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We 6Dd the following tslsgrsphic despatch in the Bal
,ors Sun Of yesterday Il will no, fail arrest public

We 6Dd the following tslsguphic despatch in the Bal
uors Sun Of yesterday II will not fail to arrest public
.,sption si the present tins;
.PrrssuRs. Oct. 1.-The Synod Of the Old School
p,s.byisrian Church assembled here to-day. The Rev
s""dssd mnisiers and elders are in attendance eonsu
ipe The largest Synod in connection with that church
hsaa memorial from the session aud congregation for Plus
burg and Beaver presented praying The Synod 70 give
a. e. memorial dsnoanoss it inqaiious motion was
as % postpone the maion indefinitely which lost
only r Sns Rsss Porter smith, camps and others. mad.
a.ming speeches against the law They pronounced
q he @I sad ssy
Great sloemens prevail. in the convention A commit,
ss oil majority OF persons opposed to the law
wa. appointed to report on the subject"
II il with the deepest regret that we have witnessed
,hs sign Of the times We have profound for
.roua sincere respect for its ministers is with
,hs utmost reluctance that we dsappove their pro-
esedngs But when any church goes beyond its proper
osdiction TO NEEDLE with politics. and to fan the flame OF
excitement the community, il is they, and we, who
mus, be responsible for the commentary.
II has been, unfortunately. Of the striking
features Of the abolition agitation, from the beginning
that openly or coyery various preachers of all church
q, creeds and characters, have been denouncng slavery
and matchmaking vengeance and ruin on this nation for
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cent and example Of our Saviour and his Apostles, and
Of st. Paul. some Of them have constantly sought to in
emeddle in this affair Of slavery which is solely mat
Ter Of civil jurisdiction and 10 stir up strife and discod
when they ought to have preached and encouraged
Oeace. Such Intermediates are I" wolves in sleeps
clothing and did not escape the censure Of Him whose
ave glanced through all dsguses Far be il from our
purpose to question the right Of every to think be
peases on this subject but preachers and teachers of the
Gospel can plead authority to disregard the law BY
which all are bound, or TO commit its violation in their pull
pits The moment they do this they abandon their proper
sphere and become the worst enemies Of the welfare Of
those whose opinions and conduct they guide and infu-
ence Suppose their incorporate speeches should termi
nate in bood ought they not to be held accountable tor
the wrong they may OCCASION and for the blood that may
beshedl Whaithis reverend body of agtators will do in
Psburg we know not but hope. for the peace of the
country and the dignity Of the church, that majority
will frown down such unworthy brethren as those who
are eager for the penitenary and the stake. We in
yoke The religious and peaceful people everywhere in
country to abstain from giving countenance or heed to
these fictitious divnes. They lower their high calling;
they are putting in peril the Union Of the Staes and
they are stimulating, by their example. the ignorant and
the fanatic to set the laws Defiance and to bring them
selves within reach Of their stern and unmitigated
justice.
We had written the above article from stern sense Of
duty, when the following communication put into
our hands: asasa 81 5a..ts n
For the Union.
Ecclesiastical interference in political affairs. :
II: public inc h a. s ss old bill
terrain Church. assembled Pittsbug, and that several
gentlemen have made violent speeches therein
If American clergy wish TO preserve the respect and
confidence Of the American people, they viii, In their
ecclesiastical conventions carefully abstain from all inter
ties Clergy have the right as the ay 10 express
their opinions through the newspapers and at town meet
ngs and the hit the polls and this ought
to sstisy them IT. In addition thereto. they bring the
bor Of synods and Conferences to bear on political ques
tons they will exercise greater influence Ia political
affairs shan do the Iay and this l. what viii not pa
tisny Be borne wi,h and ought not 70 be borne with
On American principles, Church and State distinct.
woud be thought strange Il Congress OF any State
legislature should lake the Bishop Onderdonk case, or
the have led divisions In the Presbyterian and
Methodist Ghurches Equally Improper is Il Tor eccle
,s,lca body interfere in political question: Any eccle
sas,ca body does this u actous and disordery
usurps that do not belong 70 IL h fails 10 render
unto Cesar the things that are Caesars" and thereby vio-
afss OF the painest commands In the Bible.
Its say that the iugitveslave bill involves
moral qaesiion All political questions Of memen, In
bodies be suffered In instance this plea, there viii
be end their In matters that properly a
acts q Congress and the State egatnrss may thus be
made subject the revision OF Synods and Conferences
Many Of tho ecclesiastical bodies In couny-as for
constituted, nondeega,ed bodies As such they have
strictly speaking. no right 70 exercise any authority except
chorch NJ Pittsburg Is 10 admitted, delegated BODY
but members Of the churches never deegaied 10 tne
power 10 consider and decide political Questions That
power they In with their feowcitzens OF other
have delegated 10 their representatives In
Congress and the State legislatures The Synod
ned for scclesastcal only and to these Il ought
The clergy are the mos, disnied and useful body in
oe long they restrict themselves 10 their high and
sacred functions but to be dreaded than
they when they usurp temporal powers which do not be-
long 10 them. ...<. :, E