Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-22
Political Priests.

We copy the following extract from COM
munication in The n II. Gazette Ii is a capt.
tai article, and altogether too true.
Now Mr.. Editor, can you tell me why il is
that in the Whole history Of the country, politi-
cal priests never found occasion for denouncng
any other than democratic administration,
and acts of the democratic parlyl Were not
the gag The alien aud sedition' and other
acts Of John Adams administration sufficiently
odious to call down the Recommendations Of the
whole country almost and yet, who ever
heard that the occupants of New England pull
pits hurled anahemas against him or his acts
Did The pulpit Of New England at a later
period, speak out in condemnation Of the de-
tested and reasonable assemblage known as
the Hartford Convention Did il eXecrate or
denounce The traitors il our very midst who
furnished aid aud comfort 10 England during
our second war with that naiionl Occasional
ly, know, noble and patriotic spirit was
found among the regular clergy, but they were
few aud far between.
On the other hand, hnmliaiing and dcgrad-
ing as is the admission, from Jefferson down to
Gen. Pierce, the clergymen of New England
as 4 body, have taken occasion TO denounce
not only every democratic executive, but the
acts Of each administration without an excep-
ton. Was Jefferson the base and unprincipled
man they represented him-dd he prostitute
or cause 10 be pros,tuted The mothers and
daughters Of The land did he burn the Bibles
aud destroy all the meeting houses as il was
said he would do! Did Gods curse, which
they pronounced upon him, follow him or his
acts Was Madison the monster he was rep
resented as being, and was the devil his chief
counsellor in lis nelarlous' war against the
bulwark of oar holy religion as they claimed
Great Britain to be Was the immortal Jack
son the blnod-ihirsty tyrant they represented
him, and would war, pestilence and famine
have y . less -seaoTga 10 t6e country than
Ills ele-;hon to the Presidency! Was the la
mcnted Polk the perjured villain they repre-
scented him, and did he in violation of the Con
StIlutiOn aud laws, cnrnEsaenco a God abhurred
war against peaceful and unufending Mexico
In short has of the almost innumerabe ills
to the country, that have been from time to
time, predicted by political priests, as sure to
follow the elevation Of the patriots alluded to,
been realized; or have the frowns Of The Al
mighty warmly invoked, been visited upon
their actsl Certainly not.
Without Mr.. Jetfcrson's Louisiana purchase
without Mr.. Madison war without Texas
without California indeed without the acts
generally of the democratic administrations the
country has enjoyed, what would it be at this
moment! This question is easily enough an
swered-a mere dependency Of England, a
condition many croakIng priests would rejoice
at
Time however will demonstrate that The
vehement denuncialions Of measures recently
pnartnd arc "a undnSprvpd ond ac nn;,et /,
similar denunciations heretofore Of the acts Of
Jefferson, Madison, Jackson and Polk, were
The course of the model Republic is onward
and upward-the people are sovereign whether
residing Ia states territories their rights
must be regarded even though the evil croak-
ings of the pulpit and the press go for naught