The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-03-14
Politics I'm the M. e. Church.

lFoAu1cs I'm the M. e. Church.
TO let our readers know to what length N,
church may go when it departs from its lcriti
mate sphere Of pure evangelism, and az eau
ton TO our own people to stand firm against a \
enors TO sccularize the church, and as con
hFmation Of the wisdom Of our church in rc
lusing 70 engage in any controversy upon the
lnuotea questions OF state policy. We give the
loliowlng article from the New York Chris
'ian Advocate and Journal, the official or.an
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church: o''H
"CoNNEcrrcUT rULL Euy .-It "a
feared. KOmanisn, rum, and a rccreant re.
publicanism, have cast this state back into sin
iui caste, from which her legislature sought En-
deliver her BY large majority she refused.
week ago last Monday, TO adopt an amend.
ment TO her constitution making inteiliccncc.
not color, the basis Of the franchise.
Connecticut ought to have been fame ~
ilre Tor the last sixty days. The best speakers
IN the land ought to have lifted the people hv
their iervor and their breadth of soul. Sum.
ncr' iIson. Wade and Kelly. Beecher and Ti.
ton' Hatfield and Andrew, douglas and Phil.
i'ps. with hundreds of lesser lights, should
nave o.aleo throughout the state The min.
listers sheuld have made their pnlpits r;nc
with the great duty of giving the Declorati
It's desired completion in their states. and Of
starting the nation OH the new road which Goa
cails 1t TO walk in. Such zeal would have
abashed the enemies Of the true democracy.
This goddess prejudice ragainst negro enual.
ityJ deserves Divine punishment. We NAV bc
thankful If It does not bring vet heavier Vial.
OF wrath upon u.s. 1t may breed another war.
ana yes greater anarchy; so jealous and angry
is sne Ood OF Heaven with those who falsify
.ne!r PROFESSIONS and treat His children with
Gersion. How can this fate be now avcrted7
oy instant !a'tniulncss in the church. She
call upon the state to do likewise q Sho n,us,
abolish this satanic prejudice from her heor.
ana IN! her lie. She mus. cease to luathe and to
dissociatc men on account of color. She must
give ner brethren OF the despised hue her cor.
a'ai Fellowship; in her churches, her schools.
uer counting rooms, mcst they move freely
aud unnoticed.
To this work must she gird herself The
defeat OF truth is no reason for despair or d;s.
couragsment. God is with her; she shall not
be removed; God shall help her; and that
rsht early The beginning Of all her victo.
RES ,: defeat; Bunker Hill and Bull Run teach
US th!s - lesson; Ch'ist's cruci6xion sits inf.
n'ts ny" Illustration. 'And |. it be lifted up,
viii draw all men unto me- The negro !. tp'
day crucifed in Connecticut. in W.sb;,n,o~
in all the land. He shall draw all mon into
him The lovers Of man and of God in that
state viii see that this Is no longer an IDEAL.
but the most living reality of to-day.
lhcy are large body Of earnest, christian
men. Let them not rest till they are major.
ny, and this stain is wiped from their state -
Let them cast away the unmanly fear of re.
proach, AMI all the epithets into which those
taunts consummate themselves, even that
which most people hesitate to face-smaleam
alton And, as Mr.. Garrison, thirty Years
ago. when word. equally abomina6le. was
hurled at him, shouted back, Il am an aboli-
tionist; glory iu the name,' 50 will they saw.
il that word is the embodiment Of the unitv
and brotherhood Of man, Il am an a,n.,loation.
''t; glory IN the name In that sense of tho
word God was the first amalgan,ationist. as he
was the first abolitionist; as he declares. i am
the Lord thy God, that brought thee ou. of the
house Of bondage;' so he declares that he
made Of one blood all nations of men. Fi,c
states OF New England are true to this princi.
pie Today. Massachuse It's admits men Of II is
origin to her conventions and conferences: she
will soon call to her halls Of legi ation and to
her chief pupts; and all the land, after due chas
'sements, shall follow hcr-footsteps to this
height Of tue democracy and true christian.
Protestant