Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-02
puritan hypocrisy.

Whether Andrew Johnson shall be
convicted and removed, is question OF
minor importance compared with that
other and greater matter, viz: that the
nnblic mind shall be satisfied that he has
been Justly removed for good and suf-
4 f;cient cause. How fitting it would
therefore be if the great events now pass
ing should be made a matter of prayer
in all our churches tomorrow, that JUS
tice should be done, that conscience
should prevail in the heart of each
Senator, that right reason should guide
the judgment Of every member of that
tribunal, and that from the present novel
circumstances in which we are placed,
such and only such precedents may arise
as will safely aud wisely guide our future
course as nation. ,-,f pa, gur
We take the above from the Philadel-
phia Ledger, journal whose Radical
ieanings are less strong than the Harper
publications, and whose piety is SO un-
ouestionable--taking it's pEefeesions for
trae--as to lead to the involuntary ex
clamation: Letus pray Itisasolemn
necessity indeed that Mr.. Johnson should
be deposed precisely according to
Gunter, and without desecrating asingle
canon off Puritan church. But how
TO do that is the question. And there
fore, in this pressing dilemma, it is fair
exhibition Of the normal condition of
affairs in that section, that all Yankee
dom should turn up the whites OF Its
sanity eyes, and its sympatbiEing jour
mails exclaim: "Let us prayr II is
perfectly certain that the saints are right
and as the Radical Ysnkeedoodles are
the saints, it follows that Andrew John
son should be displaced with ali due and
solemn gravity. The Ledger accordingly
insists that morality, conscience, duty
and religion have great deal TO do
with politics" especially when such
grave political events are occurring at
the National Capital" aud proceeds thus
1t is difficult TO say how far the great
trial now occupying the attention OF the
Senate has entered into pulpit discourses,
or into the prsyerful appeals Of the pas
tors and leaders Of our church orgsniza-
tons, but il is certainly q subject that
might be treated with good and whole
some effect We do not mean that cler-
gvmen should use their opportunities or
nositious to take sides one war or the
other. in this or any other political con.
troversy, for that would inevitably lead
An strife and dispute, unbecoming IN the
houses Of God; but that they should al
ways, in matters OF great momentum.
press upon their congregations the tratl
that American citizens cannot, viii
safety 10 themselves or 10 their coanlty
disrerard conscience, dnty and moraht
In their political action any more thai
in the other important affairs OF lii'
Th;s can be done without taking part a
a disputed matters in any way. Az
this inpeachment trial is . case an pom
No uohtical event has ever called MOT
emphaiically for the exercise Of reaio
and the obligations Of duty and jusnC
than this 81 ara = Tr=7I.
Take no part indeed A great erin
IA being committed before their eyes, az
;,,te.d Of denouncing they are % %
vrsyisg for III Il is 10 just this Va,
s,5 viii such fissy stat. that the pu
Is, Of The North is excused and srcdir
i,.elf While Il hounds on the polite
fanatics perseeutOr'' usurPsr'' i7Pa