The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-10-06
FOR MEMBER OF BOARD OF EDUCATION.
HENRY X. EDISON,


RELIGION AND POLITICS.
Our contemporary is antraGiiJus since
the Presiden mt issued his Proclamation Of
emancipation. His leader a + W days ago
was devoted to the abuse of the Repub-
leans, the Know Nothings, the people of
New England and the Churches of the
North
Our contemporary used to be Know
Nothing hims elf and some shrewd polit,
lcal friends Of bis insist that he is yakinr
up these Know Nothing "reminiscences ID
order to excite prejudice against Hornsh
against whom he still berts crudee for
beating him for the Nomination to Con-
gress. His abuse of New England and
Of the Purltans, it is supposed, is for the
purpose of gaining the favor ST certain
Virginia ehurchmen hereabouts, of the
secesh sympathizing stripe.
His bile is stirred up afresh agains, the
northern churches by the recent action
OF the Old School Synod of Southern 10.
wa In the endorsement Of the Presiden,'s
Proclamation. He counted that the Old
School church would make slavery the
chief corner stone Of their religion" and
80 the Synod passes resolutions endorsing
The Presidents Proclaim alton of enamel
patton. No wonder he is bilious and
bitter.
Here Is specimen ofthe kind ofanath
emas our plous churehman FROM Mary
hhd pours out upon all The churches of
the North, in his excitement against the
recent political action of the Synod OF
Southern Iowa. And mark what motive
he attributes TO the christians of the North
as influencing them in their action agains,
slavery.
The Puritanical, religious proscript
I've element OF the early settlers in New
England, and which to this day no. onl,
greatly predominates in those States, bu
has been scattered widely over the West
through the migrating propensities o
that people, was but the natural STOCK no
on which to engrsft the modern prascrip
tive principles OF Know Nothin.rsm. AN,
it Immediately took rank hold and -four
lshed with ama1ing rapidity OF growth =
The Northern Church soon became tn
grand focus through which its abominabl
and narrow minded prejudices were sowr
broadcast, and tsoon became one of The
csrdinai principles of most of the Nor,h-
ern churches &c make politics one of thei,
principal means OF increasing their church
memberships, while the preachers BEGAN,
aspirants In all Republican political con
venuons for the chief Offices, both stat.
and National, wherever money was 10 b,
made, and political influence to be WELD
cd Tor themselves, their churches, anc
their party. Knowing the Northern sen.
.lment TO be almost Unit in opposition
70 slavery. they readily seized upon tia,
piank III their platform and made anti.
slavery the chief corner stone Of their "a
.as'on' ana Whenever the Bible seemed
70 conflict wid their peculiar dogma,
ana 'heir pol'',col reliyion, they cry out
rather down With the Bible than that ,he;,
hopes OF political preferment and chance,
Of Offices should perish by the loss Of ,he;,
principal hobby horse---the darling uegr,
-whereupon they alone expected to ria,
into Office and to GIL their pockets viii
filthy lucrc."
Now We take it, that members of the,
Northern Churches, who are SO devoted
70 party that they will sustain Pro
"hien vlii'hes them in this style. max,
very little account Of their church. tha;,
religion or their country. in eomoar;,on
With their party organ.
The fellow who wrote that article -.
trying to "writs down the Nortbe.,
anti-slavery churches and to bring them
into disrepute with the Democracy, IN o..
der that ~ might thereby make prose-
lytes in the Democratic party to churche,