The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-06-21

was alers opposed to waring hoops-an
now, as my church is rusher small, an l
hcv a prospckt of increasing my fox
from returning rebs, may I not hope
that the ladies will 50 back, for the sake
Of maxim room, to the guide olc win
split,in fashon, when the true standard
Of woman vas her lenth and not her
bred!h.
7 hev aIcs ben nposed to the spred eslc
still in every thing. never adopted it
in my prcachiu, tho 1 ko0d spred it
on as thick an brod as any of i'm. I
never bleved it profitable for instrukshun,
korrckshun or rcpruff in righcsnes, nor
DO l blevc hoops ar, an the " President"
was as much aposcd to 'em as myself
Ne frcns, you ken SEQ then the awful
repusucucc he must afelt to bein hung.
when the very idec Of it wood drive him
to adopt measures Of such questionable
propicty to avoid it, and save his mex.
An now, me frcus, is it rite, is it kon-
s,itushuuaLly rite, to hang man that
don't want to be hung? | moov, my be.
(uycd hearers, that We kali meetin Of
the Chirch and aGshously demand that
all proccedins be stopt asin the "presI'
dent" till kommi,,y ken wait on him
and git his view as to bcin hung. l kno
| shood not like to be hung unless |
was williu, and l woodint thank any
man or set of men to DO it. Don't say
this is nixin poIytix an rclijun. Yore
beluvcd pasture never gifts things mixed,
hc'sc alers on one side or luther k!are-
an defy any man to say that thars
partiklc ofrclijun in the propizishun, its
only matter of dewty GROWN out Of
that prcccpt which says do to all men as
yc wood hcy them DO to you, an wood
any Of you like to bc hung unless you
was willin?
But, me frcns, hangin mite urritatc
the president" an as pasture of this
Chirch, I don't want to be responsible
for kousckwinccs, espe shally eff cnybody
shooi git hurt.
But finally, inc freus, hangin is inju'
rus to helth. The CRATE Doctor John
son once scd that bathin was konsidered
hcl.hy bckausc some men kood stan il,
but hangin kant bo konsidered hclthy
on that grouu. But few hcv ever avcrd
it. a fcller can stan almost cny thing
else better. lie may hcv mczcls, mumps
or the ralc Aux an rckurcr, he may hcv
kolcra, small pox or an attak Of hospital
and get well, lie may hcv Abolishun
fever, kronik scccshun, or lie on the
branc, and liv, but hausin, when 1t fareiy
takes holt Of fcl!er, is most Shurc to
prove fatal. Men hcv bin knoHe to pass
threw the flint mill in every konsavablc
form, from the pullin Of tuth down to
the amputashun Of thar Inns, and heT
kun out with thar lives hole in en- hev
gone threw cncy grade of Masonry, bin
iuduktcd into high orfccs, hcV bin maid
doctors of divinity, all luther stuff, an
hcy KUN out as we'll an better as kood
be cgspected. But hangin is wus than
cm all fcllcr is amost shore to dy in
the opcrashun, or soon afterwards. He
may be stout as Samson, rich as Jew,
royal as a king, stubborn as mule, but
it ii bring hin doun, dcpen upon it. If
the " President" shood ever try the ex-
pertinent, hcv no hope Of his komin
out alive, speshally kousideriu his deli
kate situashun.
Now, me frens, is it reasonable, is it
konstitushunablc, in view of all these
plain fax, to hang the president? l do
not, ken not, will not blcve our gin.
erus, noble, egscclleushal Guverment
ken think Of bcin gilty Of sich noush'
ty, outlandish thing as purpetratin sich
a krucl joke upon the "prcsident," and
let uthcrs 60 free. May God add his
blessin and save US is my prair. Amen!
Nc frens, plese sing the III page OF
Doctor Od's new hime book, as follers
"Shood Jefferson Davis be hung and luther
rcbs 20 free?
No, thars rope for all his frens, rope for
Gineral Lee.
The saryant Shood bc as his Lord, tho rally
not 50 crate,
An high as llaman he shood swing, IN share
his masters fate"
Ny docrinc is TO hang em all. $ if eny must be
hung.
But if the . President" eskapes, why then let