The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-26
From ms Pennsylvania.
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PULPIT RREvgRENoE
aT4s HIND Of God VisiJle in ffsaonfs Nomination"
Ii Is upon this audaeous and ireyerent theme that the
New York independent newspaper, says Greeley
Quoted by the Rec DR. Bacon the Rec Dr. Stors, the Rec
Dr. Cheeyer the Rs0 DR.. Leavirt and the REL. Henry
Ward Beeeherp breaches editorial sermon The claim
set up in this theme ITSELF but the gross false
hoods and reckless assumptions of the article exhibit
low standard of clerical yeraey and theological respect
for the opinions OF free and Christian people that
lnnot pass them by few Of the phrases In this produe
ton of newspaper with less than i've clergynen at its
helm viii show how just this observation is present
a specimen:
If the election in November shall result well
pursuaded that It will in placing him in the chair Of the
President of these United States then compelled to
say that in one instance IN all the history OF our ma
ton since the freight Of the May was landed at
Plymouth will the guiding and governing mind Of God,
nterposing for protection, have been mere clearly
shown than in raising him up TO meet this crisis"
who believes this2 What voter, unless he is bnder
than mole or more stupid than bbering monkey viii
not laugh at this invocation OF Divine Prov
dence over such nomination that OF Fremont for Pres
dent? We are asked believe that God has aided
ect as candidate almost conessedly and certainly
VIGOROUSLY unequal TO the high duties for which he has
been forced TO become aspirant then that God ap-
proved the overthrow of intellect and pety and learning
to make way for this candidate at last that God
sanctions the putting forward Of for the post Of
President of the United States who 10 only candidate in
portion of these Stas and whose success would be the
end OF all confidence and all intercourse between the
bers Of this confederacy The Of the Most High has
often been addressed and invoked by basphemcrs and
in6dels but it is thing when, almost from the pull
pit itself clergymen insult the majesty and the purity
Of the inscruabe God by seeking to drag them down
disqualification for political prostitution, national desola
tion and civil war But these reverend libeers and fall
sifer5 60
They say that Fremont possesses extraordinary executive
| and administrative powers."
The best way to illustrate scandaousy false assertion
like this remind the reader that Fremont yet has
exhibited any element of the talent attributed to him.
He was stupid silent member of the Senate when he
voted with South Carolina and when he regarded
of the least possible Importance Was it Extraordinary
executive and administrative power" that led him to keep
out of the battlefield in California; Or is this npudent
arrogant assumption to be made good by the exposure
Of his fraudulent and his reckless speculaon?
without political idea, who has had abundant OPP
porunity the highest political body earth show
il he had one to be held up possessing extraordinary
executive and administrative powersp We wonder that
the clerical abricator who could utter such counterfeit
coin did not feel singing compunction that he in
dting brazen sehood when he wrote this sentence and
flung away the pen that answered to his wicked hearth
| But let us go on. These five preachers say:
"Wh him in the presidential chair the last threat Of
disunion will speedily and forever be silenced In the
SouthP
And how by the triumph OF the sandererS OF their
departed and heroes BY the Civilizations Of the
foes of the constitution? BY the defiant tones of joy Of
such fanatics Gddings who wants to the South in
flames and Garrison who ISL Fremonts election will
dissolve the Union2 Or is ii by the humiliation of all
confidence between the North and the South2 By The
erection at Washington northern abolition despotsm2
We read such sentiment have quoted, in face of
such evils have depicted plying the shameless dis
positions of those who could stain their profession and
/ their souls.
But finally, observe the closing and monstrous Of
all these falsehoods
at is somewhat curious to notice the striking cores
pondence between the history of this young republican
captain and that Of him whom fathers took their
leader in the first great struggle for liberty this con
nent."
There is but reply necessary to this double insult
and irreverence Washingtons ,cords to his country
protest ogdinst vey sectional geographical
party Of uhieh Fremont made The head and which, for the
FIRST time in the history of this country now threatens to
enguph liberties and divide this heritage of free
dom to all the liberal and oppressed nations into factions
and fragments controlled by the worst passions and
ring in deadly hate against each oher To continue the
contrast would be TO dshonor the sacred and immortal
dead, and to outrage their patriotic and grateful pos
/ terity
We appeal TO the Christian sentiment against the spec
tacle of cergymen abricang and circulating such
rency Of alsehood and shame this We appeal to the
good of the Church every where pause before they
assist by initiating such shameless example We appeal
to every just honorable and decent instinct against this
most dscreditable and humiliatng attempt to invoke
Gods name for treason and rickery-as JUS
fcaton for revolution and bloodshed Five preachers
may unite to circulate base and brazen lie but they shall
not insult liberty and religion at the same time