Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-09
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The Nep York Herald, in an editorial on
| the 9TH inst, got off the following: r.,..
Shareholders having been abolished with
slavery, the Northern demagogues now
propose to abolish the Pope, the Jews, re-
| iigion generally, and the distinctions OF
dress between the sexes. They propose TO
establish negro equality, negro suffrage,
and the Bloomer costume. If anything we
could say would have any weight with these
worthless we should ask them to spare the
Pope. That venerable man enlists our SYM
pathies as being the weaker party. Any
number of plots to abolish him have been
contrived in Europe; but he has maintain
ed his existence with tenaclty which even
his enemies must admire. The European
world now seems to be comolnd against
him. and, like his divine Master, he has
nowhere in particular to lay his head.
Under these circumstances an attack
upon him from this country is cowardly,
and we again offer him the hospi-
talities of Washington Heights. That
Revolutionary locality is admirably calcu-
lated for defense, and we believe that we
could protect him against all assailants.
Phillips may talk aud Greeley may write,
aud little twaddling Tilton may print; but
i'm our opinion the Pope will not be abol-
ished for long time to come. Nerfor that
matter, will the Jews. These children OF
Abraham have endured an awful deal of
persecution and can stand a great deal more.
The Emperor Napoleon had shot at them
recently, in the preface to his Julius
Cesar" and August Belmont cast ridicule
upon them by his shent-per-shent conven-
tion; but yet they still live, and worship
God according to the dictates OF their own
rabbis. We doubt that the Northern agi-
a. 49,, oo, aaoo ,,lich mora Than NanOlpOn
and Belmont. ,e.
Let us warn the demagogues to be careful
how they seek to abolish all religions. As
we entertain no fears of their being able to
accomplish this great work in our day, we
utter our warning i'm highly benevolent
spirit for their own sakes. They will soon
discover that an indiscriminate assault upon
religion will lose them their strongest allies.
The pulpit politicians will be arrayed
against them. When they abolish religion
they abolish Plymouth church, and Mr.
Beecher's twelve thousand dollar salary,
like the riches spoken of in the Bible, will
take to itself wings and fly away. MIR.
Beecher will surely follow his salary, even
if it should lead him into the conservative
camp. Where his treasure is there will his
heart be also. And there are so many clergy
men OF Mr.. Beecher's stamp, If not of his tai
to abolish religion quite losing game. 1t
will be better for them to contine their efforts
to objects in which the clergymen can assist
them, as they did in getting up the late
war. The Bloomer costume, for example,
is legitimate subject of modern pulpit
discourse. Ministers can preach about that
who would find it difficult to preach about
piety. A-woman in mans clothing could
be exhibited on the sacred platform as
slaves recently were. No doubt there are
in this world many people in petticoats who
ought to be in breeches, and many people
in breeches who ought to be in petticoats.
We meet more old women of the masculine
than of the feminine gender. The young
ladies and the fhoop-skirt manufacturers
might object to such reform; but every
man who has been obliged to notice, prac-
tically, the vast difference between tailor's
bills and modiSte's bills might approve OF
the Bloomer idea, on the score of economy.
At any rate, the scheme tOmake the mar
riage, contract include bed, board and
breeehes, is. by tar the most feasible ad-
vanced by the agitators since the close OF
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