Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
Democracy and the Msthodist
Church h TFt


AS q class Its members are supposed
to represent less Of the aristocratlc
element than any other ehufehfof
Importance. The La Crosse Dem.
ocrat is a Democratic paper, having
the widest circulation In It's party,
which has attained its superior pop,
ularity as a Democratic organ BY
its frankness Of utterance. Itbold.
ly ayows sentiments which It's more
tiHiid and polite brethren entertain.
but shrink from uttering. II an.
peals to the ignoranCe and blind
prejudice Of its partisans, knowing
that there lies the strength OF itS
party. It's cotemporaries of the
same faith coyertly play on the
same chords, but AZ the same time
hope, BY a simulated dccepcy, not
to shock those Of more intelligence
who still, through some infatuStion,
unite their political faith with that
OF the readers of the La Crosse
Democrat. These half.decent Dem
ocratic papers would all be La
Crosse Democrats II they dared
Not daring to use the strong liquor
thst Brick Pomeroy delights In,
they dilute it more or less copious-
ly with water and administer It in
this way until the stomachs Of their
readers are prepared for the strong
er dose. 70
The Methodistbody Of Christians
some days since held its General
Conference in Chicago. Its ses-
sions were marked with earnestncss,
ability and Christian zeal. In the
course OF the proceedings some &C
ton was taken showing that the
Methodist Church stands, as il
stood during the war, on the side
of the Union and against unholy
rebellions of all kinds, whether of
Satan in the interests of sin, or of
JEFF. Davis in the interests of sla-
very, This drew down the wrath
of the La Crosse Democrat, the
;roe exponent of the Democratic
faith and policy. Under the head
ing of The Chicago Rump Con-
ference" that leader of Democratic
opinion assaults the Methodist
Church and its General Conferences
in language that has not been sur.
passed in vileness by the most de.
graded habitues of the dock and
the police cell. 1t says that "Out-
side the rim of Afric's odorous
cline, there never met In solemn
conclave such a swetA scented gang.
There never was convened on this
continent 30 fanaticaI, ignorant,
obstreperous a mob of renegade
whites" b" IL stigmatlzes them as
"vagabond political and moral har-
lots, who make night hideous with
their Internal howlings." II de-
nounces its ministers as 'lazy vag-
abonds who proM through the land
and exc out a worthless existence
by disseminating the seeds of mig
ger Methodism;" and it winds up
its TRADE with the following disgust.
ing ribaldry:
Guard well the back door of
rour gin-mills, oh We dispensers of
oenzine, for the throats that are en-
in white chokers are often
,thirst,
"Look we'll to your four-footed
beasts, We that keep livery stables,
for horsc.f flesh hath ever a powerful
attraction for the Methodist deacon!
"Look we'll to your wallets, oh,
ye who travel in the street cars,
lest We lose the lovely patches of
ragged paper that have symbolized
money ever since the time these
nice shepherds have furnished in
spiration for the political machine.
''Look well to your mustard cups
and spoons of shoddy silver, oh,
We maidens who doth dispense the
juice of the hop, for the bible-bang-
ers do delight to labor with the
who are profanely called
beer jerkers, and the pockets of the
brethern are capacious.
Mount a two barreled gun with
in range of your clothes line, oh, re
that have much raiment, for col
porteurs have a weakness for square
Jailed shirts and embroidered under
clothes.
"Place none but tried men on
guard at night, oh, We who set up
rec lunches for your patrons, for
he hymn squawkers do go for all
hings which are free.
Guard well your watch tower,
III, We publicans of high and low
legree, for in beating landlords
Methodist circuit rider can double
discount the 'oldest inhabitant''.
"And, oh, ye unsuspecting Meth
odist brethren of Chicago, hearken
10 our warning, andgo mighty slow
on your itinerant brethren from the
country, for they will rencague on
you the first deal.
Brethren let as pray"
This is from the Democratic or
gan having the largest circulation
by far of all the Democratic papers
in the United States, Whist do
Methodist readers, members of 9th
er Church organizations, decent
people generally, think Of itp--