The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-07-24
Bloodhounds from the Pulpit.
ON the Boston Courier.

1 Whoever listened last Thursday 9th ins,) to thu
Boston Grafton ct the Music Hall in an impartial ane
candid spirit must have felt the hatred displayed tow
ards our Southern fellow citizens to have been eS
tremely unchristian One favorite term used repeat
edly in the DISCOURSE manhood" seems little appil
i cable to human beings inclined to crowd aud crust
the conquered and unresisting. The great mass
people at the South fought brarely for their ndepen
dence as our fathers of tie Revolution did for theirs
Fortunately for themselves we'll as tor us they were
not successful, and defeated submit to the even
with d better grace than could have been expected
It is the part Of magnanimty to treat them tenderiy
any day should be kept sacred to the promotion
Of national fellowship, it is the nativity OF the Amer
lean nation. In their common declaration OF indie
pendence Of foreign powers they pledged each other
to mutual defence, which OF itself went Tar 70 consul
tute them one single nationality, they long had
been by common origin aud common wrongs one peo-
pie Its the duty of all good citizens to promote re,
storation of this friendly feeling now disturbed ana
we listen with adherence to sentiments from ups
sanctied by prayer encouraging luminosity ana perse-
cution This is not the path to Reconstruction. Inc
worm turns against the foot that treads upont Our
want Of consideration for their condition is engender-
ing in the Southern people an evaporation only wait
ing opportunity for outbreak What led to the war
Taunts reyilings recrimination. Angry words lnva-
riably provoke blows and woe to them through Whom
otfenses come. We should help Southerners to sub
due their angry passions by example, forbearance and
gentle trust.
Why should the clergy NEEDLE with politics They
are set apart to teach morality and religion. Do they
do this as they might? Judge by the results. Many
of our people are devout believers in, faithful follow
ers the doctrines they profess But the eloquenee
expended in stirring up political strife were confined
to awakening sense of insulicieney and dependence
on divine aid, in developing charity aud love, vast
numbers who now scott would not only become better
and wiser, but happier Render unto Cesar the things
that are Caesars. President johnson has his duties
and powers from the Constitution, and performs and
exercises them conscientously according to his light
Are denunciatons of the Chief Magistrate by clergy
men on any occasion, except as when John Knox de-
nounced Mary Queen of Scots, or sayonaroa, the
Medicis for SIM becoming or consistent?
The Bible teaches genteness, humility, brotherly
love- faith hope and charity and the greatest OF these
is charity. These should be incncated by clergymen
in the pups, and they should keep themselves aloof
from secular concerns setting example of cody
life If they do not they will justly forfeit the respect
of the world and being found not only useless, but
detrimental to the of true religion, be abolished
They are an expensive institution; invaluable il they
understand their VOCATION worth their salt if they
NEEDLE with politics. When they cry havoc an
people, and would let loose the dogs Of
war on communities so utterly forlorn private let
tiers describe those the South for the most part to
be- they prove they know of Christianity than
so many heather and men-eaters.
Instead of blood-thrsty clergymen it is hoped the
fathers of the city in future will select for their dis
courses on the fourth, orators of some humane
md Christian emnloyment