Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-10
Abrahana Lincoln, by 80 Divine Au
shsrsty,- President OF she rnsted
states.

states.
Among the news items OF the Philadelphia
Press We find the following:
LoTALrY or PHsLxpxLrHrA CLKRerxKS.-The
elergvmen Of the eisyare making a secieraiion OF
their loyalis BY signing paperof shieh the io''
lowing - seopv-~ -
The uDdersigrei. recognizing civil Govern
menL ~ of Diriae asHfhorify and feehre thesr
obligation tn fesch Submission 60 magistrates ~
bearing the seord agsiust evildoers. hereby avos
their unisIrering LOYALTY 20 our General Govern
mens. and their duty to pray without ceasins for
the triumph of our arms IA putting doxn this un
holy and murderops rebellion"
The Phissdelphia Age. in commenting upon
the foregoing remarks: As loyal isymen, We
would advise President LIscoLS 10 lay no great
stress os the sycophantic declaration OF these
Reverend CIereymen. that -cisil Government IL
OF Divine sstkerify Our Divine Master taught
no such doctrine On the contrary he separated
civil Governments altogether from religious Gov
eminent. when he told the Jews 70 "render unto
Caesar the things that are Caesars, and unto God
the things shat are Gods There are good Gov
ernments and bad Governments; there is the
Government Of the Queen OF Great Britain, and
there Is the Government of King DAHoxr: and
though all the Reverend. loyal CIergymen were
70 assure US that we are wrong. we shall never
believe that both are of "Divire origin" Some
Governments have been positively Of Satanic
origin: such as the Government of TIBKnIus,
Mao. CALieuLA. aud the government of the Poles
under NICHOLAS I.
From the Government By Divine authority"
to the Governments by Divine right" there is
but one step. and fatal one. The doctrine of
the Divine right of Kings brought CHARLES 7.
and Lovss XVI, 10 the block. aud drove !AaLs
III into exile Its the doctrine po~ once more
claimed by the weak minded King WILLIAM |. of
Prassia. and may yet cost him his crown. VIC
ronla il. ..by the Grace Of God" Queen of
Great Britain and Ireland: bat NAPOLEON has
gone a step further. His official title is NAPo
LEON III, "by the grace Of Cod, aud the will OF
the people" fpar Ia grace de D<u. ct Ia roionfe
ds pepIs. Emperor Of the French; The peoples
will being thought necessary to establish bis title.
and To pre-erveit
In connection with this subject of clerical low
aIty we cannot refrain from quoting passage
from BURKKs Reflections on the Revolution in
France:"
"No sound ought to be heard in the Church
but the leading voice of Christian charity. The
cause OF civil liberty and ciui Government gains
as little that Of religion by this confusion
of duties Those who quit their proper char
aoter. 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 unacqusinted with the world
in which they so fond of meddling, and in
experienced in all its affairs on which they pro-
nounce with so much confidence. they have
nothing Of politics but the passions they excite.
Surely the Church is place where one day S
truce ought to be allowed to the dssentions and
ia..;Iaositics Of mankind -