ode TO the town Of Car
thage. on Blue River and leaving our
horse got into the passenger car,
bound for Madison. where we by pre-
vious arrangement met Our Cousin ia
cob Fouts and son and with them in a
two horse wagon, We landed at sun
set at ur cousins dwelling in Clark
county, eighteen miles from Madison.
The country. in the main. is far infer
ior to the Whitewater Valley, The I'M
der layer is rocky. while ours is clay
and gravel. The face of the cuntry is
interspersed with sink holes, from
which places they often obtain their
water.
Cousin Jacob. in his religious OPP
iniOn is an Universalist on which sub
jeCt We freely ~COnversed in a friendly
way and although We could not agree.
We had much respect for each other
as to preserve order and maintain
each others esteem.
Returns From Visit.
Having completed our visit and
been kindly entertained we were con
yeyed TO Madison where We passed
the evening and night. We had an in
terview with Jesse D. Bright and in
the morning took the Ears and In the
evening arrived at Carthage and the
next evening arrived safely at home,
having been absent for nine days.
December l. 1S51-Returned home
from our quarterly meeting held at
Washington. The occasion was i'm
proved by several we'll digested dis
courses, but with little apparent sue
cess. The hearts of this generation
seem harder. than neither milestone.
The most exciting proposition can be
~eloQuently portrayed in words that
shall burn and with much e~arnestness
impressed in the minds of the audi
ence and passes Of with a careless
observation that the discourse was