The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-09
THE NEW YORK HERALD AND THE
PREACHERS
Bennett against the Pulpit and the Pulpit
8.aiast the south.

us uO news VI NV tfpI LtuGP. / ne splslPSt So
lection we have been able to make is the fol-
lowinS frorn the New York H~rald, wherein
Bennett pitches into the preachers somewhat
after the fashion OF the Ban!cia boy:
FORMING oe THE RIsa-BESyErr ENTERS AM
eAhs:
py She intrigues of the BIRTHS, anti -s1ayerv
society and the gold II lie English a-istocTa-
3 os--by the props gInaism OF american abaIi-
ton societies, playing into their hands for the
last thirty years, and b. the anti-siavprr
: disunioa doctrines preached from the pr, nit
and reiterated by the ttliticdl press civil
WIZ has broken out in the American repub-
liz. aud two hundred thousand insurgent-
on the banks of the Potamac, stimulated ana
/ inilamed by the abolition crusade against
Southern domestic institutions, stjEd readr
| t. march against the Union army, TO seize
! TIA IA tional capital, and to advance rs far
orthward IS the success OF their arms viii
| warrant. W.. know not the moment when
: the terrible collision viii take place between
/ four hundred thousand men in arms. ali
/ Americans AND brothers. In tl!r mitst vi
! this national calamity the President, whose
! wise, pAtrotic, and conservative cours" has
! won golden opinions for him throughout the
| land, ISSUES a proclamation for Il national
! fast, III The hope that such of the people rs
had been led ;istrty by the deInagogueS OF The
/ pulpit and the press would consider The error
I OF their ways and make up their minds 10 I'1
/ turn 10 the ancient landmarks of the Consti
| tntior-;% departure from which is the cause
I ~ S'ti IN 'I'iit liiioAcA t''tiEH
FIRST RoCSD-bESSBrr UPoS CHGEyTE.
! The day observed by the whole people
I - fast day or festival was never observed
/ before. But what part do tie clergy play on
! this great natiOnai occasion? How 90 they
{ improve the opportunity offered them of help
| ing 10 save the country from the 'erIi> by
! which il is bp2et? Not Il man OF them exhib-
/, IL, any craftsmanship; not one of these oral
. and spiritual physicians seems to understand
: tie disease which he pro1essaS 20 treat. theN
hit upon every cause OF our troubles bat he
I true oue. some attribute il IL thl> SAL, som
to That, aud some to another ana SOM. u , y
! the deadly sins combined. But, to give one
. Ot the most active agents OF Satan MS due,
! iIeeYPr rtfuteS all their theories, while hi,
/ Illls to establish his OWN. he sag:
! ''Our teachers grayeiy tell W. that God j.
| angry wish Us on account OF oar atheism, our
. = Gb2 til breaking, our proftnensss, OR in
. temperance, and, III fine, every one Of The
sInS that has cnarac tertz2d ali tle generations
. OF mankind IN nations down from Adam,
save only tie ore g1arlng san 80 parnjtIr 10
/ nattoH. Nearly III! nations on the
/ earth have danced, gneWpd tobacco. drank
ardent spirits, forgetting God il. many ways
/ and profaned His ordinances and his sab
! baths. bat we have no proof that God ever
/ Judged Z nation win i desotttiuE war or re-
! heillon growing Our 81 any one Of III sins,
or any sin that character!hes uS, except IL ot
! oppression"
BeecGer, it seems, was atrSid to preach, bu
! CbptNrr, who has just come over from Ri
IatU Win MS Uutih iuil OF lSTllI-N SONFFtlStt>.
! amply makes up Tor The omission. liz Is NOR
! i'm Dudent and auG.cIOus than ever. lie main
taIns that slavery is the darnnInE siu whicii
has brought alillcti0n upon us, as II brought
similar judgments upon tie Jews of Old
though II we ar. 10 believe the Bible, the in
stitUtion WAS expressly sanctioned and pro
yide4 fol by the Ailai ghty iii the laws which
he gave to Noses tor the lsraeltes. This sedI-
! tiOuS, fIn3ucal preacher aSsails The President
! and the state and city Governments, because
tIley do not acknowledge that slavery IS the
national sin--that which has inyoiYeo lis ii
civil war. He says:
| "a very great sin at The present tIue-.tl
| aggravatIon OF the one prominent crime u
our natio!.-:S the refusal - acknowledge thd1
! lnlQuity not merely the refusal to repent o
! ill., bat even 10 acknowledge H. In tlle procla
IuaIiOn calling for last tire is Esat3Ja o
! a. We have the extraordinary pheupIneu oi
OF 4 natlouai, STATE, and city proclamation q
/ fiS!l0g and PRAYER, beneath tle judgment q
God, ID "a civii war, produced II slavery
! calling the people TO repentance on account u
| their sins. in which prOclamatlUnS there doe:
| not occur an allusion to that great, co1apre
hensiya, outstanding iGiqulty o1 our nHu0l
which all know to be The cAuse OF our prCseu
distress.
SECOND RoUNb--5LnAEE N VHA RING.
Cheever being used up, the Rev 2!r. Sloan.
takes his place, Whereupon Bennett mauii
away III the following scientific style:
Among the most violent Of The abolition
clergy who took the same ground will
CheeFer WIS Rev. Mr.. Sloane. who attaclc
tne Chief NJ giStrGte iVI his patriotic letter
10 General Fremont, and denies him the
credit Of saving Kentucky to the Union, be
cause forsooth that St:Ie had been Away
well leayened with 9nti-SIaV.sy - IS, ans
H. had no doubt that Sin heI oUCl;y The caus,
Woud lose by the unfortunate modilica tiot
Of til" President" BUn.yr than tne verieS.
child are these parsons 70 til" meaning Of tilt
political events o the day ana TO the signs o
! the times, and Yet they und, rtfke 20 d;tDbi,
- n in the details OF politics. li,is clerica
| dpm4gOEue has tAT presum pt!ou to hurl hi.
fullnin Ations AZ tne head Of the President II
such language rs tbs
why sho.Iid X" not strike the cEer1y il
that point in winch ~ was weakest anti 90
signal act OF Justice while We loved the couu
| tryY Politicians we're afraid that by suc!.
! course they would lcse in the border States
and, influenced by this considerat'o thu
President ha<! committed The sad and gray,
! mistake If modifying the prucIalnqtion o
! Gen. FramOut--iu act which had HE'D Iowa
, | hearts with y grief scarcely second TO tha
which the disaster at Bsjll Run had cCta
j, | stoned
This same meek gentleman advises "no
only the crushing of rebellion, but the crush
! ing of the cockatrice from whose Eggs the S.
. pent of rebellion had been Matched - III otbe
| words, he advises the utter destruction O
| slavery by the armies OF the North. He de
ncnnces g The mean business Of returning tu
gltive slaves and boasts that he had ueVe
plori1ied tie Union aud the Cons ii utiou--bc
Loving to mean Union with slavery. and III
other 10 be full OF defects He therefor
! looks forward 10 the time-n0t when W. III
! cid Union shall! be restorfd--but when W
shall get rid Of the South, and " We shall hay
! Il more glorious Union. the union of fire.
States in one proud empire: better Consti
/ tution--one III which God shall receive nj
the glory and man all his rights said W
! not truly that this WAS the object OF III" abO
| litiOn traitors Of the pQip,t and the press
! ri hpr "a abolish slavery nv II, on 20
the slivrhOIdinS St"teS from the Union Fo
such minister Of the Gospel as Mr.. Sloanc
it was but natural TO read with approhatio
! TO his audience thu assault on the E0nstitil
ton OF the United States in the editorial
columns of the Eudepend MT OF this week an
/ equally characteristic Of the fanatoisn whic
animated his discourse, was the denuncia
! ton OF the wise sen timent of Napoleon rs in
iidel, that Providence il always Oh tie sid
| Of the strongest battaEcns and TIE he2yies
ertliery."
Third, ForRTH, AND FIFTH ROUNDS sHoR
WORK.
The champion, NOT used TO so manV al once
becomes fatigued, excited aud desperate. NJ,
Sloane being slaiii, his friends brcak the rope
: aud rush to the rescue. The champion COS
it miscellaueonsly, thus:
OF the same rabid type was the sermon @
Mr.. Thorn pson of the Tabernacle, who sid al
is necessary 10 wipe out slavery from II,
. South. While slavery exists our deares
rights are impeTlled. II is proving upon on
vitais, and mint be cut cut with the shar
edge of the sword To sIuiiar effect il IN
language of Rev. Mr.. Crawford. Rev II,
Ninton, and Rev. DR. Tying. the most yioler
of all, who describes slavery as "tEa most Il n
reienting, most bloody tyranny that eve
! cursed the rarth' ard insists that we mn,
press forward, in the name OF GOD and HI
iGanitY. 10 the utter DETERMINATION of IA
cause Oh til" war Ii wee no wonder that
! portion OF the congregation arose and wal ke
out III the middle OF this TRADE, shaking o
their feet the very dust Of the church.
CLOSE or THE ''MfLL '--BENNETr Axp HIS BuTrL