The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-04-12
PULPIT POLITICIANS.

The following criticism upon the New Eng
land clergy remonsirance, by the Richmond
| Christian Advocate, is characterized by grea
cogency of argument and no little severity OF
censure. Coming, as it does, from journal
devoted to religious subjects, and being one Of
the organs Of the Methodist church, it is entitled
| to particular consideration. 1t will be found
| that it condemns in unstnted terms the inter
ference Of clergymen in politics. Alluding to
the remonstrance Of the New England clergy,
| the Advocate says.
"Fhls is sad affair, not for the country, but
| tor Christianity, so shamefully outraged in slhe
house OF its friends Professionally, we cannot
be supposed to feel indifferen,ly towards the
ministerial character. When in their place, ea
gagged IN their appropriate work, no class OF men
| IN the country Is more highly esteemed than
ministers Of the Gospel. But when they turn
aside from their holy employments, and descend
into the arena of party political s,rle they detie
their mission, and lay their honos in the dust.
Instead of washing their hands in nnocency,
| they soil them with worldly hlth and stain them
with crime against their country S peace. They
| richly merit The rebukes administered by gem
temen of the Senate, and must blame them
selves, if, hereafter, they find themseiges shuu-
ned as dstnrbers OF the public peace, and the
religion they profess and teach susps scted oi
having too much to do with the word that now
is, and too little with that which is to come -
'Mv kingdom is not Of this world, said Christ;
| III it were, then wood my servants fight We
| write more IN sorrow than in anger when we
express the belief that this furious onglomera-
tion OF every shade OF religious opinion and &c.
clesiastical polty against the Nebraska bill has
more OF earth than heaven, OF time than e.erni-
ty, in its elements and objects, and has higher
veneration for men judgments than for God 9,
notwithstanding their seeming impression tha,
his judgments subject to the impertinrnt and
vindlclve movements of their own They can
| cnnsort, agree, and act with a massive onencss
in this case, but il the question concerned the
sending of a missionary to convert the Oh St,
they could not be " ooed INTO the same building
| together, or brought within bow shot OF each
| other, without vexaii"ns, dlsputings, and secia-
rian wranglugs. We utter this opinion with
| profound humiliation, but with as pro nund
conv 'c'lon OF It's truth and Justice 1t is pain al
to witness such a des.craton Of ministerial
character, IN watch the movements of men, OF
whom be ter things might be expected, ged
in crusade against the rights OF the South, and
| trailing their prIestly garments in the dust to
| accomplish objects not mentioned in their come
| mission, and never dreamed of in the acts and
writings of the Apostles. These are the EVIL
WORKS that endanger our glorious federal Union
| Blinded with passion, and with far Il ss reason
| for resentment than Samson for the loss of his
eyes, they seize the pillars OF the temple and
seek to bring it mass of ru ms upon their own
| heads. 1t is to these clerical agila,ors. with
| their ceaseess braying against the South, we
must ascribe the opinion, wide spread, and
constantly Strengthening and deepening in the
public mind, that there ~ something more sa-
! cred than the Mon OF these States, and some
thing great deal more 10 be dreaded than their
dissolution. If the cnncep ption reaches lis con-
summation in the dissoIeiun Of our federal com
pact, the evil, and all the disastrous convulsions
attendant upon it, must b. ascrIbed to the evil
| machinations OF those ministers who, as in the
cases before US, turn de from the peaceful
pursuits of their calling, 20 engage in reckless
| political brawlrng-, and 10 pro- ecute ruthless
| in 81 nf I ii oh If II her "