The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-07-04

ave say Protestant clergy not as protesting against Ro-
man or Grecian clergy, but protesting against Amer
lean Congress-aganst the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatyes OF the United States touching pending political
enactment They protest against the Nebraska bill being
heerodox and or schsmatc tendency and they caution
and demonstrate IN p'rtu Of their office against such action
that measure would make il law of the land We
In virtue OF their Office for the aity not party in
their special movement They appear clergymen
politically unknown TO constitutions State and fede-
rail- well rs to laws II is in this attitude port and
bearing that we contemplate them
As unofficial citizens of the United States they have
in with all the castles of societywith professors
of languages and sciences with doctors of medicine
yers magistrates farmers and mechanics citi-
right to sign petition remonstrance against any
law, statute ordinance whatsoever deemed by them
furious TO any of the national vested rights of American
citizens. But against them, caste profession
cesiastc, to concoct concert PROFOUND political
ures commanded backed enforced by any inherent or
assumed authority derived from Heaven and in them vest
ed TO them committed to be held
political councils to be brandished as a spiritual sword
the heads of the of the sovereign
pie Of this Union, must and do most soemnly
srae We regret profoundly regret TO the orthodox
and heterodox cergymen of New England officially adj
dressing Congress- and especially, the Protestant
clergy Of Chicago following their example, orgetu
their duties to their respective focks reckless Of the
ample Of the King and Lawgver of the kingdom of Heaven
who would not for moment turn aside, o1cio to de-
eide family quarrel about patrimonial Inheritance,
which he could have decided by sentence What a
monumental fact But alas! how forgotten sparaged
by his protessed friends and followers in this case!
Precedens of this impotc they anti
evangelical and unscriptural We ought to rebuke all
such clerical gatherings assumptions and presumpons
would officially present Instructions or advice unasked
for State national assembly of Legislators to in-
ence them in any direction, any question involving
Christian faith Christian institutions Christian society
further than Magma Chara guarantees to every man
the right and protection in that right think believe
vote and in harmony with the last and best dictate OF
his own reason and conscience.
This is all that sound political prudence ask or
award and it is all that any true patriot phanthropist
Christian ask for himself his family, the human
feel thus and speak thus without forming or ex-
pressing any opinion the merits dement's of the let
the spirit of said bill 1t within the Prov
nce Of my thoughts my studies 1t has strong argu-
ment both sides is to give perpetual quietus
the public mind of the exctabe subjects in
the land the other is whether the extension of slave
ory its limitation will exacerbate mitigate the al
legged confessed evils of slavery whether physically po-
itically morally considered These questions upon
which the wscs and best will differ for generations to
comen