Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-12-24

matter OF surprise. We have concluded from the evil
denre storded by themselves regaid them eoavic
ted idostors. The priests of Dagop believe, were
not more so than the priests of tue Uuiou.
But, while act OF thers could cause surprise,
confess they have increased our contempt and abb
hoTeuce. They presume pass upon any body
of Christian men, while they stand rebuked before the
whole world the veriest and contemplate crea
lures Of the popuace that dlsgrced the gsrb
hgioni The people wish them to uphold the govern.
mem" and forthwith they ery havock aud let slip the
dogs Of war" The people wish them TO be .outspoken
Union men," and they speak out with Vengeance for
blood and carnage and slaughter and annihistion.
o, re riest of Molochi how much blood wi satisfy
yonr insaate gody How great must be the holocaust
OF misery and ruin of crushed hearts, of ISOLATE bones
sactih feed on the bloody altar Of your Union? 80
In this Convention 10 appears there several reso
utions offered for the purpose o letting OF the South
that stood osracised ny the respectable vote Of
that reverend body One was made. with the view Of
reaching the case Of the Southern Bishop who was
driven to the he adopted by the most monsrous
injustice aud oppression threatening to oyerwhem him,
aud all he held deag the EARTH rretrievabe ruin.
We confess We had doubts about the erpediency of
our veneated Bishop quitting his diocese for the sed
ied of fight Wesaw indeed that the proyocaton
great and felt too that Ito his own master he
must stand or all and it was not for to prejudice
him. But read those resolutions, and read the
Pastoral Letter Of the House Of Bishops" aud the m
slant effect upon our mind was TO make us exclaim,
God speed Leondas Polkl" He at least is not fight
ing for an idol He is not bounding on ruifian and
brutal army to ravags and deyastate. He has entered
the bloody lists in defence of his hearth and home and
of the hearths aud homes Of millions who have right
to possess them in peace and quetness He Is in the
held TO drive back horde of cruel and blood-thirsty
invaders who would convert horiesteads into deserts
and cities into ruins. 80
This rebellion il seems from the Pastoral letter.
Is "a great crime against the laws of God and man p
Now, what had that House of Bishops" TO do with pro-
nouncing upon such a question at all Imagine the
Master whom they pretend 10 follow, thus debating sex
tathedra" upon mere secular question.
But, doubtless they interpret the passage, Render
unto Cesar the things that are Caesars, 10 mean to
succumb to the grotesque majesty Of Abe Lincoln yea
At the of the rights and liberties Of ten millions of
born free men. -:
Had that House of Bishops possessed the spirit Of
Chr but grain of mustard seed they would have
washed their hands OF the whole natter aud their
II not expressed language would have btea, Let the
dead bury their dead Il shows their utter drluson 10
tank that anything they could say do would have any
effect upon the South such, at least they Desired
Much does show their delusion when they whom
they regard as the YTetched tools aud muions of low
and cruel yran take upon themselves the office of CEN
sors towards US
Let them be assured that the political is not one whit
complete eternal than the ecclesiastical separa
ton We have known enough, and more than enough
of them. The cloVenfoot has been very sufficiently Dis
played And We cure SPEAK the minds of all within
these Confederate States wien we say, 40, my SOUL
c)me not thou into their secret into their assembly
mine honor, be not thou ,uIiIed!"
Let them from hencefort occupy their very valuable
time in logi,laing exclusively for Themselves They
may find sufficient employment in framing "canons 10
restore degraded Minister'S And those must be com.
prehensye indeed to reach the number of that unhappy
class which Of the South, believe exist within the
body represented in The late Convention,