The mountain Democrat., 1864-06-18
Rs.ehsr ON the Puritans.


In describing the character of the Phari.
sees, who we're bitter and unrelenting per-
secuGorS of Christ he says:
Who and what were the Pharisees?
II was they that brought this condemns.
ton upon themselves. They were, in
some respects, the best part Of the Jews.
They were the Jews par excellence =
they were the mrH that were ,>"st .,
Tended at the lolatry aud reIaxneSs in
the religious tendencies OF TIE age. fhey
were the men that undertook to reform. -
They ~ere the eprogreSeiveS. the radicals.
They were the FuritanS Of the Jews
They Stood in the rclatinn of excessive
religiousteSS. But, with all iltheIr national
feeling, they we're ne- or intense AFRO
gance of disposition, Of an itenSe spirit
ual pride and Of an intense spiritual self
i>hne>S, Tn" element Of self was so
strong ir them that it governed and gui
ced everything else. They were hard in
their natures. They were so completely
warped aud biased MS to have perverted
their moral constitution, so that il was no
longer an Interpreter to them Of right and
wrong Their suSceptihilities had ceased
apparently to be natural and wholesome.
They were dead. They were mcn that,
while they had a certain conscience for
fierceneSS, had no conscience for purity.
for peace, for true piety."
We submit whether there was ever any
better descriptions Of the purilaus Of to
dav than this Of the PhariScc Of eighteen
hundred years ago? Look at the in
tense arrogance Of disposition. among the
men who set themselves up in these days
as the leaders in spiritual and relormatory
matters. The >acriligious creatures who
prostitute the pulpitS of AbolitinniSm, will
undertake to interpret to you the will Of
God as coolIy and as impudently as if
they were on the most familiar terms With
Jehovah. And woe be unto anv poor,
miserable sinner who does not fall down
and cry amen to their dogmas. lie is
cast out as unfit for social regard or even
human sympathy. The war now is sim
ply wagod to ext,rminate persons who
will not adopt certain opinions. "If they
will give up their hold on slavery" said
an Aholjtioni>t thc ether day tn US, we
will allow the Southern people to live,
otherwise, We must cXtciminate them -
Tie Argument is ended. This is Phari-
>oci>m with a! 'isG,ry. intolerance and
priSc"Tuon. he con>ci. nee Of the
fha'i>"t>,' says Brcchcr, "had become
- warped that it vas no longer an.inter-
prefer 10 them &c The right and wrong"
Alas. that is ,Xac'ly what is the matter
n'w with The Ah,litioui>t>. Conscicuco
has lld frlm the breasts of the hlnodv
ern"l Of >lvaScS, calling themselves
Christians, Ahr wou'l doom hoir pr0-
PIE to m"r'ie>S slaughter, in order to car.
- on '%c;f cijr;sn>.
IApv are dead Yes, these thrcc
words cX,''c>S with starting Significance
th. r,.l cnui'iun of the men nuX carry.
lrE on tii~ hnolv crusade against those
WHO have rot ha'mvd them. they ar
dord' u every >cr''w, of hnuor. Justice
a3i humanity. kiniu">~, love, srut,-.
ness, rity, all these qualities which dis
;jugui,h mar from the hrut . have fled. -
The man i drll, ony thu beast lives. -
The qualities ~ hich distinguish the tiger,
tn ia,Nal and the vul'urr, alone survive
they have, SAYS Mr.. Brrchcr, "a Ger
tam cot-cirnry fri t,crc ness. but if that
can b "a 'c, "a rnu>tirfcc" " hich iu>ti
lis cXtriinju1iipo, then may Tie li,u
olrlm 4 conscience. as he tears some un.
instpuatr traveller, limb from limb ard
laps lis hsart'> t.ool with >rortiyr g',c
ihca may the arac,nJa claim a cen
science. A. tr >'uA'v rtn>hc> hi> victim
in tii> >erp"ptin' fI,> NJ. \ cou>ci rcr
Las la" ut''s' ,hmrut> init 1t i born
" hray.". to' h,U hcPnitan Abol
UHij,i> &C me present dav 10 NOT possess
il. They wou!i rtrti;v the Srvior il nr
Wor" To come on earth nov and pr, a h
i nee AMI good vi! t. mon, mad vt they
~ick~1'y and iml jon>lv prctrni to be- His
disciples. Out upon thr hvpo.ritcS.
l""ir hearts r'r iil "i dead III. NJ bones
W" unto VOC, yr Frtr'atlun Of Phari
>."-,N. Y. nsyh"oh.
0Lp ANS LAST JuxE-Wr do not
know what joke O!d Abe made when We
h'ard ot thr meas of the >urrcrder of
piymAu'h. In r,ca'd to the Fort Pillow
at'1,r he mnde, a Bur>hv speech, hut mo-
joke. Ili> '1>t H., f which We have
any kno" '.l.", uc-urrcd when ), cr,tn,y
chase Was >tart.uc nn lis trip 10 NrN
l'rk. D}d Abe is Ike rnmNrl', wiu|
chi hr, military -"r,u>. and l. v,Iv fond
81 rlpyu,s I,lacti"al Jokes upon hi> a>>o.
ciatr> 1t i >ar' after Cromwell kal
Sr9n"i tIc warrant tor the ,Xcrutinn Of
kl' = Charles. II" turned round to one Of
his r"llcagurS and Stncnrcd his farr with
tn ink. This he thought capital fun
Od Abc'S jokes are Of ahout the same
quality. When Chase called upon him to
say G"ndhvr, the : crctary II. the Treas
ury asked for some information about the
prohable end of the war, saying that it
would hep him greatly in getting r,ore
money in Wall street. DO you want
more money! asked Abe, and then quick
ly added, What, has the printing ma.
cline gin out?' This joke is fully equal
TO Cromweli'>.-N. Y. Herald.
ASTONISHING DEVELOPMENTS AT WASH
INGToN.-Tne New York Nation rcpub-
Ii>hcd the following concerning recent dc.
velopments made in Washington:
Washington is full Of stories of startling
developments, certain to be made before
the Special Committee authorized to day
on Treasury Department. Atiilavits and
witnesses are ready 90 testify that, in
addition to gross frauds, regular system
of prostitution is going ON in the female
bureau Of the Treasury, with the con.
nlvance of its band Of officials, and that
code OF morals exists, ,drgrading to women
as II is repugnant to decency, and calling
for the brand Of infamv on those at the
bottom of it. Many Of the female clerks
have been secured as witnesses. The
stories that are told and vonched for as
true respecting the appointment of female
clerks, and the relation that some of them