Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-15
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Some person desiriug to do great act .
kindness, has laid upon our table a copy o
the "Trus Pfesby tefian, ~ published a
Louisville, Kentdcky.i We took the papel
for Sunday reading, hoping thereby to fe
csive some religions iaetruction. Weperlsed
it with care. and found iss columns teeminl
with that kind Of religion that IS so much
detcsted by such Christians as Fernapde
Wood, IssiAh Ryndds, 'Edssn B. Old. elem.
ent vslandighsm, D. W. VOORHEES,, Legrand
Byington and r. q. Thsyef. By which "
mean to say this religious organ, Instead o.
confning itself to the enunciation of the
Iprinciples Of pure and unde6led religion, DE-.
votes its columns to dlatribes against Rose
cranzs order, requiring religious men as well
as the'menl Of world, to take an oatlf Of d.
legiance to the powers that be-" against
confiscation, arrning Of negroes and enroll.
ment Of Kedtncky slaves. 'aslt IA
In an article entitled ." Thoughts for the
times - We, and the following interrogatory /:
Shall Christ, King Of Zion, exalted to be 4
Prince and Sayionr, the King eternal. immor.
tai, invisible, the only wise God. be loysl to
Ceasar :" To which interrogatorY, he re.
spends: That the Church is not national,
but cosmopolitan. and that The duty Of the
follower Of Christ is to obey the higher law,
to recognize that kingdom that is over all.''
We have faint recollection that such fellows
- the editor Of the Presbyterian, once made
terrible outcry against such Abolitionists
as Seward, Sumner, Halo and Lovejoy, who
proclaimed in the high places Of the nation,
that Gods law was above human enactments.
But then that theory was in the interests Of
freedom and right. but now, that it may give
q shadow Of support to treason and that kind
of religion inculcated by the Presbyterian, it
is seized with avldity. ssg vss g=At
What an interrogatory for religious news
paper TO put! :" Shalt Christ be loyal to
Ceasar ~ Did the poor tool Of treason and
slavery, who sits in the chair editorial of the
True Presbyterian, ever read or hear that the
Great Teacher was any thing else than loyal
to Ceasar, when under his Government p
Did the King eternal, the Prince of Rulers,
ever defy the authority Of Caesar. in matters
pertaining to this world Did he ever in.
culcate any other idea, than that Of loyalty
to the powers that be, Of rendering to Ceasar
the things that were Ceasar'sr But this
pious organ proceeds in this wise: "In
Christ and in his kingdom there is neither
Union or Secession, white or black, radical
or conservative, bond or free" From which
propositions we deduce the following conclu-
sions: That all men are to be made white
or black, or what is more congenial to the
Miscegenationists, cross between the two !;
for if there be neither white or black, new
color must prevail. Believing in the su-
periority of white blood, we take it for grant
ed that all men will be made white and pure
This may be distastful to the negro haters
yet according to this True Presbyterian by.
pothesis, in Christ's kingdom the blacks will
be the equals of the whites. Thus far it is
good. But when that paper says, "there
will be no Union or Secession" we respect
fully demur, for Christ's kingdom is a unity.
In it there is union Of desire, purpose, devo-
ton and faith. There will be no Secession,
but Union always. ' L+"- tH'
That there will be no radicalism in that
kingdom, is to allege that there is no ra1 1ical-
lem in its founder. A greater radical neve,
lived than he, upheaving, overturning and
destroying old and well established customs,
rites, ceremonies, faiths and doctrines. He
proposed no compromise with evil, and was
in no sense a conservative. His teachings
are Of the most radical character, and bis
kingdom is radically opposed to Beelzebubs.
The Presbyterian's other and last PROPOSE
ton we believe true in part, that is we believe
that in that kingdom there will be no bond,
but all will be free. But does not this very
religious organ unwit,ingly commit itself to
Emancipation If ever time shall come,
when there are no bonlmen, are not those
now in bondage to be made free? Is it my
more of crime for follower of the Great
Teacher, to strive to make all men holy and
free, than for the Teacher himself? 1; it
more criminal and radical for the children Of
God to be Emancipationists, than for God
himself!
We have devoted more time and space 10
this miserable rebel sbeet than was necessary,
for We don't suppose any but rebel Presby-
terians ever see it. We don't think it circu-
lates extensively in this latitude, and for the
cause Of Christianity, we rejoice that it is
published in Kentucky. @ ,F.sA - ,,
Hon. john A, Kasson.
The Washington correspondent Of the Troy
IN. W Times, in q letter relating curious