Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-01

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your party verDacular styled AJolitton. An
though all this j. patent to everybody, "
you say, We do MT oppose emancipatio
by ,leglsation-we only oppose il as by tb
military power Of the Lincoln usurpation.
indeed. Aud yet your party in the las
congress voted squarely against allowin
Me people to have an opportunity to exer
clse the right to rote for an amendment n
the Constitution so az to abolish slavery b
legislation. Germaine to this was ever
vote OF your party, in last Congress, wher
slavery had an interest in the question.
But, again you reply" We are not op
posed TO the States leeislating whose righ
1t Is to settle slavery" Really And ye
your party has stoutly and perseveringly op
posed emancipation by State legislation il
Maryland. West Virginia, Missouri, Arksn
sas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky. Sir
you know your party opposes emancipation
everywhere. always, and in every form: and
as uniformly gives its whole political powe,
to the malnteDsDce, extension, and perpetu.
alton OF slavery. And moreover, you de.
nounce abolition, which means simply eman.
cipation--you denounce the churches be.
cause they re-af6rm the dagtrines of their
ancient and venerated creeds on the subject
OF slavery-you denounce all this church
action, upon this great moral guestion-this
question of SIN and CRIME, this "saD, OF
all ritlauates. as political meddling, and as
opposition to the Democratic party-you
denounce. as a political partisan. every min
lister Of the gospel who will preach the doc
trine Of the creed of bis own church, and
the convictions Of his own heart, on the
subject of slavery; while, on the other hand,
your party papers publish with zest pro-
slavery sermons presched by recreant and
periured ministers Of churches which have
testified against slavery "a q heinous SIM
Perjnred did | say2 Yea, men who in or
dination VOWS before God are pledged to
maintain the doctrines of their own church,
and yet preach against their own solemnly
'plighted faith, and for the political creed of
the Democracy. These men you extol as
men Of God who do mt dabble in politics
Yet, you say you are not pledged to slavery,
or against emancipation by identifying with
the pro-slavery Democratic party! Now, if
your party and yourself are not pledged to
support slavery, pray. sir, in the maine of
candor and common sense, to what are you
pledged2
You were once, and presume you are
yet, member Of church which has long
borne faithful testimony against the sin of
And you are q member of
political party bearing shameful and sinful
testimony, and laboring with might and
main in behalf of this acknowledged sin.-
Sir, you will excuse us when we tell you we
cannot place ourselves thus so conspicuously
in the service of both God aud the devill
We have therefore abandoned the modern
pro-slavery Democratic party. We desire
to keep clean conscience and consistent
life. My friend, will you go and do like
wise?
4. Your party now standsin array against
the church, the gospel ministry, the benev-
Olent and Christian. enterprises of the day,
and the progress of the spirit of liberty dis.
this age. And, sir, it is too late
in this day Of political party developments
to deny this grave charge. IF the charge
be not true, then "cui bono, your new Dr.
Olds- Sam Medary ecclesiastical politico
church? You know your new Democratic
church was designed for the
special benefit of your party, and to harm,
SO far as your party influence could, the
loyal churches of the entire North.
In what Democratic stump speech, or in
what party paper has not the ministry been
as political and partisan? And
all this low yituperation because the minis
try can't be whipped in, like hound dogs,
into the kennel of a canine political party,
whose business 1t is to serve their masters
in baying upon the track of the painting fugi-
tive slave. And here, sir, let me ask YOU,
why is it that a minister of the gospel, in
the North, cannot preach to congregation
of colored people without incurrng the dis
pleasure OF the Democracy and receiving the
Kisses of its ignorant rabble2 And why
your political party crusade against those
ministers of religion who preach; as the
ministers Of Christ ever have preached,
" submission to the powers that be, }" with
other Christian duties in civil relations as
plainly enjoined in the Bible? Why do you
denounce ministers because they assert, what
is the doctrine of every protestant church,
that the Bible is the revealed will of God,
and the Supreme or Higher La,o p
There is but one answer-your party, its
principles and aims are necessarily antago-
nistic to the church, her ministry, and the
law of God. In such battle we can be with
you no longer, ......
Ever the American Bible and Tract So
cieties cannot escape the venom of your
party of the serpent. And why? Because
these associations have without stint sent
their issues to our soldiers, and especially to
the ex-slaves OF the South. These old and
noble Societies CO. o-operats with missions to
the Frcedmea and such Christian beneve-
Ience initiating against slavery initiates
against the Democratic party, and therefore
incurs IT'S displeasure. ,L. ,..-,g
The spirit of this age is the spread Of
knowle lge-the education and elevation of
the degraded and benighted masses of all
lands-the giving of the Bible and the gos-
pei to every creature-the extension Of the
principles and privileges of civil and religi-
Gus liberty to all men. This spirit, anima-
ting the hosts of the Son of God, will soon
bring the heel of the Seed of the woman in
contact with the heads of the legions of the
Serpent; and when this day shall come
as come it will-I desire not to be found
identified with Copperheads gl9le .r
5. The success of tho Copperhead De-
mocracy will be the fall of liberty, both civil
aud religious, in our entire country; and on
its ruins the establishment Of slavery as the
one single dominant, reigning, controlling,
despotic, centralized power, against which
nothing else can stand. = 80,
Need ], sir, elaborate upon this charge?
You we'll know what gupfantecs the South
demands for the security of her local and
!. peculiar Lastitution. Aud you as we'll
know your party will refuse nothing. What,
as faithful servants, have you ever refused
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