Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-06-12
A DEMOCRATIC OPINION OF ME-
THUDISM.

The Democrcy, through their widest
spread journal, the La Crosse Democrat,
sendeth greetings to the Methodist of the
country. The occasion is the assembling Of
the Quadrennial Conference at Chicago,
and the Infamous document reads
There is now in session in the city of Chi
cago, a nondescript, black and tan, rump
Radical, politico religious mob, known as
the Quadrennial Conference Of the Metho-
dist Church II is convened nominally in
the interests of the Methodist denomination,
but really in the interests of the mongrel
party. and with an eye to the interests Of
Grant, who is a candidate Of the Methodists
Ii will remain in session until after the Chi
cago Convention, and viii add its nasal
whine to the chorus Of damnabble discords
that will hail the nomination of the azure
backed butcher. 1t is engineered by the in
famous Simpson, Methodist Bishop of Phil
adelphia, who, in collusiou with Gen. How
ard, the other reverend ruffian Of the Freed
mems Bureau, took possession Of twelve
hundred churches belonging to the Metho.
dist Church South, and turned them over to
the niggers and convict preachers Of the
North.
Roost high, oh ye feathered beasts, for the
chicken eaters are come up to the great city
Guard well the back doors to your GIN
mills, oh ye dispensers of benzine, for the
throats that are enyeloped In VIZ, chokers
are often athirst
Look well to your four-footed beasts, ye
that keep livery stables, for horse flesh hath
ever q powerful attraction for the Methodist
deacon.
Look well to your wallets, oh We who
travel IN the street cars, lest ye lose the
lovely patches of ragged paper that have
symbolized money ever since the time that
these nice shepherds have furnished inspira-
ton for the political machine
Look well to your mustard cups and
spoons of shoddy silver, Oh yo maidens who
doEh dispense the juice of the hop, for the
bible hanger doth delight to labor with jer.
kers, aud the pockets of the brethren are
eapacious.
Mount a two-barrel gun within range of
your clothes line, oh, ye that have much
raiment, for the colporteurs have weakness
for square tailed shirts and embroidered un-
der clothes.
Place none but tried men on guard to-
night, oh, Ye who set up free lunches for
your patrons, for the hymn squawkers do
go for all things which are free.
Guard well your watch tower, oh, ye
pubLcans Of high and low degree, for in
beating landlords a Methodist circuit rider
can double discount the oldest inhabi.
tants
And, oh, ye unsuspeeting Methodist
brethren of Chicago, hearken to our warn
ing, and go mighty slow on your itinerant
brethren from the country, for they will
reneague on you the first deal.
BreiheIn let as pray.
Such is the character of one Of the widest
circulated eopperhead Journals, and its arti-
cles are regularly quoted in every copper
head sheet in the land A considerable club
Of subscribers for this infamous sheet has
been made up by the copperheads of this
town. How utterly deprayed must be the
men who not only take and read themselves
but endeayor to increase the circulation of
such sheet How can decent, honorable,
respectable moral men hold fellowship with
the party that not only upholds, but loudly
applauds such wholesale, infamous and out
rageous abuse of one of the principal chris
tian churches Of the country Let chris
tians of every denomination read and con
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