Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-05-28

Bulubb Ol lnC people we are buuueulN
surprised to find newspapers which hNy,
never been suspected Of any religion o
any sort, coolly assuming to be director,
of the prayers and preaching in churches
and men on whose lips blasphemies hay,
not been uncommon utterances, grow mi
raculously eloquent and instructive on
the subject of church devotions.
But It is only too manifest that if the
radicalism, of which these men and pa,
pers are the illustrations, should obtain
ascendancy in our Government, the sepa-
ration OF church from state would be
ended and persecution would be inaug-
urated which would find no parallel since
the darkest ages. For the spirit of per,
secutiOn is the prominent characteristic o.
/ men who direct those attacks on religious
/ bodies, and is also uppermost in the
minds of those who demand that the
church shall as a church take part in po,,
/ i.ics.
! We believe that no influence has been
stronger to divide the Union sentiment ot
our country, than the influence OF those
/ i'll Judging pastors and teachers, at the
/ North and at the South, who have brought
about church divisions. At the South we
have abundant evidence OF the powerful
influence for evil which political preach.
ing has accomplished Men from whom
we certainly expected better things have
preached disunion as if it were gospel
truth. But theiI efforts hayebeem auxiliary
to the same folly andmadnessat the North,
where hatred to the South has been in
stiiled into the minds of young and old
from The sacred desk II on both sides
the church had confined its teachings to
the gospel and its preachings 10 the great
subject of Pauls preaching, NC should
have, when the war is ended and the
work o! suppress!ng rebel power accom-
plished, means of uniting the hearts OF
North and South which would be Of val
ue beyond estimation.
Out of this stormy present all of us
sometimes look into calm future with
emotions that cannot be expressed. A
peaceful, united country, an unbroken
brotherhood churches that are one here
as they are one in heaven, all these ap
pear in the future. Bat if we are to have
these in theyears to come we must begin
at once to retrace the divergent policy
which many Northern and Southern
churches have pursued, all of which lead
away from truth, unity and love.-Jorn.
| IL r Commerce.
An APPEAL IN BEHALF or A NEGLECTED
| Class There is a poor unfortunate
class Of people to whose condition and
| wants we invite the attention Of the ben,
evolent and humane. 1t is enough TO
wiring the most hnty heart, to reflect on
hot hog n 4. =
suffering The neglect, contumely and
abuse that have been heaped upon their
heads and caused them to cry aloud to the
very heavens, yet on earth they seem to
be all unheeded. Although the class we
allude to is largely in the majority, it has
scarcely q representative in legislature
halls.--Great and wide. spread as are its
sufferings, measures for its relief are rare
ly introduced by State or National law
give:s, and of late years that class of suff,
ering and oppressed people have receiey-
ed little attention even from the sacred
desk. We allude to the White Man.
His present unhappy condition ought to
excite the protoundest commisseration in
the heart Of the sympathetic world, but it
don't. The sympathetic world wags on
l-s
poor indian" and the poor low uiger lac ,
yer tail to excite the liveliest emotions Of
sympathy, while the story of the White
Mans suiferings are listened to with chill.
ing Indifference.
1t is about time that the species OF the
human family, whose great crime consists
in having skin not colored like the dar.
KEY. should receive its proportion of at
tention. Ought man to be utterly eX'
cluded from public sympathy because he
is neither a copper beaded Chill of the
Forest, nor a descendant Of Ham Is it so
very grave an offence to h, We a white skin,
a nose that isn't fattened at the poles,
lips moderately thin. and hair thai don't
curl like steel filings in short ought the
simple fact of a white mIn TO condemn
one forever TO the Worlds cold shoulder {?
We are bold to say that il ought not. A
man may possess many very estimable
qualities, his misfortune may entitle him
to the warmest sympathy, although he mav
not hare a drop ofIfricu blood il. his vciRs ,
We know that we are asserting doctrine
that is startlingly novel in this region but
we are prepared TO take the consequences.
We expect to hear howl from the Abol-
ition press, who have so long ignored the
White Man and the White Mans inter-
ests, but we feel that we have dcne our
duty TO deeply unfortunate and greatly
neglected class of fellow citizens, and our
reward is al approving conscience.-Ex.
ORIENTAL Wrr--A young man. going a
journey, entrusted a hundred decnarS to an
old man. When he came back the old
man denied having had any money depos-
tied with him, and he was hauled up be-
fore the Khazee,
Where were you young man when you
delivered this money?"
Under tree"
Take my seal and summons that tree"
said the judge. go, young man, and
tell the tree to come hither, and the tree
will obey you when you show it my seal"
The young man went in wonder. After
he had gone some time the Khazee said TO
the old man
"He is long. Do you think he has got
there YETI"