The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-03-05
Irreligion-P olitical Sermons
Again,


took the liberty to quote the declaration Of
minister Of the Gospel. that there "were
more backslidsrs upo9 the Western Reserve
than could be found 10 the same extent OF
territory and population, any where else
under the sun" Upon this we predicated
few remarks, asserting. in substance, that
the main reason OF this was, that there was
more politico-religious sermonizing here 10
the pulpit than elsewhere. and also more /
"higher law" Abolilionists ami In6dels.- |
We did not elaborate the idea, but it did
no: require any study to perceive, that the |
inference we wiehed to have drawn, was
that higher laE Abolitionism was fruitful
source of Inf lelity aud irreligion. In this
opinion we believe we are sustained by evi
dence derivable from the acts and declara-
ations of the Abolition party. We can show
, that they war against the Christian Church
!. ridicule its doctrines. and labor to under
mine its prosperity, and if possible, secure
its overthrow. To begin with we give the
following extract from the late Massachu
, setts anti Slavery Society:
"The lapse Of time" says the Board of
Managers, "and the progress of events.
have but served to confirm our deliberate
u and oft recorded opinion that the only exc
e dus for the slave from his bondage-the on.
e ly redemption Of ourselves from our guilty
r participation in it, lies over the ruin of the
= American States and American Church.
o The work which the A
), mercap Abolitionists have undertaken, is
no light one. They aim at nothing less
s than reformation of religion, and revo-
luton in the government OF the country"
The above extract reveals che true char
acter of Abolitionsm. 1t is the same every
= where. In some localities policy prevents
4 its supporters from making bold svowal Of
: their true sentiments. yet the will is at all
> times the same.
From large number Of individual case s
- we quote the career of the late Jose phi Bar
ker. a leading Aboltionist, who came from
n England to this country to teach politics "
10 the American people. From an obt'
"A uary published in an Ell slish paper
- and re published by neighboriny co!em-
porary, we learn that he died suddenly, last
- fall, in Philadelphia, after having addressed
=, an 'antislavery meeting in that city.
The article alluded to, says that Barker
was brought up under religious inda-nces,
and early attached himself to the Mstho'
dist body, and soon became prominen
minister in that Church, because of his zeal
lrs
eloquence and industry. Bat not satisfied
: with polemics, he allowed him 'eIf to b.
drawn into politics, and preached exrem
~ radicalism. He not long after became
waverer, and finally avowed himself an o
pen enemy of Christ. He exsrted his pow
- ers with as much zeal against his old fren,
. as ever he did for them; travelled out
- his way to attack Christianity, and pro
nounced the whole system deiusion.
=, But we are not The only one who has d
~ - red to inveigh against the irreli5loas ten
denotes OF Aboiitionism. In the New Yol
ant u. go l. ssr !
: ~ 3 Christian Observer, a Pregby eran pape
we find the following:
We believe that Abolitionism and all Il
e"' various Other isms and schemes for the re
moi form Of she great evils OF society on o'ht
Who than Bible principles, will prove not on
,ted a miserable failure. but an awful curse
the communities which cherish them. II
~ ~; projectors Of these schemes, ignore the IA
Ahe OF man and its consequences; they deny t
rom right of God to visit the iniquities Of t
}, OF fathers upon the children; they maints
and. the inherent injustice Of al (nativs inequa
: of ties in the condition of men: they call up,
every man to seat himself proudly on
lo"' throne, and to demand Of God an acknov
Ma edgement of his equal right to rule; III
ma encourage men placed in subordinate st
v.r. tions in society to murmer at their lot
~ envy and hate, aud violate the obgatio
-""' which God imposes on tn m in their re-
rely tons to their fellow man; they propose
no. reform the world, not by beginning wi
rary individuals, and advancing step oy step
sin, vi All are ieiofneu' ou' y 'ons WIZ
wards; they love to manifest their yirtl
by publicly rebuking the sins Of others
the ther than by confessing and repenting
oual their own; they are impatient of all de-
sem and all compromise in the work OF refor
~, demanding the instant and utter abolition
:, ra- all great systems to which great evils I
Lon incident.
lone, 1t must be obvious to observing mt
petit that the principles TO which we have rel
ane red have been spreading for several ye
,,orn among the people in some large sections
''''H our country; that they have caused the
more vision Of our largest ecclesiastical bodi
Pre- that they are beginning to undermine
great institutions for the spread of the &
pei among the destitute at home and abrt
duee that they are sowing the seeds of in6de
n at ard irreligion in districts formerly dis
tNe gushed for their morality and orthodo.
and that after weakening, one by one,
the bonds political, commercial, social I
and religious. which unite the different part'
our land to each other. they now serlou
i"'e'' threaten the severance Of that Union VII
ather is the glory Of our country and the hope
mankind Union of the American Sta
a.. There is much in the last paragraph ab
few quoted, that is peculiarly applicable to
region. We hope the reader will cons
it dispassionately and test it by the I
within his reach. We trust, too, that