The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-26
From the Providence Or. ~ Post.
THE POLITICAL PRIESTSl


Every city and almost every large town in New England
has its political priests They msn who love dstnc
ton and who cannot obtain 1t by preaching the Gospel
So they join hands with indes and sprualsts and feed
their ocks with denunciaons of democracy and abuse of
the government to which they indebted than to
their own good behavior for protection. With remarka
BILE unanmity they fighting men, They want to see
civil war and are therefore loud in their praises of Sharpe
rifles and bowieknves We will give specimens of the
ligion of this class of them.
In the Pttsburg convention, few months ago, the Rev.
Mr.. Brewster said:
aHe for one was in favor of using firearms and fight
ing for freedom in Kansas
The Rev. Mr. Chandler said:
He believed that Sharpe's rifles the best peace
makers there danger too many OF them would be
introduced into Kansas
The Rev. Mr.. Lovejoy said
aHe was willing to go either captain or private
He would Sharpe's rifles and fire Nth good aim"
In the North Church. soon after the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher said:
"Ihod TO be everlasting disgrace TO shoot at man
and not hit himf
ale thought the people should rise at in their might
and, by such revolution never before heard Of
svesp The nyridoms Of corrupt oligarehy from poUr BY
the strong arm Of physical riosnca'
At a Kansas meeting recently held in Boston, the Rev
Il. James, of Worcester, said
There had been plenty OF meetings and resolutions In
favor of freedom TIE best poy Woud be 10 the resot
ton doun pih popder and ball upon The top eft For his
part he was ready suffer- 60 into the jaws of martyr
dom to save Kansas and his country He knew not but
that before this question settled the might roll
in blood but he was ready TO enter the breach"
Much more Of the reasonable sort might quote
and perhaps may quote find for 1t hereafter
This however, will show the religious mood Of these po
lidcsl preachers
But our readers should get the impression that the
H. a.. Er..t l.
the time Of jefferson the class Of hypocrites
quite as deep in the political mres they and
during the Of 1912 they fairly foamed at the mouth
with pious indignation We will give few sentences from
some OF the most patriotic OF their sermons
April I, 1914 the Rev. Elijah Parish, D. D., of Byfeld,
said
How will the supporters of , anti CAri,tion warfare
endure their sentence-endure their own rehectons-en-
durc the fire that foreper burnse which ds-
the hosannas Of Heaven--WH IBE TIE SMOKE OF THEIR
TORRENTS AsCRNDs FOR EVER AND EVER"
The Rev David osgood, pastor Of the church at Med
ford, in a discourse delivered June ~, 1912, said:
f at the command of weak or wicked rulers they uu-
dertake unjust war; each who volunteers his
ices in such cause loans his money for its support
by his conversation his writings any other mode OF
influence encourages its prosecution, that man Is
complete in the wickednes loads his conscience with the
blacklist crimes brings the guilt Of blood upon his soul
and, IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND HIS LAW, is A
MURDERER"
The Rev J. s. J. Gardner Of Boston, in discourse de-
livered July % 1912, said
IN Is war unerdnpied in the history Of The World; wan
ony proclaimed the most Frivolous and groHndless pre-
tenees against nation from whose friendship might
derive the signal advantages and from whose hos
ty we have dread the most tremendous losses
And again in the same sermon:
aTuE UNION HAS BEEN LONG SINCE VIRTUALLY
DISSOLVED; AND 1T is FULL TIME THAT THIS
PART OF THE DISUNITED STATES SHOULD TAKE
CARE OF ITSELF 80 49, - : s.ee
This will show that political preaching nothing
And we may add that IL is nothing to be frightened at
The American Union and the democratic party have
vives It, and will survive II while there spark Of pa
rotsm in the breasts Of the American people But Of po
ltca preaching and political preachers how bet
speak than In the language Of that greatest OF English
statesmen and modern philosophers Edmund Burke2 The
following bis words:
"Polics and the pulpit terms that have little agree
ment No sound ought to be heard in the church but
the voice OF healing charity The Of civil liberty
and civil government gains little that Of religion by
the confusion of duties Those who quit their proper
character what does not belong to them are
the greater part ignorant both of the character they
leave and the character they Wholly unacquan
ed with the world 10 which they fond Of meddlinr
and inexperienced in all Its affairs which they pro-
nounce with so much confidence, they know nothing Of
politics but the passion they excite Surely the church s
place where days truce ought to be allowed TO the
discussions and animosities Of mankind ..