The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-11-07
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Ma Rprros 1T appears that one Rer
J. N. Thoburn descended from his high
calling 90 far az to preach an ultra political
sermon to the abolition radicals and shod
dyises Of this city, on Saturday evening
last It had been proclaimed through the
Lincoln organ, by flaming posters that this
Rev. one horse Beecher would harangue tie
faithful at the Court House. Long and
faithfully did Tailor Jones pull upon the
bell.tops at the old Court House, and only
did he dssist when compelled so to do by
actual physical exhaustion. Fire crackers;
and sky rockets were ibersily brought into
play to bring together the boys. By these
various appliances motley crowd, COM
posed Of shoddies 10 brass buttons, few
Methodist sisters, very respectable and
noisy set Of beardless boys, with . sma II
sprinkling of conservative democrats at.
tracted BY curiosity, was brought together,
numbering eli told, about one hundred and
fifty human heads.
To this queer assemblage did this Rever
end missionary hold forth, in dolerous pulls
pit strains, for perhaps an hour, INDUCING
in low political slang phrases, applying free
ly the terms traitor, rebel comprehend, &c
to conservative men who intend to support
George B. Mcclellan for the Presidency, in
the belief that the reelection Of Abraham
Lincoln, the man who IN Congress first
openly advocated the right of secession. will
be the death knell of the Union. the pre-
cursor of untold evils upon the Inhabitants
of this once favored land, the destruction
of human liberty throughout the world,
and-to the joy of tyrants the world over,
the establishment of the doctrine Of man Q
incapacity for sslfgovernment
In the absence of argument, the Req. at
tempted, in the Fred. Douglas style, to
work upon the passions of his auditors by
farsfetched metaphors and sllegories, bav
ing no application in themselves, and no
bearing whatever upon the issues Of this
most eventful political campaign.
The only possible effect of his puerile ef-
fort must have been to render his McClel>
Ian auditors more firm in their convictions
of the righteousness of their cause. May
God pity the man who imagines himself
called to preach that gospel which pro>
claims "peace on earth, and good will to
men," and can thus disgrace himself and his
profession, by descending from his high po-
sition, entering the political arena As q half
fedged stump orator, and denouncing as
hypocrites, traitors, rebels, copperheads,
&C., many of his brethren in the church,
many of his associates in the ministry, who
chance to differ with him as to the best
means Of ending the unhappy fraternal
strife which is disgrscing US az a people,
and bringing upon our country desolation
and ruin.
And it issaid that this devoted Missionary,
who but few months since returned to
this countr after several years absence in
foreign country, is remaining beyond his
allotted time, for the express purpose of
casting q vote for the "smutty joker" who,
as be stated in his sermon, was neither his
first ner his second choice for the presiden-
cy. If person were to judge from the
character of his harangue, he might reasona,
bly, suppose that his first choice would be
the renowned Fred. Douglas, and his
second Oh oice the notorious Theodore
Parker.
1t Tomoibo iOr tuO luuBCS Vi sAO SACSuSh
atSt. QlaiEsville to decide whether this
man Thoburn is entitled to vote at all. Has
he been resident of Ohio for sufficient
length of time immediately preceding the
election to entitle him to vote? Is his
residence of several years in foreign land
to be regarded as only temporary, not de-
priving him of his right of suffrage in Ohio2
Or is his case not - be regarded as In oil
respects tho same as that Of any other time
rant Methodist preacher. Suppose he had
been sent into that part of the Pittsburgh
Conference lying within the limits Of Penn
sylvania, and had remained there for term
of years, but had not exercised the right o.
suffrage in that State, and had now returned
to st. Clairsville, Ohio, claiming that to b
his residence,-that he left with the iuten'
ton Of returning to that place at some fu'
ture time to made it his home, would ht
hence be entitled to vote in that town Oh
State? Plainly not. Otherwise there arr
scores of Methodist itinerants, formerly o
Ohio, but now laboring in adjoining States
who might return aud claim the right o
voting on the same ground of reasoning
Let bt. Clairsville Democrats look TO thi
! matter. METHODIST.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN has bad life for ev
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