Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-08-28
The Pulpit North and South.

The Pulpit North and South.
The True Witness, an old school resbv-
teria paper published in Miss ssippi. has
he following ve.y tri,e remarks on The Jill
ference in preaching Nor,h aad South
Every one WHO looks a, hilss rs jhey
are, mus see tha, there is real difference
in the pulp Norh All South, no. merely
in III manner. u IS, IN he ma ter II
p elcl i. Nonluio !. t.,e South cou |
70 All as ce..r., .l.. !. f. VEN ~
haiti u preaching 's.a- seq 4
AM p3.i...a IL - Il .ic .ty Us.
things aa4 tar "a. -. - - 4. -
parla Il. .;.stinr j., az {" .o, il
y pl f Sou . 4 a.cA. l. w-re
w Id y thy may De ny exP'.t . hra-
be- = ;, G.. Al i. nj lis e. w.o IN ,k :
a Y otter Subject is co $ IN. theme. vii
on tnl himself alone il lie II use 4
God. H. is no; PENN el by pablo san
,iment TO ;ake any &c i've par. in he Ii
teal questions AMI All ions Of the day
He has a higher, holier, ana Il more inn
portant theme and work: one which de-
mands all his time and all his enorsies-
But how different at the North I g min
lister, who. like Beccher, plunges in'o the
whirl Of political excitement out and in the
pulpit giving from the sacred desk only
HON epa hic doses of he gospel, can draw
his thousands. Sectiona, fnaticism seems
to have become a very impoitant clement
in the frozen regions of the Moth, AM the
people who claim to the reli 5ious, calm an /
sober, are now making an exhibi ion OF
themselves, that appears to the rejecting.
sober soulherner, riiiculously foolish and
wicked There are doubtless thousands ol
conservative men at the North, who are
sill guided by reason and common sense.
and there are doubtless many faithful
preachers Of The gospel who have not de-
secrated their pulpiis WI h the sectional
and brain!ess issues of fana les. Yet every
one must admit that there is Il vile diiicr-
once North and Souh in the pulpit We
have yet to hear of The first sermon being
preached any whore in the South on see
tlonalism, the Missouri Compromise, OF
the Nebraska bill. During this whole agi
talon. Wi h the exception of IA f.w polIi
clans who want hobbies, the South has been
Cotlui anu CbnStlN al ~ l)ut NilD CHI Tel
the hundreds of thousands of sermons tha
have been preached on these subjects in til,
North, the resolutions that have been pas
sed, and the appeals that have been mad,
10 If up strife, contention and bitterness.
OF feeling? If there was the same degre.
OF excitement South, that there seems L
be North. the Union could not las. lively
months. AMI we honestly believe tina, onr
great cause of he difference, may be- trace,
TO the pulpit, 1t is time for conservative
men everywhere to demand in The puipi
the gospel of Christ. and nothing else
Let them hear no man, who glories in an,
thing, save the cross.
! EE- Fhe Washing on correspor lent .
!he New York Heroii. 4 r.bi t'r m ,ut p,
per. siyes he us ory 81 me of ne pro
ce.iin5s in Com, . il e.en.'e o IA,
An. ApprnP 500 bill, la will beI a
cor!ia5 - gu ,i,es b, Back .,e
pIDiir.as fw ho.l. ...hs, ~ nj, mth
II i sh.a, i,5i- in m -iy. Va.
mel ,"ti Ie.i..S "a ca work II a. A. 81
...o1t c..,,sc, nus o,.a.. an, whs e.
whose coma Ience .ncy have s. grossly aoa
sed nl gu aged.
T.e "scamps will sc. such 4 skim II III
November that hey won't have hi ie
enough TO ''swvag by"
Here is Tie HeroiFs pen AID ink sketch
Of these rare poiiHJa 6eauttes.
The House broke up i'll Il row at 10 NJ
The Army bill was lost, together with a
number of other bills; The Republicans vo-
ing against extending the session uni
TWO o'clock, and the Democrats all v"tin.
for it.
The lactious proceedings IF the Repub-
lican party to defeat the Army bill creates
great excitement here. Some say thai che
President should take the money and pay
the Army. The Democrats asked for d
continuance OF the session for two hours,
to try and agree upon the Army bill. bui
the Republicans refused it. Many Other
bills were defeated by this action.
The defeat of the Army bill blocks up
about Sl3,O00,OO0. Many leading Dem
ocrats are opposed to an extra session,
wishing the issue TO 60 TO the country, es-
pecially as a majority of the House. this
morning, voted 10 rccede from the Kansas
amendment. and it was defeated only by
the tactious opposition of the Freesoilers
on a motion TO suspend the rules. which
required two-third vote to carry
Many Northern men already express
their regrets at the ficiious proceedings to-
du
The President has called an extra SEES
sion of both Houses, to meet on Thursday
ut IL o clock.
Alter an angry discussion in the Cabi-
net, during which Campbell and Gushing
became very much excited the President de
termined there should be an extra session
and at once issued his proclamation to tina
effect Tor next Thursday.
The extra session was brought about b,
the efforts of jeff. Davis. who declared h,
could not keep the army togethe. without
the appropriations. The other members