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Richmond Weekly Intelligencer. VOL. I. RICHMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1322. N. 20.

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CHIXTFD AND rCFLISIIED BY

ELIJAH LACEY.

THE PRICE OF THIS PAPER

J TV? JWfcre and fifty Cents for 52

jirs : hut zihun may be airhargt ' ? tie frn.::ir:it cf lire Dollars in

ises, I will beg the priviledge to cite

you against yourself. I ask you then.

wnat are the words and the provisi-!

offence against the government, and

you try him by a jury, are you not in direct acts of hostilities against, thn

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vm. vtMi imc iHfsuni Miojeci; oi melonendcr or offenders? And it you Constitution I Under the nrm KinniLiit liim tw (Imm t.. ,1

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and protection of which, you claimlquence of the violation of your penal the above privileges and citizenship ?;iaws, are you not in reality and In the 1st article and 8th sec. ofitruth. in actual war nnrninst fhnm

Jlr less than lhc cons! itution of the United States, as much and as truly, although you you i.Vlme and declare the congrcs-had shed the blood of nations for a

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h, PtlzuU Pv;! there xrill he cnV'T vr on U,,VHW' U con

, ' '', I. jl rhar'c nf Fi, Grits. I ' 1,1 a l,ower declaim war, to

imilar innovation of your liberties?

rermit me now to propose to you i i i J .

, xh.net hinlr to the twiiu-)10 lUt(l lPIt armies, to provide a question, which I, in the honesty v. v ' 0fh,.ih partus that mode i!nd nialni:iltl 1Ilvy, to make rules of my heart, intend for srlf-examina-'V-, ,krti:e goveriiment of the land andjtion ; and that you may thereby, not n-'Aifu a dcor.tmvrr n!l.KIV?1 fj,rt Mrov for calling only have a rational, but a scViptu-

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, fort'n the iriiiitia to execute the lawslraf proof, whether t!ie system vou

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1 1 - - - w. i.vv lulling and rcpo! invasions, c. c. Nowjvoid of humanity and mere v. and

jsir, pray tell me what cat: be the 'consequently (and that in vour own

jir.camng o! all t.'iis.' the ineanyiew too) be found more inhuman, iiirg what it may, you l.;nc made a and a greater infraction on the di- ; public pnu tarnation of it to theVine l.iw, than what you call the ...1.1 . ....... I . ... ..... 1 ..... i m mi

.wiiu, iiK.-iiiutu, ii on, oeiri; a. "iigiaiiiG, svsiem. ' 1 ne nuction is

u!uu, uui- a, uguuiigMsiem. i ne fjtiestion is thereby involvinjj yourself, and per--r-v- uarrri-.vr jUKier of a rcpicsci.tative repub-tiiis: suppose your family of which hapsothers, in so much dust audlum- ' " - liran government, ba give yourcon-jyou are the husband and the parent, ber? It really s'tves me pain to wit- ;.. or .Vrv.r .'nc tr-f r.'.Njei, .either personally or represcn-jto consist of one amiable and well ness such subversion of the plain &

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beloved wife, and six children, of

How will foreign nations under-whom the oldest .was but 12 year

sane rtar.d this your proclamation? Vill old : you were supposed to be pos jtbev behove it to be that harmless sessed of a considerable quantity o;

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For :ho Iaiciligcnccr. .V.-. .7 friend rf Peace.

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terogation?,you add. "that nothing

but a novice would attempt to prove

that the practice was consistent with

the gospel, merely from the circum

stance of the old testament saints be

ing in the habit of such practices.' Now sir, without hesitation or reluctance, I makeTne appeal to yourself and every candid reader, by asking you and them, what think

you of the above insinuations?

Would you not say (as in your own

word now before me) "that the in

smuation was impiously false, and

olasplicmouslv absurd?" A little

lower, and vou interrogate thus:

Would you not sav that God su tier

ed these things on account of the darkness and ignorance of the times."

iNow sir, w hat was the end, for the

accomplishment of whkh, that you have studiously avoided an honest

ind fair answer to mv question:

thereby involving yourself, and per-

tar.d innocent thing, which vour pre- money: the robber and assissin enter

kentions in the 12th No. of said In-, vour house, knowing vour princi-

hiininonn?. lielliger.ce-r purports to be? No ap-ples he is fearless He siozesvour

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provisio::? for prochimmg war, of-his own security then, he attempts fe:.siely or defe::civt.Iy ? No militia the assassination of yourself, your appearar.ee? Ah! iv; no armies, no wife, and children, would you then, r:;:vV. ro canr.ori, v.o small arms norjwithout residence, and in perfect suord? Ah! no: we have beat them'suhordination fas you thinks to the

-.i j-:r.ct r, t,,at I tind loyscll ta- all into phiw-slirar a:.d pruning;will of Clod, witness the murder of

j .riv a t.'.rv.jh me me !sooxs and have learned war no, the whole? If you would not, vou : M.. L iiior. oii u meJthore. Now were I to pawn this 'are a friend to the "fighting system." ::, ;ae No. of the Intolii-o!i ybu a the plain and obvious If you would, w here, I beseech you. : r, I have insinuated that o! Waning cf your said conslitution,!is the husband, the father and the :t!e(i;;ilv habit of pro-Kiiniina; would you not say (and ju-tly too)christian ? And, oh alas! where is your te!!ow man, and c t .tl.at I v. as insulting your understand-lvour mercy and humanity fled? .. i-- hostilities aair.t him, aiiding witli dowr.-rluht bem!atical rant?!Let this illustrate to you what we 1 ;! dge mvself to pro'.e whcn-Htit thi is i:eoee.arif vcnn mean-'mean by defensive war. v o!ic-t it. j:ii'(obe corisJei-l with your-Hf. Could I ptrapi the imputation oi I !.:.v' mrtde thi- iii-inuatii::;.! I) it you claim the privileges too,. treating ou with impoliteness, 1 ' ; yr i:i-ii to you sir, I 'am eer- ';of legislating pe: imail . and d tak-'would not, at this time, make a sin- . i u'ico?:-. "oa:, f it; n.ir, doe?:ing a solemn oath or atlirmation, tojgle remark on the questions prolotb No. ef the InlclligeiicerAupport the said constitution, and cf pootl in answer to mine. Did you ui.i -a M 'l refer, c-;,t:iiii r in-!the state constitution of which ou!reallv Hatter yourself, that your

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my queries, u ncre nave l attempted the justification of the wars allu-

quantity of ded to in mv cuestions "merely from

the circumstance of the obi testamenst saints being in the habit of such

practices?" No where. The reverse of all this is manifest to everv

reader, and ought to be to vou.

Would he not be a novice in theology with a witness, who would attempt the justification of any practice whatever, merely and because

that God suffered" or permited i

miting another to do it, wh en it was fairly in the power of yoilr arm to

prevent it? If you love yemr neighbour as well as yourself, wvould you be a silent inactive spectator of his

murder?

N. B. If you should thank prop

er to make any remarks on this ren-

lication, act uprightly, infer fairly, avoid quibble and evasion, o r I must

uesisi irom turther corresper.dcnce. Truth neither needs nor petitions for untangible auxiliaries. INQUISITIVE. P. S. In the progress of the above remarks I have considered vou hx sentiment as our Quaker Friends. I. A minister of queen Elizabeth told his son 'the advantage Tp-jssesscci lot court

I ix-rival from akcays we.akin'r is re.

'.'? thought; so that I had p'rasure & pvtjit by doing what I ovht' to do without ony other motive than the love of truth.'

t What a pity the example has not been more generally followed. A word to the wise is enough.

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will not in all this charge, jou with' intentionality. Your cause was labouring, and to me, it apcars tha' v our mind is shrouded under invinci-

b1 prejudice, and previous p repressions. 1 hope Ik wever, that your

misunderstanding me in so plain a case, will act on your mind as a caution, and that you will stand rebuked. A few words in your own manner

1: insinuation and prom-jurc a legislator. Has all this no," Yankee fashion" (as you call it,) of of reasoning, and I liave done. Was

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ac'v:.ov 1; dire, that, mearing? You must certainly, not answering questions, would pas the

he Gentlemauionlv be in good earnest w!ien youipuhlic eye without detection? You

insir.uatio;:wear or affirm, hut ina-t believe have involved a number of ideas as

i. Hii-e wr.s in ide, vviii( ii prom- that the thing sworn to or affirmed, foreign to the subject as any two opi consider obligatory, arid aui;is right. Now, if all this do not a-'posites can be, and they are purely :y and willing to comply with. aaount to a plot Lunation of conditi-jyour own: and you have artfully en- : r renditions therein prepc ed.:oi::l w ar; if it be' not a proclamation doavrod to pass them on the public : Mr. 'Subscriber" a short cor-ito the surrounding nations, that, if for mine. Dire necessity only pleads .lci.ee Las subsisted: and I ! they or any of them, do, or shall in-, the mitigation of your lawless career, : v .ope that he is a verv worthy !vadc vour real or Mipposed lights, 'and I was going to say, unprccet !- n iri : . r-lthougli in some thing-'that tliev shall fee! the war like prc-'d'-r.tt d aho. Had you given my rr.a diss- t in opinion. Hut rny!vi.-ioiiar:d p pul-ix e energies couch pn stions an unequivocal and direct .; ;;:;:; ct", and at quairtanr e . y in the martial imjiort of armies. "answer, (as no doubt you would, had v.. t ti sir. ccmmonccd with the a.avy. militia, $zc. &c. The im-'they md pressed you too hard,) you ::i:-g cf th.c said !0th No. ef the parti il rtader will judge. 'mut havedeeed the divine author"iiige;. er, w lath is (juite potej i- Va not the Homan Gladiator's'itv, and consequently the whole, or

'the nublication of the lath No.!munting the stage, a proc lamation nearly the whole of the Old Testa-

! .. i to. Hut. as vou may. nro-of war? Va it not m ellect saving, merit, or your cause was lost. a

there not war in heaven?

And did not Michael and his An

gels fight against the Dragon?

Was those Angel-w arriors under :

dark dispensation ?

r rorn what old testament saints was it, that the Angels of heave:, learned such an unhallowed and wicked practice? Do not the Angels and the old tes

tament saints, think and act alike on

tli i subject ? Is there no mention of a sword in the new testament? Does not the new testament say that the Magistrate ia the ininislerof God to execute vengeance. Sec. And does not the gospel say that he

'X e the gentleman to whr.in l ar d boldly ph burning, that who-, it appears to me, the just andfullj(thc magistrate) shall not hold the : i d the pre of by oil demur. d-over ascended the stage, on which he'exposure of the eofisiical quibbling, sword in vain? And is he not set for

the punishment ol evil doers l And is

not this war?C$

'-"rate-in redee! nir'.rh to j'ive - ord. and had actually to fecliminc, would require a book of con- If it is not war, what is it?

A!Ie, and a few lliuhts of artiticej the cih ets of liis war-like weapon, sidcrable size. I have neither room

rave habiliments nfhonet zeal, inasmuch as the latter ascendent hadmor disposition, lormalJy to expose

i r jher investigation.) I will cn-'come withi:: the limit? of the condir to gratifv vou, .indepcmder.i 'tinn. for the repulsion of which, he

evuHoit, or- "Yankee tfie first, ascended O mutator,

to 1)0 done ? On this

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principle

justification there is no sip or .wick

edness in the universe: alevils and men are all as holv as Angels. I

had

I then premised to iiroveJbrandishcd his sword?

1 I:-, "Subscriber," has "pro-t If I have proven the first position,

u '1 war against his fellow num. you wall not dispute that conviction

the unfairness, not to say the pre

sumption couch'd in your queries. Let it suffice to spread before the

public and yourself, a specimen or

two ofyour argumentation

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living in the dailv habit ofiof the truth of the second follows ofjeceding your questions you write as . ... - -.1 II IL. . . 4 ..11

ioiiows: -were we now io om on

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The sources of argument by which

I could press accumulated proofs

would you say for yourself? Were

'H" !r'lei'ri:irv tn- mvi"C riml

illa'.tnir.t the nrm if.

hi. Yr.u rl.irt, r. ornrrun r. iitMin von. .ne tronfand various : we to insinuate that hi gamy, fornica

"NuaVrigf, as any other citizen oflbut fmust aim at brevity: I thinkltion, incest and even murder itself,

r- tr.itcd States. '2d. That llii-fc-suffrage consists in electing, and

-w? elected.

Av, kir, from the above pi emi-es,

:tre the natural arid ncccss.arv

"ljions? Is it not this, viz: that 'ubavc in a very direct and public 'f-ntr j roclaimed war, i. c. con-

-sioriiil war against our fellow

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it unnecessary aLo, inasmuch as the was compatible with the christian ev idence already advanced will, llchaiacter; and attempt to prove our

hope, appear toyou as it does to mcJposition correct byaskingyou if the little short of moral demonstration, old testaments saints had not a plu-

For your retired and sober reflection.jrality of wncspf they did not marpeniiitme to add a few more. I willjry their sisters; have children by

take it lor granted ttiat you liave paiajincir nanu-maias, una even y men tax for tlie support of the generaljown daughters? if they did not offer

If the magistrate should punish by

death would it be murder?

Does Christ sav, he that hath no

sword let him sell . his garment and

buy one? Is there the least appear- thercfaiif' trained with a v ence of a "fighting system" in all this? the.escveral conditions an Did not Christ in the gospel say. ished with a stock of ideas,at

gospel

blessed is the merciful for they shall

obtain mercy? And is not this the

same as saying, cursed is the unnieV

you to answer our interogations, what ciful for they shall not obtain mercy

If vou saw your country overrun

with armies, s p read ingjjrsolat ion 8c waist; and marking tfcc.i& toot steps with the murder of innocent men, women and children, and' you did not only refuse to render them personal

relief w hen it was fairly within your

power, hut deterred others as much as your power and influence could

governm

lit; and if yju have, youlthcir darling ofl-tpring in sacrifice and thincs vhich constitute a man

But, if vou should be disposed are an advocate for, and siipportcrjon the altes ol the I.onw a lew

think th.i ihu u nrldJ.kf the. "nVbtiiiir sy stem." hen.hnes below, and in the same para-

Tiirr m.i . . -i .1. i . ii l.r.m .,i.-o nrrpwU ii tn.in inrs rimitalk'ranh. and alludin.T to IDC aoofe in-

FEMALE ACCUMPLISHMENTS. 7b Mr?. Hannah Mwrc. A young lady may exeell in speak

ing r reach and ltaUian: mav - re

peat a fev passages from a volume of extracts; play like a professor, aad sing like a siren : have Lor dressirrgroom decorated with Lor own drawing, tables, stands, flower pots, screens a:id ca!)ineis: nay, she may dance lie Sempronia herself and yet we shall insist, t'hat she may Lave bee; very

badly Cftucctttf. I am far trcm mean

ing to set no value whatever o.a any

of these qualifications; they are all

elegant, and many of taern properly fend to the perfection of a polite cduerttion. -These things, in tlor measure and degree, may be done;

out there are others, which should not be loft undone. Many thmgs, arc becoming, but '-one thing neeL'!.l.'5 Besides as the world seea.s lo be

fully ar-prised of the value of w bat-

ever tends to embellish life, there, is

less occasion here to insist on its in porlancc.

But though a well bred young Lady

may lawfully learn m.t of ihe fa-:li-

ionable arts; yet, let me ask, does it

seem to be the true end of education, to make women of fassion dancers, singers, players, painters, actresses, sculptors, gilders, varnishers. ergravers, and embroiderers? Most men are commonly destined to some profession, and their minds are consequently turned each to its respective

odject. Would it not be strange if

they were called oat to exercise their profession, or set up their trade,

w ith only a little general know ledge

of the trades, and professions of all o-

ther meu, and without any previous

definite application to their own peculiar calling? Tlie profession of la

dies, to which the bent of their instruction should be turned, is. that. of

daughters, wives, mothers, and mis

tresses dnamilies. Thev should be

view to

d furn

nd prin

ciples, and qualifications, and habits,

ready to be applied and appropriat

ed n3 occasion may demand, to each of

these respective situations. For though the arts, which merely embellish life, must claim admiration; yet, when a man of sense romrs to marry, it is a companion whom he wants, and nut an artist. It is not

merely a creature who can paint, & sing, & draw, & dress, & dance; it is a being who can comfort &'cou:i

sel him; one who can reason, & ro-

aflect, would you be unmerciful? If fleet, & feel, fcjodge, & discourse, vou would not what is those actions. Sc discriminate; one who .can assist

unmerciful?

What is the difference between

murdexing aKiangvirieif, sad jer-

him inaflairs, lighten his cares.sooth

Ids sorrows, juirify his joys, rtrcngth en his principles aad educate h:JT children.'

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