Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-10-03

fore. What a comment upon the justice
of a cause, the honesty of a party, and
the confidence of its leadership Its strength,
when n of them will stoop to such dirty
as this /; when a small country Post
Office is turned into an engine to distri-
butte, free of charge, handbills not sent by
the Post Office department, but mere off
springs of country and State wire work
ers when the party ceases to uphold its
own candidate openly, TO face the true
issues, and the real opposing candidate;
ceases to hope, or try TO obtain a majori-
ty; and as a last resort, attempts to in
duce voters of the opposite party to throw
away their votes, upon a man of straw.
Consistency of the Trumbull Democrat.
''The pro.slavery party in this State is
hopeless ly in the minority. The Presi-
dent, who stands at its head, has FULLY,
indisputa6ky, and irreUoca6ly, committed
himself and his party, in favor of the
South, against the North ; and in favor
of slavery. against freedom. The lead
ers of the Democratic party in this State,
make no attempt to deny, dispute, or
excuse this fact."-C Chronicle.
The above extract is a falsehood
throughout, and such we will prove it
By the "pro-slavery party" they mean
the great National, Constitutional, patri-
otto Democratic party! The charges
against the President and the Democra-
cy are not susceptible of being sustained.
On the Contrary We can show evidence
that will utterly anuihilate this fungus of
Fusion Yeracity.-DemOcrGt
Our readers will observe that the
Democrat here denies the notorious fact
that the President and the Administration
party are pro~-slavery. Probably it will
next deny that the Democratic members
in Congress voted in mass for the Fugi-
tive Slave Law, and for the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, and hen deny that
Pierce is a Democratic President. There
would be just as much truth in the one
denial, as the other.
But here is another extract from the
same paper, and of the same date.
Men set apart from the world, to
preach Jesus Christ and him cruci6ed'
should' be careful how they pander to
the prejudices of political parties, and if
they desire to be respected and useful in
their calling, confne themselves 10 what
legitimately pertains to it especially
whilst protesting TO preach the Word.
"The Methodist Church to which we
claim to belong, constrains no mans po-
litical opinions however much some of
its would be magnates may desire to SO
construe its creed, and deem it within
their sacred calling to convert the pulpit
into a political rostrum, the church into
a caucus-room, and desecrate the Sab
bath day by the delivery of p~olitico-re-
hgious harrangues, Astounding in egotism
satire and stale anecdotes"
Here the Democrat aims its pop gun at
the Presiding Elder, who has been SO I'M
fortunate as to excite its wrath, by pro-
claiming from the pulpit, that traffic in
human flesh, was anti christian /; that
the violation of solemn compacts, was a
violation of the principles of eternal truth
and right; that a system is contrary to the
precept of the Bible which denies to hu-
man beings, the knowledge of Christian
ty which makes the Bible a sealed
Book to the slave, and which prohibits
any minister under pain of heath, from
preaching the Gospel to him.
Now why does the Democrat denounce
a Inan for this ? Simply because no man
can speak against Slavery, without re-
fleeing upon that party whose power
sustains Slavery, and without whose fos-
tering care. it could not have advanced
one foot upon free territory, and without
whose sustaining influence, it would be
hemmed in without such narrow bounds
that ii would languish and die. In one
breath the Democrat denies that the Ad-
ministration Party is pro 81 very, denies
thatit is a tool of the Slave power, denies
its participation in the foul wrongs COM
mitted against Freedom in Kansas, and
in the next charges cleIgymen with pam
dering 10 the p~rejudices of political par
ties, because they denounce Slavery, de-
nounce the prosecutors of their church,
and proclaim from the pulpit that every
man, however humble he may be, what
ever may be the color of his skin, has
the right to worship God according to
the dictates Of his own conscience.
If the Democrat speaks the truth, when
it claims that its party, is not chargable
with being pro-Slavery, why does it find
fault, when Slavery is denounced ? If
the Democratic party is not fully, indis-
and ~irrevocably committed in
favor of Slavery against Freedom, Why
is our brother editor enraged, when from
the pulpit, clergymen denounce the op-
preston of Slavery. The question of
the extension of this culse, is a question
right or wrong, of morals and of reli-
gion, as well as politics ; and however it
may be at the South, the Democrat.
party will find that it is not in Ohio that
the pulpit can be silenced, and the press
muzzled, at the dictates of large or
small politicians.
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