Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-11-07

Necessary to a choice lac.
California, 4; Texas 4 and Florids, 3, re.
main to be heard from.
We see no reason to fuppose that either of
them will fail to give Democratic majority.
However their votes cannot change tho now
fixed fact of the election of Buchanan and
Breckinridge to be the next President and
Vice President Of the United States.
P. S.-The dispatch from Senator Jones
published under our Iowa head, renders til at
State at least doubtful, though as yet we pre-
fer to foot up in the Republican column.
Virginia-Election Of Congressman.-A
dis patch from Richmond, dated Oct. 6, says
that Mr.. Garnett, Democrat, is certainly elect
ed in the First Congressional district of Vir.
gir.is, to supply the vacancy occssioned by the
death of Judge Bayly.
The Enemies Of Christianity We regard
clsrsymen of any denomination who take ac-
tive part in politics as the worst enemies of
the cause they might under other circum-
STANCES be expected to have most at heart
It is bad enough for the future Of real chris.
tianify in this country to find them spouting
politics from the stump, but to hear them
| belaaing forth notorious falsehoods, ribald
wit and virulent uncharitableness from the
| sacred desk. as is so extensively in fashion Of
late az the North, is destined to tell most dsas.
| trously for the cause Of true christianity in
our land. 1t is not wonderful that the evan.
| gelicsl churches Of Massachusetts, at this mo-
ment contain fewer members than ten years
ago, notwithstanding the increase in that time
Of the population of the st te, the immense
amount of morey of late years :pent in behalf
of the churches aforesaid, DC. The secret is
that too many have come to judge of the char
acter of the cause in which such clergymsn
are nomisally engaged by It's practical in.
fuence OH their own walk in life.
The N asses are prone to believe that if
preachers of the gospel fail to follow the ex-
ample of the meek and lowly Jesus who taught
universal love and charity of sentiments for
all mankind, there is not 1.-THE as much in
christianity a., its teachers profess. That they
should judge Of religion by its practical effect
on its ministers is very natural The fact is,
that one preacher politician does more ipJary
to the cause Of vital christianity that twenty
reputable and sincerely christian teachers OF
the word Of God can undo. When the first
Constitution of the State Of New York was
formed, in order to do as much as possible in
its formation for true christianity the follow
ing clause was inserted:
"And whereas the n,tnsstsrs of the Gospsl
are, by their professions, dedicated to the SER
Uice of God and the cure of souls, and ought
not t. be diverted from the great duties of
Hstr functtons,
"Therefore, no minister of the Gospel or
priest Of any Denomination whatever. shall
at any time hereafter, under any pretence or
description whatever, BE- eligible TO or capable
of holding any civil or military Office or place
within the State 4"
In 1921, when that constitution was revised
and amended the same clause was perpstu.
ated, word for word.
These reflections are superinduced by the
recent publication Of the disgusting political
efforts of clergymen at the North, delivered
on the stump and from the (nominally) sacred
desk. Thus we perceive that an Elder (par-
sony Swan, Of New London, Connecticut, said
the other evening in lecture
81 want q telegraph wire to He'll, and I
| want TO send dispatch and tell Judas4sca-
not to move one side and make room. for
Franklin Pierce"
This reverend gentleman is a fair match
for the Rev. Riaemsn Beecher (whose race,
thank Providence, is nearly ruu, il all decent
people at the North are not preparing to turn
atheistical ,dsridsrs: Of all things heretofore
held sacredo who, in poiitiealspsech, talked
NOT long since about giving the friends Of 3D.
ehanan /" through tickets to, where Elder
Swan desires 10 consign the, President Of tho
United Slater. Last Sundays brayiBg fool,
ca led the Rev. Henry w.. Bellows, prsached
In "'An Soulspa church, New GYork City
called by the scofsrs, made such by such pros.
tirton Of the Iniph ,!Se a:'Haly Zsbra"-7-a
political sermon, which We nnd in tho Tn
L. - A. III