Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
Pure and Undefiled Democracy.


The following article appears as editori-
al in The La Crosse Democrat, the most
popular and widely-circulated Democratic +
journal in the Union. That the sentiments
expressed in the article are those of many
of the party cannot be doubted when they
rush by thousands to the support of an in
decent sheet which INDUCES daily in such
writings.
THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AWAKENING.
These long-haired imps Of niggerism and
bitter foes to true religion, the Young
Mems Christian Association (so-called,)
who infest the state of Wisconsin. have
issued " call for a 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 anxious for orthodox
religion that the regular ministers cannot
supply the spiritual wants of their focks
hence the necessity that the lay brethren
do lay hold and flop round ia he Lords
r1neuqrd until they do lay out the unbe-
/ levers. This plausible yarn may do for
school marms or wheezy Puritans, but to
the minds eye of an able-bodied working
white man. it looketh amazingly like a
huge Sabbath school lie. In the first place,
the demand far Eran2elicaL faith IS dull
icith a dornlcard tendency thousands of
high-presSure divines are out of compass
sion, perambulating the country, selling
4 Il !, e. I
ding patent Itch Killer. and picking up a
precarious substance in various other itine-
rant callings, for which their ministerial
experience has well qualified them In
/ the next place, 1cho erer heard of great
missionary effort being started in the
/ Spring, al tie commencement of the busy
season, ,cten ecery one IS hurried. while
the duh Winter months were allowed 10
pass by unimproved.
No, the true object of the forthcoming
! Devils Auction, or Young Mems Chris
tian Association campaign, is 10 put a
large force of semi-clerical vagabonds in
the field to prowl through the country.
dead-beating 1t all around, Sponging their
rictualS organizing prayer circles on the
Ethiopian basis and setting up Grant clubs
in every town, village and hamlet What
cQ~e the bankrupt ScounireLS, rho compose
\ the Y w. c. 4. for the cause of Christ
and Him crucifed2 Who ever knew
broken down sea per on 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 man to 90 through bankruptcy
on false affidayits, and bogus schedule,
who was not a hard praying member
of the Association? Where is there a
detaulting bank clerk, thiering railroad
officer, dishOnored merchant. ,ch0 is not
a aocki0lder IN tie y " c. 4. cities?
In the Western cities their rooms are
generally located near the Board of
Trade, who compose most of their men,
bership. and it Is notorious that no
such collection of finished, polished. heart
less rascQ7s, are to be found elsewhere
on the planet as the men who compose
these same Boards of Trade The mon
grels are using their religious understrap-
pers to sandwich bondholding politics in
between their hymns and sermons. And
it devolves on Democratic journals and
and speakers to warn the people against
the Satanic white niger moJs, hnO'rn as
Christian associations, Aid Societies, Mis-
sion Clubs, etc. Democrats, avoid them
as you would the plauge. Protect your
children from their insidious wiles they
are the bastard foes of your race and your
God. The Almighty is wiping the foul
breed from the face of the earth Their
missions, their associations, and their reign
will soon Terminate White men, we must
check mate these psalm-siuging hypocrites
this year, and the power will be gone for
ever.