Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-06-04

Dr,ralov On tic Religious Character # tic Rebellion

address in New York, and this time he
dwelt wholly upon The irreligous character
Of the rebellion. He spared no religious
denominations, Ho pays lis respects first
to the Episcopalians, in his way:
ALLOW me to say to you OF my personal
knowledre-many Of you are Episcopa-
lans, and no doubt worthy and acceptable
and pious members Of the church--allow
me to say to you, aud always use names,
/ always give dates, times aud places, SO
that there can be 10 mistakes-f you
want to detect mo in q falsehood, l viii
help you to do so laughter ono Of your
bishops--the Right Reverend Honorable
Major Leonidas Polk-who, with bis cock.
ed hat, epaulettes on his shoulders aud a
sword hanging by his side, is strutting
about the swamps Of Corinth, Mississippi,
has been for months drinking wliskey by
the quart and swearing profauely. Taking
the name Of God in vain is q common
thing with him.
49, Then he turns to the Methodist:
Methodist preachers throughout the
South are entitled TO moro consideration
than the ministers Of any other denomina-
tio. Cor there is more unaminily among
them. They arc all nearly, without oXcep-
ton, rascals. Great laughter The Rev.
Mr.. Pitts-an old presiding elder OF the
Tennessee Confeienco-making business
Of Getting drunk, carrying u bottle Of liq-
uor with him, and in bis discusses to the
soldiers on Sunday he tells them that in
the cause in which they arc engaged they
are fighting TO keep back the abolition
hordes Of the North, and that if they die
in this cause they will be saved in heaven
oven without grace. Rev. DR.. Baldwin, Of
tho Methodist church as is tho custom
with the Methodist, threw up his hands, at
a prayer meeting, and said, "0n, Lord, we
thank Thee for having inaugurated this
revolution" Senator Pickens, Judge
and State Senator, who was in front Of
the pulpit, rose up, and taking biz hat, as
the minister concluded that first paragraph,
said, "God damn such prayer as that. -
Laughter.
Mr. Martin is New School Presbyteri-
an, anat,e Of East Tennessee, and citi
gen Of the town in which lived. Until
he became secessionist he was clover
man--a high-mindcd, honorable man
But allow me to say that Whenever seces-
zion enters into. man at the South, wheth-
er highlander or lowlander, prince oil
a peer, the devil accompanies it. They
both enter together, and you may expect
that man to Go the work Of the devil from
that Tune forward and foycyermore. Mr.
Maynard, a member Of Congress from the
Knoxville district, not TO the bogus Con-
Cress, but to the United States Congress
Iapplause1 lis aD elder in the New School
Presbyterian Church, one Of the finest
scbolars in East Tennessee--a very high
toned and honorable man-and he had no
sooner left the City Of Knoxville and made
his escape across the Cumberland Noun
tains for his seat in Congress-, than the
Rev. Joseph II. Martin, about whom the
gentleman inquired made a set speech,
going through III tho formalities Of a text
on the Lords day, and preached IN entire
sermon-an abusive and outrageous ser
mon--and prayed and an outrageous pray
or leyeled at Mr. Maynard. lie implored
God that his traitorous feet and cowardly |
tracks might never be- seen or known in !
Tennessee, and that they might never press
the soil of the streets Of Knoxville. The
wife of Mr.. Maynard, who is in this neigh
borhood, and, for aught l know, may be
in this audience tonight, and who Is in
every sense an intelligent, amiablo and
Christian lady, and who was present OH
the occasion when Ter husband was SO de-
nounced, affected to tears, rose up and left
che house; and although she was driven
out of Knoxville but few weeks ago, il Is
20 her honor and credit that she mover dis
graced herself by visiting lis vile sanctua-
~ any more. (Cries Of Good" In the
most sneaking aud hypocritical manner he
paid her a visit afterwards and apologizcd
60 her for his abuse Of her husband; said
no did not want to oft, but his elders and
Major Wallace required him to do it, and
he had to do it to hold on to his salary
and place. What do you think Of devil
like that That is ono Of your Now
School Presbyterians. Now for the Old
School. Laughter.
Rev. Mr. Harrison, Of my town, and
once man IN MnOIn haU coulldence,
make tho bold and open declaration that
Jesus Christ, was Southern, born upon
Southern soil. lilo did not intend it as
any play upon words or as any joke. He
said ''that Jesus Christ was a Southerner,
born upon Southern soil; and 50 were bis
deciples and apostles-all, except Judas,
and he was q Northern man.n Holding
ap the Bible in his hands, he remarked to
the audience, 81 had sooner - imagine
he was sober; / would not say he was, for
they are nearly all drunk on corn whiskeyl
IL had sooner my brethren, announce 10
you text for discussion from the pulpit
out Of Bible or To,tament that i know had
been printed and bound in hell, than out
OF any Bible or Testament that was print
ed or bound North Of Mason aud Dixon's
hne." These arc tho incidental WORDS
That was part a a Gospel sermon on.
the Lords day, and a mere unmitgated,
God-forsakels set Of seoundrels DO not live
than the preacher of the Gospel down
South. Of course you mus understand