The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-12-08


beauty becomes joy forever" Our free
schools, the peoples colleges" are scat
tered like angels of charity all over this
land Of sovcreigus. Here the young
priests and priestesses of nature are initi-
ated into the mysteries of science. The
pulpit and the religious press are nobly
battling with the fend of darkness. Our
Sabbath schools marshal tens OF thousands
of white-robed children under the flag Of
the cross. We have a free Bible, un-
clasped and unclaimed; the Bible stained
5y the blood of the martyrs and unlocked
by the death of millions is ours. And
beams Of light raGiatiug from this central
home Of civilization already break In
matchless beauty upon the outskirts Of
the race ale hath not dealt so with any
nation"
We thank God for the freedom of tie
Pulpit. The Pulpit is the key of the ma
TONS conscience, and if this key be taken
away, the conscience is darkened. and the
grave clothes Of putrefaction will enwrap
US. The law for the proclamation of the
Gospel is, "Not walking in craftiness nor
handling the word of God deceitfully, but
by manifestation of the truth" s'For I
have not stunned" says the Apostle, "to
declare unto you all the counsel of God"
On the other hand, there is stubborn
and persistent effort made to lay St. Qui-
etus' bones in the pulpit, and determi-
nation those bones shall not live! An
internal conspiracy has been plotted to
resist the truth at all hazards. Infidel
politicians and the ",Satanic press" have
made drafts on the vocabulary Of hell, and
joined in league infeTnum, to scandalize
the ministry and muzzle the pulpit We
hear great deal of hypocritcal can't about
political preachers and "clerical politi-
cians.' There are those who suppose
when man becomes a minister, he yields
up his citizenship and makes surrender
of his conscience and judgment to the
pew-holders. These croakers cannot even
hear the quotation from the Scripture,
''Let every soul be subject to the higher
powers" without branding St. Paul an
"Aboliionistw The reason they are so
Mortified at the ciergymen entering the
political arena is because the majority of
the clergy are against them. Perhaps if
the ministry wen. with them, they would
not object SO much. The only advice we
can give is, for these carpers to get on the
right side, and the clergymen will be with
them. Even some of these would-be Sol
onions have had the brazen- faced effron-
terry to say they are right and the church
wrong. They declare their rotten plat
form is as much higher than the church
as "Mt. Olympus is above a mole-hillw
They assume to set up their miserable
sophistry against the gigantic truths of
God. What saints they are, in their own
estimation, to be sure. Thanks be to
God, the day of odmdtaturs, imprinsatms.
and indec erpmyatorius is gone for ever!
1t is true, we are yet scarcely safe in pro-
claiming the whole truth in certain local
tiles, yet, we apprehend, the day of lynch
law, brick bats, tar and feathers, and mob
ocracy are gone. To-day, the best men
of the church will make the pulpit thun-
der with manly, outspoken truth. God
has given Us Free Bible, a Free Church,
Free Pulpit, Free Suffrage, Free Schools,
Free Judiciary, Free Legislature, Free
Press, and Free Nation ale hath not
dealt so with any nation"
For de oneness Of heart and purpose to
crush ont t,is rebellion. Very true, we have
had division at the North but it never
assumed the proportions anticipated by its
projectors. The knights Of the Golden
Circle" "Sons Of Liberty" &c, have been
foiied in their ''dark lantern" conspiracies
against the Government. Here and there
a sneaking viper snaps and Kisses in the
grass, whose breath is decidedly copperssh,
yet they begin to be ashamed of themselves
and scuttle away from tie light of day
And, now, Democrat and Republican,
Protestant and Catholic, Native and For
eigner rally around one common standard,
to do battle for the Union. From the
coasts beneath the Eastern star, from the
shores Of the Northern lakes, from the
homes of the midway and the border, they
come, they come, to die for us and for
mankind. Foreign nations have seen the
uprising cf a free people, and have stood
spell bewildered at the scene. In
spite of the Vaccinations Of Mason and
Slidell, the iEtrigues Of Roebuck, and the
hunkey insolence of the London Times; in
spite of the cold-hearted speculations of
Lord Palmerston. or the deccitfulness of
Louis Napoleon in spite of the shining
gold of the Rothschilds, or the bribery of
Belmont & Co., the crowned heads of
Europe have stood appalled,, afraid to say
"intervention," recognition"
For the spirit Of actiUity manifested by
this Government to crash ont rebellion The
President and his Cabinet appear at last
to realize the magnitude of the work before
them The nolicv for the first two vears