The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-27

| Madison, who carried the country safely and bril-
lantly through the war of'lSl2; and Jackson, who
won for himself, that war, the title of the hero
of New Orleans" each and all of them felt the
sting Of political yipers. They could not expect
/ therefore, TO witness lack Of Kissing and venom
when the hero of Palo Alto, Resaca, Monterey, and
Buena Vista, came, by their authority, to put down
| the 81 osmen and corruptionsts whom power had
| made insoent and reckless. Let these bellers
rail on, then, without stint they have no power to
injure. The people, in very loathing and disgust
of the vile coalition TO which they pander will rally
around the Administration and bear successfully
through its trials in proud defiance of its malicious
and revengeful assaants.
From the Louisville Journal
DocToR LANE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAP
LAEs TO CONGRESS- The Democrat accuses as Of
having "uttery misrepresented" the position of Dr.
Lane on the subject of chaplains in Congress.
The editor then proceeds to state almost precisely
what we had already stated in relation to Lanes
opinions. If we utterly misrepresented DR.. Lane,
the Democrat has also utterly misrepresented"
him.
In our article on the subject we stated distinctly
that, when the candidates for Congress were ques-
toned IN writing, ut meeting at Port Royal, in
Henry county, as to how they would vote in rela-
uon to the appointment of chapains in Congress-
DIR. Lane denied that Congress could constitution
ally appropriate money for the payment of chap
lains. We added that he said he was willing to
give days pay toward paying man to say prayers
IF they must be had" The Doctor also said
that every ought to do his own paying, but at
the same time, disposed to doubt the efficacy of
prayer. This is substantially what the Locofoco
candidate said on the subject and call the atten-
ion of Christians throughout the district to his Ian
guage. 1t is the language of infdelity and dis
plays an indifference toward the christian sentiment
IN this district, which is utterly discredtabe to its
author
When the first Revolutionary Congress met in
Carpenters Hall In Philadelphia the members were
unwilling TO proceed TO business before the blessing
OF Divine Providence had been asked on the labors
of that body of patriots. There Washington,
Adams, Hancock, Franklin, Jefferson, and host
OF other great and good patriots seen on Bonded
knee, while the voice Of supplicaton assembled to
the Throne of Grace That was a scene of true
moral submity The wisest men of that period !,
SO remarkable for wise and good men-the men on
whom the great Earl Of Chatham pronounced the
highest eulogy-were so penetrated with the belief
OF the efficacy and necessity of prayer, that they
were unwilling TO take step before a blessing had
been invoked on their councils Had Doctor Lane
and John Petut been present, they would have felt
scorn for the ,oeaines Of those great and good and
wise men, who on Bonded knee confessed the ina
biIty Of the unassisted judgment of man to decide
| on subjects of great moment. These profound
scepucs on the subject of the Constitutional power
OF Congress TO pay chaplains doubtless have but
little reverence for the solemn and inspiring scene
which Carpenters Hall presented when the patriots
Of America invoked the blessing of heaven on their
country through the fundamentally of an Episco
pal clergyman. Throughout the entire revolution
airy struggle patriotic were constantly
IN the habit of praying for divine aid There never
was day on which Congress proceeded to busi-
ness before chaplain had asked blessing from
heaven on the labors Of the day. In the conven-
| n mi q an
under which Lane asserts Congress has no power
70 employ chaplain, chaplains offciated regularly
/ In the first Congress which assembled under the
/ Constitution, chapIaIns were appointed and paid
out of the public treasury The men who framed
/ the Constitution believed that Congress had the
! power TO pay chaplaIns The splendid constitu-
| tional light which has dawned on the extraordna-
| nly profound and comprehensive mind Of Doctor
/ Lane did not Illumine the comparatively weak
minds of Washington, Madison, Jefferson and
| other patriots and statesmen, and they went blum
] derIng onward where the remarkable man put for
/ ward as a candidate by the Locofocos OF this dis
4 trIct steps with unerrng certainty.
man may honestly and sincerely question the
consuluuonallty Of national bank or internal i'm
provements. On questions Of great moment ii is
legitimate 10 look into the Constitution see what
power II coners on Congress But we submit il TO
the candor of all readers say, whether il is
moi clearly and purely ridiculous in man like Doc
tor Lane to get up before crowd Of intelligent men
and declare that, his abstruse and proacted stu.
dies Of the Constitution, he has discovered that thai
great instrument does not confer on Congress the
tremendous power Of paying chaplain Can any
thing more ridiculous be imsginedS In all the
ings Of the pariets during the Of the Revolution
IN all the Congresses that assembled under the old
articles Of confederation, IN the convention tha
formed the Constitution, and in every Congress tina
has met from that OF 80 down to the present time
il has been the invarable practice to employ chap
lsins to open the meetings with public prayer and
now the acute Doctor Lane, having strained hi,
precious eyes by peering into the more recondlte
portions Of the Constitution steps forward and says
he hos discovered that Madison, and the other we,
men who framed the Constitution, did not under
stand its meaning. and violated its provisions by
voting TO pay chsplans.
Again we earnestly invoke the attention Of tn,
Christian voters in the district To the position o
Doctor Lane on this subject. He has publicly de
MED the power Of Congress to pay chaplains, anC
is pledged to vote against the appointment Of sucl
officers. II he were elected, how would the Chris
tians Of the district feel when they their repre-
sentative held up TO public scorn a scepuc and
scofer at prayer Would not every voter in tn
district feel humilisied If our representative shoult
occupy the shoes Of the wretched Petit whose NAM
has been consigned 20 an Infamous celebrity Ant
yet Doctor Lane Is pledged to step into the cast-of
shoes Of Pett II the people Of this district elect hin
TO Congress. Will they send man there to dis
grace themselves and to degrade the district in tn
: estimation Of all decent men;
The Washington Union calls the Hon Truman
Smith, United States Senator from Connecticut
'the wooden nutmeg Senator" And yet the "sol
Ian Of the dcrnocracvn a continually nratino n