Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-01-26
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no Chaplain Again.

/ EDrroR JOURNAL On the llth INST, III the
State Senate, a resolution was offered, that in
connexion with other Senate attaches, chaplain
be elected but deal Weight OF six dollars per
diem, was attached thereto, and this was repug-
nant to free gospel men, therefore it failed.
second attempt was made in the form of sub
stitute asking all the resident ministers of Sacra-
mento to ollciate alternately in that capacity
"without money and without price, but very
shame prevented action on this, and after most
fa,cial and iudcrous bandying of words, this inn
portaut matter received its quietus Indulge mo
a little, kind sir, by single quotation from SEN
ator Burbank's remarks on the occasion referred
to;
alt is true, sir, that differences upon this ques'
tion do exist and this is the proper place and the
proper occasion to reconcile these dinerenceS,
and to endenvor, If possible, to be right upon
this question 1t is not my purpose to go ln'o
history of these differences or to show what the
cause of these differences may be. 10 IL true,
however, that these differences that exist may
arise from the differences in our early education,
our early associations, aud our habits OF hte, anu
norhops somewhat to our avocatons or business,
or mode of thinking upon matters OF serious ana
imnortant mport. 1t IL not strange, sir thaI
these differences should exist II ls not new that
such differences exist upon SUBJECT OF thiS ohar-
actcr There are those, sir, VINO tnlnN tnat tuo
duties of u Legislature should be cohlhea eNeiu'
sivelv tomaking laws, and that their time should
not be ntcrfered with for any other purposes;
Tbev consider that any time spent III purposes Oh
devotion will be an Infringement upon the u'"o
which should be devoted to legsiat'on' lucy
also think that such an observance US ~ pr"po9'u'
is a useless observance, that its trndehey eau up
M GOOD In thls body to guide direct or To ad
IL IL, IhppXN
their duties as legislators. II such IL the senti-
ment of Senators equally entitled 10 respect WIN
others who think differently, be II So out 'h',o
are others who believe sincerely, oonscleh'ousy
believe that portion OF the day SET npn't ior
such Observance is not uprOHtabe that IL IL
nronor that il Is useful, that 1t is consistent with
The prnciples of the Government under whlch
| we live that IL Is consistent with the morh' seh-
/ timent of the great people we represent "uu
/ they, therefore, believe that 1t Is our du'y aS
Senators to pay attention to such ooSe'Na"ueS'
and TO do il in proper way and IN u proper
spjrit and they further believe that such an ob-
scrvance would have tendency to make our
duties lighter.
Now, when we are at little loss as to what is
right in relation to our duties, or whether II viii
be profitable or eXpedient, 1T Is not uncommon
for us In "A private or public capacity to strength
en- ourselves by precedents-by what other men
have done. And IL is proper that we should pay
a decent respect to the opinions OF others slmi-
! nrly situated. And how stands the record rs to
| that? What has been the cnstom of this coun-
/ try? | speak Of the whole Union, speak OF
/ the whole sisterhood OF States-and what has
been their custom? | think that almost all tho
States from an early day down to the present,
have established the custom, and adhered to 1t,
so that this custom is not only custom that pre-
walls now but IL Is u custom sanctioned ny Tune,
a time hOnored custom, aud 1t is custom OF our
fathers Mr. President, it was thought to bo
rood Observance, by the Father Of his Country
lie thought it was necessary, proper and. .protita-
bic to have prayers at the head OF his army. rho
history of his whole life will show rich vein of
observanCes of this character and submit 10
Senators whether that vein in his character less
ems their opinion of the man. In all his life
military civil, aud in his private lfe-the same
kind of devotion is manifest. 1t stands ont
clearly aud distinctly, aud II has had It's influence
upon the whole American people, and this lntiu-
eace | believe Is good one. Now, sir, II II IL
true that the great men OF our country sanction
this If IL is true that we have the example OF
nearly all the Legislative bodies in the Union it
IL is true that this custom in our Legislatures Is
as old as our country that the custom began
when we begun to he nation, and has been iol-
lowed up TO this time-s not that II strong reason
why we should act safely in electing Chaplain
TO this Senate"
Is not the noble Senator's remarks sound and
we'll fortified, "that it is consistent with the
principles of the government under which we
live - this he clearly showed from illustrous
preccdenls,
Again, that it is consistent with the moral
sentiment of the great people we represent"
Notwithstanding the standard Of morality by our
Legislators hitherto, has begotten low estimate
both at home and abroad, still, this God fearing.
aud devotlon-loying Senator spoke out what Is
nevertheless true emphatically true
Our countrys time honored custom, so COM
prehensivey and felcitousy alluded to, ought
to have, would have weight with most law-mak
ers, but California legislators are not only an
exception to the great sisterhood Of States leg
ialato ors, but an anomaly to them II any one
shall suggest that it was because q satisfactory
choice could not be made from among so many
denominations, let such bear in mind that the
substitute was offered by Senator Gallaghera
Catholic, aud also that Senator Burbank made
terms Of the largest possible caholicity. Hear
| him
"Now, if it is determined that we shall haVea
chaplain for this Senate, another question may
arise in the minds of Senators as to what KIND OF
religious clergyman we should have. There may
be differences of opinion to his religious creed,
and iilerences Of opinion may spring mp in that
direction. But so far as that is concerned, my
own opinion, aud speak the truth as feel, my
own view upon that point is this-that | will
make no opposition to any clergyman who be-
! eyes that The Testament is rule of religious
conduct, whether the clergyman is Quaker, or
Baptist, or Methodist, or any other"
VERITAs.
! WoN'r HoLD 0UT--Ten thousand Republicans
in Philadelphia ask for appointments under Lin
! IlA.I L. int Xll oil