Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-05-07
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torial in The La Cross Democrat, the
most popular and widely-circulated
Democraticj journal in the Union-a pa
per that has probably twice as many
subscribers in the party as The World,
and ten times as many as The Argus
That the sentiments expressed in the
article are those Of the party at large
cannot be doubted, though very likely
nins-tenths of them would deny that
they held any such opinion. When
they rush by thousands to the support
of the beastly, profane, and indecent
sheet which indulgss daily in such writ
ing, their denials of sympathy with the
articles amounting to nothing;
THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AWAKEN
.Hiis uuih fN'G. aH
THE Jong-hdiredimps of ngQerisna and
bitter foes to true seligion, the Yonug
Mems Christian Associations (so called
who infest The Stateof Wisconsin, have
issued "call " for O general love feast of
the brethren, to be holden at Madison
this week. The ostensible object of the
pow-wow is to extend the evangelical
| faith into the rural districts through the
! efforts of lay missionaries, the brethren
claiming that the people are 50 anxious
| for orthodox religion that the regular
ministers cannot supply the spiritual
wants of the flocks ; henceithe necessity
that the lay brethren do idy hold and
flop round in the Lords yinydrd until
they do lay out the unbelievors. This
| plausible yarn may do fer school marms
or weezy Puritans, but to the minds
eye of an able bodied working white
man, 1t looketh amazingly like huge
Sabbath school lie. In the first place,
the demand for EvdngeiicdL Jdih Is dull
NTH q do,Un,0ad tendency. Thousand of
high-pressure divines are out of commits
sion, prenmbulating the country, selling
the "lives of the Late Lamented, ped
ding patient Itch Killer, and picking
up precarious substance in various
itinerant callings, for which their min
isterial experience has well quilted
them. In the next place, who over heard
Of he great missionary effort being start
ed IN the spring, at the commencement of
| the busy season, aOhen every one is hu11 led,
while the dull Winter months were al
lowed to pass by unimpIsved.
No, ths true object of the forthcoming
Devils Auction, or Young Mems Chris
tian Association campaign, is to put a
lrage force of senni-clerical vagabonds in
the field TO prowl through the. country
/ beallHS MI dIOuuuy
their vituls," organizing prayer circles
on the Ethiopian basis and setting up
Grant clubs in every town, village and
hamlet. "Whatare the bankrupt scound-
rels, who compose the Y. M. G. A. for
the cause of Christ and him Cruciied ?''
Who ever knew,a broken down scalper
Ton the Chicago or Milwaukee Boards OF
Trade) who failed and settled up at 20
cents on the dollar, three years paper,
that was not loud mouthed member OF
the Association Who ever knew q
man to so through bankruptcy on false
afidaYts and bogus schedule, who was
not q hard praying member Of the AssO-
ciation? Where Is there "a defanlting
bank clerks - thieving Railroad officer
or dishonored merchant, who is not a
stakeholder in the Y. M. G. A cities ?''
In the Western cities their rooms are
generally located near the Board OF
Trade, whe compose most of their mem
bership, and il is notorious that no such
collection of finished, polished, heart
less rascals, are to be found elsewhere
OH the planet as the men, who compose
these same Boards Of Trade. The mon-
grels are using thGirreiigious understrap-
pers to sandwich bendholding politics in
betwecn their hyms and sermons. And
it devolves on Democratic journals and
speakers TO warn people against the Sa-
tanlc white nggier mobs, known as
Christian Associations y Aid Socities,
Mission clubs, etc, Democrats, avoid
them ss you would the plague. Protect
/ your children faom their nsidious wies;
they are tho bastard foes of.you and your
God. The Almighty is wiping the foul
breed from the face Of the earth. Theii
missions, the associations, and theiI
reign will soon terminate. White mon,
we must checkmate those "psalm-sing-
ing hypocrits" {" this year, and their pow
er will be geue forever.