Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-09-21
aRoAp oHuRoH POLITICIANS.

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creed has been entitled by them the
Broad Church." They profess to have
reached and to live under the grand So
cial scheme which is the end and final
result of Progressive" Christianity.
There is, it is claimed, perfect equality
in their communicate be found in
none other on-sarth. Their property is
held in common, and there is no mar
riags or giving in marriage to the sIclu-
sion of optional and changing "afin-
tiles" within the folds of the order.
Their elders are prepared to argue with
any and all, that the community in which
they hold mere agency offices, is the
necessary logical result Of the accep-
lance of the doctrine that all men and
women are equally human beings I!
They will reason back into the very
fancy of first principles, and make q
very good superficial showing for their
faith and acts, judged on radical planes.
Their Communion" as they style it, is
the end of radical socialism. and the
conclusion of that argument is the vilest
licsntiousness.
In this country there is a school of
politicians who are on the same points
Of compass with the Oneidans, with o
wider sweep of influence; and, with
many Of them, there is undoubtedly an
Inconsistencies of the inevitable ten
dsncy and conclusion of their programme
for the political redemption of the ma
ton. And with them q species of
bastard-logic, not worthy Of the name
of sophistry, is made to suit their views.
They are libsralists on the political
dogma, GAN men are born free..and
equal" and they interpret that SEN
tsncs in precisely the manner in which
the Oneida communist wrests Scripture
to the support Of their iufamies. As
indicated, some Of these politicians are
sincere, and from peculiarities Of edu-
cation and q lack Of observation as to
practical results, they do not dream Of
the real effects of their own policy.
They,-these sincere ones,-however,
are yoksd in their schemes with q set Of
uuprincipled wretchss.who are regard
less of consequences in immortality, or
seek such consequences boldly, and
who have the hope ofau immediate per-
sonal aggrandizement,. through their
favoring the alteration equality plat
form. Their Brood Church in politics,
nowadays, is a private Interpretation
of Republican articles which would turn
a Republic into a Democracy Of level,
only to swing the power in an institu-
tionsl self-government into a tyranny Of
ignorance and vice. History seems to
say that a single headed tyrant is better
than a many headed tyrant; but the
Broad Church politicians would have US
believe flor the presently that a majority
composed of ignorance and vice will
not be tyranieal, but must necessarily,
from the mere fact of every,man voting
enhance the liberalisy Of our political
institutions! These Broad Churchmen
are plainly "come-outsrs." One Of the
distinguishing characteristics Of their
addresses is a reviling of those wicked
old fogiss, u revolutionary fathers
as the Oneidaists ridicule the clear,
chasts character Of the early fathers in
the Christian Church. And if science
rises in the path of their advocacy, they
snap their fingers or mako faces at it.
Come to the fact, in most cases, it is
this: Tho Broad Church politicians are
men who have been thrown or have
forced themselves to the surface in
tumultuous times when their character
for ability or honesty was little scrutin-
lied, aud who have discovered that they
must 90 back to their original and
proper ~obscurity, if they cannot keep
up the uproar, after the actual battles
are over, by fictitious issues or sustain
their eminence through the support of
vast herds Of voters newly snfranchissd
for voting, who may be expected to
ballot in bulk for their endowers. These
cattle-voters will be "lodged" in per-
manent unity Of action so far as the
interests of the enfranchisers are con-
cerned. And we repeat, the sincerity
and zeal, which is not according to
knowledge, Of some good meaning and
learned men, who have been schooled
by one set Of prosecutions into a mono-
maniac conviction, are taken advantage
of by the Broad Church politicians
who have caroused in and diseased
every political camp where they have
seen the flag of victory temporarily fy-
ing-te the moral benefit Of their most
immoral designs in the political affairs
of this country. They only, if you will
believe them, publish Republican gos-
pei; and all who do not subscribe to
their m are opposed to freedom
and justice.
CARSON IrRNs.-The special school
tax in Empire District must be paid by
the 9th Of November, or it will be re-
turned as delinqusnt.-A new black
smith shop building is being erected on
Carson street, opposite the Corbett
| Houae.-The Turn Vsreins of Carson