Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1867-12-26

E%K&#s@1s &@& @Ns@eNPk@&3 ~ @ts& - hA@s
shs paapIs AZ the aosth Rsss responsible
for the eSin Of Slavery SO called aao
whsn shey began to preach pslisieas in-
Isssaa Of ssohriss and him sruataed,'' p ~
3 msass sf saivaaioa; ne qais going to
feAassb, asd sxpsss to eonsinas 10 absent
oussslf shsrefsem, until We can fad some
ehaTcb, whsa the pEzahsR prsashss tbs
Gospel Of Divins truth and tnSids Of The
church sntirsly igaorss politics and 20
Elitisal issues. Here i whas the Dssso-
erat snys #
PRoTKaT YRoM wrrnrx. ID
The attention Of ouF readers ID direct
ed 20 letter from Rev. David T. Smith
OF West Thornton to the Morning Star,
from which paper we copy it. There
Aavs always been q great many men Ia
association With ell religious denomisa.
items, who have had as sympathy With
ths course so many of tbs cleggY aad the
so-ealied religions prggs haya thnauh4
FEVPrE ~ pursue Ter some years past !;
bus Ehs eurrens Of passion and fnnasiuisEn
has beeO SO stEong and thrsstsning thai
resistance, or sFen FemonstRanee, has
seemed 10 be useless, and thoasanas, for
the sake OF paace, hare aeqaicsoed In
what they desmea to be wrong. The Iss-
ter seems to mark 9 pew era. sif. Smith
makes good poiass and makes tham well;
and although ths Star afsets to disbs-
lieye thai be speaks for any considerable
number of people, we hzve no dOubs th&s
one half ths readers Of tkak pager wiIlI
assent 70 ihs gsneEal correetness Of bis
| views,
sss9saaast aeFhsaF, in Ehis eonneetiop,
TO allads 20 ons pAssa OF shia matter
whieh has Occurred TO 40 ofE8n. as IL
doubtless has 10 others. WIghiu q few
yeass past she press aud ths pnipis have
tabousaed in lamsnsssious that 90 large
portion Of toe people are nen-churoh-
goers. We presume sheig stasemsnts are
true for the c0adItion shsy depiora is
eaAily explaiaad-s ThA CLANCY aa . al laaa,
have waged wantoR and bitter eonAict
against ahe pamscratie party, and k9G
drsds and thousands OF Democsats ia.
New Hampshire, under q sense Of duty "a
soIemn and imperative a. ever directed
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poRs and eoantenance from men who
hass bean so parsiatsntly wrong beaded.
This condition il greatly to be deplorsd
for, aside from shs spiritual motives for
ehHreh. goi1g, there are plenty Of reasons
TO eonmead it, Of . worldly natnse. Ess
social, refining and hamasislng ssndsa.
eiea are BOT TO be oyeslooked by any,
body; and when TO these the eiergy add
the "weig hsisF matters. Of shsir mis-.
sions il has seemed strange 10 as thar
they should sn wantonly gesel those they
wero sent to wiz. Yes, With deep ssnss
! af che Importance ef eur mission 80 we'll
"a thsisss ms have Assss hesilaksa to ad.
wise oer friaads TO Hithdraw sysry spec
les OF encouragement from those who.
instead Of good religion, preach ysry
peer paiiEiess This cua6et has been
lgoiRs On Ter years and, il harm comes
70 nen- ehuFca-gosag Democrats hsseaf-
Ter, u will be some mitigation Of khe
Judgment, that they were rspslssa from
The saaesnsFy by A insuIaing pFiesshood.
Tha clergy hsFs neFer been ahla 30
sonpTshend Ehs dsyosioa at tgHs Dem.
ocrat 90 bis faith. What Christiaaisy ls
in rsligScn, Democracy Ia in politics.
Nothing else is worthy the name Of
political system. Within the mem orr sf
msn aOs sss old, areas many idsas iavs
bssn asraysd against il, and sometimes
With saoesss; bat they have been osly
The temporary ,expelisnts OF ambitious
nee for oEhca and plundeE, Dem ocraeg
haz been the same thipa In nauaa and es-
ssnes, for three quarters Of csnsaxy,
aud its great merit is also the merit Of
Christisnisy-beih are emlDeutly con
servasiTs. What ths Bible is 10 the
Christiau, the Constitusioa In 10 the
Democrat. We have insiaaed upou a
faithful compliance wish thai iassru-.
| msnt, and ne hare believed and now az
arm ahasif all had 90 COMPLIED there
weuld havs been no war, no debt. and ne
chronic Ill feelings betwesn people Of
dihsrens sections or OF the same com
muaisy. The whole oeuntry would have
semainsd prosperous and asppy, and the
tUlergy weaid have bad an ampis and
hopeful hsld fag shs exercise Of shssr
proper fuAssisns.
The tine has come whea We can aalk
Of IAese things alb sena eject. For
Eswenty years the sIegxs vers faithsulfv
warned that they were aof6g ham. The
result lie seen 10 million Of Qraxes, a
desolate and impoverished eoaatry, q
tax ridden people, Aaa, Aphroaic ani
mostly Between shs Shepherds ard the
dock. But the end is not vel. Ii is
somstimes easy to kinlle firs whieh IL
may be hard 80 sxtinguiah. The clergy
hass dena shsir part 70 ssimaIass popu-
lar passions - q dapgaE1na exosss, snd
perhaps those passions may nos abaide
&c their bidding. We have bat one hope
T. st&A sans old nsusaRasic hepe - thss
fmsa will sucseea 10 power Who will Try
all principles and ail passions ag ahs
| ConsssiEtfon, and insisk that evagyshiaE
shall yield 70 thae. IL shis hepe shalI
fall verse disasters will fall apoh sshss
lsoaassg sAsn aasspSea = si@ilar fasisFs
| for psdce speas fhs oasss o ms csassi.
sasion-psase arnong sbs States, and
psaos aaaoag the people sg saa atasss,
and OF tha same Stats. IL ssszas % Ne
sRal the cause og geIigion Ii. as aeapiy
ISsssrssksd 81 tkIs matssFs u any ether
cause; and sEsss the elsrky shonia anita
4 wish us heartily IN sHscting shs fsssurs-
dsioa Of shgs sabss&aiial. perasnana sad
sonssisusionAl pEACE, wiEhsag sbEsh
shsss can b 10 COED xavsrsmsas and -
I M sssEthss masly ysssess againss ID.
dag sasI - the dasaarIag Aams u tiEns-
| II. asa Ne hspe .is viii ~ rspsssed kfozn
other quarters. The oSosaks1a &C efAxy
q nF slishoaas& men hasa hssn pAImea od
Ter UhTissisaisy leng eneugh,