The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-01
TUE DAILY DISPATCH
ssl;s.sssisy MersinG, April I. 1850.
The Church Militant.

The Church mftftants
tn. New York Times advocates the course OF
.,. sharp's rife men Of the pulpit II hoids up
cromvei and Praise God Barebones a. moael
men In this trying period. 1t maintains ina. .ne
.p,rit of these men needs to be reyiveo. ing
Times 10 more sneaking and subtle ou' no' 's.'
malignant and ferocious, than the Trioune' It's
.d;tor seems to be actuated by spite fatner 'han
principle. We can imagine that some eou'nern
Gentleman has had occasion to reprove ms impef'
,.nence In . manner which he was as incapable oil
torgiving afterwards of resensing at the time
rhs Southern public ought TO bear in mind that
che editor of this New York Times, who Is
,.,,;ng on the back these Northern fanatics
Who are ,hirsng for the blood Of the South is also
The editor of Harpers Magazine, q periodical
which Is extensively taken in the Southern States
II they choose after knowledge Of this fact to en-
courage magazine conducted by man who is Al
alder aud abettor Of abolition murderers ana as
.sassins they deserve all the kicks and CUTS ne may
give them in the columns Of the Times 'iA doohis
day.
A To Cromwell and others of that fanatic crew.
Il NAV at least be said of them tnat they were
ready To sustain their actions by their WORDS ana
that In pout Of fact. their actions went hrst ana
their words followed Just the reverse Is the case
with tho "Riie and Bible" men OF the North
The ,,or1s of Beesher, of the Tribune and the
rirss are full of gunpowder and gore, but these
lions of the pulpit and the press are lambs IN pri
v..e life The Tribune daily labors to invoiTe the
country In all the horrors of civil and serve war
bu. when the man who has no scruples about set
ting North ani South by the ears, and deuging
the whole land in fraternal blood comes in per
sorsI contact with one of the border ruffians he
ouaiIs and whines like a whipped cur. Beecher,
after assailing John Mitchell with the most intern
perate violence dreading the retort which the cut
ting pen of the brilliant Irshman had in store for
him. caused himself to be introduced to MITCHELL
and spent nearly an hour and half with him, en-
deayoring to concliate aid disarm his formidable
opponent. The trick was of no avail, however,
and Mitchell shortly after wrote that memorable
reply, in which every lick OF his scorpion lash
drew blood Why don't Beecher and the Times,
instead of buying rifles, shoulder them, and march
themselves to Kansas, to grapple with the border
ruffiansl That W ould be the Cromwell style. At
present. they are but pusillanimous instigators of
crimes which they have the disposition, but not
the nerve, to perpetrate. They may commit
wretched puns upon such names as "Killam," and
laugh with ferocious pleasantly over the idea of
Strengthening their fellow men, but this does not
make them heroes,-not even Cromwells,- only
murderers east in the same mould with the
wretches who are annually swung off at New
gate and whose blacklist deeds of darkness, Beech
er, Raymond g. Co. would have committed long
ago if they had been exposed to the same tempta-
TONS and were as courageous as they are de-
Dravad