Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-07-13
10 the Editor of The Belmont Chronicle 4.

antidote. The man that can publish such
a paper, could without sense Of shame steal
his mother's-"cr "crineline," sell it for a cop.
per and appropriate it to the sinking cause
Of his treason stained political party With |
the unblushing front of an inflel and scot |
fer Of religion he attacks his own Church |
with misrepresentation Islander and political
spleen, and cepperhead venom, such as
would put to blush Roman Catholic, or a |
decent infdel even. But he Is member
Of the Church therefore should be noticed
He charges upon mass meeting" OF
"priDcipal members of the D. s. Presby
terian Church" the formation of Secret
National Protestant League" for ''iptoter-
ant persecution schemes" Now, that Pres
byterians contemplate, even for moment.
SECRET" League, or any thing of the
kind, j. H. Heaton, the Presbyterian SIAN
der, himself knows TO be a lie. Aud he
knows that all intelligent Protestants know
the same to be lie. But some other things
Heaton 1.-THE Presbyterian on Sunddyl)
knows as well. He knows there are some
poor ignorant, drunken Catholics, aud many
religion haters, and Church haters, and
preacher bsters who can be held in the
Democratic party by such political ISLANDERS,
and therefore they are uttered.
mass e1tings of its members, with all their
resolutions and designs are open, above
board, manly, done IN the open sunshine,
courting discussion, investigation and criti
cism bat not to be annihllated by the pub
lie caiuunator Vt all good.
Heaton knows, also, that the Prcsbyteri-
an Church has not, even remotely or indi-
rectly, the least idea OF prosecuting Catho
! lies He knows the Presbyterian, aud every
other Protestant Church, has always borne
public testimony against popery, the IA.
pdcy,' and especially against the Temporal
po,oer Of tie Papacy But no1, for pro
testantlsm to propose to speak, and write,
and discuss, in some kind of concert, the
dangers of Jcsuitical cncreachmt nts in this
free country OF free discussion-oh this il
TO throw a shell into tie den and wake up a
terrible kissing among the snakes of the
Democratic party. And why no,oP
1t is well known that the "Runtp' of til
"defunct" party are making last desperate
effort to rally together the broken fragments
and on sunie show Of platform, or no plat
tJrm-upon some principle or no principle,
make some kind ui last ditch campaign
Some times, and IN some places ,S;;aNegrt
subrdge' is to be the platform against which
ali the artillery ot the party Is TO 6e turned
Some times and in some places New Yorl
News aud more Han fty other Souther'
gentlemen) ''Ncgro suffrage" is to be thu
Southern piank-the broad ptank-of the
platform on ,ch,ch the party as to stand, anc
before which the Northern Lights ar
destined to pale "
Now, in tuls state Of things, there mus
be a show oil platform of, at least, one o
two central and inimbvable planks, Will
| pclt N
policy may demand. The Negro is one 0
The sliding plauhs to meet eztremities Tn
lines indicate the permanency and dee
Importance OF other i>,ues. Two mig
aniat onistic combinations of power ar
4 about being brought into terrible eoEhic
whose dcclsirn viii be final.
On one hand We see ln6deity, Paper
aud Drsrotism combining Ih oughou
, | ChrlstcuuUm un,l.r the lead of pOii Ici
party, and a. "a political combination attack
ing religion aud liberty, both civil aud +,
j ligluus every where, modified more or le'
2 by local iuiluenccs IN llaty, in Austria
: in France the com blnatiOn Is shaped by til
: local peculiarties. So the application
J .he general prucip pies involved in the geI
t err. sntagoLism, will give the conflict hei
4 its p, nu,iar feature.
We 'e distinctly here and now a politics
1 party, de. pelate'y ralying together n m
> /, rial lur political platform lnfdcit.
=; pvpery and !, 'evcry-the last dltch. I'll
= lat s,and, ,hc /. st railyng cry Of the rel
= guard uf the >ann 'ishe- pro Slavery Den
$ orrat,c party,
Ihis p.rty now opel u" attacks religion
t The church, he ministry, liberty, the BIB
n .ioniety, the beroyUllnc tie religious at
/ mo Il literature or the age, bsptlzlng the
o oil t, gethcr, whole sale, with the coghOIne
. .iboLMn. This, as rotent weapon 90
= battle ca, is hu,,cd with precision, al
o aimed v, oil tho couccrt vf party DIR
e from ever, ectiun VI their scattered line
u This explains the venom of miscreal
1 presbyterian y political Editor hurle
v az ainst his own L,urch. Truth and erro
II religion and inidelity, liberty and SLAYER
). knowledge and ignorance, light and dar
ness, republicanism and arlstocracy, If,
y labor and forced labor, indu try and i'd
d ness-these with kindred principles al
. elements, are rapidly, under the laws
'e affinity, falling into line, finding their 7
10 spective levels, aud will soon be broug
ct into more open and fearful collision th,
y ever before in the history of our countr
'r No wonder political parry trembles al
re- reels-no wonder It's shrewd political par
'" mahhgerS cnaIe, anu Ihall, anu SPIT u
eS their venom against the patriotic Churcht
ID and kindred organizations of our land
or These all stand in the way of their succe
be and from their attitude they read, as &
hand writing on the wall, their inevitat
fall. Can any nation, kingdom, combr
rk ton, organization or party, whether re
rk gious or political, arrayed against rcligio
II the Church, the ministry, benevolence, i
gs ery, the rights of man and the lteratu
IN Of the age, escape downfall? Never,
or God al the Bible be tIue-never, if tru
We and right shall prevail.
irs Let that hiag-,hat fulminator of Gi
ut ettism against all the Churches, know th
EN- his fumes will as little harm the Old Pr
ar byterian Church, as the toad harmed t
nd OK, or the snake the file or Satan the b
ou Elements of heaven. Yes, we grant, 0
lm thing, MIR, Gazette, you can do-one thi
on you have done one thing you are doing
no one thing you may do--dsgrace the Pr
ay byterian Church Yet, remember, any
". cuser Of the brethren-any malignant sl'
,re derer Of his own Church, will soon becol
he q loathing to all good men, and will sooi
ret or later be abhorred by his own Chur,
nd and sooner or later himself drop off as
ID, untimely fig, if not cut off by the /