The daily union., 1854-11-18
From the Montgomery tAia Advertiser and Gazette.
TOLERATION

There principle dear to the democratic party
and should be dear to the American people, than the
principle Of pleyGtiGn For principle has the demo-
cratic party contended warmly or more yeaously
For this in the earlier days of the republic Madison,
Jefferson Paine Jackson and host of their compeers,
abored and labored VIGOROUSLY The right think and
speak, untrammelled by priest people, them the
sacred of all the nalenable rights guaranteed
They and felt the blighng effects of prestcraft and
kngcra the conscienccs OF men, and OF their first
the eternal severance OF both These men deeply
understood and deeply appreciated the rights of man. The
truths they enunciaed still live and re-echo along the
ward march of the These truths confined to
the few being difused and brought down to the
capacity of the many and beginning feel every
where that they merely hewes wood and draw
of to those who their superors in any
thing but in the cunning which has robbed them of their
privileges Free thought and free speech are the watch
words every hilltop God never gave one man or set
of men the divine right abrdge the faith she the con-
science crush the hope Of His lie claims uni
vesa homage and sovereignty the free-born prvi-
ege of man. and priest potenate has the right to
thwart His purpose and eternal Justice is one
His attributes will He protect and defend His
own He fashioned man in His own image and like Him
SELF free TO choose and appropriate whatever of good there
is in His boundless universe.
No look at the present aspect of the political and
religious world without fear and trembling Both present
Il OF
all ciaaes one6a isms and a that motley crew of dis
appointed politicians who M Inc agen's oe all par
ties, waging against the great democratic the
only party of tolerance in this country In the other we
see combination of the leaders of many of the religious
put down and dsranchise portion of our fellow
citizens who happen to disagree with them In religious be-
lief Instead of the pure and sublime teachings of Christ
anmang their hearts and directing their lives we see
erod and Pontius Pilot cousorting together for the
loaves and fishes, strung Gods green earth in all the
pride Of M5och instead Of practising the humility Of
their great Master they ate emuairg the Fhagsees split
ting hairs about non-essental differences Of opinion
instead of preaching the eternal truths of Christ
the humanity he served discussing whether he mi
raculousy conceived whether he was conceived In the
usual way In Gods name, wonder infdey and ire
lgon walk like pestience the fair heritage of
What would their Divine Master say if he again to
revisit the eain In the spirit of scatbng rebuke he
would speak Ye all greatly de6ed Pure re,.s.en
and undeGeo bsigo God and the Father is this to visit
the faiheress and the widow their act.oas and TO
keep yourselves unspoted from the world Particular
forms or ceremonies would have little force with him.
and the mad fury of bgots, with whatever mantle they
should cohe their actions would be subjected to the stern
cst censure
The time s oo,jIg end that not far distant when these
things will no longer be permitted There win be fear
f reckoning when the down-trodden rise in their native
strength and hur the usurpers from their places of power
and trust