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“The other papers of this city have chosen to be silent this day, because the President has recommended a fast. We do not follow their example: Because there is nothing in the constitution giving authority to proclaim fasts. Because prayer, fasting, and humiliation are matters of religion and conscience, with which government has nothing to do.

And because we consider a connection between job function email list state and church affairs as dangerous to religious and political freedom and that, therefore, every approach towards it should be discouraged.”
In a different article published the same day, Bache reported how propaganda-driven faith in the righteousness of Adams in his actions had encouraged a rabble to violently assault Bache, his family and vandalize his home:

“On Monday evening, between ten and eleven, my house was assailed by a party of young men who, in the morning, had addressed the President. They had dined together and were more than gay; but this is no excuse for outrage. They honored me with imprecation and threats, the only notice I could be proud to receive from them. My doors and windows were battered.