The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-08-06

ana act precisely alike on all pOHtlculI
matters any more than they can on all
religious matters. Iii then essential to
the very being of a democracy, that every
man should have the right to think and
judge for himself, and to act in accordance
with his best Judgment. But the Editors
of the Eagle say no: ifyou utter u SEN
timent about the Mexican war from the
pulpit that is not in precise" accordance
with our views of il, you are u tory"
The Parliament of Great Britain once
addressed our American Colonies in a
very similar tone when they said to them,
our Sovreign will shall be your rule of
action. andif you speak and act contrary
to this righteous rule of your good old
Alma Mater you are u set Of tories, de-
serving no liberation. Congress aud the
Immortal Washington did not set a very
high value upon this kind of democracy;
at least they did not pay it much respect.
Garry o%uttllis principle and see how 1t
will operate upon the administration of
our government, at the present time. If
one man may call an other a tory because
he politically, and co%nscientiously differs
from him, another man may 1otho same.
And asJ. G.. Calhoun aud james X. Polk,
two among the most prominent demo-
Gratis in the nation, have quarreled about
the Mexican war, James X. Polk has a
right to publish to the world hat j. G.
Calhoun is a tory and a traitor, and &c.
Calhoun, III turn, has a right TO publish to
the world that James X. Polk, tho Pre-
sident of these United States is a tory
aud traitor, and ought not TO DO tolcra-
ted in any community" not even in Bota-
ny Bay, or the late residence of Santa
Anna. A democracy that would Danish
the President Of the United States out of
the Universe is certainly not worth much.
1t is at least possible that the democracy
ofthe Lancaster Eagle stands in perish,
ing need Of a radical reformation. The
public will understand me as making these
remarks simply for the purpose of de-
Tending good old democracy and myself
! NEEDLE with no mans politics either in
the pulpit, or out Of it, and neither the
Eagle, nor any other living animal in the
Universe has arightto NEEDLE with mine
| must also enter my dissent 10 theil
anti-republlcau and anti scTiptural doc
trinS that it is wrong for an "Americau
Minis,erto preach for peace in . a tmcS.'
The Bible frequently speaks Of war; in
the book of Psalms alone it is mentioned
in numerous passages; and ministers art
requested not to shun to declare all the
counsel Of God. They must therefore
preach On war, or they do 10: declare al
counsel. But these Editors say they
ought not to preach on il when il pre-.
walls, and if they should not preach about
it, ofcourse they should not pray about il
Strange theology During the Revo.
lulionary war Bishop White, of Philadel.
phia, General Washington's pastor, both
preached and prayed about it for eight
: years. DR.. John Wilherspoon, a Pres,
byterion Minister, signed tho Declare.
ton Of independence, and all our Presby.
terrain Ministers not only preached and
prayed that our arms might DO victorious
but several Of them actually shouldoret
their muske,s aud fought aud died on the
field of b tile. And 10Y when our ma
ton is engaged in a costly and blood
war with u noiglboring nation, Ministers
must not say a word on the subject from
their pulpitsl These men must either
not have a very exalted opinion of til,
war or they have got but very little ofthe
spirit Of l776. j. ANDERSON.