Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-16
Religion In the South.

A great deal of the old leaven remains
in the southern lump. The exclusion of
eolored preachers from ordination b.
note of the hate general Presbyterian As
sennbIy. at Memphis is, boldly justified
Rev. Mr. Grarty, in communication to
the Central Presbyterian, takes the
ground that the Scriptures do not author
ize the ordaining Of men to preach to
one race exclusively, and that inasmuch
as the black man cannot preach to white
men, therefore there is no scriptural au-
thority for ordaining him at ALL And
the Presbyterian Index, published at Mo
bile and New Orleans, edited by DR.,
John II. Rice, a prominent member; of
the Memphis assembly, comes out With
equal boldness in support of the doe
trine that emancipation has not changed
the relations of the two races-that. the
black man is nenial, and must. be kept
in a menial condition if possible. 1t
says: eve honestly believe that the
true policy of the church, having in
in view the true elevation. as well as
the salvation of the colored race, is, so
far as; their ecclesiastical relations are
concerned, to keep them as nearly in
their former position towards us as their
changed social condition will admit,
Therefore, instead of repeling the
charge made against our, assembly Of
trying to help the colored, man in the
church just as he was before his eman-
cipation, we confess it, and glory in it.
APPRECIATION INA NEwIQUARTER.-
The Republican Legislature of Ohio
would hardly look to the Memphis Ava
lanche for approval Yet its action on
the negro suffrage question has awaken
ed the admiration of the most 6ercely
rebel organ of West Tennessee, 1t thus
gushes forth; ;7a9le SO Fs.4
: Is the tide turning? Is the sober,
second thought of the people of this
great nation about to return :? Oris it a
Wil-o-the-wisp--a delusion asfthe ftful
dream ofthe morning? The Telegraph
tells us that the Legislature of Ohio has
refused to strike the word '.white" from
the Constitution of the State. That
body seems unwilling to degrade itself,
as our Legislature has done, to the level
of a race which it cannot elevate. 1t
seems to think, with Stephen A. Douglas
that this is sswhite mans Government"
and has refused to clothe the negro with
political rights. How long this position
will be held against the lash of fanatic
ism it is impossible to tell. Probably a
day ora week, but we fear not longer.
1t may be but the Pickering light of the
lamp of liberty, blazing up for moment
only to make more terribly vivid the hall
of death settling upon the fairest land
under heavens bright and genial sun. -
Rcad Advertisements.
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sale. And the way to saUe money is for
every body wishing to purchase any
thing, to read the advertising columns
of their Local Paper. Nearly every one
who comes to town from the country,
does SO for the purpose of purchasing
something. And often times they are
ignorant of the place where the thing
needed is to be found-or if it is for sale at
several places they do not know who seAs
cheapest, and consequently mueh time
and strength and PATIENCE are consumed
lin ascertaining these facts. s.xss. &c -