The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-11
Another Clerical Rampage.


of them that they were Of the most radical
character. and uncbristian in tone and spirit.
The proceedings upon their presentation were
so disorierly that the Bishop presiding felt it
incumbent upon himself to remind bis brethren
that they should not forego their character
or tie proprieties Of the occasion" \ report
Of the proceedings says that the reading Of the
resolutions was interrupted by the boisterous
applause of the members. The clergy rose
en- n1csss and marked their approval Of them
By cheers, clapping of hands, stamping their
feet upon the ground, and other modes Of ap-
plause to which a council Of reverends might
be supposed stranger"
From the extracts we make below a iudg
meut may be formed of the charity and Chris
tian spirit of the resolutions and speakers.
The Rev. Newman apologized for the absence
of Gen. Wool, and said be knew the Coufe-
renee would be satisfied with the explanation,
especially if Gen. Wool should put down at
once the infamous Copperheads Of the North.
The Rev. Or. Osborn said the Infamous Cop
perheads were as thick as blackberTies where
be lived and were obstinate too He often
hoped thrashing a man well might become one
Of the Christian virtues, that be might be able
constantly TO dig into such fellows II be
were President, instead Of suspending the Ia
beas corpus, he would suspend the Copper
heads. [Applause-l The Rev. Foster said
the South hated the Yankees, and held them
in ridicule. He hoped the war would continue
until that hesh, devilish idea was whipped
out of the Southern people. The Rev. Wakely
desired to inform the Conference that the
proper way to treat Copperhead was to
stamp their heels on him, at the same time
striking his heels violently upon the floor,
which brought down the house"
Rev Mr.. Cattell voted against the resolu-
tions when there arose cries of Bring him
up" " Put the screws on him" He is not
loyal etc. He attempted to explain, but
was interrupted with Kisses. yelIs. cries of no,
no." 4" false, and sit down." We have Civ
en- but q few of the disgraceful excamations
and scenes of the occasion, aud we ask if
among the most reckless and abandoned poll.
ticians who may be among the rum holes of
New York there may be selected men capable
of expressing more of brutality and hatred
than is expressed in these extracts. We ask
| Christians, who sincerely regard the good
name Of their respective denominations, TO
take such action respecting the shameful inter
/ ference Of the clergy in matters purely secular
as shall convince these zealots of the propriety
OF attending TO their own business Pluce in
connection these speeches in the Methodist
/ Conference, the exhibition lately made by
/ Beecher at the Cooper Institute in applauding
a political courtesan, and the ribald, vulgar
attack of Cheever upon Greeley-an attack
which it was not his province to make, howev-
er much Greeley may have merited punish
ment-and what a picture is disclosed of the
character of the political priests who now rule
in the majority Of the churches.
Christianity is displaced in these exhibitions
by viniictve and revengeful spirit, and the
decences enjoyed by custom in public discus
sion are thrust aside with as much nonchaance
as is displayed by model artistes in their nude
and shameless exposures.-[Chicago Times.
PoLIT1cAL PREAcuERs.-Dr Adam Clarke,
the great Methodist commentator, says of po-
litical preachers:
/ Political preachers neither convert souls
nor build up believers on their most holy
faith; one may pique himself on his loyalty,
the other on his liberalhy and popular notions
of government; but, in sight of the great
/ Head of the Church, the first is a sounding
brass and the second a tinkling cymbal
"When preachers of the Gospel become
parties in party politics, religion mourns; the
church is indebted, and political disputes agi>
tate even the faithful of the land Such preach
ers, no matter which side they take, are no
( longer messengers of glad tidings, but the
seedsmen of confusion, and wasters of the heri
tage Of Christ"
On the same subject the great Edmund
Burke thus spoke:
"Poltics and the pulpit are terms that have
but little agreement. No sound ought to be
heard in the church bat the healing voice Of
Christian charity. The cause Of civil liberty
and civil government gains as little as that Of
religion by the confusion Of duties. Those
who quit their proper character to assume
what does not belong to them are for the
greater part ignorant both Of the character
they leave and Of the character they assume.
Wholly uuacquainted with the world in which
they are SO fond of meddling, and inexperienced
in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with
so much confidence, they hare nothing Of poll
tics but the passions they e1cite."
THE HUMAN HgART.-The velvet moss will
grow upon the sterile rock-the mistletoe on