Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-11-11

Oh ulscOru anu tnrcat OF its coutlnuauOej
was the action Of the Convention, and how
really productive of that harmony and
brotherly ,ove which should charact erize
The Church. What complete answer to
those politicians who prompted the Brun'
OTIS and Binneys, was the statement of that
able, conscientious and pious loyman, Mr..
William Welsh, who, in allusion to the
defeat of the political resolutions under
consideration, remarked that
" a Clergyman from the southwest, who
has suffered as much as any man during
the war, from the Imprisonment OF hi,
Bishop and other d difficulties of many sorts,
had yesterday said 10 him that heretofore
he had been proud Of the attitude, Of the
Church, but that at the vote yesterday
defeating Biuncy's Resolutions) he hui
Shel tears Of joy, and lclt like embracing
every man who took part iu the proceed
ings. And that il full report of the
sayings and doings Of the Convention
could be circulated as tract throughout
the whole South aud Southwest, it would
do more than any thing else to knit the
Church together as one man.
In view OF such things we may well thank
God and take courage, for He will surely
bless and defend His Church.
I
quires but very little examination. 1t is
an attempt" 10 show that it is in acc ,rd-
ancc with the teachings, standards and
practices of .he Church to make declara
ions on, distinctly Iational topics and
civil and social topics, and what the
convention called politics.
Mr.. Brunot cannot or will not see the
difference between civil fact AID polit-
cal question.
The preface to the. Prayer Book speaks
Of "Indepeudcnco' as an established fact ;
but nothing is said of the Samp 0ct " as
the great OCCASION of the revolution
The Prayer for the President Of the Unit
ed States has nothing in it itpolitical, and
the attempt to charge the Bishop of Ala.
bama with refusal to use it on political
grounds is unworthy even of Mr.. Brunot,
especially as the Bishop putt upon Other
and distinct grounds. We can all cor
daily unite in the prayer, to be deiverec
" from all scdition, prlvy conspiracy auC
rebellion" but when MIR. Brunot claim
that we must all adopt h,'S notion as t.
the cause of the sedition, conspiracy o
rebellion, it becomes a very different mat
ter, and that too when his notion is tn
dogma of one political party, and is doub
ed or denied by another. IIo ccltainI y
not SO obtuse as not TO sec, that such
resolution is the very apple OF Dlscord
the very marrow of partisan politics.
The Articles aud Homilies on rebel!io
to which he alludes are equally answeratl
, in the same line of argument ; but Ih
truth is, the Convention of 1855 could nc
t have regarded rebels in such an odlou
, light as the Homilies seem to place them
: for the great and good Bishop White
. Washington, The Lees aud many OF til
clergy, fresh from the pulpit wer
,SrcJ,b and successful rebels too, agaIu'
: The government Of England, and not
D all likely to deuOu"Ce McmSef0eS as " th
, fgules Of tieuds and DEVILS" howevt
r much the loyalists, like DR.. Smith, WI
a seems to be Mr.. Brunot's pattern, ma
: have desired aud enjoyed IT,
! So too, the resolution in that conve
= ton, 10 observe the Fourth Of July,
= " Tor the lnesliAable blessings of rellg
# Gus and civil liberty'-Surcly even Nj
Ii Brunot can see there is nothing parteea
It or even political in that aud if he wi
C he can just as easily see that Mr.. BIZ
}, news resolution was both political al
IS partlzan.
e Suppose now that Gov. Hunt hu
a offered resolution affirming that Il
IS {" great occasion" of the war was Il
teaching of the abolition republicans, al
n very few conservatives in the couventl'
Of doubted that; how would Mr.. Burn
l. have regarded that I Would he not, al
J. Justly, have claimed that il was not on
y political but pArtzan Why then sh
Of Mr. Bnuey's resolution, that slave
le caused the war, be less SO 1t is simp
Is the question tina does now divide and h
ID always divided the two great political pi
er ties. and Mr.. Brunot is not ignorant oil t
- fact.
ne But however much the defeat OF N
Sc Binney's motion may rejoice other N
~ who believe it was political and parIlz
wv in its bearing and intent chat fact iS Vi