The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-08-12
A Clergyman's Speech.

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was next introduced by the chairman
lie said that: Although announced as a
minister of the Gospel, he wanted it ex
pressly understood that be was not one
after the fashion of the latter day minis
ters of the Gospel. A voice, "Amen"1
l know nothing Of any Gospel unless it is
the Gospel spoken of in the New Testa
ment Scriptures, called "the Gospel Of
peace and reconciliation IGreat Ap
plause The Gospel we listen to at the
present day is that of war, bloodshed
desolation, death and fire, to everv man,
for the purpose Of accomplishing certain
object thought by some fanatics to be a
religious object a voice THAT is fact,"l
not taught to be such in the Bible, how.
ever.
We are living to day not under re-
publican form of government, not in the
enjoyment of the rights and privileges
guaranteed to us by the Revolutionary
sires, but we are living in state of anar-
chy, we are living under the tyrant's rule
we are living under military despotism,
and that the darkest and blackest that
ever showed itself upon any portion Of the
world. A voice, Good for you"1 And
fear not to announce it to-day that the
greatest :yrant of which have ever read,
in perusiug the history of the past, is the
President, applause of the United States
of America. CONTINUED applause. A
voice, 'Let it 60 to the four winds of
heaven."I 1t is the sentiment of some
great man, that "Resistance to tyrants is
obedience to Cod" That is the Christi
anity, not only of the sages, but of the
Bible. -''.-sa. ...
We are called copperheads. l am
proud of the name. never denied it in
my life. To-day. if the Messiah and
Prince Of Peace was on earth as in former
years, he, too, would be called copper
head. Every noble man in this great
Republic to day is a copperhead.
These clergymen, when they 60 off
after John Brown or Cesar, 90 aside from
their mission, and majority of the
churches Of this day-I will say i. of the
Protestant churches of this day-have
gone after Sambo and forgo. their Savior.
Applause. They prayed and tasted in
Philadelphia just at the time Of the battle
between Grant and Lee; just at the time
1t WAS 10 be commenced, they were to
pray for the success Of the administration
with special reference TO the success of
Grants army over that of Lee. But God
did not answer their prayer, from some
cause or other. Laughter, aud a voice,
''Lincoln had better get them to pray for
Lee next time, and then Grant will win a
victory" These men believe that God is
a kind of military chleftaiD, with sort of
interest TO cut and kill the creatures he
has made in his own image; but Jesus
Christ, His Son, once said, and | feel
glad 10 repeat it, "Blessed are the peace
makers, for they shall be called the chill
dren of God" Applause The very
first proclamation ever issued was a pro.
! clamation from heaven bv An angel, after
the advent of Christ Oh earth. 1t was,
"Glory to God In the highest and on earth
peace and good will towards men,"
Abraham Lincoln never issued such a
proclamation in his life. Applause.l I,
is said, "Out OF the abundance of the
heart the mouth speake,h." He hath no
such good things in his heart, consequent
ly no good thing can come from his
mouth; clean water cannot flow from a
corrupt fountain. A voice, "Iit him
again" +"
You are beginning now to know my
feelings about that man, OiG Abe; he
used to be called d" Honest Old Abe. y
lie is an abolitonist, and am opposed 20
an aboitionist any how, and always have
been. Where vas raised, we looked up
on An abolitionist about in the same iicht
as horse thief would be here. Applause
| have never entireI y recovered from nv
early impressions, and think that a set
of people never lived whose hearts are as
black as the hearts Of the great abolition
party of this day q; and, from the very or.
ganization of tha, party in North America
they haye been striving to overthrow the
Union of The States. A voice, "Tha,'s
so."I Let an abolitionist deny it. If he
is an honest man, be dare not deny it
Abraham Lincoln has acknowledged it
SO has Seward, and so have most of the
prominent men of the so-called republican
party acknowledged that they had advo-
Gated dissolution in the pas: and now, to
day they are the loyal" men, and we
are the traitors
| This is war against eternal truth. and
will be successful when they are able to
dethrone the Almighty Himself: but,
while God Almighty lives and reigns over
an universal empire, it will never be sue
cessful, and i, never should be. TAP.
plause ....... ..r .-....
am opposed to this war; I always
have been. There is no blood stain upon
my garments, but see ministers to-day,
black, miserable, Infamous, degenerate
sons of the devil Applause stand up in
the position Of ministers of the word ot
God, advocating war. They are minister:
of the court of ,lea,h. They are battling
against the principles Of the great demo
cratic party. They are declaring tha
they will not consent to the Union Of the
States again, until the last negro is made
equal to the white man. This is the gos.
pei you have to-day, will you receive it
Loud cries of No" - ....
These war democrats think it would b.
the best policy to iun a wsr democrat.
tell you there are thousands aud hundred
Of thousands ofreEublcans over this couu