Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-12-20
TC TIE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.

Sir: There are times when the humblcs,
citizrn may and should approach the Chief
Magistrate with his cause. Such Is The |
present, aud I address you--not seeking
any office, nor interfering with the ordinary
questions which are thrust upon your atten-
tion. | write as a member. a miaister, an
officer, of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
You. Sir. ara public functionary, charg-
ed with the highest responsibilities and
the weighties dutirs. The matters design
to lay before your Exec llency affec, the life,
the liberty, the properly Of our People.-I
They affect their rights in tho new Stnes
and Territories; they affect the desinies Of
this country, for they must lead to the prac-
tical solution OF this question: Are the
rights Of tn, citizen, under the Constitution,
to be protected, or are they held at the
pleasure of the mob
The history OF the people c.ll, ID Metho-
dists is not unfamiliar to you, for II Is part
Of the story OF the country. We have
been among the pioneers Of civilization and
Chris,iani.y. Our clergy have been am ing
the first in the wilderness. They have not
waited until roads were made, bridges built.
houses ere. ted, and liabilities removed
They have gone with the woodsman; they
have camped with the, hunter, searched out
t,e cabin of the squsttsr, followed the har-
dy miners Of the Pacific into their gulches,
and gone sf,er the umbermen into the in
exhaustible pinerie,. Sir. we have won he
right OF existence, and come to you to-day
dem nding protection in the exercise Of our
vested rights.
; regret. sir, that must write this con-
munication now, while the political excite.
men: unavoijably connected with Pres-
mental election 10 upon us, but there is nc
alternative. II is a ques'ioa Of life ant
death. will state
I. The ground we occupy. ...
I. The Methodist Episcopsl Church is nc
e political organic ,tion. Its functions are
u spiritual and ecclssiastical. MN Of all po
litical shades are ia its m nistry, its offi;iary
and its membership its papers lend no
y influence to either political party, - such
nor display the names Of any candidates o
i tho head uf their columns. Thus far, ou
e people have never been consolidated into on
political organization, for no denomin ationa
! interest has demanded 1t.
j. Q. We have ever bsen q loyal people,
o We have ,wed to the majesty oi law. bot
% Federal and State. We have counse;ed n
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