The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-07-30
TIe Political CIergy. t,,T

for the clergy. Whether some of them were
ever entitled to that respect ornot is undecided.
But me tied or not there was a time when they
were h9nored with the confidence and respect
Of almost eyeryl oily, 1t was wien they apI ar
emily, at least strove to obey the solemn iniunc-
ton of their master, when he told them to 'go in
! to all the world and preach the gospel Many
Of the clergy of the present day, however pre-
tend to misunderstood the command. They
pretend now to have understood the Savior to
say, go ye into all the world and preach against
the Democratic party in favor of black republi-
can ism" They pretend now to have under
stood him to have commanded them to tell all
manner Of lies against Democrats, and tax their
ingenuity to its utmost tension tocover up the
iniquities ofthe devil. The Savior told them to
preach peace and good will to men. They obey
the command by preaching Sharp's rifles, mtlr-
der and treason. He commanded them to tell
the people to love one another. They obey the
injunction by telling them to shoot one another.
They were commanded to i'preach Christ and
him crucifed,' y instead of which they preach
! Sumner, whose head became sore, from much
humping with big stick, They were CONF
manded always to remain subject to the powers
that be; instead Of which, they preach rebellion
mobocracy, and resistance to the laws of the
land. In short they were told by the Savior to
behave themselves generally before folks; and
they obey the command by cutting up shines
in the pulpit and out of it, that the meanestde-
wills in tophet should be ashamed Of In this
category we do not of course, include all the
clergy, for there are yet many of them who have
not forfeited their claims to honesty and morali-
ty or to the confidence and respect Of the peo-
pie, For two Sundays past we learn that the
clergy ofthis city, with two or three honorable
exceptions, have echoed the stale falsehoods ol
the abolition hustngs. One ofthem we are told
declared in Sermon, on Sunday last, that al
though he relied great deal upon his God, he
relied still more upon Sharp's rifle Even here
it is very evident he. If he has so great
confidence in rifles, why dosn't he follow the
advice he gave to his hearers, take one of these
weapons Of war and 60 with it where they arc
used as ar indispensable requisite to the sports
ofthe day? This same priest during the Mexi.
can war; uttered similar, when he de-
clared in his pulpit that God was on the side oI
the Mexicans and against the Americans. An.
other priest of this city, declared in sermon[?
on Sunday last, that the Democratic party ad.
ntaI e1a A1,1t
declared the Democrats were sold to the Pope
and the Southern stakeholder. And now in the
name Of common sense, isit to hear from the
pulpit such notorious, barefaced outrageous lies
as these that people are urged to attend church
on Sunday2 Isit to pay for the utterance 0
of such ridiculous lbels as these, in the pulpit
every Sunday, the Democrat are importuned tc
Icontribnte their money? Ifso, let the fact bt
known at once and we will guarantee that these
vile colunies are no longer paid for by Demo
Gratis. Now, what do these men expect to ac
complish by such course? Do they expect tc
make votes for the black republican cause; L
it not certain they are sadly mistaken? The
mass of the people are right, and are sorely dis
gusied with black republican stump speaking
in the pulpit. l.'.~ ...s...v p,
That portion Of the people who sometimes
vote with one party and then with another arr
not very partial to preachers, under any circum
stances, and the Black Republican clergy coulG
mot adopt more efectual course to induce
them to vote the Democrat ticket than to preach
: their political tom foolery every Sunday from
the pulpit. That vote--the floating vote, as i
is called will this year be with the Democracy
and nothing has done more to drive it there thar
the course Of the Black Republican clergy
; While such is the fact, the Democrats can hav'
4 no other motive than desire to keep separate
Church and State, and to promote the very bes
interests of the cause of religion, in denouncinl
this meddlesome Interference in politics on tn
partof those who preach murder and Sharpe
4 rifles according to the devils own gospel,--
Quincy (IN) Herald. ,,.- .... ~f-s aj.