The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-12-09
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aCie-:Srt Politicians"

There is an a1icle, which, under
stand, is going the rounds Of a certain
class of political papers under the above
heading. which indicates eu. too clearly
rum attachments, and shows how much
driven the rum advocates are for argu-
men, 10 sustain their dying cause. The
writer has such 4 great regard Tor the
Sabbath, very doubtful whether he ever
observes i. {, all hiu,self,) and such ten
der sympathies for the ministers OF right
eousness. tina, in his estimation II is quite
improper for them 10 oppose moral wrong.
Strange! Stripped Of its verblage, the
argument runs thus. because the poll
tics of the day have come to embrace
moral questions great questions OF right
and wrong, IN which the deares, interests
Of the community is concerned for time
and eternity, and because these prlnci-
pies are now carried to the polls, there
fore, ministers must entirely leave all
questions involving moral character to
base politicians, and escape for their lives
les, they "de.troy their own usefulness
as moral conservatives and christian min
is,ers.' Merely to state the argument is
10 conruie it. How much, think you, he
writer cares about olergymen's useful
ness! Two TO one If he is not among
the number Of those who love TO pick up
real or supposed fats Of ministers, or are
active in retailing them, for the very pur.
pose of destroying their influence il
possible. r.-. ..
The fact is, these government plum
. ders," in "official Stations" awfully fea
, being exposed by good men, and the!
4 hate the moral rebukes, tina. the grea
majority Of the pulpits of the north, OF al
f denominationists, are nowadays admin
\ is,ering to them. Douglas 4 Co. in thei
0 opposition TO the clergy, may thank them
selves for arousing them, not only to thei
j.. rights as citizens, but to their duty a
q faithful ministers to "rebuke sin IN ing
. places" as well as ''in low places No
can all the combined influence Of SLAYER
$ and rum stop the mouths Of any, but tim
d serving ministers, from boldly and open
Iy on the Sabbath, and on all days rebu
king these enormous sins. Nor are the
becoming "partisans' in any imprope
sense by 50 doing. II rebaking sin an
advocating righteousness makes one
member of political party, then We ma
:" we'll rejoice in the existence OF such
party. And the founder of the chris
tan religion" surely never would hav
Q objected to have been member OF sue
party. Doubles, he would have re
loieed in its existence in the Roma
J Empire
- Blu, the writer of the above named ar
:. ticlc called Clerical Politicians" is s.;
: IDENTIFY maddened AMOS, Of all Tor fear tina
clergymen and other good men will sue
coed in getting up too powerful infu
/, enee apalns, The iu... asfiic, Query
:, May not the writer be grog seller c
IS grog advocate To all such who ar
d thus UNFOLDING lntemperance In our lane
, il Is manifest that they are upholding tn
o blacklist Of crimes, and the mother Of il
:, Vulnerable crimes. To such would sa
o in tho language Of Henry Clay Dea,
0 @ln,emperance IS erime-a crime {
e gains the laws OF God = crime violatin
l. every social rule and regulation of chri
3 tan society--a CT lme that uproots tn
l. foundations Of domestic happiness ar
t the political organization of communal
e where lis influence predomlnates a crn
/ productive of a crime which results fro
the rule OF maddened passions over sob
intellectual and moral feeling and Il
truths Of Gods eternal law
" Shall not this and all other kindr,
" crimes be rebuked from the sacred desL
: Then away with the ministry, away wi
:" churches. Let crimes multiply and
8 not dog move his tongue. Then c;
= these p,ous clergy -haters, without hi
ae dcrance walk abroad like roaring lion,
to deyour. o wha, glorious coun,
we should have if only these preachs
of righteousness could be sllenced!
n
no A man named Morgan, who shot
g. editor In Texas, was tried In a court
is. justice, and fined one cent This is
hard on the profession. To appraise
editor in such a wretchedly unjus, ms
- ner demands the promp. retaliation OF
entire craft.
lp- A correspondent OF the Charles