The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-30
Preachers and Politics.

freaCAcES ana EO2Lt1CSs
When the great memorial of the New
England preachers, against the Nebraska
bill, was presented in the United States
Senate, Douglas, Petit and others, spoke
with some severity-lashing the preach
ers slightly as they progressed. Mr..
Douglas said:
"My only object is to call the attention
of the Senate to the memorial tits pre-
scnted after the action of the Senate, as a
protest against our action, against the ac
ton in which certainly two-thirds of this
body occurred. 1t protests against our
action, as being breach Of faith, as in
volving moral wrong, as destructive of
all confidence, and as subjecting us to the
righteous judgement of the Almighty
It is presented, too, by a denomination of
men calling themselves preachers of the
Gospel" 1t has been demonstrated in
debate that there is not particle of truth
in the allegations of a breach of faith or
breach of confidence. 1t has been dem
onstrated so clearly, that there is no ex-
cuse for any man in the community who
believes it any longer. Yet here we find
large body of preachers-perhaps three
thousand-following the lead of circu-
lar which was calculated to mislead and
deceive the public, come forward with an
atrocious falsehood and an atrocious cal
umny against this body. and prostitute
the pulpit, prostitute the sacred desk, to
the miserable and corrupting influence of
party politics. 1t matters not whether
they have mislead the whole of the peo-
pie Of New England, and drawn them
into this pool of dirty water; it matters
not whether the Misrepresentation has ta-
ken broad scope, or whether it has been
confined to few; I hold it is our duty to
expose the conduct of men, who either
from ignorance or willful false knowledge,
will avail themselves of their sacred cal
ling to arraign the conduct of Senators
here in the discharge of their duties, I
hold that this Senate isa capable of iudg-
ing whether our action involves moral
turpitude, whether it involves the subver-
sion of morals, whether it subjects us to
the judgement, of the Almighty as are
these political preachers who do not un-
derstand the question. 1t is evident that
these men know not what they are talking
about. 1t is evident that they ought to be
rebuked, and required to confne them
selves to their vocation instead of neglec-
ting their holy religion and violating its
sacred principle, and truth and honor, and
getting up document here which is Of
fensive, and which as gentleman can in
dorse without violating all the rules Of
courtesy, propriety and of honor There
seems to be An attempt to file upon our
table offensive documents, SANDER upon
SANDER, libel after libel, in order that the
Abolition press may copy it as coming
from the records of the Senate, and go
back and give it credit in the country
They are smugeled in here, the offensive
matter concealed from our knowledge until
we happen to look into them and see what
they are, and then these gentlemen expect
to carry on political campaign by quo
ting from our own records that we are
traitors to God, to our country and hu-
manity. l think it is time that this mis-
cradle system of electioneering by viola
ting the rules and the courtesies of the
Senate to get an Endorsement of ibels of
which men ought to be ashamed, should
be exposed and rebuked.
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1 The memorial purports to speak in the
name of the Almighty and in that name
protest against the bill. 1t tells Con-
gress plainly that the gates of heaven are