The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-20
From the Providence Post.
MINISTER'S AND PEOPLE.


The interference with the political concerns Of the coun-
go nv ths ministers Of churches in the New England and
bsr northern States Is working Its natural results The
lunches are already feeling It's effects From single
bnreh in this city and that very small one at least nine
filies feeling that they had not only been grossly
ouged BY the continued assaults Of their minister but
,bat his denuneaton OF their political action as BIN
oainst God amounted TO virtual separation OF pastor
and people 50 far as they concerned have quietly
withdrawn At least they decline to listen longer to the
teachings of one who not only mounts the political ros
tum on weekdays but breaches Fremontsm part Of
tho Gospel of Christ on the Sabbath The is true to
e extent of several other churches in city and must
he upposed to be true of nearly all the churches in the
country where political preaching has been INDUCED in
We are by no prepared to condemn this action
the part of the people There nothing insulting or Vo-
lent or see heretica or reprehensble In IT.
II the aymans right stay at home go elsewhere
when his minister gives him to understand that he Is
child of Satan and doomed to perdition unless he will
shout and vote for this that particular candidate for
civil Office and who Grams this down his throat Sabbath
after Sabbath and after sermon, as the bread OF
eternal life He can have reasonable expectation that
to sit patiently under such preaching will work its discon
nuance On the contrary he is bound to suppose that
every hour of presence will be taken endorsement
of the outragefor it is nothing less than outrageand
pledge of future support And although lull in the
political tempest outdoors may be accompanied by mo-
menary dead in the pulpit he has right to pre-
sumo that the pulpit viii not again thunder when the po
itca horizon is again spanned with clouds Thus cir
cumsanced his serespec and his duty to his conscience
alike require him no longer listen TO the teachings Of
his partisan minister but silently and peaceby leave the
babbng politician to just such congregation and just
such church comport with his own instructions.
But because and refuse to hear this that
political priest deliver his harangues it does not follow
that they must abure religion spend their Sabbahs
home There are ministers think, of all denominations
who do not preach politics. and with of the denomina
tons such preaching exceedingly There are clergy
men who would scorn to the political rostrum and
much more carry politics into their pupits With
men who have been driven away from their pews by
partisan harangues the inference certainly will be that
these teachers not wholly united for their work. and
that hither they may come with safety.
1t is not ofcourse our province to advise men with re-
gard to their religious concerns 1t mo duty
as politician preach Unitarianism Methodsm,
any other ISM than it is the duty of any minister
Methodist or Unitarian to preach Fremontsm. We
would do nothing of the kind. But having justified demo
Gratis who members of churches in refusing to listen
the teachings of growing, snarng sandering classifying
priests is privilege to say that they should guard
against imbibing dislike for all preaching and disgust
for religion ITSELF Such the results in France the
time of the revoutona revolution undoubtedly provoked
by interference of the priests with potcs-and such
to some extent will undoubtedly be the result now
Amongst the of thousands outside of the church who
have heretofore listened the teachings of cergymen
the Sabbath-and with some profit unquestionaby-
deity will probably reap rich harvest 1t should be
limited one and by should embrace those who
are capable of perceivng that the evil have complained
OF but excrescence that the tree ia still sound and
that it still bears wholesome fruit
We add, them let the churches and the Sunday schools
where politics are not preached be sought out and LEI
these rather than cold hearted nfdey receive aecession
from the prosecuted This DONE the evil which has beer
SO much deplored by many good men, and against which
have frequently and strongly spoken-perhaps with
POLITICAL perhaps with better motive-w find its cure