The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-07-20
IIERNITAoR. July 10, 1861.

The Rev. Horace L. E. Pratt, on the
5th ri Msy last, delivered . sermon at
CastletOn, L. l., from the text" Blessed
are the peace. makers, for they shall be
called the children Of God, in which, like
good and earnest Christian, a. he un.
doubtedly is, he denounces the course Of
thOse Of his brethren who, from the pull
pit, advocate war and desolation. Read
the follow ing extracts:
"Onc Of the valOrouS leaders Of public
opinion. in his organ which is daily read
by Thousands, discouFses with amszing
levity, and at the same time with incredi.
bic cOmplAcency, about teaching the peO-
pie Of the South lesson by ,eAiPpin0"
them into teTms Of submission on-as if they
were 4 crowd Of halt.grown school child.
rem; and whem that easy and pleasant task
is ended, he proposes that the successful
whippers shall parcel out among them.
selves the fair fields and hest estates and
homes Of Maryland and Virginia Not the
great sonquerer, Cesar himself. could
have o6ere'l morc tempting bribe to his
invincihle hosts, ssthey carved their high.
way through the nations.
Another, equally prominent. suggests
that city Of 200, 900 inhabitants shall be
swept from the face Of the earth, a. base
obstruction to the march Of our soldiers
on their errand Of war. after they have
glutted their thirst for plnnder. rapine
and blood, and leave nought visible but
an ash-heap to mark the spot where once
it stood!
And another. like devouring MOloch.
with Unsuitable, overwhelming greed Of
human life, tells his readers. at their
breakfast, that the most sure and speedy
way to punish the South, and finish the
war, will be to open the food. gates, or
barriers, Of the Upper Mississippi, and
drown out all the inhabitants below
(this is the exact language Of his prinO
lake % SsGav rGtsF
to pressrre tho UniOnI Thus would vain
inan arrOgate to himself the prerogative
Of . God. to bring another deluge upon
that portion Of the Garth.
DO wo believe, Christians, in such q
war as thiSf Can NC cOuntenance war
which is undertaken in this Gpirits II
not, how do we know that it will be pos
SibIe to restrain men from committing
these aud still more terrible enOrmitisH,
after their passions have been melted, and
kept up long while to boiling hest BY
these infaInmatOry appcalsH =, Gracious
GOdi What is TO become Of US ell IL such
demoniac spirit is tO be let loose among
any Of those who are to fight for the
Unionl Well may We begin to ask to.
day whether We live in Q Christian age
and Christian community
"And what is the enemy that il is urged
should he treated with such unmitigated
ferOcity? Il It tribe Of miscllievOus
heather, or trpaehsTOus cannibalsf Or,
are they, equally with Us In thiG more
temperate latitude, q civilized and Chris
tian people, stamped with the same celes-
lial image, possessed Of the same mental
nd physical organization. the same aen.
sibilities Of head and hearth Are tASy
not also fellow. citizens with saints, and
members Of the Same household Of God I
Do they not reverence the sasae Deity
Do they not thiS very day, everywhere IN
the land, utter the same Common Prayers,
and paTtake, as We do, Of the same BleHs.
ed Sacrament Of loving Saviour's body
and blOOdp If they are favored with
churchest and ell the accompanying I'D.
vantages Of religious light. with lhithful
and learned ministers and piOus members
in large proportion, We ought ct least in
common justice, to give them credit for
sincerity In the course they have taken,
even though we are sure they are unQual.
iirilly wrong. Neither should We hasten,
with eager anathemas, to inGict upon
them, for their error Of judgment, the
dirrful punishment Of civil war, which
will carry in its track unMentiOnable Ca
Iamities n al the inhibilanis Of the land,
and to their pOsterity for generations
al have . good titls to speak ~ you
have heard Ine, for, % St. Paul ssid Of
himself, he was . Hebrew OF the He.
brews, 90 am ], on both sidea, . Yankee
Of the Yankees Of the oldest Puritan
stock And I will yield to none In my
affection for my natal earth, nor In my
respect To the American 6sgi. But, %
Northern freeman, considsrats Christian,
- Minister Of Peace, do not desire to
zee that hitherto glorious banner made
the standard or apOlOgist Of Osspotissn,
nor to have Il 20 stained with the blood
Of brotherR and covered % thick with
clots Of human gore, that We can no longer
tell how many stars are on Il, or whether
any still shine therel Mol let Il still
wavs unsoilsd BY any such foul spots
even thOagh some Of our brethren have
ceased to regard It with affection and
honorl"
TEE lady principal Of . school, In her
advertisement, mentlOted hef female a..
sistant, and the "rsputatiGa tOg teaching
which .hs bsara" Ths printer, careless