The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-04-14

NV va oNu6 cAs'S oSSusos esoS~s
which is q thousand miles away, but be-
ing q coward and bowing down before
a supposed danger that is very near
him. lie runs the risk OF being
suspected, not OF being bold, to challenge =
man who cannot do him any harm, but Of
challenging that same man because he is
afraid that another, who can do him harm,
may be found within the reach Of his voice.
He runs the risk of being suspected, not ol
Drawing q danger that may arise from dis
tant region, and distant public sentiment,
but Of being afraid Of public sentiment at
hand, that may take the forms Of danger
that may risk his salary, or by possibility
induce the chance OF calling council OF dis
mission. And thus il comes TO pass, az
submit, that he really does not know his
business, that be is really above or below, or
on one side Of it. We listen TO him as we
ought to listen, to the utmost extent Of the
Protestant theory Of independent private
judgment, when be interprets the Scriptures,
when he teaches us morality; when he tes-
titles of eternal providence, and vindcates
the ways Of God TO mar )" when be teach
es US that we are oil sinners, that our ma.
lures are alike degraded that the retribu-
tions OF common eternity are before US, us
| have heard 1t many times remarked, that
this suspicion units him to do the duty
which we expect Of minister Of the gospel,
and thus Of doing something to violate that
great trust which be took upon himself with
so much solemnty at bis ordination, to let
no man despise the ministry so far as he was
concerned, and TO preserve II for its proper
influence in the noble speciality which has
been assigned to ii.
Permit me to give az q second reason, in
the pursuit Of this same course Of thought,
that the intelligent person, and very intell'
gent persons are apt TO think that the
preacher Of politics in the pulpit governs us
all. We listen to him with respect, with
nothing less than reverence; there his studies
and his profession have fitted him for it;
there he stands upon his own ground, and
within his own charmed circle; tn re he is
master, and we are his implicit Disciples Tor
that exactly we prize and Tor that exactly
we pay him. But when he has left that
ground; when be has taken up the occupa-
tion Of politics, is not his occupation wholly
gomez is not his power OF instruction substan.
italy gone? The great concrete Of practical
politics, the working Of our special conteder,
ated system, the laws and conditions Of our
very artificial nationality, will ho permit me
to inquire whether or not his deep studies
diiurlde e diverse intu1u, have enabled him
TO know anything at all OF thcsei As an
educated man, as q religious man, as SUI
tapt ff tpaxo1u ha tr,u Rnnu oil ahnut the
obligations, origin, and general direction OF
the conscience. He will have learned from
his bible that the race Of man is Of kindred
blood, all OF it, and he will have learned
from his Bible or from Nature, that all men
stand on an equality Of right and RESPONSE
bility, and duty before God. But how far
and controlled by civil society, Of any
these glorious generalitics are modified
description, which is also the work OF God
how far these rays Of light, as Burke beau.
tifully expresses it, come to be rciracted,
when they go into such medium "a this
how far history shapes all systems, and has
shaped our system how tar, for example,
the acquisition Of territory-a new fact
by the common blood and common trea
sure, makes it proper to lay it open 10 all
or shut il up against some--dss be know.
aught Of thisf These things pertain to
practical craftsmanship. and he 10 no prsc-
tical statesman, although be is bttter, aud
holer, and higher.
10 saying this in the presence Of clergy
men, do disparage the clergy No more
my friends, will you agree with me than the
honest scbooImsstsr, who was himself
clergyman, disparsged Frederick the Great,
at the time when the world was ringing With
bis victories, by expressing q doubt whether,
after all, His Majesty could cOngregate q
Greek verb 10 mi-exsctly because it was
not his speciality. Suum cu'qau ,ud IN arte
eredendum est. You remember how God
smith recognizes that rule 10 his Retalla-
ton" Speaking OF Sir Joshua Reynolds,
who stood at the bead Of his profession, the
most tolerant, the most modest, the most In-
quirng Of men-snd Goldsmith describes
him a. exhibiting that same character at
the Club, 10 society. everywhere: but be
says that whenever any oue who was con
Tersing with him began 10 talk
=" p their RaphAels, Corregios and stus,
He shifted his trumpet and only tooksnur.
lst the a.k my cIerIcsl friebd-, agslD speak
InR OF laymeo- whe,her they tbInk it to h
quite iar play between man and man, u
catch par'shioner in his pew silent and
still, by custom, deeorum and tie mAnners
u New tngland, aud torn upon him every
eye N The congregation for the politics h.
procticcs aod for tbe party 10 which he Ia.
attached himself, l. IT quite right. a. a
clerical if'eDd hos IN my eys eIpre..sd 1t 10
a -rm0o sons time ago. IN every word Of
wh.eh II give. M pisasure To .gree-tha,
b. should hDd hIm-.i Suddenly plunged. a.
a man find. him.eii IN \ snoE bank Tito a
caaras' put II to you n !, y fair man.
.y. m1rAi, housst l. u not cruel and CIV
ardiy 40 " trca' AZ mi vdsAl man But
shl,e ! hate aud desp- sii manDer Of can,
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