The mountain Democrat., 1865-05-27

the Rev. Henry WuTu DoeCOer expressed
the following views: ~ have taught
vou that the whole Union was indispen.
sable 10 the honor Of the country. We
did not care to see the North prosperous
and great and wealthy, and the South
feeble and impoverished and weakened
bV excuses. We are bondsmen for the
welfare ARd prosperity Of the country
not Of New England, or any other section.
The sxiRenciss Of 9ur country require US
70 dOAa6oasaRA Sid more than ever beiote;
and Rrst let a. tasD ere t572 a>sY1O' ao(
fall into the easy sin Of vengeance under
the plea Ofjos'ice.
And IL l had my way after the close of
fighting would not let one drop Of blood
be spilled, and then could say to the
world that this great civil war has been
ended as none other ever was. Ought
there not TO be an exhibition Of law and
Justice H-ought not there to be terrible
spectacle Of TetributiOn? say some. IL
mercy's name has there not beee suffer.
ing eaOugkl Is not the penalty already
paid f-God's vengeance patent enough
We don't want any ore vengeance.
wOol4lek expatriate any leaders on the
A., ssS-.L- u vengeance, for as they have
once misled the people they might do SO
sgain. ! would not expatriate and dis.
franchise them. don't know as you will
70 with me or endorse me in this view
l am, hos ever. consistent, having never
urged the slightest shedding Of blood save
when il was necessary to establish the
supremacy Of the government And more:
We wish now to show the South their To.
tai misrepresentation Of our former senti-
ments. Their cunning politicians have
made them believe that we hate them
but We don't
would be no mans servant to he the
man to go down among them, and when
they are burying their dead to taunt
them and when that shining old flag is
again thrown forth, God forbid that
should call their attention to il as the
standard Of those WHO have conquered
them. It is the flag Of their fathers; its
gloricS are theirs and memories theirs, and
not hence(nTth the banner Of their enc
mics. In that crumblins pulpit Of Charles.
ton harbor ] am your minister, to say to
them there is nothing now between us
and you; we are brethren and Christian
brethren; we love you, and desire your
regard in return; aud IN such n mission
as that ] will 6" foIta most chrcrfully."
To these sentiments the congregation
made a formal response through com.
mittee, from which We extract two sen,
fences only as Keynote to the Wholc:
We wish you tn say TO them, on our
behalf, that we have nO desire TO glory
over them-far less any desire for re.
venge. Gladly do we leave vengeance to
Him To Whom alone it heIongeth, praying
that lie will forgive the sins Of all our
brethren rs well as our own.
-
PoLITIcAL PREAcHEES AND TnEIR FALSE
HOODS. The clerical m0untchsnk< who
during the late political Struggle di>:rac.
ed the pulpit aud brought great irjuIy t."
the Church, and corruption iutu p"lil,rS.
by the lbels and fanaiici>m they hr'chrd
forth ia lieu uf holy mini,talinn, ate now
endeAvOrinS Ia excite public pl'y and
administration hy lie, daring that they
have been abused aud that the Democrat.
ic party has taken stand against the
Church
In regard tn the fist charge. we have
only 10 say that it is void Of truth, except,
ing so far as that the public contcmp; and
abhOrence Of their Ianaticism and hypnr
risy was pretty freely express Land their
efforts were counter balanced as far a.
practicable.
In regard to the sccnnl charge. We pro.
Aounce it wholly and Wickedy false. The
Democratic party is now and always has
been the strong protector Of religion, OF
whatever creed or in whatever form pro,
5essed Or practiced. 1t is the high and
Teverential regard in which the Democrat.
&c party ever held and now ho,jS the
cause Of pure and uR4letiied religion that
induced its members to denouncc the in.
6del hypocrites who under the earb Of
preachers undertook 10 convert the pull.
pits Of the churches into political rOstrums
and from them to food the country with
doctrines hatred, Of tnalcvolence, violence,
blood. murder, plumber, thicving, oppres'
sion, Tyranny. fanaticism and infidelity.
IL was TO save the church from pollution
that the Democratic party took the stand
it did and that eAult, under the bene-
6ceOce Of God, it will yet accomplish 10
the extent that nothing but His word, Ills
law, and His mandates will issue from
what ought to be a sacred shrinc-a
shrine that pslpably should be devoted to
sacred things,an that is as palpably cor.
rupted and debased when any other are
iWtrOdueed Into it.
Statesmen and politicians, too, have
long been aware Of the baseneSs and ras
calIty OF the generality Of those who for
SOrdid reasons abandon a sacred cause for
= worldly one. They we'll know and
dread the loose morality thIt these guides
dimost invariably inlusc INTO politics. -
While they scorn their base practices,
detest their corruption, and fear their
evil ineueOoes, the honest statesman and
politician is forced to warn the public
agaiNst t4e hHpOeEitciGl cant OF the dcma'
gogus Who GENES before the political
public in the earb Of 4 minister Of the
Saviour Of men, with a serpent concealed
nnder his cloak. To denouncc and sue
cessfully oppose corruption, it is neccs'
Sary TO denOunce those who practice it.
In the two preceding paragraphs the
political preacher and the pubic will find
the reasons why Democrats oppose politi
cal gascoDAde from the pulpit and the
men who practice it. II they choose to
inquire further they will also find that
the Democratic party believe that the
faithful expounding Ct the scriptures is
q Geld ARpiy comprehensive to occupy
the whale Of The most expansive human
intellect Such being the fact as to the
great, It Is impossible that the mere pi'
mics who by human grace succeeded to
the ministry should be profitable in either
when they undertake tn instruct nennlr