The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-07
who Are .he CO wor.hIpPeTsI

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the phrase Negro. worshippers," that the
worship Of negroes must be very common
in the land, and IL becomes worth the
trouble 10 inquire who are tho persons
who bow Esehsshfihs y z The tbBhy IDOL,
and who make, The negro Of more value
than even fee Government, aud human
progress themselves. r
First sSto the bcaLIg Of the negro,
wOrshipPers. They are fonRd in email
numbers scattered over the North, though
there the chrch-is fast dying out before
the powerful Influence Of enlightenment;
but the vast majority Of them live South
Of Mason and Dison's Line. The cotton
regions are held almost exclusively by
these fanatics, who after death go TO
South Carolina, where they play the devil
generally, and worship negroes worse
than ever
One of the highpricsts of negro wor-
ship is ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS, Vice
President Of the Southern C%onfederacy'
This man, dressed in his sacerdotal ha-
biliments, once cried out with the holy
frenzy Of a Pythoness "Slavery is the
chief oarner-stone of the Confederacy p
This psOr priest worshipped negroes so
dovoutly that he believed they were the
prop and basis of the Southern Con-
federacy.
Another very fanatical negro worship
per is the Louisville Democrat, which said
that Sthe destruction Of slavery in Ken
lucky involved the destruction Of our in
terests,p Is il not evident that the Dem
oCrat is . very superstitious worshipper
Of the negroes, inasmuch as it holds
them as the guardians of Kentucky's in
t%erests, and negro-slavery identical will
her happiness and greatness? Never
; did . religious devotee adore his lido
with worship more ardent than that Of
the Democrat. The negro is its GALL
in ALL" in which il " lives and moves
and has its being"
AuOtuCI En3u4bA AhAAC AGkAOT WI II
pers, is the Louissi lille Journal which car
see in the violets Of April, the roses o
May, the rainbows of summer, the con-
stellations of the sky, or the rosy clouds
OF morning, nothing but ornaments Il
deck the brow of negro slavery. /
clasps its withered hands, sinks on it
lettering knees, and rolling its " signifies
orbs" TO heaven, exclaims " Slavery i
GSital tnstit,Rion Of he country" 1t erie
out that If any one dares to discuss tn
question Of emancipation among us, th
attempt mast Do stamped ont as II Il we-
hs lighted fire of a bomb shsH" Parsol
MoFERRrN, Parson GRAVES, and IsuAM Il
HARRIs were great negro orshipper
while they were in Nashville. The
walked the streets swinging censerF
which rolled forth clouds Of incense, an
orlod aloud, "Whoso questions the di
divine right of negro slavery, lie
him be accursedp' The baleful in
huencs Of these fsnatical votaries Of ne
grolOgy has poisoned the fountains Q
our peace and filled them with waters Q
bitterness and strife. NegrO-w orshi
has yelled the South in ignorance; il ha
retarded enterprise, improvement an
population; il has a%malgamated the Ca
easian and African races to a shockin
extent, known 10 no other portion of tn
civilized world; it has surrendered a.
che choice lands of the South to a sma.
body Of and-monopolists, and driTe
the poor whites to the barren fats, pin
woods, and cedar hills it has stiAe,
freedom Of speech and of the press; i
has given the whole political control o
this section to a consolidated, close cor
pOrAtion Of negro owners.
This damnAble rebellion is the gran,
carnival of the negro worshippers of tn
South, who are now drinking their sacra
ment Of blood. They are determined {
form n Government where church an
State shall be united; where cotton sha.
be king, and negro slavery the e~verlast
lag Holy Of HOLES, dazzling the eyes q
all its v%Otaries with its inefable eful
gSnce.
NsgrO-worship differs from all other
in one striking popularity It's delade
vokIries imagine that al wAo do not belong
0~ir church are negro .tOorsARpegs, and tina
Aey themselves ae ,eholly exempt from n
sabl Authorization. They fancy that In
rest Of mankind are infatuated with
passion for the negro. The South Caro-
lima ~ire-eaters aud Kentucky copper
heads, who are two minor sects or fra
tsrnitiss in the great Negro worahippinI
Church, accuse all the enemies of Afri
can slave labor Of being Negro Worship
pers ! and the RHETTs and WIoKLWPE.
say that SEWARD and LINCOLN are aHlict
ed with NEGRO on the brain"
Itreminds one Of the ludicrous erro
Of the drunkard, who sang as he reelet
along the pavement:
',Every iamppost ls as drunk - a Turk.
NO" Pon my soul thifiaycry bad work
Whoever else may justly be lerme,
worshippers Of the negro, Il Is eert,i,
thatin no sense does the term apply 4,
the opponents Of slave labor, and who's,
Appliesit only shows himself to be smit