Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-11-22

Ivadlng-0rce, by obtaining posasSsiol
of Cuba, could use it as a sortio
l5uuq' ID the mouth of the sIississip
pi, anu block upall our western com
merce, and at the same time it wenle
furnish them With a convenient place
Ifor winter-quarters. And even II Il
Liz true that we are to conquer, yei
we have to fight, aud to employ al
necessary means; and if Cuba would
furnish US with military defence
we ought to have it. Let US force
Russia back to her hyperbOreaa re-
! gions for winter quarters.
But we now pass to our last prop
osition:
4. That the exclusion Of Catholics
from office would be anti-ohrlstian
and impolitic.
We have now TO argue with a re-
| iligious prejudice, inspired with q
conTiction that "scs hare On unsettled
account sgih Pope,y,e and that hay
ing the power, now il. the time to
settle the account by prescribing
Catholics at the ballot-box. Suppose
Popery has bleached the mountains
of Piedmont with the bones OF
Slaughtered saints {" It's horrible
to be sure; and human Revenge cries,
"H as an unsettled aceonnt!" The JUS
tice of God cries, " Vengeance IS mlHe!!
Christianity, with Divine Charity;
cries from the cross, Father, forgive!
Christianity could not long exist
with such a running sore as revenge
upon its body. Without it is cut
out at once, like . chronic cancer, Its
roots will strike to the vitals.
Then let US coma with calfnness
and dispassion, and inquire, What is
the great mission of Christianity?
De not nearly all the Protestant
Churches rlaim TO be marching, like
a great army, in different divisions,
to overrun all the Pagan, Papal, and
Mobammedau nations Of the earth,
aud bring them under the dominion
Of gospel truth? Do they not
all profess to be waiting to see the
day when the world shall be lit up
with the splendors of millennial glory,
aud when r c
s"Peace, with her olive crown, shall stretch
Her wings from shore to shoreF M
None will deny that Protestant Chris
tianity seeks to build her grandeur
upon the world redemption. Then,
what means are to be used for the
accomplishment of this wonderful
work? The auswer is at hand: $50
ye. into all the acOrld and preach the
gospel to epsry creature Then
preaching, teaching, persuadlng--not
force nor oercion--are the means to
be- employed. And to show the
entire spirituality of the Christian
mission, and its independence OF all
political or civil agencies for success,
We have the, command, ''Provide
neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in
your purses; nor scrip for your jour
ney, neither two coats; for the work.
man isworlhy Of his hire Then, to
show the line Of policyto be pursued,
we have this rule laid down: "Behold,'
I send YOU forth as sheep in the midst
of wolves: be We therefore wise as
serpents, and harmless as 4 doves :
As the sheep would suffer by stirring
ND a fiisseDsion with the ,WolSes, SO
the Churches would suffer by mixing
in the conflicts of political warfare.
AS serpeuts would not leave their
hedges, to have their heads bruised
by an enemg, so the Churches should
not depart from the spirituality OF
their charters, to invoke pioWS 1i'n'
the secular arm. i E.
We have already shown that the ex.
clusion Of Catholics from Office would
be religious intolerance, and we have
now shown that the mission Of the
Church is entirely spiritual; hence
| it will follow, that, if religious intol-
erance is departure from that spIr.
iituality, it would be antichristian, and
our position would be established.
To close up this point, We will read
! you from an sqnquestiOned authority;
l"Nothing is more abhoTrent from the
I1emiss Of The Christian religion than
an intoierant spirit, or an intolerant
! Church "IE has inspired its vota-
ries with a savage ferocity; has plum
ged the fatal digger into innocent
blood; depopulated towns and king
.doms, oyerthrewn states spd empires
land brought down the vengeance Q
lIIoayan rnon a oniIfv world. Ihl