Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-06-05

as tu> il Gas. ors are rank fefetS and
iheiI CONGREGATIONS are rainier stu
Mr., Editos, do not think me too dc.
nomindt,osaHg enthusiastic when
say that .tne Methodist Episcopal
church hiss done more IN The south,
TO overth Cow The Rebellion and keep
! the friends OF the government right,
than all !Ather churches combined ;
for while fhe great mass Of southern
/ ministers and churches aided and
Allotted thz cenfederacy with prayers
and mon4y, the Methodist Episco-
pal churcl i in her ministry and peo-
pie, ceases not in their devotion to
civil liber++y to the last; and stood
out defiastly against the hordes OF
Churches Some and ad0 life s'f asef As IS
genera. thing during the war,
chaplains - the army, and ministers
of the NJ. +. Church, were the only
clergymeIs VINO remembered in
prayer, ts, President and Govern
mont OF tlt, United States. TO my
certain Knowledge, | have known
the mIhtaey authorities notify cler-
gymen of numerous churches that
they mist cease praying for the con-
tederacy asd commence praying for
the American Union, but | have yet
10 hear OF Zach an instance occurring
IN tie VI. sE. Charch. The Metho-
aist Churt5l South, it is we'll known,
went out 4om us long before the
war, aud a Ministers in my Opin-
ion have dkne the Government great
er injury han any other class of
public mel4 regret to write thus,
but / am u satisfied facts will bear
me out ia knis assertion. Your read
ers may sorm what opinion they
please OF nty present views, but 10.
Gay, Winchester has no less than six
rebel ministcrs, constantly laboring
among helsp"ople, and only one log
aust; and chat man, is member OF
the old Bastimore conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal chulc and he
stands ols boldly and defanily
against SECESSION and rebellion and is
9 tor his Church first, and his coun-
try nex', ~, and foreuer."
A transient visit to the city will
prove the present status of the peo-
Pile for one need only visit tho
Book Stor& for half an hour and his
eyes may fast, Iii there is any sub
stance in shadow on such sights
as Books ~ southern character
Stonewall Jackson's life, with the
life like photograph Of Jackson,
Beauregalf, johnson, Lee and Da
is, and a thousand ether visions all
calculated 10 impress the beholder
with one ldfo, TO wit: That the great
Southern heart still throbs with the
o. Secession and that the
spirit ofinsArrection is not dedd but
sieepjnq One looks in vain for the
life Of L'nsoin or Grant, and | was
not able to.tind among scores of Pho
tographs, a.siuge likeness ola unlon
soldier or G@aeral and even the phi-
of Andrew j ohnson himself conld no
where be found The reason for
this is obvious union pictures meet
with no S0{f.ln Virginia and have
my doubts hc,her Book dealer in
most south.sa cities, could make any
Roadway .his business, if he was
known 70 Rep Gen. Grants photo,
graph any :yhere on bis premises.
Such is the :oeiing against the union
all over thl south and | believe if
Cen. Ice wss 10 issue a call to.mor-
row Tor 5000 rebel troops, the week
woulIsnot $ before they would be
marshallcds III battle array and
spreading cath and ruin amid the
inir heritage OF God In the south,
no man is 81 dreaded aud feared as
Gen. Grant! and may God spare his
life, TO be she defender, as he has
been the Il ond sdvior of the Amer
lean people:
VIM NJ OSBORN.
whitehall Va. May 10Th.