The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-30


| fallacy lay; but he was Of the peculiar or
ganization, that II he could deceive peo-
| pie and revolutionize nation, his high
est wish would be accomplished. His To-
gic produced this result in the rebellion
Of South Carolina in 1882.
A correspending fallacy il at the root
I I ef al NJ difficulties In thaehureh. What
is tbat2 1t is a doubie-entendre, that
religion las nothing 10 do with politics
This is two-edged sword, with which tho
devil is sweeping from one end OF The
land TO the other. Religion has nothiug
to do with politics, there is a popular
sense in which that prorerb is true. If
by politics you mean the wrangling and
devils work of wire pulling--the chilean
cery, falsehood and bribery asree With
you; but that il tic oaly sense in which
The adngc il true
DIR. McPheters denies the right of any
per on to draw from him an expression
OF his political sentiments. Here is the
same acquisition, or double entendre. LII
he means by political sentiment, his re-
gard for party organizations, and the clap
traps Of electloneering, he is right but
! IT he means the great doctrines aud prin-
eipies Vi civil government, he is wrong,
and II he do not On oil proper occasions
make known his sentiments, he is derelict
IN his duty TO the great King of Zion.
Not one ofthe brethren who has spoken
to this paper has in the least degree dis
sented from the doctrines it contains. |
am glad Of it; so much gained for the
cause OF truth. But it is said the adop-
ton Of 1.-THE declaration of these doc
trines of truth and right--will be disas-
trous to the churches. produce mischief,
divide the church. The same thing was
said. time after time, during the discussion
OF DR.. Springs resolution in the last As
sembly. And it is actually stated as a
fact, in one Of the papers published in the
Synod of kentucy. That which is his
torieaily untrue, Il assumed as true !: it
is assumed in a large portion Of Dr.
Hodge argument. Now what is the his
torlcal facts 1t is, that the leading spir.
its IN the South--the Presbyterian Cal
houns Of the South-after having appoint
ed commissioners to the last Assembly,
issued orders calling together the Pres.
byteries TO reconsider the msiter and
they did reconsider and nullirv1their Gp-
pointment, and refuse to Send commits.
sioners to the Assembly. This took place
many weeks before the meeting of the
Assembly: and thus the division WAS
inaae efficient long before DR. Spring ap-
pearcd in Philadelphia.
If the doctrines OF that paper are true
and right, as all admit, then why should
it divide the synod or congregation in
Kentucky? Those who feel aggIieyed by
them, viii they not be resisting truth p
The objection that the adoption Of the
paper will divide the church is strange
mistake Of substituting an effect for a
cause; the church was already divided,
or sadly torn, and this fact is the cause
FOR issueing The deliyerance-not rice
uersa. Its my belief, in accordance with
the teachings Of the Bible, that when
mans path is marked out by admitted
truth, it is his duty to walk in it, and not
eyade il by saying "there is lion in the,
way Ii there were thousand lions in
the way, and you have the spirit Of the
martyrs. you would 90 right forward you
would say. let me go into the fiery fur
mace, or INFO the lions den, If truth re-
quires it.. 1t is mere opinion that such
and such action Of this body will create
division. set up different opinion,
aud one mans opinion is as good as an
others, If the men are equal. Let me
be sure that | am right-that utter the
|truth--and | have no fear of results -
! am not responsible for consequences.
My life is Gods, not my own; if He tells
me my duty | must do.it, without refer
ence to consequences. Ii il is my duty
us soldier to march to the battlefield,
will do it, whether bullet strike me dead
or not How win We stand when the
ayes and nays are called on the adoption OF
this paper? II we negative it, the
whole church--North, South, East and
West--and all Europe will say that the Old
School Presbyterian Church had such
declaration Of truth before them, and they
negatived it. Let me see the man who
will dare vote against it. The world will
say the Old ScAooa are net sound and ley-
al. How can they say anything else2
Allow me to say further, that there is
deep philosophy at the foundation of this
question. What is ity 1t is that there
is no neutrality in morals. He that is
not formc ~ against me; and he that gath
ercth not with me scattereth abroad. A
neutral question does not exist in the
whole field Of morals. 1t is right that
the nations integrity must be preserved;
It is right that the people of the nation
should mot commit treason against the |
Government. There 10 no neutrality in
the question Of treaseA against the coun-
try. This war is founded on treason--in
the most Stuncndnus danAniinn nne nnlu