Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-09-26
Foa COMMISSIONER,
ELItS DIETERltk, of MOniOur twp.
Abolition VS.. Christianity.

Among the disastrous consequences OF
the fanaticsl agitations of the Northern
abolitionists, none are more sincerely to
be deplored than those which have fallen
upon the various denominations of Chris
tians who have heretofore been endeavoring
to live in peace with themselves and with
The world. Never before has the great
enemy Of their faith succeeded in throwing
into their midst frebrand moro fatal to
their union, more subversive of their prin-
ciples, or more blasting to their hopes
than this, which the arch.fend appears to
have ignited at the blazing furnace of
discord, in his own Internal regions. And
surely, no one who eherishes in his bosom
single spark of that pure fire which ami
mated and sustained the early preachers
Of charity and good will amongst men,
can contemplate without the most painful
feelings, the exhibition of malignancy and
personal hate which almost daily occur
among those who have heretofore professed
to be Of one faith and one baptism; or
without, atleast, experiencing momcntary
apprehension that at last the devil has
concocted device by which he will ulti.
mately triumph over the soothing promises
Of the Gospel. TO behold one denomina-
ton after another falling into the snare
which has been artlully set for them, is
indeed such melancholy spectacle as may
we'll cause the most poignant grief in the
hearts of all true Christians. Nevertheless,
neither the devoted friends Of the Gospel,
nor the patriotic friends of the Constitution,
need have any just grounds of fear from
the macbina ions of the prince of dema-
gegues below, or from those of his imps
upon earth, so long as they remain firmly
attached to the virtues and faith Of their
fathers. They have aforetime been taught
how to triumph over the pretended religious,
Gs well as the political enemies of their
country and its institutions. Let the
treasures of reason and charity be fairly
exhausted before there shall be any resort
to that final and fearful arbitration which
writes its DEGREES and sets its seal in fra
tricidal blood. Let us hope on, reason on,
for the safety and perpetuity of our glorious
constellation of republics, until the last
link which shall hold them together is
broken. And then, let the responsibility
and the punishment, and the shane, fall
upon the heads Of those who may be instru
mental in producing SO dire calamity as
would ensue. 1t is melancholy reflection
however, that should destruction come upon
the country, it will be ushered through the
portals Of vast number of the Christian
and evangelical churches. 1t is not yet toe
late, perhaps, for many Of them to set abou
calculating the value Of the Union, parti
cularly in respect TO religious liberty
religious progress and responsibility
throughout not merely this continent, bu
the entire world. There will be no harm
done by those who are really piously
inclined, if they will give portion of thei
thoughts to those interests of religion ant
if they will ask themselves, "Whst vii
become of us, and the purity and sanctit,
of our faith, if the devil and the fanatcisn
of our brethren shall force US into blood,
arena, to fight for principles incousisten
with our creed, and for objects which arr
denounced and mathematical in the hol,
Gospel, which No profess to adhere to il
all things 7"