The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-08-29
A Dashing Editor ON the ssDemocrasie''


Mr.. CorrAM, of the Rochester (Olmsted
County, Democrat, is new comet in our pc.
litical system and he and his tail-W. S.
LAwRY-blaze forth upon the people of MINI.
esota witha ferceness which threatens eter.
nal destruction to the whole of the "Black
Republican" party, and at least one. half of
the so-called Democracy. For instance, in
bis issue of the 18th, he lays out ssthe Earl"
las he calls our neighbor seignor of the
Pioneer-as one of the ''small fry" of the
party; then under disguise of an attempt to
score political preachers in general, he aims
a shaft at Rev. Bro. PENMAN, who at pres
ent occupies ''the Earl's" tripod, in the fol-
lowing pointed and fatal STYLE We hope our
reverend neighbor will read and profit:
Political PREACHERs.-Therei is one sub.
ject upon which We regret, more than upon
any other, to write-and one which we
would fain avoid at this time, could we do so
consistent with our duties as public journal
list, and that subject is the clergy. For the
truly pious and devoted minister of Christ.
we have an esteem which amounts almost to
veneration-and we are always glad to well
come such among u.s. take them BY the hand
and extend to them those courtesies and COM
torts within our command. Such, we believe
to be the feelings of every right thinking
man.
But there is class of preachers, men who
profess to have been specially commissioned
4 God ito declare the unsearchable richie
of the gospel" who have obtained of late for
whom we can neither feel veneration or re-
spect. These are the babbling political
preachers men who forget that the tue
minister is commissioned to declare peace
on earth and good will to all mankind''-
whose great ambition seems to be to soil
their sacredotal robes in the dirty pool of
politics, instead Of seeking to convert the
souls OF men, and teaching those precepts
laid down by the Saviour, the foundation of
which is-"My kingdom is not of this world"
These political charlatans have been the
curse of the churches, and they will continue
to be so as long as they are tolerated or lis
tened to by the church. The idea of minis
ter of the gospel beng politician is so incon-
sistent with, and palpabIy opposite to the
doctrines and teachings of the bible, that no
one occupying the sacred position, unless he
be knave or fool, can possibly reconcile
his conscience to such course of action
Wehope our citizens, ofall parties, will look
to the qualifications Of ministers before they
give their names for the building of churches.
community without churches, or crop
err respect to the ordinances of the Christian
Religion, we believe, will never prosper but
community with dozen churches, whose
pulpits are filled with vain, tabbling political
preachers, is more than doubly cursed, in the
discord and social misery created by these
preachers: The gospel is its own sufficient
defense-it needs no legislative enactments
to enable it to run and be glorifed'-,t
needs no prating priest to desecrate the sa-
cred desk with political ordinations. No |!
Let the churches remain untarnished with
politics. We would not destroy the last
moral hope Of the world-nor make inidels
and scoffers of all mankind, by setting up
political hierlirgs in the sanctuary to cast
firebrands into society instead of pouring on
the oil to soothe the accerbiries engendering
in life, and especially in politics.