M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-03-05

John Davis, S. W. McCommic and
Isaac Stevison o! Jackson Co and f
ESes, Sheriff f,VintOh Co, to con
9't stme of this bipeds remarks,
And after being laid ,n the shelf by
these mems endorsement, of Rev
Mitchell, he makes a general scanda-
lous and libelous attack on him, in the
laet Standard as follows;
Mr.. Mitchell held series of meetings
here. which were attended by all the seceS.
slonisls in the town and surrounding coun-
Try, who thanked God that they had found
one minister who preached the Gospel in
lis purity, and did mol NEEDLE with politics
The liquor dealers. whiskey bloats, spiritu.
Sllsis aud infdes, attended church. They
Smoked cigars with Bro. Mitchell in doger.
les, took him into their houses and Offices,
wa ked with him Oh the streets, and follow.
ed him to the very edge OF the water when
he adm Mustered the ordinance of baptism
Alen who were never known TO attend church
AMI were always cursing the preachers. were
in crowds around Bro. Mtchell's church, aud
were frequently heard earnestly dis ussi ng
the virtue OF baptism upon our streets.
Bro. Mitchell has not preached here of
late, and those lovely lambs have been left
without spiritual food, except such as the :
can get i'll the dogeres. And worst of all,
there are ugly stories again in circulation
about "beluved brother MITCHELL" yts said
that he has been excluded from the church.
Some sav he was excluded because he got
into fight in "a low dog gSery, where he had
gone 10 get--cigafs. Others say he was eX.
cuded because he was secessionist. OH
ers again sly that wicked Mrs PJtiph ar
selzed his garment. And, although he was
avirtuous Joseph, Genesis S9lh Chap yet
the high prices Of cotton go dS deferred hial
from leaving his garment in her hands, aud
SO he re NAMED, and--lell.
SOFT seems by th1 above that all
'Secessionists" that is Democrats OF
Jackson Co. are not to be allowed to
attend church, net to worship God ac
cording to the dictates OF their own
conscience and they are not to be a.
lowed to thank God for preacher, (in
these days of degenerate preachers)
who breaches the Gospel, and not pol
itics. Again whiskey dealers, bloats,
spirtualists and inid Is are now ty be
declared the privilege ofatteudi ny
church. 1t seems this A'bino, rot
content with running our whole coun-
try, in which he has been aiding for
years, must now consign all TO (and
especially his own party, a great por.
ton Of whom, come within his deini.
tion above) eternal damnation without
the benefit. Of clcrly. We osay all, for
this term lnfiiel most unquest'ona.
bly, includes the E litor himself, for q
gre ater intidel God mover let live on
earth. Mr.. Mitchell We believe has
voted with the Democracy, hence he
ia TO be denounced rs Il secessionist,
hot because he preached Democracy,
but because he don't preach Abolition
ism. AnL again, Bro. Mitchell must
not sit down with re- Pu6licans and
sinners, oh no, this Albino must have
some preacher who is dignifed, stands
back--dont associate with the COM
mon people-We think we hear him
soliloquize. We are all thu intoli.
gence-all the deceucy&c. How
beautiful this compares with the con
duct of Christ, who Was charged
thus "Behold man gluttinous, and
a winebibbe:, a friend of pubiica n 8
and Sinners" and further with "sit-
ting, eating and drinking with publ,
cans and slnners.' If Christ coald
do these things in order to get the ears,
and attention publicans Gnd sinners
in his day, (and we believe it is not
denied he did iD We can see no rea-
son why Rev. Mitchell, should not
now eat drink and smoke with re-
publlcaus. and sinners OF the present
day, even ii it were true he had done
these things. But We have a little
further evidence from which to draw
and inference it is said in tho same
book, that John came neither eat
ing nor drinking, and they say. He
hath a Devil" Now it may be the
EIitCr of the &dudard does not drink
(of which we have no evidence from
his literature) but yet according to the
word in the instance given, he may he
a very Devil. And we here give it
as our opinion, that he is ather a
Devil, or possessed OF one. Ii Chris.
could love pubLicans and sinners We
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