The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-10-16
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The Presbyterian Church.

We find the following in the Spartanburg
Express from which it has been extensively
extracted in the newspapers. The vindca'on
which it contains must be entirely satisfactory
10 every candid and unbiased mind, and the
insertion of it is but an act Of justice to one OF
the leading denominations i" our land, de
nomination remarkable for its intelligence, for
its uniform love Of free government, (eminently
dispayed in the American Revolution.) and.
mt the same time. for its total exemption from
imper,inent interference With party p" itics. We
have heard it often observed and we think just
", that such thing as Presbyterans uniting
rs body, in party elections has never been
known in this country. lhey c"niine them.
selves; as a church, to their appropriate pro.
vince of matters spiritual. Why, then should
they be arraigned betore the public! When
they are thus arraignej, the following article
shows how able they are. by n fair exhibition
of facts to defend themselves. The calm and
dispassionate tone of Mr. Baird's remarks is
admirable:
The Politicians aud the Churches.
We "heap your dust on quick and dead"
SHAKESPEARE.
Hon. L. If. Eeiu, Orangeburg, S. c.
Sir: The maintenance Of the cause Of truth
and righteousness frequently imposes on men
UNPLEASANT duties. The application Of this fact
to the case before me will now state:
In comomon with thousands OF delighted
citizens, had the pleasure of listening to the
addresses delivered at the complimentary din
ner given recently in this village to Col. Orr,
the worthy Representative ofthis Congressional
District: When, that day, took the position
ofhesring nothing could havd been farther from
nv mind than the duty which now devolves
upon me-that of calling your attention, and
that of the public, to certain statements made
in your speech. Had you confined yourself
to politics proper or, as an episode had you
been content with the humane act OF interring
decen,y the remains OF the supposed defunct
Know Nothing organization, you never should
have heard from me. With matters of that
serti have nothing to do. IN the language,
however, Of the "deathess Shakespeare" aud
| quote, from him as compliment to yourself
and your honored compeers, tor noticed that
several ofyou drew largely from his rich treas
pres-in his languages ! say, ye heap your
dust on quick and dead" In other words, your
statement respecting the Presbyte'ian and the
Episcopal Churches, as regarded their alleged
connection with abolitionism, although wholly
without intention on your part to DO them
injustice or injury, consigned their now strong
and compact organizations to speedy dissqln:
ton if not an infamous grave.
You will not understand me- to deny either
tho right or the proprety ofleferring publicly to
the Church in any Of its aspects conditions or
BEARINGS even in political speeches, 1t was
your ris sht. The Church also plants herself
boldly before the world and invites-ard chal.
lenpes-nvestigation Of her character her con.
ditlon and her works. What | regret is that
YOU had not informed yourself more fully Of
the facts in relation to the Churches Of which
you spoke. And what complain OF is that your
Statements uncorrected, place those Churches
i, a false lish. before the world and thus d.
Them great Injustice and injury.
IN support Of your argument in favor Of .
sobtbetn Organization, you pronounced the
SH3lor rlfihss Of (to population por' q 'AAs