Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-11-03
Practical EUustratl IA of the
Aeti-CbristiRn Oath In Mis-
souff.


Practical Huustratl IA of the
Asti-CbrIstiRn Oath In Mls-
s0urt.
Seldom have we met with fner specimen
Of the redRctio dd GbsHrdnm than in the fol>
lowing keen and racy reWsseniaticn OF the
practical working Of the idfamons prov isioB
Of the New Constitutions (so-called) Of Mis-
souri. We cut il from an exchange. which
credits it TO The Lexington (Mo) Express.
II it seems profaue, let it be- borne in mind
that the profanity is 10 be credited to the
."Drhke Constituuon.' not to the lramer Of
the indictment under il, who uses merely the
venerable forms Of law nsthoy apply 20 the
constitutional abortion. IL ia simply the old
eagle Of the law attempting TO teach the
young constitutional eagle to ly. If the exr
pertinent shows that the bogus eaglet was
"hatched in a Ducks nest" that is not tho
eagles fault = ChristiaH Commonwealth,
October 1911.
AN INDICTMENT UNDER the MISSOURI CoNsTfTU-
U -i TfoN.
Lafayette County, October Term, 1865
The State Of Missouri ps Alexander
CdmpheR, IS.
The defendant was indicted by the grand
Jury OF said county, under that section of the
constitution which provides that all preachers,
teachers, &c, shalt, before exercising any Of
the functions Of their reputed callings, file
an oath in the office Of the County Court, be-
fore VIM. Fl. Bowen, Clerk of said Court; and
for falling 10 do so, the following indictment
against said defenda ut was found
The grand jury for the body OF the county
of Lafayette, in the State OF Missouri, en-
panpeled, charged and sworn, upon their
oaths do present, that Alexander Campbell,
late Of the county OF Brooke. in the State of
Virginia, minister of the gospel, not having
the lear of God before his eyes, but being
moved and seduced by the instigations Of the
devil, with force and arms, at the county
aforesaid, then and there being feloniously,
wiliully and of malice aforethought, did
preach the gospel of Christ contrary to the
Constitution OF the State Of Missouri, and in
violation of the statute in that case made and
provided, and against the peace and dignity
Of the commonwealth And the Jurors afore-
said, upon their oatbs aforesaid, do present
tha. Alexander Campbell late of the county
of Brooke, State of Virginia, minister as
aforesaid, not having the fear Of God before
hs eyes but being moved and seduced by the
insteations of the devil, with force aud arms
at the county aforesaid, then and there being
feloBiously, wilfully, and OF malice afore-
thought, did preach the gospel and convince
certain citizens, to-wit: Judge Fulkerson,
Judge Chsny, Governor Fletcher and Henry
Turner of righteousness and judgment to
come, in such manner that they did confess
their sins and ask to make public confession
Of their faith; and that the aforesaid Camp
bell did felonously, wilfully and with malice
aforethought, immerse and baptizs the afore-
said citizens, to-wit: Fulkerson. Chany
1 aa,t. - Ill - a.
sttution OF this State and the ordinance oi
the Convention thereof, against the peace
and dignity of the State. That the aforesaid
did these things wilfully, by force of arms,
Ifeloniously and with malice aforethought,
alleging then and there that he did not regard
the laws of the aforesaid State of Missouri to
have power to bind his conscience, being call
ed and commissioned of God by his Word to
preach the gospel of Christ, baptizing all men
everywhere he thought it his duty to obey
God rather than man that he did not regard
the aforesaid William Il. Bowen Clerk of the
Court of the county aforesaid, as having con.
troll over the eonseiences OF Gods ministers
neither could any human law withhold OF
grant license TO preach the truth to dying
world He further said, instigsted by the
devil and in contempt OF the laws of the
State "For though | preach the gospel,
have nothing to gorify of for necessity il
laid upon me, yea, wo is unto me, if l preach
not the gospel" and that he would preach
notwithstanding the laws of man fined and
imprisoned him; for his Divine Minister had
said, go into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature, and whose believeth
and is baptized shall be saved, and he that
beieveth not shall be damned" and that these
men did believe, and he would baptzs them
, All this he did say, being seduced and in
stigated by the devil, with malice afore-
thought by force of arms, in the city o.
Lexington, on or about the 25lh of October
A. d. 1865, against the peace of the COM
monweath aforesaid, and IN violation of the
Constitution aud ordinance of the Conven-
+ ton and laws aforesaid. t..,.s
- -, Foreman,