The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-12-26

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life and death. Ministers OF the
meek and peacc-promoting Jesus,
aud the American churches in gen.
eral, have entered into the present
war with far more earnestneSs and
protested liberality, than they have
ever entered into the great work
of saving the world from the woes
of hell. He'll has been fed from the
sanctuary with elements of joy,
and the Recording Angel has often
had to return from earth to heaven
during this eventful year in Amer
lea, with no other tidings from too
many of the churches than those
of-"O Lord, whilst thou art for
peace on earth, and good will to
man, the prayer-the song-the cry
of thy protesting people is-war,
woe-war, woe!." Alas, alas, for
the great bulk Of the Protestant
churches of America! The day of
their dreadful visitation is not far
distant. But why have the church.
es taken such active part in the
present war? We fearlessly a;,.
swer-it has been to free the slaves
of the South. Have they done so
Can they do so? SophiStry will
not do for us. If we have to rea.
son WITT fools or madmen, we do
nor admit that we are either one,
or the other; and therefore, we
challenge any or all who wish to
convert the present war into an
:. unholy and unnatural instrument,
to arm the blacks to rise and slay
their owners, to prove hat their
conduct is sanctioned by any law,
either human or Divine.
For the twentieth time, we re-
peat, that we are not an advocate
Of slavery in the abstract, but as
we have it in the concrete in this
country, we are bound to respect
life, law, and order, and conse-
quently, we cannot-we do not
we dare not endorse the conduct of
the Abolitionists. Heaven, Justice,
truth, reason, mercy to the slave,
conscience, and God in Christ, for
bid that we should be found taking
part with those, who boldly, and in
the sight Of God-in the light of
eternity-with a death-bed before
them-urge on a horrible war, not,
as many Abolitionists say, 10 save
the Union, but to crush out slavery,
by fire, sword, murder, de~soIation,
anIdeath ! The advocates of such Il
war--conducted for such an end
by such mCans-are, in our opini-
on, the veriest fees of God, and OF
the human race. Let them hold
on a little longer, and their iAiquity
will be their ruin.
What terrible realities this year
has brought forth. In America,
the house is effectually divided
against itself. Brothers at wal
with brothers--Irishmen with Irish
men-Scotchmen with Scotchmen
-Germans with Germans-Ameri-
cans with Observation-Disclosures
with Methodists with
Observation-Disclosures with Baptists
and so on, ad infntum. end
now, to crown the game with a
dexterous finish, we are to have a
war with England! !! What nert?
and nert?
Our consolation is, that we know
what England is, politically, So
ciaIIy, physically, and religiously,
and therefore, we venture boldly
to assert that there will be no wal
at this time, between England and
the United States. But no thanks
to the demons who have been la
boring at the head Of the American
Press for months, to embroil Eng
land and America in a bloody
quarrel. England can afford to be
abused by the American Press, and
we d)ubt not that the President of
the United States will so act as to
satisfy all reasonable demands, and
England will not ask for any more.
Neitherth English, northe Amer
lean newspapers, will be left to die
tate to either Government. Cabi-
nets, and not "penny-a-liners," are
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