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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1851
Page
2
A compiled slate of acts and resolutions including incorporation of several companies, measures for public works and utilities, school funding in Trenton wards, registry supplements, and expenses. Names cited include Flemington, Lambertville Plank Road Co. and Dutch Reformed Church trustees.
The Plainfield Gazette announces Albert D. Drake as the authorized agent to receive subscriptions and advertisements. E W Carr on Third Street Philadelphia opposite the Exchange is listed as the authorized agent for Philadelphia.
The Newark Mercury praises New Jersey's nine week session, noting substantial liberal reforms while criticizing Whig inaction on general versus special legislation. It highlights Governor vetoes and banking bills, urges Whigs to adopt a broader reform policy, and promises a brief synopsis of reform measures tomorrow.
Letters dated 1851 from Plainfield area clergy discuss whether ministers may officiate at funerals for members of secret societies. Acknowledges no unanimous resolution. ministers affirm they will officiate if ceremonies follow customary rites and refuse external dictates.
A Plainfield Gazette reader in a letter argues against an article by W. M. D. claiming nature acts by immutable laws and that the Bible is false. The writer contends the argument rests on human experience and asserts no known power can suspend the laws of nature, challenging the claim.
A long polemic discusses whether powers beyond experience can be known or proved. The author challenges W M D and argues that the mind follows universal natural laws as a guide to truth and morality, resisting superstition and proving religious claims by observed nature and historical miracles.
The author argues that nature’s immutable laws, proven by universal human experience, refute counterclaims and require stronger evidence to disprove them. They cite infant perception and repeated causation showing laws are constant, and demand tangible demonstrations to overturn these laws before questioning biblical revelation.
In eight months of sermons the author argues that biblical references about a grain dying to yield fruit are testable by cooking grain. if cooking prevents growth, the passage is false. He asserts nature is immutable and uniform, water seeks level and fire burns, and urges W. M. D. to follow these dictates in the search for truth.
The article reports progress in the Free School examinations with the primary department led by Miss E J Day Pep 1 showing very satisfactory improvement. The girls department under Miss F KR Van Nostrand will be examined today and the boys department under M F Markley tomorrow at 7 pm at Second Baptist Church where premiums will be delivered.
Advertisement touts Dr Roger’s Syrup of Liverwort Tur and Canchalagua as a safe thorough remedy for consumption bronchitis and all lung diseases. It claims to loosen dry cough aid expectoration and strengthen under salivary discharge with tonic Canchalagua. Feb 27.
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