Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-09
From the New.York National ADVOCATED
A WOULDIRE POPE.

name of The Rev. Ezra Styles Ev He has,
unfortunately for the cal Of relieiqe we ieaf,
made himself conspicuous as pohncia"' ana
while di,charging the hnctions oil his sacred
Office PLAYED the part bf jealous part'zan III
promoting The electios Of Gen. Jackson. II
is This ambitious and meddlng Priest. VINO
received year ago frpm Cas'igator" Sc
we're castigation for SD dering the memory oil
John Harris, in order TO shield Gen. Jackson
from deserved censure. But it'seems That nell
Their public approaches, nor The remons'rances
OF his clerical friends are able 10 restrain MN
from course justly odious to the America"
public, and peculiarly at war not less win the
fabric Of cur governmen, than the genius OF
that system Of Tell zion which is NOT car"'i out
spiri,u al aud who ap'res not to sit on thrones
or TO control governments. We are among
those who have been in the habil from earnest
life of rejecting the intsrf.rente OF ciersyhen
in politics and state aff,iis. Thy are out 81
tn ir latitude when they 40 ,h's interfere. nc
holy and spiritual character oil their once ac
MES them The privilege, II privilege II Is, anu ~
i, not easy TO conceive how a divine, intent on
spiritual things, and studying, to advance the
future eternal interests Of mankind, can s'ep
aside fsm the duties 20 which MS lie anu
faculties have been snemnly an1 reilS'ouHt
consecrated, TO plunge inro the whiiip ,"i u
pary politics In commenting upon and CEN
surinc ,he coninc: of Gen. Jacksoh's g"osliy
confessor, we will not fail to declare that we 90
it, not as some migh, 10 it, to last stigma
upon he clergy generally; nut TO vInd'cate tue
institutions Of religion AID its dictionaries 10
,his country, bv a,erring what we know per-
sonaliy * extensively th,,ths Rev.Ezra Styles
Ely is re- sared with lisgust by the clergy al o.
,vcr n; en- Gland, & hi, elec,ioneer.ng rroJtcts
Treated with ceDsurr aud contempt we kho"
il is far frrm their thoughts and their pract'ce
to do as he does, and though like all o'her men
they are entitlr 10 thtir choice III the rulers
of the nation, they are disposed TO leave me
active management OF cleo, lions and ol selecllhg
candidates to other classes OF men.
II has been left 10 The Rev. Ezra Styles Ely,
10 create a new era in the church and state a.
f,irs orahis country. He has set the example
of a clergyman in reg .lar standing, preaching
cleo tiomeerlng .rmons in favour OF apartlc niar
c lndida,r, and going about the country telling
anecdotes from thu pulpit, ana explaining and
excuipating the Fnorpties OF man who mas
| con,rived TO palm himself off upon lew reii-
gious people IS remarkably PiouS personagf'
| This Reverend gentleman stands alone; as lar
r,c,nonevyDy. r7pyf.. u-4 A\.mSri Al annals as an
tina, Gen. Jackson should have all The advantage
o. his pious zeal, his political sermons, and his
adulat"ry appendices
The General Informed Pope Elv it seems,
that he was broughs up under - e Preshyte.
ran ruIe," and not he had strong inclina ion
tina, way himself. Odds! ging and drown
ing! how that reminds US Of the old witchcrait
in New England, sander Presbyterian rule"
Away with The rule Of any church; We are
Pr, sbvteI ans ourselves, but not OF Pope Ely's
cast exactly. LIE, the church have Ills distinct
and separate fell OF operation; bring ii not in
collision with politics, and suffer 1t to have no
connection with The mac in$ry u government.
But there mus, be some mistake about This
presbyt rian prediction Of ,he Generals, we
fear We have heard rha, the Mrthodists lay
violen, hands also upon him in brotneriy way;
while others say If he belongs 10 any meeting at
all it is that Of the Rev Duff Green; who in he
western wIlds from whence le came, was, j, *
afirm,d. a furious rxborIer among class OF
b p'isls called "Jumpers." His FwNough l.
unde stood TO extend 10 another twelss mon hs.
whrn. (his presrn, "occupa,ion gone" he vii
doubtless return 10 his "iumIing congrees
i n, provided, in the absence OF their shepherd
thew have nos Jumped" away fom nim anG
ON zach other,
Pop Ely has published along with one Of
hi ?"lrr Il sermons, AL appendix, in which h.
saws he has been IN Vie habit OF telling ms hear
trs wka General Jackson had said in favour Of
rehg OF; "a"are," says he, shat, coming from
a di,,iucushed fellow ciiz n, i, might have
some inflt.nce wrh some men Who more rega, d
The acora d their deservediy jaooarite He
80, than the word of God" We did no, know
before that the JacS;sonians carried their per
o"al devotion to the General quite SO Tar as TO
Sci his word above saai Of high heaven. The
Pope seems Ia have made his maxims to suit
tie Cause he has cspoused. He says, "lt would
br requiring TO" much 10 insist upon it, that
candI 'ate for office shall always have sustained
IN unbemished moral Character! 10 say
the least Of il, this is rather a dangerous doc
uine to preach from the pulpit. But this Dr.
vine had task 10 perform; he had taken it up
on MIN To eecioneer for man who had NOT
sustained good moral character, and he was
forced 20 adopt such sentiments as suited the
case. Is it indeed SO rare thing to lind man
VIII" has always sustained good moral char
acter, that We are forced 10 take those for pub