The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-08-02
NO.. 22.,
A Short Sermon to stDouglas
WOrshiPpers.o
BY wHANa nooDLr.

Acts pi, 2.'' :
MY DEAR DOUGLAS DRErHREH: l in.
tend to talk to you at this time about the
folly and sinfulness Of worshipping man.
The heather bow down to images Of wood
and stone, and worship unclean beasts.
while the others bow in humble alteration
even to kiss great toe. But We of tins
generation have been guilty of the meanest
idoiatry OF all, In worshipping little lump
OF corrupt flesh and blood, called Stephe,..
now deiunct a lew week sago, when We
ladened our vessel with rum aud whiskey
for our brethren, who were sent out as mis- =
sionaries to the port of Charleston, i'm the
foreign land of South Carolina, TO preach
the gospe! of DEED Scott and popular SOY.
ereignty, aud gave them gold and silver
wherewith to buy their bread and meat. our
departed friend was full of promise. and
high uplifted as the god Of Dsmocracy. and
all who would fall down and worship him
should have their reward. But, alas our
brethren have returned to us with nothing
but his unseemly carcass "And ,tlevoa.
me" carried Stephen tohts burial, and nyads
great Mmcntdtton Orer HIM"
And 1t came 20 pass, when our chief
priests and elders were gathered together in
Convention at Charleston, that many of the
heathens of that region would not fall down
and worship our golden calf And We said
unto them that they were wrong; that tho
golden calf would grant them many indu-
gcnces; he would give them Bourbon whis-
key, apple jack and red eye as beverages,
and had promised nine hundred and ninety-
nine thousand foreign missions, post Offices
and custom-h houses, and to take Eve thou,
sand Old fcsies isto bis cabinet But all
this would not avail. Nary bowel Of COM
passion could be moved within them. and
therefore our brethren returned unto us.
"And decons men carried Stephen to his
bur'dt, and made great Ltmentat,oH orcr
him"
And the disciples of Stephen snake unto
them, saying, that they did not care whe-
ther niggers were voted upside down. or
downside up, 1T made no difference. But
they were rebellious, and declared that We
must get the nigger out of the fence and
protect him in the Territories where there
are no fences; but we couldn't do it, We
referred them to Frceport, where Stephen
spake OF friendly lagislaAien," but they
didn't care red for the police magistrate
ct the Territories, but would pasture thei,
negroes there on Uncle Sans farm. They
wouldn't let us put a fence of urrrieudly
legislation around them, and because we
wouldn't give the niggers pasture, they
waxed with wrath, and Stephen gave up
the ghost. "And 2euom men carried Ste
loi'en to his burial, and made great lam
entdtion orer HIM"
| Ia vain our brerpren promised to erect
falsc-bottomed platform to deiude tho hsa-
then with tricks of legerdemain. But
they Needed not our entreaties Oh, the
"lrreprtssible confictw 1t squeezed our
poor little Stephen so hard that gout nor
influenza need trouble him no more. They
cast rocks upon him The lions roared
! him. The eagle quivered his tail at
him in proud de6ance"' Old Buck
shook his horn at him. The nigyer
shook his wool and laughed at him be-
cause the "ral-mauer" received more votes
from the Suckers than be did. And Que
hundred and 6ty7two and half brethren
stood BY and saw him crushed out, and be-
varied their empty pockets, and the loss of
the good things promised them. "-4ma de-
roa men cG'51aa Stephen to has burial, and
o,:Se great topeatation oUer hin."
And now, IN conclusion, my dear Douglas
brethren, | know it is hard for us to believe
that stephen is snuffed out. We cannot
realize it. But it is even So. We shall
never behold his coat dragging on the
ground any more. Its beautiful folds have
been wrapped around his wounded seat Of
honor, and he has been lain at rest. Jhs
"lrrepressible conflict has dealt him q
splasher Oh the COB, and his voice will no
longer charm US with the beautiful song of
popular sovereignty. Therefore cease your
blUbberag for stephen There is yet hope
ot salvation for us. There is plank still
left for Us poor shipwrecked sinners to cling
TO- Car bretkree, North and South, al
ready stand upon it. Though the heathen
have denounced 1t as relic of barbarism,
yet eIr elSers in che great council of the
nation say 1t is good one. We will MI
&c to that land of blessed saints in Utah.
where II u toReed in, and shout for old Mrs
foly Gamy There rcposng ON Der bosom,
we VIII bury all our sorrows tcrthe immacu,
late stephen, who was SO shamef fully .oar-
tyred at Charleston. Let him rot in peaceg
Farewell, then, to poor old stephen,
The famous Charleston martyr;
For he lied so we couldn't believe him.
And we won't go tuurbhng srfer.
thus, you see, have quoted the Dutch
poet, and we close with the words .ef abe
text, "And deoom aea carried Stephen TO
h,s b."'iot, and made great lanentatioa orer
ham" Amen
The choir will please sing that good old
sockdology of "Possum up gum tree"
while collection is being taken up for the
beneht OF our late missionaries TO Charles
ton.-La Sale Press.
y werthy old farmer, who thoroughly
dctested taxes and tax-gath herars, was once
called on by a collector second time for
taxes he bad once paid, but for which no
had misiaid the receipt; anS u he told tho
story to his friend-"Wo opld you believe it,
sir, the fellow began TO abuse mo ~