Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-06-08

We cllp tho following sensible fruafka
ON tho above subject nom ihe MtKcan
County prnsaH None ol the effects %
roiiimn hatred s moro 10 ho deprecated
than Die cinlcmrcrale fcolote certain Glass
Of mseuidcd clcimmon ini declaimme
against southern nstimuonss
"Not long since The Now York Tiijpus
came out with an article advocating the
intcrmiNing OF religion with politics and
from that time oil the nigger.worshipping
presses OF the country have mingled their
voices IN ono harmonious strain of frater.
nal affection, and of hypocriiical fear lest
the church may loose is power for good,
and for the denuncation of evils which
abound in the land through fear Of party
malignity. To thoso who know the re-
ligous character of the great head of the
paper mentioned and Of the leaders in the
crusade against the institution Of slavery
in tho United States, this will Of course
be amusing
The advocates Of the idea that a great
battle has been commenced between free
and slave labor which must result in the
annihilation of the one or the other, and
the poor fellows are standing all pale and
trembling besceching tho church to come
to their rescue and oyerpower this mon
ster evil Who are these men ut the North
who denounce the institutions of the
South, and are engaged in waging this
irreprossible conflictY II may be well
TO classify them and notice the duty of
the church in their connection. First, we
have tho Abolitionist propel--a raying,
ranting fanatic, who denounces the Bible
for not substantiating his doctrines. Sec
ondly, we have the Abolitionist OF milder
nature, whose views of the abstract rights
of man are somewhat mixed with the
more abstract rights of women, which lat
ter prcdominates. Then comes your alb
clifton free-lover, while in close connec-
ton spiritualism and infdelity are dis
tinctly visible. After these comes the
Black Republican, whose abolition ears
already protrude from under the assumed
mantle Of State Rights, and in some locali-
ties, rs in our own, the whole body is oc-
casionally exhibited in all its distorted
proportions. and with all its disunion ten
denotes. 1t is generally conceded that it
is wise to commence work of reform
where the evil exists. 1t may be well for
ministers of the Gospel at the North to
preach against slavery, and melted feel
ing of hatred between sections, arm man
against his fellow, sunder ties of mutual
interest, teach resistance TO the laws of
the land, and thus strip their profession
of all that reverence and respect which
should surround it, while those who urge
them on are strewing broadcast in their
midst the rank tarcs of religious, moral
and social disorder, until by their own
misused and misdirected efforts to effect a
reform abroad, their thrice corrupt asso-
ciates have intruded their iniquities even
around their own altars, and they sink
covered with shame into the cess.pooi Of
their own degradation.
We can imagine no work Of greater mo-
mcnt at the present time, To which the
church north should turn its attention,
than the reformation of those who are
calling her TO assist them in their evil de-
signs. Let the fanatic be taught reason,
the free-loyer the slcredncss of the mar
rage VOW, the intidel be converted, the
deluded spirtualist reclaimed, and the
/ Black Republican taught obedience to
Law. This would indeed be a noble work.
Then in the spirit which such a reform
would induce, and through the means
provided by law, could the institution OF
slavery be approached with any thing like
success. Then will slavery cease to be q
political question" and neither freedom
nor slavery will require to be smothered
! TO death" The fact is these chaps are
attempting to pluck the mote from THEN
brothers eye while they have a huge
wind,mill in their own
The practical lessons taught during the
campaign cf Sc, will, it is 10 be hoped,
! tend to prevent a recurrence OF this prac
tice in go. Those preachers who profit
/ by experience, will shun the contamina,
ting influence as they would a pestilence
Many have felt the effect of their owl
error and many have profted by seein!
the errors of others. The stigma fastened
upon the church by the boast of the Abo
ilit'on-atheist, Giddings, that the Who'll,
chnrch had become prostituted to the ac
complishment Of his base purposes mus
be wiped away, and no more timely O
/ fitting opportunity can be taken than dur
ing the approaching political strife"
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