American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-04-13

his commands to break every yoke, and
let the oppressed go free, and in open VIC
lation of the good common sense of every
enlightened man and woman, they have
constantly paraded bofore us, to cover
their guilt, the old Mosaic laws, regula-
ting servitude, as authority for the yilest
oppression known to exist in the enlight-
ened world, and indeed but little if any
more revolving, to be found among the
most degraded and barberous nations of
the earth, trying if possible to throw the
quilt of their iniquity in the very face of
Jehovah, and make him the author and
upholder of all Sin, and indeed many in
our own part of the country take the very
same ground, and plead for the institution
as a divine rite 80 when will fools
understand knowledge" 0, why pervert
the very patience and long suffering of
God, into cloak of concealment for the
protection of the most disgusting and
He'll deserving vice of the age! But to
return to our design.
Religion being humbled before politics.
and politics being made the leaven of So
ciety and of the church-true Goodness
or piety fed from their religion, and left
it a body without soul-a sinking car
cass. Loathsome in the sight of honest
enlightened men. Loathsome it must be.
in the eyes of just and Holy God, who
has always abhorred oppression. See
Eel 7th. and 7th.-Psalms, I'D, 4th,
54th, Sd. 18th, 9TH, 62d, and 10Th Isiah
9Th, 7th, 33d, and 10Th. Ezek. 18th, 9th,
and 10th NAL Sd, and 5th. james I'd,
these are few of the many passages Of
scripture truth to be found bearing upon
this subject, which / beg my readers to
consider, who are in favour of the lovely
institution of American slavery-foui
blot upon oar land Of freedom.
Tis Strange that our Eclesastics and
learned men of the south, forgot the Mo-
sale year of Jubilee. Why was it, that
in the iftieth year of American Indepen-
dence, "Liberty was not proclaimed
throughout all the land unto all the in
habtauts thereof" Lev. 25th, 10Th
Why hold so strenuously to one part of
Mosaic Law, and reject another on the
very same SUBJECTS evident that dis
honesty exists somewhere. How will we
answer to God, who knows the secrets of
our hearts, and the motives by which we
are actuated, for our glaring ignorance or
dishonesty in this affair of public interest?
Let us look the matter fair in the face, and
not yield to prejudices and party spirit
longer.
But now in conclusion, what has poll
ties become in the south by this improp-
er mixing? Ans. Rebellion! j! What is Re
bellon? Ans. Sacrjlege! And are we
not vending our steps to such result,
when we suffer party feelings and preju-
d,ces to rule our better judgments, embit-
ter our social intercourse, distract and
destroy our love to each other, in the same
church, divide us in our efforts for good,
perhaps cause us to leave our CHURCH, and
find home where political spirits congo
nenial to our own are found, or bring dis
turbance into the church in some way or
other; perhaps charge the preacher for
bringing politics into the church in preach
ing against national sin and praying for
the Government, when the truth is "thou
art the man" who has brought your poll
ties into the church. The preacher only
brings the influence of the church, and
his own, to bear on politics; purifying
politics, squaring them by the eternal
rule, which will never fall and this is
right, just what God designs; that zoe shall
bring hes religion into eee,y principle, and
avocotion Of human life, and human qE
fairs sanctifying and renovating every
part thereof, so that we may be cleansed
from all unrightcousness, and properly
qualified to take our proper position in
society, and exert a salutary influence on
every hand. There is then, a wide differ
ence between mixing politics with reli-
gion, and mixing religion with politics !;
perhaps you say, "we can't see it." l
once could not see the difference between
"a solid half foot, and half solid foot !"
''but when became a man, / put away
childish things" and when saw that the
figures would produce the difference, /
gave up that it must be right, so try the
figures on this according to the rule of
Divine truth, and see if it does not pro-
duceth same result.
PIONEER.
EPITAPH in in English Church-yard /:
"Sacred to the memory of Miss Martha
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