And so strict was a Blue Law, that it was a crime to give a Quaker meat, drink, or lodging; to carry him over a ferry, or even show him the road.

Mary Fisher, one of the first Quakeress ministers who came to Boston, was confined, her books taken away and burnt by the hangman; and she was searched for witch marks, for degradation, and banished.* Afterwards she went on a religious visit to the Grand Sultan Mahomet IV. and there she was well received.

Asbury admitted prudence and policy in the form of church government; but a late successor, the Right "Reverend Bishop ED. D." &c., &c., suggests the idea of "divinely authorised "-hence the old doctrine is handed down and admitted in the code ecclesiastically. But if every man must give an account of himself to God-he must look, and see, and judge, and act for himself. For another cannot act for him!

When people are warm in their first love, they possess and exhibit an artless innocency and a love towards all men-especially a bond of union to the household of Faith; but after becoming contaminated with sectarian views and prejudices, a contracted spirit of bigotry is very apt to follow and bitterness ensue!

Afterwards they got bewitched themselves, in their delusion (as a kind of judgment) and hung nineteen of their own party, and pressed one to death-twenty in all.

There is one place, and only one, that I have seen, where hard feelings in religion and politics were laid aside.

When the light of the moon shall become as the light of the sun-and the light of the sun become seven fold, as the light of seven days; then methinks the watchman may see eye to eye, and the nations learn war no more! but the glory of the Lord fill the earth with the knowledge of God, as the waters do the

sea.

The contentions in the Church, and the injunctions, and the interdictions, &c., &c.. generally have been about trifles, magnified into mountains, as of great consequence to the beholder; and the dark stupid ignorant multitude have been led on to sanction what they have been told under the severist penalties of both Church and State! Hence the power of Kings and Priests!-But "Babylon," must fall, and the "Image," in Daniel, must and will become as the chaff of the threshing floor!" Then look beyond the watchman!!

O! Reader! study to KNOW THYSELF and to know and feel thyself approved of God in the HEART, by SUBMISSION and OBEDIENCE to the sweet influence of HIS SPIRIT on the MIND, to be a Guide to everlasting Rest, in SPIRIT and in TRUTH!

LORENZO DOW. Montville, near "Hickory Plain," August 22, 1833.

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THE entreogue, false charges and misrepresentations to prejudice the public mind, seemed to gain but little credit with the People, if one may judge from the number for the EARTH, or Clay," Mother "WURT" and "Hickory." Many have been the threatenings against his person and his "LIFE"-once attacked at Alexandria by a kind of assassin, who was accessary, and what was the cause of his sickness in Boston, I will not say; and what was designed against him down at the East-who knows but the guilty; two political parties, to make a tool, a puppet, a cat's paw, a cypher of the Chief Magistrate of the Nation; perhaps for an excitement and for an assassination-for there are many die an unnatural death in their official standing at the head of a nation!

How much hypocrisy by those who were his greatest enemies when travelling in this land. They must first raise the dust like Shemei, and then afterwards raise first shout with a 1000 Benjamites at his reception ceremoniously; after all their political intrigue and chicanery.

But his penetrating eye saw through the mist of confusion-he travelled-he saw the improvements-could form his judgment in his political standing, to make his communication in his official capacity, and then retreated and retired to his place, with the wisdom and innocency that is spoken of in the Book!

The place was thence christened and named "HICKORY PLAIN," as a monument to perpetuate the memorable interview to the satisfaction of about two hundred of our neighbors and citizens assembled on that occasion!

The "Hartford Convention" with Henryism had its foundation in the Holy Alliance, and was a "nullification" in its nature and design, first to "divine and then devour,” “for it is better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven."

So South Carolina, nullified through the influence in those men who lent themselves as tools for agents to the Jesuits who are leagued with the Unholy Alliance for unholy purposes to destroy our Union, our sweet Liberties and overthrow the national Government to introduce anarchy, and thereby bring in the Roman theory of Church and State!

But thus far the ship, nationally, has been prevented from being wrecked at New Orleans, (the loss of the Western country, as designed at the Treaty of Ghent,) and the ROCKS of Carolina and her coherents in the South allied by foreign influence !

Our nation has rose at a late age of the world, a modern date-her sun shines to the astonishment of all nations-their glory is eclipsed ancient institutions are mouldering away, and what has been adored as sacred, and viewed of heavenly birth becomes odious, and is sinking into insignificance in the eye of sound reason and before common sense!

Apostle Peter-these days are gone by, but a relic, in comparison now remains to pass away, should the progress of Light and Liberty still prevail.

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'The Defender of our Countries Liberties, but the enemy of Hypocrites and Traitors."

Hence we may anticipate a struggle for the mastery, for man by nature, as it relates to himself, is a democrat, wishing for no superior, but when taken in relation to his neighbor, he is a tyrant, wishing for no equal; and man of his own volision never relinquishes power, either in church or state, but by necessity.

Americans, as foreigners and travellers, are respected more than those of other nations,

arising from their enterprise and political standing, characteristically as individuals, and a standing social compact.

The Prophecy of Daniel is eminently fulfilling in these days, and the dawn of a new era is evidently now begun! For to arrest the march of science and the improvement of the public mind, is out of the question as utterly impossible, it being impracticable to destroy the arts of mechanical genius as now exemplified to circumfuse knowledge and information in its simplicity to the weakest understanding.

Exertions may be made to fetter society and to trammel the public mind, by rousing up old prejudices, and the use of tyrannical power, to destroy the liberal feelings and principles that are gaining ground in the world, but ultimately they must fail, and their isms become as chaff before the wind!

When we look at the state of Hayti, with the emancipations in the Northern States-the Jeffersonian interdiction in the new states N. W. of the Ohio-the Liberty of the Spanish provinces of N. and S. America, and what is now pending in the British Parliament on the subject of the West Indies Slave Trade, c., we may think about the Spanish Isles, Brazil and our own southern sable population, and ask WHAT NEXT?

Is it true what Poindexter of S. C. said in reply to Webster on Congress floor,-that "resistance to tyrants is obedience to God:" then may his constituents well look at home, and examine things as they now are, how they should be, and what may be and what will

be!

Whilst a cloud of a gloomy texture is in appearance arising to a gust in the South. There is a squally appearance in the North! and its appearances are threatening and very gloomy.

The privations in time of the late war, being severely felt, gave rise to enterprise, and the Manufacturing and Protecting System, in their infancy, as a necessary thing for the public welfare but its consequences are obvious since, though then unseen.

1. "Water privileges" are monopolized, and he who occupies the outlet of a stream controls all above, which principle is called law, and make one a superior as a kind of lord, and those occupies above are a kind of subordinate or state of vasselage!

2. Much capitol flung into the hands of a few, and all the rest are dependants.

3. Those dependants are qualified for no other kind of business but the one-hence one can dictate and the other must obey.

4. Obedience or dismissal and starvation. 5. Such dependency is vasselage and degra dation.

6. Destroys the principles of social, and political and personal freedom!

7. There instances where an assumption of power over the conscience, by dictating what religious meetings may or shall be attended: and what interdicted on pains and penalties of dismission, &c.

8. Destroy the freedom of voting, and school meetings, town meeting and elections of different kinds, for town, state and national officers, by being dictated for whom they must vote or be still and vote for none, on pain of displeas ure and dismissal by those capitalists, or their overseers as nabobs or their agents.

9. Those who are thus employed work more hours in a day, than the slaves of the South, and obedience is more implicit.-For there are instances where they are locked up, that none may go out or any come in, and all by the ringing of the bell to the minute, under penalty; which is a more sovereign act of tyranny than the black slaves of the south are brought to feel, and moreover they are sometimes even denominated slaves by those of the "UPPER ORDER.” Such servitude degenerates health, and those who labor as above, appears like the potatoe stalk, pale, that grows up in the cellar.

10. Those children that are raised in a state of such subordination, have very little opportunity for school education, or any chance for information and improvement-but in point of cultivation must become like the wild ass colt. In one generation would subordinate and degenerate a great part of the society of New England, if the subject is not guarded— if one may judge of the future from the past, within the space of a few years.

11. Girls raised in a factory, from the age of ten to eighteen years, what are they good for but to become Nuns in a factory shut up?

For they know nothing about housewifery, cookery, garment making, &c., &c. Hence are only fit for dolls, at enormous expense!

12. When the Old Ladies are gone, who knows how to doctor, nurse and dictate to others, when these are gone by and passed off the stage. What will the poor ladies do that are brought up and learned to live upon do nothing, except to dress and tight lace, provided they must take the result?

Surely it must become a distressed poor state of society, in strength of body, mind, economy or convenience, or the fitness of i things, if the evil be not remedied before it be too late!

The attempt to dictate what meeting those in their employ shall attend, and for whom they shall vote, leads immediately to ar aristocracy, with an hard, or a swift race!

And the few capitalists, by associating together, which through interest and self

aggrandizement, would lead them to do it, they would be able with the aid of the U. S. Bank to dictate and virtually to govern America their will becoming the supreme law of the land!

14. The corruption and chicanery in the elections and choice of officers-the abuse of trust the intrigue of courts-the partiality of those who ought to administer justice to destroy the innocent, and to connive and favor the guilty to the manifest injury of the other party-to misrepresent the case by a false coloring and improper covering of facts and circumstances, was what I once never dreamed of or thought possible, and happy would my ignorance have been, if experience and observation had not brought it to my knowledge and understanding by some painful experience!

15. There is a class of men in society who have it in their power to injure and ruin others, by reducing them to poverty, and also destroy their character and reputation, as men amongst mankind.

16. Such laws as only favor a few, and enable them to domineer and tyranize over the rest, and degrade them into ignorance and ignominy has not a good bearing in society, and should be changed for such rules as would have a more and beneficial influence for social welfare.

17. The law to favor the faculty, if the dead are not called for by their friends within a certain number of hours, may be dissected, &c.

Supposing a youth going to school by stage, or a merchant for goods, is taken sick and amongst strangers, his friends hear not in due time to apply to the public house for the body,-What must be their feelings under such circumstances, when they hear? Or the young lady going to see her friends!

Should the law makers be disposed to give their own bodies, or sanction a society for the like purpose, why, it would be their own voluntary act, and not any would be to blame! But to say the least, it is a poor world, and what is commonly called law, is but the example and opinion of a poor Judge, set up for a precedent, while statute law lays dormant and absolete, and is scarce ever mentioned at all. 18. In Ireland, 1798, there was a union betwixt the Protestants, Presbyterians and Catholics, called "united Men," for political purposes, but the Romans got the upper hand in the south they made it a religious affair, too serious to be trifled with.

Will there ever be an attempt to amalgamate societies in America-a leading few and to sacrifice the rest?

The attempt and conspiracy to sacrifice the METHODISTS through Maffit, began in R. I. and the mock trial in her sister state!

So the affair of "Rev. E. K. Avery" was another Hallucidation of the political sermon of R. I. found in Antism, for political purposes, supposing him to have been a Mason! and also to sacrifice the Methodists through him!

Hence the threatening with fire and fagots for their attempt to allow him a fair chance to obtain justice!

The burning and hanging him in effigy, with the various false and unheard of ways and means, to prejudice the public mind against the Methodists; the assiduity with which the matter was pursued, as if God, angels, men and devils were called and excited to action and the archieves of heaven, earth and hell ransacked for evidence and testimony, and the brains of men, strained almost to distraction, as if they were thirsting for blood and could not rest satisfied until the days of persecution unto blood must return, as a curse and scourge to revisit mankind upon the earth.

But after putting the state to about ten thousand dollars expense, and E. K. A. to about 6000 more-not a hair of his head as it relates to his moral and Christian character have they been able to soil or touch!

But will not God, the judge, laugh those persecutors to scorn, and be avenged for all these things? For it is a disgrace to human nature-the proceedings of a judicial court, upon such delicate points, inspected thus to shed blood, and after all, the book of nature exhibits the mischief to have been done or began some six weeks anterior to the Thomsom Camp Meeting, and hence to the house of the most officious prosecutor where no doubt some of the evil may yet fall on the principles of equity.

There has been instances of some individuals of a certain profession, in attempting a certain kind of practice, have endangered the life of an individual, and jeopardize themselves personally to the law thereby, which to avoid, have helped the patient off the stage of action in attitude, as if they had committed suicide! But murder will out, and the tub must stand on its own bottom!

If such hallucinations are to be taken socially for law, order and gospel, who can be safe and claim protection by the laws of his country!

The Town House of Providence, if God and man permit, was intended for a meeting, having never been shut on such an occasion before-but the Catholics with the town Council had such influence, as to cause the house to be shut against me! Perhaps they may have Catholicism enough by and by.

Montville, Con. Sept. 1, 1833.