Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-20
From The II rhmund u hig.
Polttta Paraonf.


\ shora, bot int, resting discussion sprung up
in the Senate, On tuesday, upon The presenta-
iion OF the hug me morrill,, signed hS a,uuU clergy
mn OF New Englm Id, protesting against the pms
sagr of the kanzi ~ and Nebraska bill These
odeious aud hypo critical Intermediates with the
politics Of the col ,ntry are exceedingly indignant
at the ldeu of the great moral wrong" involved
ia the success of this bill. They, ther,forc,pro-
test against it lin the name oil Almighty Godn--
ma hc they viiely profess to reverence in tho
very net OF heaping reproaehes upon H. Mr..
Bntlr, of South Carolina, well remarked that
s'thes had abandoned the religion which was ty-
ptied by tho meek and lowy lamb, TO engage in
pelitieal contests, and therefore observed the
eensuFo o' the Senate'-and we may add not the
censUrt, of the Senate only, but of the whole
country and the world.
Soma tor Douglas denounced those ''political
preneh' RS in the iustest and scverest manner,
de 'larii " that "they knew not what they were
talking about'-that they "had come forward
with atroeious falsehond, and an atrocious
ealumn.y against the Senate aud prostituted the
pulpit to the miserable and corrupt influence of
party politics" alt is evident" he said, athat
they "ught to b. rcbuked and required to contne
themsrl Ives to their vocation instead of negccting
thelr holy religion and violating its sacred prin
cpes' \ pretty seathng denuneiation, and Il
/ right bold thing in the little giant" to fy 50
iieroeay in the face OF hree thousand Northern
minietrrs-for which, too, he deserves due cred
! it.
The motor Gus Sam Houston was the principal
apologlsi and defender of those political parsons
the making excuses for knaves being more par
ticulaTiy i'll his line of business.
The rema rks of Senator Mason on the occa-
sion accord so nearly with our own views of the
se6ieet, we isive them, below, entire After stat
ing that the fright OF all citizens of the l. States,
Ia ptHition either the Senate or House upon sub
jects properly before Congress, was one which
he hoped no yer to see denied" he said
This memorial however, was of character
! different from others. 1t came from class of
/ persons who had laid aside the character of A
IRel1can citizens and addressed their petition as
minister's of the Gospel. They petitoned as
minis tiers OF the Gospel, and not citizens A.
ministers of the Gospel, they had come here and
/ drnount.ed the actioa of t g Senate. They did
not stop there. In III tir character as Ministers,
| they had the tcmcriy TO threaten tho Senate
with the vengeance of the Almighty, whom they
| Trufes>s.d Ia serve. Such language was not re .
! ,5peotSpi t. the Senate.
ministers of the GOSPEL, ms such, were un-
| known Al the Constitution of the United States
and Cred forbid that they ever should be- 1t had
| always been the policy of our people to keep
| itAhiNNFtS - NV p'HPti anu Tue government as
! far apart possible and the wisdom of that pol
| icy was made maj fest by the paper to-day pre- =
@rnted. The history Of the world had shown the
evils ''s associating them in any shape with gov
esnHseat they always were arrogant. t)n this
occasion they had, in the name of the Almighty,
Invoked his vengeance upon the Senate for
measure Of political legislation Let three ibous-
sat or three hundred thousand citizens of New
| Englsnd send their protest to the Senate. and it
would be treated with respect. But these me
mE,siists do not come here a citizens. They
c''iac n ministers of the Gospel, and, in u G
presence OF their Master, and in h name. threat
| en ~ vengeance upon the Senate for what the,
| declare to be Il moral wrong. Without any dis
| respect for the petitioners personally, or ~,