The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-02-11
Communications.
For the Highland News.
LETTERS TO THE ABOLITION
CLERGY---NEW SERIES.
NuMRER II.


you my historical argument, drawn
from both civil and ecclesiastical his
tory, from which you will learn that re,
ligiOn has always boen behind both pol.
itics and education. Indeed, lgion
owes its very existence to these agencies,
and it differs in different places as these
differ, both in its character and inten-
sity. All your arrogant assumptions
about christian governments resulting
from religion, and the preaching of the
gospel, is most preposterouS, for they
are result of these, and the gospel, and
the preaching of it, has been permitted
as an act Of clemency and out of respect
to religion. You also vauntingly as
sumo that sound education has flourish
ed under the Influence and patronage
of religion! Why, the thing is prepos
terousl How can you have the faco to
pervert both philosophy and history in
that manner! l especially desire to a.
rect attention to this most arrogant as
sumption of yours.
Now you have ever read the Bible
account of Moses and his times, YOU will
see that religion could do nothing with
out civil government to manage it.
When Moses went up into Mount Sinai
to receive the law, (Which was not a re
ligiOuS, but a purely political docu
menD Aaron, who was Priest, led the
people into idOlatry Immediately, Just
as you are doing now, except that he
made calf, and you take a niger
Now you know Moses was a politician
and had nothing to do with religion in
his management of the Israelites ex.
cept as be made Aaron know his place
as VIC intend to make you.
In the times of David too, the king
) had nothing to do with religion, and
the government kept free from all EN-.
barrassment on account thereof, as was
beautifully illustrated by the example
of David himself, with perhaps one OF
two trifiing exceptions. Nathan utter.
fered with the kings business once, BY
talking about eve lamb, and David
himself, under temporary excitement
did very foolish thing, by leading
a crazy crowd, who had assembled to
see the Ark of the Lord carried home
to the tabernacle by the Priests. But
his wife reproved him for his ridiculous
behavior, as am now doing with you
Do you not know you havo perverted d
the Scriptures, by constantly recon.
mending us to those old prophets who
we're everlnstingly meddling with the
kings and people? 1t was they that
brought on those terrible and great al.
antilles of which they prophesied
They showed also very bad judgme Mt
in mentioning those things just at the
time of great civil com motion, when tn,
people were in trouble without them
Their histories are given us to let u
know how they came down from then
high and holy calling that most Of
them exercised, to soil their garments
by interfering with civil affairs.
Look at the blood thirsty prophet
EI1ah' who succeeded in persuadine
the people to rise up and kill abOur
seven hundred of those good men who
served Ahab and his lovely and accom-
plIshed Tyrian queen Jczobel, all be
cause no happened to get the uIps
hand of them in small mattor of q
certain public sacrifice.
Then Jeremiah, Ezekiel and some
Others kept prophssying about the cap
tivity by the hand of the king of BABY,
Ion, until they actually produced il
Yes, they denounced Jehoiakim and
zedekiah and others on account of
public matters, Abolitionism, &C., and
so became the "sOIe cause" of all that
Babylonian war and the captivity of
that happy and virtuous nation of Jews
Then, when the thing was dono, they
could not be at rest, but turned
around. with Daniel too, who had been
a special favOrite with NObuchaduO1zar,
and denounced Babylon and the king
himself, until they got him turned out
to grass, Gas you have done to that dear
good old man, James Buchanan) and
so Kept up discord aud revolution there
as long as they lived.
Jeremiah was taken to Egypt, but
ho never rested till his prophecies
brought that land into captivity like
his own. These and many her simi-
lar cases which could name, show (,
that under the old economy, religion
md politics never were united aud