Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-09-24
The Forty Bulls Of Bashan
ooh, for forty ParSon power,
To sing thy praise. hvpocrisy"

Pierce had thirty-fve hundred New En-
gland Parsons after him Gin the name of
Almighty God" but Buchanan has only
forty, the old Bashan number, with ellis
terrible Majesty to back them, and which
Bulls "Old Buck puts to flight with a
single dash of his pen. What pusillan-
nous set of pimps these pious pre.enders
of New England, called the Priesthood.
have become. They have no idea but they
are empowered of Heaven 10 regulate the
things of this earth, and dictate to men
what they shall think, and to the govern
ment what it shall do. For political in
formation they read the New York Trib-
une, and the statements of Horace Gree
ley, the greatest political liar in America,
are words of inspira ion to them. They
preach political sermons from the Tribute
as text book, they found their prayers
upon its vocabulary of lies, and ''iu the
name of Almighty God" and of Ellis ter
rible Majesty" they threaten the powers
that be with the vengeance of the most
Wonderful men II was to protect the
people from the tyranny, intolerance and
persecution of just such blind bi2ots as
they, that this Government was establish
ed
We had supposed this political Priest
craft-this political praying and screech-
ing farce had been played out, but i; seems
there are forty ministers left, fools enough
to think they can get hearing in the High
Court above. They say to the President:
"lour Excellency may rest assuied that
we shall not refrain from the prayer that
Almighty God will make your Admins
tration an example of justice and benii-
cence. and with His terrible -NcJesty protect
our people ant our Constitution
That is just what Brigadier General
Bcecher and his thirtyfve hundred pray
ing priests undertook to do last year
Shey marshalled all their forces for rcgu-
lai Pentecost fight, and called on God to
help elect Fremont, but either God did not
hear their petition, else he refused to
fight on the Fusion side, for we whipt
Beecher. Greeley, the New England Cler-
gy and the "two Fremonts" all to fits.
1t is no use for these latter-day Repub-
llcans 10 call on God for kelp. He cv-
IDENTITY is not with them, but is, Gas witness
the result of the late Presidential election
most decidedly against them. He was no
doubt a friend of the early Republicans and
guided them in achieving the revolution
and forming the Constitution He was
with Washington at Valley Forge, at Bran
DIVINE, and at the final battle Of York
town. liz was present at the Convention
which framed the Constitution, and was
called upon TO conciliate contending fac
tons III the final adoption of that iustIu-
ment. As the fruits of that revolution and
under that Constitution, our country has
become the marvel of the world, and il is
folly to suppose that the Almighty desires
now TO see his handy work demolished bv
crazy set of disunionists Now we SAY
let these forty political parrons" pray
the forty Bulls of Bashan' roar. No
body is frightened, nobody hurt. The
church have nothing else for these pam
pered menials now to do. They have
pounded their puIpits 10 pieces preaching
politics to the people. Christ and Him
cruclfied has become obsolete, and they
have got just so much to say in order to be
ready for that Great (salary) day.
He that is wiscst can penetrate the fu
ture deepest. Cierelond Plain Dealer.