The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-04-18
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thaodgs'hf differing 'S ii folm III iiaa and othor
hinor points, yct' follow in Substance the re-
ligious course marked out by the great ruling
power, the Northern heshqdists.H You may rs
well say That ali army has, no right to the arms
lahl supplies 'Which It wins On, the hitd;fougLt
6oli Of battle saT{t IS 6 say az that al tbo Northeln
Methodist ChaFchhas no figRt ID every church,
school housc,sard ivory acreOof lihd formerly
held by the Southern NIethulsts. Not only
$50, but it isw rs wroong and pornicous for
Northern Mcth4dists to permit Southern Mcthoo-
dists to meet and Worship at ali, as it would be
to permit Leo Of johnson to c;ll tgctlicrr l1
drill their disbanded ,iicir under arms Fnp fipn
"NIcthoyiisnl In tl,d Sdutli Was conquered aid
lsdbjugatal;, ,nudaihenceforth'l has ne. oliimso
anything liscd'or belonging to its former SELF.
Escn their Bibles. books anl printing estqb-
lishmcnts bcconc the. property Of tIc yittors,
and ought to bc used, Did Si'ain il@W Mkt
co to continue its religious exercises after Cor
tcz co'iqucrcd it? Certainly not. Seithcr
did any nation or people cvor; .conccdc such
privileges to the one theyJmd to subjugntc. No
| more then ought Tho North cohccdc such to
the sodth.' But you may say That the Soutli-
crn Nlethodiss and 'lhe y orthclil Aletholisfs
are one and the same in rcligioi. This Gas l
layc before sail )is not the case, and this will
anpeaf' very tlear: from tho very correct dclni-
ton Of tho word. , -s ,,.,ft
''Webstcr has perhaps, dunc more harm in
his elaborate comments on tlc ,ncaning Of the
word religion than any otlier author or writer
But Webster even borrowed more than llc
originated torcren learned" Il,
"neliigim ,tkci1, is simply cnas conviction Of
duty :o iihhi 5r Herself, his fellows mid his
Creator! 1t has nothing to do with rewards
md panishiilchts-in Some other world, but be-
longs cntrclyto ones soiournof tliis earth. It
ihust be' oaiaciit Therefore that ts,c NAN wh6
can believe that his owning and selling, and
buying working and not educating Il human
boiilg lis. tuic 'liifcrcnt from the belief of
.n'aicr MN Sirs' believes in,lsis iitan 9Ait-Ai
duty is alot. to own, buy or sell, nor to work
! without ,Glucatin. Ills fellows. Also it's OBJ
ri'ms rnay rnr system OF tnroiogy: WHICH Is1lrs
cunciublc;with the first, cannot form any part
| Of. The rel vJn,uf the second. Now. tho Book.
called the Bible, is often quoted III suINurt Of
either side ol the question and it is true it
dues sayclcyldcnoc on both sides. Just rs oiic $
heart Incline; bat eac man furgcts that pro
| gressive.i mind is in fact the life of any reli-
l@iblc of the Southern people wc of the North
want nothing to do with. We have Dur own
views aud sentiments, which with Us are tho Gre
ator's views and desires us to u.s. and being the
stronger VIC announce our claim, by Gods laws,
to all those lmcn1nnd things which come in our
way. We, therefore, claim To ownin Ice Sim
pie, ,'evefypcfson and thing in all tile conquered
South iinnywisc uppcrtaining to the s uthcrn
people, whether white sor black The blncks
belong to us just as well as,tho whites; aud if
iti&ctc ourircligon to buy, sell and work them
rs slaves then it would be done unless strong
cri religion should interfere to prevent us '@ti
gaHWet therefore hold That tleaSoutIlcrn peo-
pile, not onlyd Mchodists. but ullJ have no re-
1ss:s;:; oug'It not to bc uil"Mc. 10 assemble
Other iii former churches ur elsewhere. ibid
we have no doubt tic time is not far distant
when such prohibition will be fully carried
ont and that tooby our religion growing up
among you..'''
i+ 'Tlic period is very brief when any man
much less an editor, can be permitted to assert
that NorthcfIl Methodist steal property &c,
that belongs to Southern AIcthodsts' The
fact is, ali the Southern people have fallen Q
far behind tho pngress of the ago in every.
thing--not onl,' iii rcligon-tl,at they nrc
really ignorant OF the plainost truths ms well in
the religion ofthc present age as in tho dis.
covcrics i'll science, and their daily application
to the various arts of life. Religion being the
essential element of all political PROCESS, 1t
must ofnccossity partako of all tho modifica-
tions which the progressive and educated
minds discover to be III accordance with the
clcarcst lights Of the present age. Orthodox,
and 'IIotcro,lox' are no longer arraycl against
ench other OrthO.lOx does mt nt tho nrrso,,