Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-05-04
" Mitigating and Embarrassing Cir.
cumstances.'

the recent Article in the Argus on the
Z" Gospel Ministry" nys
% Tho Daily Argus Of the llth inst, has
an cy-rllen, article upon the snhi"ct Of the
e Gospel Ministry though there may D.
some mitigating and embarrassing olrcum-
stances, not taken into the account hy The
writer. hy which sumc arr driven IN the No.
cr-sity of abandoning in Part at least the
pursuit or their sincrra choice. w
Aud in speaking Of thcdemocraiic Repub,
lican party, which that sheet and It's coad-
tutors publicly deserted a, it, origin, it con-
tiuucs
. " These are the modern wings at the head
Uf the loEu, republican party, always over
ardent aud lcllous, who's great ohrct is "a
DESTROY the democracy Of the State AMI
Union. In pursui' of this Object. they
s5ruplc not o. appeal Q, religion ana phi.
l,nihrpry. o. furnishing motives or s,iTnu-
lstiug men a. warr n morn furious war
against dcinocmrv. This j. tho attitude In
which they stand, and We shall $40 whether
this effort on the part It ,hc fnsi1nists {,
da. religion down. viii not share The iHtr
of their former efforts % |cw'r whirrvry
upon the ruin, of The roTut,iran party
This will NJ cours, excite .uilc among
the true rcpuhlican, Of oxford County,
where ola fusi"ui.m coumruccd Every
man acquainted with ne current history or
orr lr,al politics, can readily understand
why that sheet h-.erthc, for q" mitigating
circumstances. d" especially when the Argus
a'13rilHy W vr~,n7c'g hrusbc- the fur II
one vt hi. reverend political brother, tho
wrong WAY, and describe him among other.
.a truly, %, the " mot noisy, foul MOUTH
cl, uu~rnrulnu, rIutor.' Il /. quito
natural that the Argus, after 'rsadius upon
90" oorns ~ ono of Do. reverend ASSISTANT.
should, ly way of apulngy, put into thc
cl.r thg " mitigating and cs..asrl--.a- ,.s-
rumsuuos'
Tho true republican rariy i. here called
thg &c ho-u, rcpuhIi0u party, its o',rc''
arr represented to b. opposed 90 true "pr-
muDr,cy. and II j. further ari that the
m.1nI.t. arr ugac>l Co. yT'rt. 90 drag
religion down" Whtiu,oui.,cucy, what
hypocrisy {. this In ihis last paragraph
o. r, ASSUMED that thc party which the Nor.
.wly Advertiser oTp"-,. D. bogus l. OPP
po-r,l % true rrpuhliu1i.m, aud is trying
to drag religion down" The }, uum.,i-
ratsl. uucm'Arra,sad anl stDll as,umr-
ton Md who I, j, dat say' OIL thl. ?
''taFs &C. o. - n.-.s. 3D. &C. ...1ssaI tf.a
platform 81 the democratic republican party
which las ahandlnci IT, principle
which has tr,ach,rouIy deserted 10, stand
ard l-arrr. and found H.. blghc., pleasure
ia a., service ar the whis party. II souud.
strangely DESCENDANT % hear such an organ
call ia. oppouen,s-,hc friends or true de-
mogracy and rcpuhlicani.m-.uch name, ,
and tell the community that those who ar
in f,,pr OF frc,lom, order aud religious ,oI.
Grafton, arr trying 70 drag religion
down"
We would ike to ask the people Of OK
fond County, what, IN their opinion, ha,
had o tendency IN drag " religion down 2'
We would Ike TO ask them, whether tho,
men and minister. via, have advocated the
doctrine, IT temperance, order and law
who have lahorci heartily, seriously and .o-
hrr.y. t,frnoyc the evil, Of iutymIrnn,c.
who maintain, both by prcccpt and exam
pie, the principles Of equality Of rights, are
dragging religion down? Ia ,hcir -pbsr
Judgment can the people say that such men
ar U.sirs religion down" But j. il
not another c'.,, that j. drs-.iu. religion
DOWN. j. 10 not that class, who like un-
.crupulou. mnter-,' constantly violate the
law, OF dccgnyy, and III, measures and prin-
cipls, Ut ,ruc party Lit not tLat class
who preach sermons from such text. as the
following
a." Mud thou shalt ho,tUv that money Tor
whlt,,sy,r thy soul iustrth after, for oxen,
~ for sheen, or for win" ur Tor strong drink,
~ for whatsoever thy ,,ul i -ircth,"
And then constituting il literally, without
regard TO the plainc.t principle, Of monli-
~. teaching that such command. must be
literally followed, cr tho>c who refuse will
violate the law Of GOd, aud will receive the
-r,cr~t punishment aud teaching farther,
that il any elias of men would restrain the
lr,- cNcrci., Of all the,e prcccpts, the men
composing it belonged to the " Suns %, H.
llcl, ''--is It not ,uch a cla-s that drag
sc religion down.
The people OF oxford County are comPos-
ed of men Of sen-e and they have practi-
cally answered all the-c questions, without
any =" embarrassing circumstances. The
pastors of their churches, almost without
exception, an men Of holy life, devoted to
the Christian religion, and TO the doctrines
ct peace, charity, love and temperance.
They arr men who, without making any
one moral prccept hobby, have faithfully
discharged all their dutie' tn their fellow
men. And il isa gratifying circumstance
to know that those who have not preached
and acted upon the-a principles hut have
been a" foul mouthcd, unscrupulous rant
crs, -" have found their services fully appr-
ciatcd aud been allowed to rant, threaten,
60 or call names, al libitum, without very
largc, very frequent, very profitable, or very
profisd audiences.
TnE MAINE Law n CASADA. The Mayor
is in receipt ola Geographic despatch from
Montreal, which Announces that the Maine
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