The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-03
DIR. VIM. Winans.


This great, good man and eminent citizen has at
length yielded to the urgent solicitations, repeat
eddy impressed upon him by great numbers of his
fellow citizens in the 4th Congressional district,
and consented to beat the Hon. A. G. Brown a
candidate for Congress. We say to beat" for his
good name is very tower of strength and his con-
sent TO be put in nomination before the people was
alone necessary to ensure his election.
His name is not unknown TO the country. At
the general conference Of the Methodist church in
1874 during the intense excitement then agitating
that body the question of slavery, DIR. Winans
stood FORTH amid crowd of able and experienced
divines, as the eloquent advocate and declared
champion of southern rights. And now, at this
great crisis of the South this venerable father in
the church comes forth, Bible in hand," at the
call of mis- countrymen foregoing the repose due to
long life laboriously engaged in his sacred call
ing, TO vindicate the cause of the Constitution and
of equal rights.
We admire the spirit in which he comes to answer
this call of his felow-citizens, and reply to the
charge of the Locoocos, that he " about to lay
down the Bible and take up the cudgels." Hear
what he says:
eI am by no means surprised that some polit-
clans and political editors consider il necessary TO
"lay down the Bible" in order TO engage in politi-
cal discussions, or in the political service Of their
country. Men who SANDER the purest characters,
pervert the truth, and gloze the most fragrant
denominations in order to carry their avorite points,
or to secure the ascendency Of their party, will
naturally enough assume this position. But the
of conscious political integrity easily re-
concile the most reverent devotion to the Bible with
the most ardent attachment to, and most jealous
propagation of, what he believes To be political
truth, and with the service of his country, in any
station in which that country may require his ser
vices. Miss. Weekly Soutron, Sept. 81.
The FIRST MARRIAGE.-Marriagc is Of date
prior TO sin ITSELF the only relic of paradise that is
left for us-one smile that God let fa on the worlds
innocence lingering and playing still upon its sa-
cred visage. The FIRST marriage was celebrated
before God himself, who filed, in His own person,
the offices of guest, witness, and priest. There
stood the two god like forms of innocence; fresh in
the beauty of their unstained nature. The halowed
shades of the garden and the green carpeted earth
smiled to look divine a pair. The crystal
waters howed by, pure and transparent as they
The unblcmishcd flowers breathed incense on the
sacred air, answering 10 their upright love. An
artess round of Joy from all the vocal natures was
the hymn, spontaneous nuptial harmony, such al
world in tune might yield discord was in
vented. Religion blessed her two children thus anc
led them forth into life TO begin her wondrous his
tory The first religious scene they knew was theil
own marriage before the Lord God. They learned
10 love Him the interpreter and seaer Of theii
love TO each other and if they had continued ia
their uprightness life would have been a form O
welded worship-a sacred mystery Of spiritual one.
ness and communication. They did not continue
Curiosity triumphcd innocence. They TASTED
sin, and knew II in their fall Man is changed
mans heart and woman's heart are no longer wha
the first hearts Beauty il bemished. Low,
is debascd. Sorrow and tears are in the world,
cup. Sin has swept away all psradisean matter
and the world s bowed under it, curse. Still on,
thing remained as IL was. God mercifully spared
token Of the innocent world-and that the dear.
est, To b. a symbol forever of the primal love And
this is marriage. This flower of Paradise i,
blooming yet in the desert of sin.--Reu. In. Bush
nell.