New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-01
: the Royal Mind,

or Law, would not long ago, nave put inc DIN
ish David into the category of fanatics and the
Indsr erpurgatorius Of the Slave Oligarchy. But,
to our utter astonisbment, devotion is coming
into fashion even in South Carolina the existence
of the Supreme Being having been acknowledged
by the Sovereign Convention of that State. They
must have been frightened indeed in Charleston,
when they condescended to do so improper. dan
gerous and ncendiary thing as to pray 1t
might remind those who do not regard South
Carolina as a frst-rate military power, Of Mrs.
Browning's fine lines:
"Aud lips say: God be ptifup
That meier said God be praised"
TIE confession of South Carolina plenary and
now of official record Is as follOweth:
ooh Father we confess our sins confess sins as nd
vduals ana as people We had God in our hearts
hst we should Hin, and what profit shall have II we
Sc II n1 Psa Syo when we Ss1e
eOre confusion has come upon u.s. and we are no" seprse
7ople."
This, it appears to us, is the very cream of
candor. This, it viii be noticed, is plea Of
| Guilty" to most Of the charges of the extreme
Abotionists. We are sure that we-such has
been our mOderation-haye never said anything OF
South Carolinians half so sharp as this-their
own acknowledgment of the public atheism
which has brought upon them " confusion"
" Therefore," say they, "we are now separate
"people."
The god of battles, whoever he may be, is at
this time fayorite divinity in South Carolina
We do not pretend to fix his exact rank in the
new Southern mythology, but we perceive that
he is warmly and cOnfdingly worshped by the
South Carolina Conference of the NJ. Z. Church
That body has officially invoked guidance and
blessing" from him-his help in rebellion, ALI
ance in law breaking, confederacy in bloodshed,
and succor in treason. There is a very pretty
question, whether the God of Battles aforemen-
toned is the same Deity alluded TO by " a South
ern Clergyman who writes to The Express
pious and charming letters, in one of which he
saws: 1.-The basis of my. hope is that the Ark OF
"God is in our midst" Unquestionably this is
the same deity alluded to by "H. Meigs of the
| +" 10Th Congress of the United States,' who OBJ
serves, in patriotic letter TO the same paper:
"God forbid the destruction OF this glorious Re-
public" The God Of Nations we suppose to
! be also the God of Battles; and thus was He
mentio-ed by "a lady" III presenting banner
to Captain Upper of the South Carolina Militia
And now here, in the august presence of the
:" God of Nations, We bid you act nobly.' This
probably is the same deity referred to in the
| South Carolina Declaration when it appeals to
| the Supreme Judge of the world. But need We
| multiply examples Need we add to these
proofs Of Southern piety cumulative evidence of
L Al ,,b;ob 10 Iip0 fhrauoh
|! Southern States, and of the iamentable mixture
| there of religion and politics Are they too,
cursed in 80 many other ways, hsmpered and
harrassed by so many other misiortunes, to be
given up either to bigotry or to pharisacal
canting VIII they not BIO warned by our
men as our brothers. from endeavoring to follow
the golden rule of our faith, from believing that
humanity, as scrpturaly expounded, does not
mean fraud, cruelty and oppression, from think
ing that Christian purity is incompatible with
concubinage, we have been led into infdety
treason and insanity. Wherefore, we bid our
Southern brethren to beware of their Bibles-to
shun all contemplation Of the life of him who is
called our Savior-to be careful not to pray too
much aud by no means to cultivate that wicked
thing, conscience. For if they be not more
prudent than We have been, they may be given
up to believe the truth, they may be left
fatally to embrace tho right, they may
be guilty of equity and ridiculOusly soft
ened to pity. In their religious insani-
ty they may be heard exclaiming, +" Let
justice be done, though the heavens fall :"
They are in danger of virtue! The curse Of
conscience threatens them. Conscience, good
lack what have we, citizens Of the greatest
aud wealthiest of republics, architects of our
own fortunes, builders of our own political fabric,
shapers of our own great destiny, to do with
conscience Conscience will play the deuce with
the South, if we may be permitted to speak in
so light way. Conscience may break the ne.
gro's chain. Conscience may arrest the bereave-
ments of the auction.bock. Conscience may
prevent the severance Of parental and of marital
relations Conscience may make q coward Of
many patriotic sinner Pray, good gentlemen
of South Carolina, if you would continue to save
and serve your country by doing i'll, do not cul.
tiyatc conscience
THE SOUTHERN PERIL.
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