Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-21
ANoFaER 0UFaAGE-ANOTH
WaVTR ATEOH.


As VIII have been seen BY ouT readers, The
nunsrous outrsgss and usurpations on the part
Of the enemy hsve At length eliminated in an
cydcr from the Yankee Secretary Of War author
king Bishop AMEs, Of the Methodist church,
North, to take possession of the churches and
church property within the States Of Missouri
and Tennessee, and in the department of the
Gulf AssimIlaE order authorizes the Bsptiss
Home Mission secisiy North, 70 do the sIns
thing with respect to the Baptist churchss in
the South. They are authorized BY their orders
70 ejscs the present ofeiAiiDg ministers, If found
disloyal, and substitute Others Of their OWE Sc
lection.
They bsing the judges, of course every min
lister vii be pronounced disloyEl who does no.
preach sboLtionisn from ihe pulpit, as Is dons
IN shs churches Of Boston, New York, and the
North gensTally, and the Consequence viii be 5
clean sweep Of Tie ministers now occupying
the churches IN the districts named, and theiT
places win be speedily fllsd By hyPocritiesl
Yankee divlnes, Isah from tie cessPools Of
Northern abolitioni5m. That such is the esd
ing object Of this movement, is made evident
By the declaration Of the New York Baptist
EzzminsT, which says that "svsEy minister sent
South By the H7ms Mission board viii Be, in
fscl, an sFeal foE tie suppression of slavery and
treason, and the promotion Of freedom and 10y
atty"
So great s moral outrage has NOT been pBrPe
iTHsed By the enemy duriDg Gbs war. In viola
ticu Of sll Law, custom and rules of the church,
she Secretary Of War, By single dash Of the
pen, converts himself inSO en- ecclesiastical hie-
Tarch, constitutes Of Bishop AssEs a general
coafSTsnes, who is empowered to empty and fll
ouT churches with ministers 81 pleasure. Neither
ths congregations EoT the conferences Of the
church South, are left any veics in the mater,
bat are required 70 submit to Euch preachers as
may be thrust upon them BY this arbitrary su-
thsnty, issaing from the Secretary Of War. In
connection with hin, the church, North, forget
ting iss high mission Of preaching Christ and
Him cruci6sd, has become the proPAgsndisi Of
abolition fsnsHcism, and its authority is to be
enforced BY the sword, as al army officers are
commanded to aid the bishop IN the prosecution
of bis prisstly mission.
a. N--1 AGAe- -sasAg u N-9 NAeAsgf EHok3
and leads to another, 1t is easy to foresrs that,
should the congregations refuss TO support or
attend Ipsn the new ministers set over them, =
tax vii be levied upon the community ia which
the church may be located, and the people made
70 pay for the weekly dsliverEncs frem the pul-
pit Of abolition hsIangues and infdel sermons.
Tyranny can 60 little farther than this, and
we have, in this higb-handed measure, another
strong indication Of the late that awaits uB in
ths evsns Of our subjugstOn. In such an event
We shall lose our religious IS well a. cur civil
Liberties. We win no longer be permitted to
worship God according 10 the dictates of our
own cOnscisucss, and to listen 20 the miniItrs-
tions Of preachers Of our OWE choice and sall-
ing, bit We viii be forever subjected to ths
hypocZitieal cant and nasal twang Of the down
sssi Yankees. Nay the Lord, and the strong
Arms Of our gallant soldiers, shield US from zach
g direfsl fate
Bat viii this movement aid or strengthen The
FedsTals in the subjugsted States and distrietsi
We think not. All histsTy proves that people
will sooner yield their civil rights than thsir TO
ligi0us Liberties. An inyasien Of these converts
The hero into martyr who win suffer death IA
thsE than compound with an enemy to them, and
hsth Mr.. STANTON and Bishop AMEs, VIII jet
ind thsssihsy have done tha COnfedersts eAnse
q good service in the step shey have thss taken.
TGsirB is An "snbidsn that win o'erlssp Itself
and iAn on 'tothsT side" This addition Of Teli-
gious psTssczlioa 70 The other unwsrrznted cruel
ties Of the war, viii have its reaction and help
on ths south to the day of her dslivsgance.