New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-26
"E'en ministers they hA' been keBnsd,
In holy rapture
A Tou.irs Wind o. times 10 vend,
Ardusil t WI Scripture

AID nail 4 wi Scripture"
The Rev. Leonidas Polk, Episcopal Bishop of
Tennessee, has been appointed Mojor-Genela Of
the Confederate forces on the Mississippi, and
entering upon tue discharge Of his uusPiritual
duties. has issued Proclamation. IIe is the
same Bshop who recently had his house burnt.
probably by bis own negroes, whercuPon be
stouty asserted that they lad been set on by The
Northern Abolltonisis) The Rev. Major
General commences his screel az fOlows
eve have projected and do protest. that i'll we de-
sie is 20 be l., alone, TO fepOae in guieness under
own vine and our own hg.tree. We have s'ngh
ano only sought the un0isiurDed enjoyment OF The H.
bereut and tie indcieadble night 4 sei-gOvo nnenta
rlQtt which freeuicu never reliuquis, and whi
none but tyfanis could ever seek ID rest from NJ.
Those with whom We have boeu lately sssJci ID IN
the tonds Of pretended maternal regard have wishsd
aud ende4yoeG 10 CepFe ~ Of THIS orr great titt-
ii h az AEl0I ItemCa. Non 10 lhis ALI they have
snu,t 10 derive Us of iii iuesuishle right By uer
ess war, wLch attain 10 otter possible end han
the Tuin Of fortune and TIE dc trclib Oi hve5 Tor tie
subugs lon OF Christian feemCu 10 out OF the qge-iio1
! q \ war viii h has TINS no motive except llst o.
hate and no OBJECT except ruin and devastation auder
the shallow preteuso Of The restoration oil Tie Union,
,urev war against heaven a. well way against
EARTH
Isn't that setting il up pretty steep 2"
The States wherein this Bishop is to exercise
martial jurisdiction we're nearly all formed from
territory bought Of France or Of Spoiu by The
Tn ted States, paid for in good hard ruoney,
and the Indian title to much of their suriice IN
Ike manner extuguishsd at the cost Of the M
ton. Each of these States Except perhaps 1en.
nessee), when il applied TO be admitted into the
Union, entered into an irroroeatio compact with
lhe United States that IT would never clam
or GEEK 10 exercise any rights OF domain over
the Public Lands within lie Imitf. Til.
iyrecoeaLie compact ttey now cOoiiy repudate
and break, taking NIL thO.e lands, by tie
act of Secession, unto Themselves, and Yelling
| the Union to whistle for them. And the
Rev. Gen. Polk tells us that We have no
IN sipess to resist or complain Of this barelaced
robh cry, this reputation of ccmpdcts, and that
e we 20 we make q war which - las no motive
=. exeept lust or hate" The lands we're once
ouys--tba,e ,ssno mistake about hot--we bought
and mad for them, AID there was 10 adverse
title. The States severally and sOlemny stPu'
lated that they woul. found no title IN the act
of Admission--set up no. IN my way or under
any pfesext-yet they do Dy secession e1'cI!
what they have solemDly eOT. naH.eu LOU 10 doi
and when we demur tie cody Bi'hoP tells us
that We eau have no motive eA'cfP' l4St OF
p" hate, DO object except ruin and der as'aIon''
That g cOnsong, any how.
This is bat specimen brick. The Nation mas
recently spent Millions of dollars on Custom
House at Newt Orleans, and q yast sum on one
at Cbarieston-neither, we believe, quite CON-
pleted. OF course these sums we're spent on the
plainly Implied faith OF the State pledged IN the
sion Of their sites ~ the Union that the title thus
created should lever be reclaimed by tie grantoT. |
Nobody would have dreamed Of 20 spending this |
large amount Of money on any other condition.
Yet they cOOly rob US Of these vast aud costly !
edlGces with the money aid other vsluables de-
posted therein, turn them over TO Confederate"
uses, and set their Rt. Rev. Major-Geners TO say
that our attempt TO recover our iorcIbIy seized
and converted property is ga war against
=" heaven as well US a war against EARTH" That
is pretty bad; but it is comfort that thing Is
not necessarily SO because an epauletted Bishop
says it is.
There il half column Of this stuff, but we
have only patience 10 quote u few sentences.
The Rt. Rev. Lconidas Folk proceeds 10 tell his
subjects that the War for the Union Is tue work
Of the Oppressor who, under tho prime inspira-
alton Of an in6de! horde, seeks 10 reduce eight
millions of ireemen to ahject bondage aud sub
"ectlon" He adds that the struggle Tor the
Union comes bringing with it contempt tor
constitutional liberty, and tho witLering innu
a. ence Of tho inGdelity Of New-Engand and
Germany combined" This remark being pro-
f,ssloual. we decline comment. But remember
that the Rev. Gen. talks 10 a people ~hcm be
knows w,u hear no contradiction, ana who will