The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-04-18
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minor points, iyet'Br0a iio sabatande ehen re. /
pigious course marked'OubB by the great ruling
power, tho Northern HIqthqdiatssA You may rs
wen say That an army bss ne right to tho arms
lah1 supplies 'wAlsh i wiAs sin.tbp hatd;foug4.
fold Of battle sa5i IS e say y tEat at tbo Northsfn
Methodist Chafehiias nS fisRaB u every church,
ischool housc,sat osoiy faose06f lsihd formerly
held by the. Southeru lNIetl,mlists. Not only
fso, but it isyiAsts Wsb0pg and pesnicious for
Northern McthSdsts TO permit Southern NJ ctlo
dists to meet and Worship at af, as it would be
to peefamie Lee of oSfly yodls0h 70 car together 81 d
drill their disbanded ,heip uadtr arms. rnu aiar
"NfctKodisni!inlt nlthd' s6utlf Mas conquered ahd
isdbj ugatGl udaihenseforthsllas ma sollinls'oi
anything aiselzor ihvlonging itaits former self.
EScn ,tAeiral bibles. b9Qks. ard priptiRg estab-
lshmcnts bccope the wepcil,S of ii tAc yiStors
and ought tp l]c used, Did SiMnf allS@ MKT
co to continue its religious exercises after Cor
tcz @co'iqucrcd it, Certainly not. Sei.hcr
did any nation or people oyor: .cJnccdc such Il
privileges the one thcySlad toBubjugate. No
more then ought dhg oNoTtK coiitcdc such to
the South But you iimy say That inc Sontli.
cru Nletlodists and ithsS orthclil AIsthoditsts
are ono and the same in .rcligi1ii This (asl
have before ,said)li is not the case and this will
aipsaK' Very alears sfrom lhe,vcry correct dctiui-
ton Of the worl.i i,.ese .5# >aot.sil
''.t.Webster has, ,perlnps, ,dunc ,norc;llarm in
his ckiborste comments on tho ,ncaning Of the
word religion than any other author .or writer.
But Wehstcr oven borrowed more than 'liac.
oyiginutedlorcsen. .lcarndI"' .sii s
"r "Relisi@, ,akcit ~ sinrly'cne:s conviction Of
duty to hihf Herself, his fett6wsf and his
creatcr!o 1t 1ias nothing to do with rewards
md puiiishilehtsJinso Some otl,tr world, but be!
lohggs entirely to ones soournof tliis earth. IT
ihdst b6f oaiiieiit Therefore that tAa l;,,f wha
can believe that his owning and selling, and
bu5ing1 working uhd not educating n human
bciilg lis. ;tiaitc ;dtffcrcnt from the belief Of
hamhcr MIN s'gcliesos il.4ts isatt tlsIuAis
,tdty rs alpt TO own, buy or SCH, nor'to work
WITHOUT, dldcatin. his fellows. Also It's ob,
NImsrn1y rnc system OF uIlcoIogy. WHICH, IsTrcs
cuncihblciwith the first, tahnooi for,ii any part
f.tlicirnlieidmpfthc second. Now, the Book,
called ltlcl Billie, s often quoted iii suIHorrt Of
either side Of the question and it is true it
dues esidcaoc os, both sides, just rs ones
heart ihclinc; bet enc man forycts that pro
gressivcn mind ia, in fact the life of any reli-
sioilrwaiile the dead, inert letter kiN.lh" The
ltihlc of the Southern pooplc we: :of the North
want nothing toono swith.f We faa,sc bur own
views giul sentiments. .whchwitll us are tho Gro.
ators views and desires us to us. and being tho
stronger we anaounce our claim, by Gods laws,
to all lIthdscplrcn1nhd things which come in our
way. We, therefore, claim TO owitin tee sim
Ple.ooirfypcfsun and thing mall tile conquered
Sodtlt i,hnnywisc nppcrtaiinirg to tho Southern
people, tsliathoE white :or black. The blacks
bclong,to us just us. well asthb whites; and if
itissefe Ourirciigion to buy, ,,sel and work them
as slaves fhbnit,wduld be dono iinlcssa strong
or religioI Islouidiinterfcresto,p prevcnt is 's;s
aassWe'thcrciotc: hold tlatsti1eaSoutlcrn apeo
pie'( (ot cniydM cthodistsl lbutull) have, ,io,re-
tigion' tad ought MOTTO bc allowc,l o assemble
oither iii tfoimcr churches ur clsewicfc! hid
We ihavc no doubt tlic tilc is not far distant
when such prohibition will be fully carried
ont, and tlat tooby our religion growing up
among you'd ga ~ rati 'a ~ t..,rq
'4'''Tic period is very brief when my, man
much less nm editor, can be permitted to, assert
that; Nortlicfit Methodist steal property &C.,
that tbelongs'to Southern Nlcthodists ,,Thc
fact is, ali the Southern people have lallcnso
far behind the progress of tho ago in every.
thing-=notu only lin rcligion--that they nrs
really ignorant Of the paindst truths ms well in
the roligon of the present age, as lin the dis
coycrics iH science, and their daily application
to the various arts of life. Religion being tho
essential element Of all political progoss, 1T
must ofnccpssity partako of NIL !thu moliica-
tions whichnothe progressive and educated
minds discover to be III accordance with tho
clcarest lights iofitho present age. Orthodox,
and dsIIetcrodoxsare nollougcr arrayoil against
each other - Orthodox does not, at the present