Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-08
Testimony OF she Bible against
mOnarchtes and Kings.

OE' omllh, Ahtbny beIlan clergyman VI
Charleston, South Carolina, of popular
Government. Undoubtedly the influence
Of vast majority Of the rebel clergy Of
the South is exerted against republican
ism. In fact several Of the leading reli-
gious denominations seem riyals for The
rank of the established church of the
Southern COnfederacy. The idea Of
diving in luxurious Incidence on a fat
salary paid by the Government, is ex-
ceedingly agreeable to black cloth
hypocrite who pretends to follow the
Ministry of the Blessed Savior, not for
love of souls, but for the love Of sensual
indulgence. Hence these corrupt hire
lings are secretly working to overthrow
free government, which they regard too
favorable to free thinking, and to bring,in
a new order of things where the secular
arm could seize heretics and roast them
into orthoxy ever slow fire, or hagellate
them from the path of damnation. We
have several Of these goddess parsons in
this city, snesking fatterers of wealthy
church members, who wink at debachery
to save their salaries, parsons in black who
have sold themselves to the old gentlemen
w black-creatures who hate freedom of
speech and free Government. Now per-
haps but few christians consider that
MOnarchies and Kings were established
in defiance of the will of God, and that
the testimony of the Bible is on the side
of popular Government The divine Law
on this point is singularly clear and en-
phatic. 1t will be remembered that the
government of the jews in Palestine was
theOcracy. The rulers of the people
according to the qualifications prescribed
by Moses in Deuteronomy; chapter /, and
13 verse, were 'toiSe men, and men Of aJ's-
dey8tanding, and known among the
tribes" who were eDjOined by the same
sagacious leader, announcing the will of
God, TO "judge righteOusly between every
man and his brother" and not "toa 4,e-
spect persons Al Judgment. rms IS al
most the well-l0nown JeffersOnian test (:
as he honest, is he c&pableF' which the
great Apostle of American democracy
laid down for the selection of officers.
For time the Jews prOspered Hnder this
divine government They sOOn became
dissatisfied, however, with the simplicity
of their rulers and asked the wise and up
right Judge and Prophet Samuel to give
them King, 'like other nations" The
Book of Samuel goes on to state in
chapter viii, beginning at verse 6, the
awful reply TO that request:
"But the thing displeased Samuel
when they said, Give us aking 70 judge
us.
And the Lord said unto Samuel, Heark-
en- unto the voice of the people mall that
they say unto thee, for they have not re-
jected thee, bit they haze rejected me that I
should reign oUer them.
Now therefore hearken unto their
voices: yet protest sOlemnly unto them
and show them the manner of the King
that shall reign over them.
And Samuel told all the words of the
Lord unto the people that asked of him
King.
And he said, This will be the manner
of the King that shall reign over you.
He will take your sons, and appoint them
for himself, for his chariots, and to be
his hOrsemen.
And he will take your daughters TO be
confectiOners, and cooks, and bakers
And We shall cry out in that day, because
of your King which ye shall have chosen
you:
The King was sent to the stiff-necked
people in the person of the jealous, ma
licious, unprincipled SAUL. A short
time afterwards, Samuel addressed the
people, and said
Is IL not wheat harvest to- day? l
will call unto the Lord and he shall send
thunder and rain that you mag perceive
and see That your i0ickeaness is great, lohich
gehave done IN he sight Of the Lord IN ask
ing you a King.
Bitterly did the Jews lament in future
years, that they had cast away the price
less pearl OF freedom, but in vain, for
how hard il is to break the chains we
have forged for our own limbs This
striking passage in Jewish history is
most applicable to the present day. I'VE
frequently hear persons saying, ooh that
we had King or Dictator, that this
eternal agitation might ceasep Foolish
thought, for az . Monarchy is the weak
est so it is necessarily the most exacting |
and cruel Of all governments. 1t cannot
live a moment ia the love Of the people,