New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-03
Union Of Church and stase Defended.

J. ~ kcfor y re Ir0u1f.
You 1o.1 that Civil Government has 10 night
20 suoserys End guard the true Religion and n 81
port Of IL assert tast any interference Of Government
Win Religion tends naturally and only % the corr.p
lon aud destruction q Religion These are obvious
errors. aid % said thsi seievteut thing needs
proof Sc. 4 may apparent there e occasion
FOR proof tor e least t il more obvious IN the proot
Al things are Ia subservlence ~ God The scripture
says that what i not with him against Him -
that there cannot be even medium STATE between them
Government il the Administration Of public AFFAIR and
sli.es ot necessity Il - worldly duty. and worldly
jsues are religious ones There is q distinction BE-
tween temporal snd spiritual things but distinction
does not constitute separation Religion - supreme
and tie very virtual existence Of Government depends
Oh ire sgbservence ioi From these facts then As Gov
eminent virtue sud al virtue Religion, the can.
not corrupt ard destroy the other Good Govern
men, sUbsefves and ever has suoserTed helizlo
b. far - the common good W4s recognized 5y al re-
q.ons The detects q human nature must not be con
sdcred A. constituents II Religion OF Government
hence your instance 81 TIE " Ireland ~ proof ~
YOur pfDp0sltan - proof. lol might az wei say
mat Christianity bad, because there are BAL Christ
als. That tho sphere Of Government sho'ia MOI 10
eTere with that OF Religion no one denies ana ~ ms
not within the question, should not De conio-nded
uirh 10
ior your proposition practically but Is not 20, tneo
retIcaly Because thing IL undetermined i does not
follow that IL must be indeiermlnablc.
From what We have considered A. the nature Of Re
gon and Government 10 y manifest that the union 81
Church and state are not Incompatible deny that
because they may be- separate II follows that they can
not in any case be united In primitive times God nsd
u.s ministers % govern In temporal matters kno"
hat oy their union the must bear with the impef
cons Of the other the other hand are not the
evils tar greater By separation their recproca sup
port lost and lost as 10 tho very particular Tor Wnicn
sou would have them separate t. the exclusion o their
union ia any case The world Is liable 10 mperiecion'
arrange il a. you viii Will not LAY that they cannot
separate but does II not stand 10 reason mat A. me
ouruose Of Religion ia 10 guide In al thing, both for
mere and heIeafterf0rt must be Tor the former Wneh
for the atcTthat is immediate guidance OF Gov
eruIncut would be well, il not best iAyman can pc
A. good a clergyman with the exception Oh the cal
me tut j. 10 not more likely to md the clergyman
better mani And the laws must be based upon those
u God he not the more likely % be- beet quaAhed Tor
Government Very respectfully yours, Truth
~ We only choose to say OF the above that
the writer IS perfectly IL earnest aud that there
are several hundred persons in this country who
asree with him. Our Federal and State Constr.
tutloas do MT, however, aud we believe our PEG
pie have enjoyed more Liberty and Happiness,
while our Country has thriven better aud grown
faster than any country that IS or ever was tempo
rally governed by Priesthood Der corref-
pondents ultimate deduction that Priests are, as
general rule, fttest of all men for civil rulers
consequently, ought to be our Presidents, Govern
ors, Members Of Congress, &c. &c--is snusiugly
frank, and saves rs the trouble OF answering him.
For our part, desire to see all men invested
with equal Civil aud Political Rights, aud called
to important civil stations justwhen the People
think best to elect them. Their vocation necessa-
rily neither makes them better nor worse, though
we think the clerical Office, faithfully filed, is apt
- uuft men for the highest usefulness in Political
stations I'D.