Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-05-22
The Cincinnati Enquirer on the Metho-
dist Church.

Gus politicians, and that JESSE d. BRroHr,
Kentucky stakeholder. who a few years
ego, publicly declared that he would be
avenged on the Methodist Church, because
the most Of it's members preferred to be re-
presented in the United States Senate by a
freeman, Is one Of its principal controllers
It's present editor is recent importation
from New Orleans, brought to the North to
save the Union by intoxicating the notions Of
the South and TO obey the behests Of those
whom he serves
In obedience to orders, one principal part
Of his service has been to abuse the Metho-
dist Church This has been done almost
weekly, in one form or other Had not Mr.
Bright, the man who owns black slaves in
Kentucky, and who owns white ones in In
diana and Ohio, sworn to destroy that
Church. and must il not be done7
In its attacks, it has resorted to the most
interruptions system Of lying. and been
sustained IN 1t by the men who do the man.
aging for that party. It's principal artillery
has been leveled against the Western Chris
han Advocate, Of Cincinnati, with foolish
hope Of destroying its influence by curtail-
ing It's circulation II even went so far last
fall a. to threaten to to start a Democratic
Western Christian Adrocatc in Cincinnati
that Democratic Methodists might geta pure
christianity. Why the project failed we
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want Of an editor. Hon. John L. Robinson
would have made capital editor, and we
doubt not would have accepted the position,
for q consideration. True, he edited the
Jacksonian to death-(poor thing il died Of
it, own nastiness) but backed by such
Methodists as endorse tho Enquirer, and
wear the collar Of Jesse d. Bright, the Dem
ocratic Western CAtistian Advocate might
have made quite noise in che world
Meanwhile the other Adrocafe has increas
cd It's circulation over last year, more than
one thousand, and there has seldom been q
ak months in which more persons have
been converted and added TO the Methodist
Church, than the six months just ended.
Maddened by these facts, the Enquirer re-
news is attacks with the bitterness Of des-
psration. The immediate occasion for the
latest attack, Is letter which appeared In
the A6rocafe Of last week, from n we'll
known and educated gentleman--a lawyer,
late Of 0hio--who voted for Mr.. Buchanan,
written from Kansas, which gave graphic
and no doubt truthful statement Of existing
facts in Kansas politics, accompanied by
superstition or prediction as to the proba-
bic future, giving as his belief that a pro-
slavery constitution would be adopted and
that Kansas would be admitted into the
Union as slave State. II is not constitu-
tional for q freeman to speak freely his opin-
ion-it Is wrong for Christian editor Of
religious paper to take any notice Of passing
events The ministers Of the gospel may
be murdered by pro-slavery mobs, as our
own Charles Kelly was, a few months ago,
in Missouri; pastors may BIO driven from
their hocks, as many Methodist missiona-
rics Fave been in Kansas, and as the Friend
Quakers and others have been-the mission
property OF the Methodist Church may be
con6scated and decided 10 another church
that is constitutional, but christians-north-
eH christians may not even speak Of these
facts without being denominated liars, forg-
ers and hypocrites. The following is the
Dsmoeratic-we do not say gentlemanly,
neighborly, or courteous-the Democratic
method Of dealing with such facts:
1.-THE Western Christian Adrocafe, pub
lishcd In this city, contains a letter purport-
ing 10 be from Kansas, which the editor
knew was full Of the most Infamous and
innamatory falsehood. There isno secular
Journal which would dare 10 give 10 the
world, ~ truthful and reliable, such string
Of lies. as this pretending religious, but ut
terly unconscientious and dishonest journ-
al, seeks 10 palm OF upon it, readers.
This letter purports 10 bo written by an
original Buchanan Man, but no ono Is so
silly rs TO credit this pretense. II Is dated
at Big Springs, Kansas Territory, but every
one knows that IL could only have been
written In Cincinnati, by such an unscru-
pulous demagogue as the editorofthe Chris
fian 1drocafeF
That |. Tho wav 10 .neat If n ,e,gbhor-
sbs real .,mon.n,ra p<moer.,. .,vla n.
/. liar dcmasosus and s,rrar - ~. La
guage Of Democracy
We have only TO add that such enemies
OF the Church as Jesse ID. Bright and his
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