Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-14
v,vXEEs AND THEIR DolNd3, As VIEWED BY
AN EhGLlSHHAN.
g.,,.,t f,Om The con s'pO"as"es Lr'@ Nsv Yak) of
Mr.. Saia W'th he LOndo" Telegraph.


g,,r,et t,om the con s'pO"de"e' 0rcm EsO' YO,k) of
Vr SqIa u,th hs LOhd)H IGLsgrath.
,;,,t the abuse to Uhicb, OF eOurse, 81 foreign
-, journalist, ! am daily aud hourly subise,,d
-y,rkse prs,s, noticed lAlGly . charge in
,.'.a.lUhi, paper, that related anecdotes which
ot ,rue. what iS trushS stksd sting PiI,,e
ould not stay for an answer" Il is, indeed
A'N ,..k o define the scope and mesn aR Of t,,,h
o'4 I.,;os. can only plead uA.I I,t down rbo,
N hat never Vcueh for the authsbti,;,, =,
unless is has occurred siltin ny Own n
any'u' ave been lite long euG ugh in this cor-1
euso, tLa. perhs ps the safest side 10 a. -
20 % hing Il al you hear and only half Of "
O0' Let ls point these n marka By an lilac
you Tea from = verbatim report Of the procsaJ
"ou The Cleveland Convention. Il n cIs.ri,
us' = hnsinsfs but that OF the Americana Ill.,
nTS 20 Iesrmine SheIhsr the reporter ubom InnoIs
~ re trpth or lie, or whether there was evsr a,
-, -, A Convention II ALL Here is the storv =.
=, Inc Of the \ em1nt leatsrs had settled on Jobn
n Ir,ne az their eindidae for Vice PRECEDENT with
49,. 40 ,d;ng IN their movement al Chicago But II
,,;on .as hcW theI should get the 2sfmsps N vo,s
- HIM. Who C IN 9ossd large IN j)Fy OF the eonyss
10, ~, vsrs all in favor Il B. Ora Brown. of Ma
~; A (es. hOSeVsr, OF the leaders yers worked
a. Coc, r,ne but they made but little head way among
De I,rse bod, cf tho Gsrmaus. Bat prov'dsafiai
..,r,fnStance Ms q soon settled the lt Tie com
milss on reto uols brought up their report of ps'-
nm. and il vas decided that The vote ON each reso
4, ION q ouId be taken r,iely. The at read a.
uov,. 'Rs,Clyad- uiLh Gods bes ing the f. d.
aral Union must and shall be preserved This caused
anita 4 eeLsstOn among the. Germans mann Z {
,sIom are infdels: bot NJ. Ooohrsns promptly
NJ. thu question, AN ihOse In favor OF
Messing s.y "Ay,;" all thOSp Oppased No ~ There
80 s.ofm of "A,ss." "God's blessing is lost ssid
Ne Oochrane. TIE sud- ,hHe4a With shich il uasLu
aud several oireuns Lnces connected oiused O lite
,saCOn The momsnt order vas restored the
Gsrua q O. ulJ be heard whispering 10 each other
ID = i.b ia man-dati eb dc mon. Vais Gat he shaw
"a NJ Cote blsssngl Dat i5h do man. From that
mcm.it Il a. mgOssibl' TO got tie Germans 10 think
Of any other person fer Vc3 Saideit then 0sner,l
Goohfsne; aud sbsn his Dams proposed they
rushsd il Il ugh uIih H. all owing 20 Olo triHi
CT cum sisncs t0hieh Shows hOrO TILE thing de ,iBss
a MANS fate ~ political cagPt gas" | repeat that,
[ this report be ialee sm responsible & tie
f.lsehood. You will rsmsmbar that this vas no hole
and corner meeting bat solemn national convention
he'd 10 nominsts q candidate for the cisi maRstry O.
the republic Is Christianity, any other XII of 70
ligon, in very hopeful way, " udor, in a country
I'll r. such things these Can pass by without com
mspti Asuredly William Oobbeit IOst bis labor when
be brought tue bones OF Tom Paine from America to
England Toe spirit Of tie AhsiicAl slaymakor still
fingers here, has bsan regenerated BY the GsrmlnR
"rsIny Of whom are infdel-."
la the placid, tQuable aoW Of English society firmly
established, equally balanced, Unconditional, deyouf
thoroughly domestic "a it IT, there rarely occur those
Wild and almost frantic eccentr iies Of VII Oh every
t-sVeeF even for few weeks resident In these Statee
must be perfoFce q spectator. We 20 in England 10
The church of cur choice, fear God, and honor tire
Queen and in inn CINE that cousins
cross the Atlantic, substituting the Uaion for her
Majesty are as sobe and regullr we are. 50 they
may be in isrlSed instances, far away from the jar
and oil Of the great ciIe away from the contan-
mating q Aasnces Of q too suddenly develop, and
uuhes thy redundant OiVlz ltioD; sWay from Vanity
Fair where politics and religion are bus one ira e and
she uountebank puts his quack pills with texts from
.he Bible In quiet New HamDshire villages in sc.
ousstered New Jersey hsmlets, In the prm towns Of
OounC edcut, on the snug fArms of Pennsylvania,
there may be households-nsy, whole communities
living Quiet decent and Virtuous lives as unconscious
Of the sbipWPck Of morals which il going on in the
Erea. sea of American life az the cottagsr OF
the Forest Of Dean might be OF Q storm eff
the GoodWins We in England hear now and
then of Mormons, but their neighborhood lie so
remote thar record 30 Vaeu that regard them
mere e1crescsT ees and monsrostes OF eiVihz ltien.
There are Chinese opium smoking houses in Bus am
ehoF Ida and Tiger bay, Sre there notf but what
ua Ter CO have these dens the general tenor Of
ettyf 10 America, unfortunately. the eXcrescebcss
mai ifss at your every foOtstep the monsrosties
surrOund you continually There ID Hpitualist Con.
We ltion next door; there is oomer msetipR over
way; your nsighbor at dinner msy be Mormon !;
yJu iOVitsd to tss-psrty Of Free LAYERS. That
shocking contempt for tAcrsd things which an III reg
usted milsr.y With the Scriptures has beRottsn il
sibe ind pRlpsbls &C snCsI every coniuno.uFe in
Amascln daily life l have striven to draw attention
to this fact in that VII Oh conc srning sx'r-
Oises" at FsumsDy Hall and in doze places bes dee
and have done 90 del bsratelV no through want Of
reverence but with desgo 10 shoE that the practice
of Chr an religion on the North American
oOntns has generated and deteriorated through the
uawoFthncss OF be ministers Of that rel gien-thst
its Vtl spirit has been gradually waning during the
last gsnersdOn-that nation once renowned as con-
isssoFs snd almost martyrs and Who elected to en-
duEe exile and privsiion that they might keep their
lb intact have as body eithsF sunk into Lticism,
retained Of religion eny he Wsrss features it, forms