Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-12-10
The Union In a Pious Mood.

The editors Of the Ussica. have been. study
ing the Scriptures. After having applied to
the American party epithets, which proper
respect for decency and morality would have
forbid, it has rcsortsd to the "Confession of
Faith" and Constitution of the Presbyterian
Church." to prove that the principles of the
American party are opposed to Christianity.
These divines" have been unfortunate in
their quotations, and by attempting to mis-.
construe the language Of the Presbyterian
Constitution have convicted themselves Of the
charges which have been urged against the
administration party. The Union quotes from
the constitution, as follows:
q Consultation Of tho Presbyferian Church, as
amended, in 1888, from 1921.
III. 1t is lawful for Christians to accept and
execute the Office of magistrate when called
thereunto; in the managing whereof as they
ought especially to maintain piety, justice, and
peace, according to the wholesome laws of Com
monwealth, 30, for that end, they may lawfully,
each now under the New Testament, wage war
upon just and necessary occasions
'llI. Civil magistrates may not assume to them
selves the administration of the word and sacra-
ments; or the power Of the keys Of the kingdom
of heaven or, in the least interfere in matters of
faith. Yet, as nursing fathers, it is the duty Of
civil magistrates to protect the church of our COM
mon Lord without giving the preference to any
denomination of Christians above the rest, in such
q manner that all ecclesiastical persons whatever
shall enjoy the full free, and unquestoned liberty
of dischsrgng every part Of their sacred functions
without violence or danger And as Jesus Christ
has appointed a regular government and disci-
piine IN his church, no lao Of any Common
peaih should interfere Nth, let, or hinder the
due exercise thereof among the voluntary members
of Any denomination of Chrisfians, according to
their opn profession and belief. It is the duty of
civil magistrates to protect the person and good
name Of all their people in such effectual man
as that no person be suffered, either upon rre-
tence of religion infdeiity to offer any indig-
nifty, violence, abuse injury to any other person
whatsoever; and to take order that all religious
and ecclesiastical assemblies be held Without moles-
tation or distur6dnce.'
Who have more bitterly assailed the clergy
than the reverend editors Of the Unionf Who
has mingled politics with religion more than
this administration Who has given prefer
.ence to one denomination of Christians above
the resti Who has more bitterly denounced
and assailed the Americans than the Unions
Who has prosecuted, oppressed, and abused
the Americans moro than this administration
Has not the Union openly proclaimed "war to
the hilt upon American citizensP Has it not
sustained Peter G. Washington in his iniqui-
tous black mail transactions Has 1t not traf.
licked in the institutions Of the country, and
claimed that Americans" had neither claim
nor right to think for themselves, or to differ
with it and its party in regard to political mat
ters2 Who has committed more fragrant yio-
lations Of tho first section Of the Presbyterian
Constitution, as quoted by the Union, than
President Piercef What act of his has been
marked with piety ard justicer Prescription
for opinion, persecution Of American citizens,
and the distribution Of the spoils to mere par
tisans, have been the characteristics Of his adj
ministration, and arc they the principles set
forth in the constitution quotedf We think
not
LAND WARRANTS still dropping down, and
dull at the following rates to-day, December
10, viz:
SOS and zoos 90 cents per acre.
cos and 1905 81
A letter was shown us to-day from dealer
in Now York, who states that he bought large
ly on Saturday at 81 cents for 1905, and % IL
cents for SOS and 1905 and predicts that the
market will fall below 70 cents per acre
The demand West has almost entirely fallen
of, and as the issue is increased, there is moth
ing to hold the market up.
A. H. Simmons, one of the proprietors Of the
Philadelphia Ledger, and also Of the Baltimore
Sun, died in Philadelphia on Saturday evening.
H We win publish tomorrow the letter
of A. J. Donelson, of Tennessee, to tho Ameri-
can meeting recently held at Louisville Ken
lucky.
Governor Winston, Of Alabama, in his late mes
| cage, recommends the calling of convention 10
a "a.