The people of Ireland are waging an Anti-Tithe war; the
peo- ple of Jamaica are waging an Anti-Religion war. At a public meeting of the Colonial Union of the Northside parishes, held on the 2Sth July, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to-
" We, the undersigned, most solemnly declare, that we are resolved, at the hazard of our lives, not to suffer any Baptist or other Sectarian preacher or teacher, or any person professedly belonging to those sects, to preach or to teach in any house in towns, or in any districts of the country where the influence of the Colonial Union extends; and this we do—maintaining the purest loyalty to his Majesty King William the Fourth, as well as the highest veneration for the Established religion, in defence of social order, and in strict conformity with the laws for the preservation of the public peace—to shield this portion of his Majesty's island of Jamaica against insurrection and future destruction."
It is difficult to read without laughter so lamentable an effusion of folly; in which men with reverence for religion, loyalty to the King, and respect for the laws in their mouths, declare themselves ready, at the hazard of their lives, to prevent the preaching of Christianity by men sanctioned by the King and licensed by the law. The President, in a letter to the meeting, warned the Colonial Unionists that they were going a little too far; and his warning was denounced -as made for the purpose of intimida- tion. Intimidation h—The resolution above given received the signature of every Unionist present. It is of course quite in vain to prosecute such men ; for what jury would find them guilty, if they were to hang all the Baptists in the island, much less for signing a nonsensical bit of paper?
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