The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-25
ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN SONGS OF THE BLACK
REPUBLICANS.

In late issue of the Boston Atlas find two columns
of the choicest campaign songs of the black republicans
One of these lyrical compositions commences with
There's good time coming, boys,
A good time coming
Hateful rivaries of creed
Shall not make their martyrs bleed
In the good time coming.
Religion shall be shorn of pride,
The breach be closed now opened wide,
And conscience be the only guide
Wait till next November.
Haefu rvalries Of creedP This sentiment may be in
keeping with the practices of who playing Catholic
and Protestant the votes of all but it
comes with an ill grace from the black republicans who
are now earnestly striving to effect fusion with party
which makes religion one of the tests for Office.
aReligion shall be shorn of pride" There is no pride
and caa be pride about the religion of Christ His adj
vice his ceunses and his commands founded in the
teuderest love and the most winning humility But there
Is pride and insoence and bloodthirsness and undis-
guised rufauism about many who mpousy profess to be
the ambassadors of Christ and the teachers of His Holy
Word. We presume that Rev. Henry Ward Beecher may
be safely regarded of the chief instruments of black
republicansm by which "regon shall be shorn of pride
New York paper says:
"Tbe Reverend SharpesrHe Beecher advertised in
Saturdays New York papers preach bis church
Brooklyn yesterday and in the papers he announced
address the Observation-Disclosures politics, at different
points, every day during the present week Sir days deyo
ted to politics and kindred subjects and to God and the
church On the seventh even he generally turns bis pulpit
into political Btumpng stall. Christ cruc6ed Is lost
sight of in blind fanaca devotion TO political Niger bust
ness"
Another New York paper 1.-THE Daily Kews) has some
further revelations in regard to the sayings and dongS Of
This back-republican specimen Of clerical perfection,
through whose insumontay and the instrumentaty Of
the three thousand clergymen of New England 'regon
shall be shorn of prideH The News says:
"The church Of the holy rifles again the on
Sunday night last Of exhibition Of the degradation to
which certain ministers dragging their high and holy
calling.
gregaton, and gave the assembly to understand be
should be obliged to be absent occasionally from the
desk In order to votes for his candidates Here
his words Let the nation read and be convinced Of the Chris
tan spirit which fills this great and good Fremont saint
" shall necessarily be much engaged In matters
from until election in endeavorng persuade my
lowczens to vote in the right way that shall be able
10 FIJI my desk regularly viii feel grateful to such as
will consent assist me in my clerical duties. aware
Of the dapponments that will arise among the three thou
sand persons who congregse here hear me- appre
oae the decaey Of the position Of any who may
assist me- "" -.
These clerical pocianfthese wolves In sleeps cloth
ngno only struggling with their black republican
friends to separate the Union but to fasen upon the
priesthood OF the DAY az pranch OF the govern
ment--in Short unite Church and State. When will the
people open their eyes the dangers that surround them
"And conscience be the only guide" This sentiment Is
not sufficiently definite the conscience of black repub-
can entirely different thing from the conscience of
sincere Christian and true patriot The conscience for
ample of Lieut. Col Fremont guided him the Treasury
Department with bill Of nearly ops million Of dollar,
against the for cattle horses Mexican saddles
and other NEUROLOGICAL matters but the conscience Of the
faithful custodian of the public treasure Of such
and true stuff that he did not hesitate to lop of tohs
Of these monstrous overcharges.