The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21
Puritan Morality.

At young Mems Convention, i" lately
held in Boston, the following preamble
and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, Dancing, card playing,
theatre going, and intcmperance in vari.
Gus forms are to a fearful extent becoming
the beSetting sins OF protesting Christians
in this country and. whereas, all who
do these things are thus vainly striving to
do what our Savior has explicitly declared
10 be impossible. when he said" Ye
cannot serve God andi Mammon;" and
whereas, to all such that Scripture which
saith "Woe unto those who are at ease in
Zion" is applicable; therefore, be it
Resolved, That il is the duty Of the
Young Mems Christina Associations in
the land, and Of every member of each of
said Associations, to oppose these sins by
all means in their power; and esp cially
to oppose them by their example in ab.
staining from them"
The dear, I1vcIy, douhle- distilled, NOR.
al, FipuS souls Dancing, carl-playng,
theatrr going and in.cnpcrancr, are ter.
rb.e sins; but not 50 are treasury plum
dcring, Notwithstanding and election
frauds. Ii is immoral ard sinful 20 dance,
hut not 10 convert the Treasury House Of
the country at Washington into huge
broth ; to play cards, but not to engage
IN Iaili in Sanitary Fairs; to attend
thcHue>, hnt not To visit houses Of pro>ti
lotion ; TO drink whisky, but not to dis.
Ill into the pure article poisonous drugs
that make it deadly decocti'n.
The Young Meas Christian Associ1.
ton care Elite how much blood is Shed :;
how many families are plunged in mourn
ing, deep want. starvation. wTetchcdnc>>;
h"w many homeless, tIrndltSs wanderers,
made outrastS 10y the Purit.n war, are
impcIled to a lif. "f vice and shame and
crime to save themselves from death by
starvation how many are, through in.
>utferabIc bereavement, produced bv this
unholy strife tn en,,ave the whites and
flee the blacks, driven from DESPAIR to
suicide, or who. Gereft of reason, became
:ioptlcys naniacS. With these blessed
voanL mcu, these suhlimat,d moral Ie-
formers Of the true Purtau typ", there
Is no ungo:!'ue>S, no evi', 10 sin. no
crime, Oily in doing what tley do not
'p;r"v,, VIZ: danrin-, car playing, the
1'rc.g"l0r, AMI intempcraucr.
This i, f,ir sample Of Puritan moral.
" aal excellence. 1t is Of piece with
thcir former day g1lIincs~, when they
drnwred witches, burned QrnN,rS, ban.
i>hcd non ccutrmiStS, ttoSs"d Ii>>,nter>
and imposed severe penalties fJr such
ltroclol> criNes As kissing ones wife or
ctil lren on Sunday. corrtins or kj>>ir.
between lovers and SwcctheaItS on Tia
same f,rhj,li"n day,or reading ATTY psalm.
IT piayerhook bat the particular sort ap
proved by the Puritan elders. Think ol
II: Our country torn asaod,r, rivers of
fratcrnal blood drcn, hing the dc>uIateI
fields; hecatomhS Of men Of the same
race and ian daily piled NJ in slaughter
heaps; misery, wrctchcdne>S and woe
prevalent everywhere IN tie land; enor.
nous crimes being perpetual.y committed
in the name Of Liberty the capital Of the
nation converted iuto very - !"tn; the
whole country bleeding under the sword
Of the dcSpat or deSpoi!rd by his satr1pS
aud favorltcS; hareiaccd, gigantic Vice.
clad with Authority and power, stalking
hoOut Tue hd't'I, COSBY hN'StitI ny
wealthy rosYcry al! aula .0DS yi|.ainy-
and away down Il Boston, Tat cradle of
lt1aticisin, tnat hntbed Of di>nnion, that
G1lSotha Of genuine patriotism the
Athens Of America" and "aub Of the
universe "a convention e the Young
Mems Christian Association" assemble
and give out such disgusting, sanctimo
NOUS cant ns that contained in the pre-
amble and resolution above, for the yourg
men Of the whole country to pattern afet!
What terrible crime, what unpardpnallr
sin, could the first Of the race have been
guilty OF, that God Almighty, in His just
Judgment, made all the rest of their bIond
to 1--we and curse the earth as Purtans
What fyarfll sin had the Indians who
inhabited the soil OF New England CON.
mittc1, that they should have been
>courscd with the presence of the May
flowers dpSolatins crew? What grave
crime against our country and our God
have we as a people committed, that He
should, in these terrible days, aiiljct US
with the rule of their de>cen,lan.sy
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