The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-12-22
The Rev. DR.. Boynton.

thrster for blood delivered in Washington, on
Thanksgiving day. This man, it will he rccol
lected, has Just been chosen Chaplain to the Uni.
ted States House Of Representatives and, we sup
pose, entertairs the sentiments Of the majority
who elected him 10 that position.
The President by his proclamation set apart q
particular day, on which lie requested the whole
people to bow before the throne of heaven, and
lift up their voices 10 the Almighty in praise
and thanksgiving. TWAS TO be expected that on
an occasion Of this kind the minister Mt least,
would not fail 10 give thanks 10 the Redeemer
for the untold blessing; which He has fr1ni time
10 time lnvished upon us as Il people, or that he
would have forgotten the words of the heavenly
messenger, spoken to the shepherds of the plains
Of Bethlehem, "Glorv 10 God in the highest, and
on earth peace. good will toward men," But
does this reverend political rantcr speak of
peace? This question is very properly and
,ruthfnlly answered by contemporary, thus:
Bah he is paying the price of his chaplain
CT. The bitterness Ct morbid fanaticism can
scarce find its expression in his hasphemous
rhetoric. His intense burning inappcasable
hatred of q whole people forces its utterances
upon his lips, and he speaks language which
only devils could inspire. His cry is for blood
his vengeance is unsatisGel. and because thou
sands of brave but unfortunate men have not
been given up to the scniIold and the halter
this wretch darcs to arraign Heaven and cry,
4 do not thank God for this"
What are we to think of the public sentiment
which can not only tolerate such exhibitions as
this, but endorse and encourage them in the pull
pit? We bavc seen il stated that this discourse
Of Boynton's would have done for the hustings
hut we think that such discourse would have
disgraced the lowest demagogue in the land,
though he had been harengurug the inhabitants
of the lowest sinks Of degradatiou whereas this
man was addressing members Of Congress, and
perhaps many Other respectable people. So far,
however, as the membels Of the National Leeis-
lature were concerned, the sentiments uttered by
this reverend baspbeuler We're, Of course accept
able to most of them, for there was no lacl; of
applause. Referring to this unusua. proceeding,
the Evening transcript says:
"And morr--e horribly sacriecious illustra
ton falling trilpngly from the tongue, is met
with applause which belongs TO the arena--clap-
ping OF hands and stamping of feet. Hurrah for
Boynton Why should not the rudicasm OF
politics applaud the radicalsin Of the pulpit p
Why should not the dome Of thc Capitol echo
with the voice Of approval when the Chaplain
has made n hit? The sermon was meant 10
please men; il is OF the GARTH earthly the praise
OF Stevens, the satisfaction of Sumner and the !
approving smile of Wilson, I'LL the cup of the
preachers satisfaction to OVERLOOKING. And
when Ashley moves TO print so many thousand
copies, that ell the world may see and hear and
wonder, Boynton is happy This is glory
earthly glory enough for HIM
''What though Heaven may not approve -
He thinks not of that-for from The beginning to
the cnd be has not dared To invoke the blessing !
Ut God. There is always point where sacrilcge |
pauseS, even if it do not shrink back APPALLED," !
We have given halt OF our first page TO this |
Congressional sermon, merely that our readers |
ipay the better judge of the venom and malice !
with which these fanatics deal with every per- |
son and every thing which in any way interieres
with their views and notions of political prefer
ment. The negro OF the South must lie permit !
ted to vote, Or, say they, there shall be no Union
and torasmuch ms they refuse white men from
the South seats in Congress, perhaps they may
admit the loyal negro; for if he is permitted TO
vote for Others, how will you prevent him from
being voted for? II this Abolition doctrine nre-
walls, there is no means that we can see Of pre- /
venting negro representation in some congress
sional districts, for in some of them the negro
population is greater than the white. Give Them
The rirEt tho franchise T..
them from supporting one of their own color for
Congress, md electing him too?
Boynton tells us that we are indebted to the
loyal negro for our liberties; he il was, accord
ing to Boynton's sermon, that did a II the fght
ing, and ia, as consequence, entitled to all the
honors and profits arising therefrom. We do
not know what the white soldiers were doing
under such leaders as Grant and Sherman. If
they were not doing some service. We thorcht
they did much to suppress the rebellion; but, as
3oyn:on appears to know nothing of the fact,
our informant may have been mistaken, unless
this reverend rauters partially for the negro
was so great that it required all his eloquence TO
do Sambo justice. We hope to never look upon
the like of this sermon again, particularly if it
comes "clothed in the garb of a message from
Heaven"
Sermons like this and preachers like this are
essentially American; they are the types of its
religion and rs civilization and they show the
hollowness and emptiness of its social progress.
The day was when an indignant public senti-
ment would have denounced such TRADE MS
wicked and blasphemous, That day has passed,
and now, with full praise and applause, the
preacher usurps the part of the politician, and
draws his information, not from the teachings Of
the priests and prophets, but the threadbare dog
mas of a party PLATFORM
Ducks SToLEE.--One night last week thief