The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-12-16

/ cieEXye IN ESleIenG0 10 Lnt WAIT 10 1uuICcty JuE-
tiHabie. Experience teaches thaf.po .class.in
the community is so prone to be carried away
by the predominant excitement of the day az
the members of the ~clcricsl profession. s ,Du>
ring the revolution, the English Bishops were
more vehementfin their denunciatio.s OF the
"rebels" and their "%allies," Chatham and
Burke, than any other members OF the House
of Lords; and Lafayette MENTIONS, in one of
his letters, that upon listening, one morning,
shortly after his arrival here, to a sermon, in
which the good cause was only incidentally
alluded to, he took the preacher 10 task for
his neglect, where upon, in the afternoon. he
was patriotic enough to satisfy even the patri-
otto Frenchman. hEhis tendency to sympa-s
thize with the popular impulse was strikingly
illustrsfed id the war of 1872, when the cler.
| gy of New England almost unanimously 'adop-
ted and exaggerated the, local Prejudiees
~against the war Not long since, at q Metho.
dist Conference in Illinois, suoh.resolutions as
the following we're adopted ~ hess2i.
sResOfped, THAT, Ia sSSh times as the prer-
emit 4 man who withhSolds his hearty support
fro the administration ,4ips&iss efforts to sup
press the rebellton, may be justly suspe cted Of
want Of sympathy with and of loyalty to the
government Of his copntry.s III
"Resolped, That:in the signal victories
gained by our armies since the enforcement Of
the Emane;pation Proclamation; we behold an
Indication olthep tpprose' Of Heaven NupSp
NResoIved, That We cordially, approve tho
policy Of the administration in.The snforcemeet
Of the CONSUMPTION act, and the Suspension Of
the writ OF habeas eoyPnsj touching offenscs
against the government, and also the policy Of
the national forces" q. T.
Extraypgsnt as these doctrines are, assent
10 them ifnow made In many places o touch.
stone of piety as well as OF natriotism but In
1919, when subscriptionsto tho NationatLoan
were stimulated In Boston, by .ths pledge ito
keep the names OF subscribers secret, the pull.
pits Of New England resotn,led With curses
interrupted Ia history" said one, proclaimed
on tho most frivolous nd Rroundless pretonoes,
and lob no eensidegasion whatever deier my
brethren OBJ Rlf tImes, and In all pl COS, FROM
exesratihgitke present war. Mr.. Madison has
declared It4-iet Mr.. Madison carry IL on
The Unior-has long since bon virtually dis
solved, and Il 10 high timo that this part Of tho
disunion SttteS lhouldstpko care OF Itself"
Anothef asAured ~, hearers that 81, az tho
command or weak or wicked rulers, O people
undertake an unjust war, each man who vol
unteers his services In such q cause, or loans
his money for, lts support, or by his con ycrsa-
tion, his writing, or any other nude. OF iniu-
enceaor courugos lis prosecution, that man 10
an acoomplice In tho NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. his
conscience with oil tho sblaekcst crimos-
brings the guilt OF blood upon bis soul, and IL
thepglght Of God and his iaw,is q murderer "
hpttherY ed' led upon neyery man who sane
,iohs thIi%war By his suGragpse Influence g
and Ms connirytwilhu blJcd The blood Of
lhe slain will cry from the ground against him.
How will the nfpporters OF this apti-Chrislian
warfare endure thtir sentence-enduro thor
own reflections endure tho Gre that forever
burns-the worm that never dIes-thc hosan.
nus OF heaven, while the smoke OF their tor
ments ascends forever and ever Such was
the manner In which those whose descendants
are now so intelerant OF anything like opposl
ton 10 tha policy OF the adhlnistratio' then
supported the government, 3aIthough the very
same men had denounced those who questioned
tho wisdom OF the alien and sediiion laws Of
President Adams as ~"trnitors 10 God and
christianity" 1.-The Intimate connection"
said one, IN an address 10 that President on
behalf ola convention Of Congregational
ministers nbatyeen our civil and christian
blessings j. alonA sufficient 10 juslifynfhe deei-
ded Eart yhieh the clergy Of America have
unHeVmly taken In supporting the constituted
authorities aad political institutions Of their
e,,an.ry"-h ,hslry"pf astlon brayely ferge, :
1y ignored pntiilsN endell Phillips fhnd Lloyd
Garrison gave In their pdhension "a, Lhe mn,
tlehal authorities. When these emlptnt pm
iTjpts abandoned their leng cherished pliRel-
Vea, and the Hide OF popular enthusiasm ran
strongly against anything like opposition 70
the measures efihe administration, then these
despendanla and Vt Representatives. OF The fulml'
nators Of Divine wrath against oil who supper.
iHd. ne government ~ 9 feralge FaL wv .Inl
Mt Llneeln end his eahi net have made no
more inlalepnt ind mRopFoua advocates than
those Wbe were onee egmmisaiehedl 10 preach
The glad tldnpsgf'the apspe1 OF peaeey ..nEl
The meFlLs OF the qpsslians which have diylr
ded the Aeflh-abd, NV that matter, Of these
NJ Issue between the i've seeLiens-lbey ERE
necessarily very ignaFaBt, We very much
doubt " enc epf often OF lbess apostles Of The
sword could stand Nh examination on the pre-.
amble or The constellation, end We ebrtalnly
have nel YET seen q single reduction tfem my
or lhtm that ildieaed The slightest aequaih
lance With the ihstitatipds on History oil eur
fhe. missiel Of those WIN preach the Gospel
Ii q b CHER one than that OF the statesman o.
politician J. and tbe. task Of fitting .ene's self
lef The hllhlpi discharge Of the duties Of that
sacred gfiheti a aaite' theepsisteHt With The
study of constitutional Law and rphitiesh es6na
emf 10 isp iherelDfe, eFeditable teieur clergy,
that they are 10 impeffeeilg Informed IN refer
enee TO- political flattelsj but, unfortunately,
beiag lfiihed 10 yield, after the manner or Che
gentle seE, 70 sentiment rather Than 20 Feasen,
They are III ways subject 10 fbe carried etfA BY
SOME enlbufsi Of hepplaF frenzy. aud Ia their
Ignorance 10 Mistake The gab, pepsN for The
g6B Del The Instances 10 which We have
referred In eur eva itisteit s4sHHdaHtly Illus
lFats ibis, aud thai D. l1nllaAd weuld supply
others stjl ifefa, htFikihg but what we have
SAID salHses 10 shew thai there ID no
ehss N ihs eeihmaBlly whose opinions, Ia re.
.,RRssssss ~ pS ssispay. and ,h lat , N ppsssnt H. n
natlei.in Is perIe6Ay consistent with The course
VI their predecessors, Ha4gu4. al
The Iira or yirtues4 ife