The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-09-18

attsntion il eiicits from The pulpit. What woul'
you think, ifa weeping repenting sinner shoul'
ask for counsel from his minister. and be turn
ed away with the expression that his case wa
not provided for in the Chicago platform? Ye
how much better is it, when fainting sinners
who 90 to church on the Lords day, thirstin
for the Giving waters" to have their prayer
drowned by torrent Of re-hash, which tn
minister had read in Republican newspapers
This is all wrong If our statesmen have be
come corrupt, and the country has become de
moralized for the sake Of Heaven let US keel
the drapery Of the pulpit, and the white gar
ments of the church clear of the faint. For ]
they fail US in this hour Of need; why ther
surely Noah's dove had better return to the ark
for there is no sound dry land. ,,-r ..r ,. ..
Onlya week or so ago I attended the Metho
dist church Mr.. Holmes was in fierce mood
and grasped for the nonce, as a weapon, the old
Presbyterian doctrine OF election, (Which he
don't believe in) and condemned Vallandigham
and Floyd already to the bottomiess pit, on
his own personal responsibility.
Il is nothing to me wha. the crimes OF these
men are; yet can youtell me where Mr.. H. got
his judicial commission to condemn them
"Judge not that ye be not Judged IS com
mand found Somewhere in the Bible. and it is
very easily understood, that is, II man wants
to understand it. I may be mistaken; but II
my Sunday school days were worth anything,
learned there that these judgments were rem
dered on the Day Of Judgment, before tho great
white throne, when the Book was opened, and
the Great Judge alone separated the sheep from
the goats. Don't you remember? And do
you not think that some Of these ministers, who
think they know so much about the celestial
arcana. will open their eyes widely at some
some things when they cross "Jordon's dark
and stormy food?' sHa1s agagS gas
Mr.. vallandigham may be wicked man, and
may go 10 perdition. | do not know; yet I
know as much about it as Mr.. H. does, or any
other man. Still, do not think his crimes are
the only ones that incur the wrath Of God
Why choose out Vallandigham? Why not take
Frank Bair--a man whose profanity Is proven
bal, and whom | myself haye seen beastly
drunk more than once? Oh. he's Republican
To be sure; but are not his chances for 'brIm-
stone BATH" as good as Vallandigham's? Why
single out Floyd? Because with bad motive
he sent arms South. 1t was not proven that
he stole money. What il he is bad mau--is
Cameron any better? Do not even Republicans
clamor everywhere for his removal; and charge
the bIsckest corruption upon him? He robbed
the volunteers Of their clothing and of their
food, and is not that giving comfort to the
rebels2 He who disarms our friends is as bad
as he who arms our encmies. Why not send
Cameron 10 perdition? Oh, he's Republican.
Minister Harvey, as Southern spy, sent word
TO Charleston Of the intended relief Of Fort
Sumter, and thereby defeated that RELIEF, and
Sumter was lost; and the Government lost
more by it than Floyd ever stole. Why not
send Harvey to perdition, calling his name right
out in church? Oh. he's Republican. tell
you, my dear sir, this is moostrous. If these
gentlemen expect that on the last day, when
the Great Judge separates the sheep from the
goats; say if they expect that he will run
line which will coincide with the line between
the Republican and Democratic parties, Mr. II,
and Blair and Cameron and Harvey, viii find
themselves terribly mistaken; that is if know
anything about right and wrong--and think
do. s7 #Ht 81 40 r..saH d.
Again. Vallandigham's crime is secession
Very good. | hate secession, support the gov
ernment and love my country as well as any
man. Yet do not think he will be sent to
perdition Tor secession. II Mr.. Ii. sends him,
he must certainly send every other secessionist
in the country along with him, and you must
confess that is rather heavy contract even for
Mir. HIS high commission. When you were
attending the Presbyterian General Assembly
at ! ew Orleans few years ago, did you not
see many Of your brethren from Mississippi
Georgia and other southern States, and some
even from South Carolina. You thought they
wee. good men. No doubt many, if not all OF
them are Secessionists Are you ready to be-
lieve that they are all going 10 hell?
Mr.. H. does not appear to see clearly the diff
ference between political and moral wrong
A moral wrong is the violation OF Gods moral
law, and Political wrong is the violation of the
laws Of ones country; and a man may very Of
a r. ,,,l lotxo tI,a ~,
same time. For instance our fore fathers did a
political wrong when they violated the laws Of
England, by rebelling against the mother coun-
tIy; but they committed no moral wrong: and
I do not believe they will be sent to hell for it.
Christ and bis disciples went through a field,
and took another mans corn. They violated
a law oiJerusalem, but did no moral evil And
somewhat later, those men (some preachers.
eoo) who mobbed the u. s.. officers IN the We'll
Iinston rescue affair violated the laws OF the
United States, and thereby committed polit-
cal wrong. / will not say whether they did a
moral wrong or not; but this 1 do know that
they rebellrd against the u. s. Government as
much as vailandigham did. More than that.
there is a church not hundred miles from
here, which will not permit member to sit at
the communion table, who supports the Fugi
tive slsve Law. and they glory in obstruc,ipg
its endorsement, Tell me--is not that treasoni
They cruci6ed Paul upside down because he dis.
obeyed the laws OF Rome; but did that send
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In the meanwhile The preachers o, the South