Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-07-11


fully received by VOTER.
I The "EsrABLIsHED" CHURCH IN ENGLAND.-Either
1--WE underrate the patience of the country, or the
Established Church overrates it. While every gov
ornamental organization may be said to tremble in
anticipation of overhauling---retrench its AFRO
gance and mitigate the offenSvenesS of its preten-
sons-whe every other religious ministry devotes
its best energies and employs its persuasive arts
to conclate the good will of the masses, and there
by conduce to their moral wefare-the State Church
the Church whose claim to be deemed the Peo-
pies Church is the most effective in securing its to-
Grafton as establishment, the Church that is en-
dowed with wealth such other Church through
out the entire world possesses in any corresponding
degree must advance its most offensive claims, and
outrage humanity, and sense, by the prosecution of
industrious individuals for the recovery of amounts
too small to be refused save for conscience sake
Does the establishment think this is to be permitted
to go on?
just let readers take the following case an
illustration of what 1t is by means
the only one, the worst we have heard of during
the last year; but it is the latest that has be-
fore us, and on that account we have selected it.
The scene is in Cornwall the victim, a cottager;
the sum sought ffteenpence; and the claim, church
rates. Now, the face of it, a claim for church
poor cottager has ugly look with it not
at all consonant with the obligations of National
Church. but an attempt to enforce such claim,
when the money, whether owing to conscientious
scrupes to poverty, is not forthcoming is really
shocking; every religious feeling is outraged by it,
and yet such an attempt at enforcement took place
in this instance. The church warden got two mag
istrates to issue warrant of distress the
SAINT cottager Tor ffteenpence; and let the reader
mark it-ten shillings more for the church warden
as his reasonable costs and charges. The warrant
was executed the goods valued at thirty five shil-
lings, seized, carried off and Sold The account
then
Rate Is. Sd.
Churchwarden's costs 1Os 3D.
Constable's charges rs. Cd.
Total lbs. Cd.
Goods sold for 1Ss. Cd.
Deficiency o. Cd.
Thrty-fve shillings worth of goods seized and
sold for unrghteous claim of fifteenpence-and
Mother Church gains sixpence, and the victim is
still nnepence in debt. We don't mean to say any,
thing against the churchwarden. No doubt he fol-
lowed the dictates of elevated nature-far re,
moved from pity, or any other little weakness Of
humanity, or had never old coat in his wardrobe
to pawn for the occasion
But we really have something to say to the Bench
of Bishops. We would ask their Right Reverend
Lordships if this is quite the sort of thing the toll
Grafton of which add dignity to the lawn and
stability to the establishment? Passing hopelessly
from them, would appeal on higher consdera-
tons to good men of all creeds and SAYS it not
your duty to put stop to such proceedings-pro-
ceedings that sap all respect for religion in the minds
convert what should be a powerful engine of NOR
atty into deadly and wide spread snare? Thirty
five shillings worth of goods seized and sold for a
rate of fifteen pence, and the poor cottager whose
modest dwelling has been gutted still Cd. in debt.
fatality surely attends the establishment.
london San.
USE CoPPERAs-The papers are everywhere urg-
ing the free of copperas disinf ectng agent
1t is cheap article, costing only three cents per