The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-04-18
[ [N{4.. aAiRRIT1alS, 1857

craatrg THIS horfra, saaana 'd2eeadFal sna0jtioh
lSht tssn 'tlio| iRoIlair, GathoicsJ lavc always
fdrdiitnnd substituted M itcnipDfdry pun
ishDleats ppryatoryl from which ~ liberal
payment aat of money vii, vii release the S ystm
BYt, tho whole liasscs of the South arc stepped
in the grosscst aid darkest igno6rahoo iiH6r hoe and
Worse llHasn llHan leathSn 'stipsrstitionti whole
reiigiohpof thoasouthern fpeopIc may DO classi.di
ns oncsnnd the same, and tle.tpf the horss pes,s
sibhlc tendencies Aqh is there. much sign ifojr
hope il the future. Better Indeed if every,
house, and sclool-housc in all the Southern,
Statcss&erc Burned to the ground and every
llfativd botG therc forever prohibited from
tcachfngg' Of preathing as yon call it. II this
event teachers from the Ndith would alone
give Lent to the rising generation there, and
in css than century there would be rcli-'
Sioii Worth the iialmc. .t'nl hii ~ q r3i bi.
''ftetuflitngeto', Bishop Simpson, wo WHO
know2liini are Of the opinion that his oily
fault in dealing with you people South has
been a recognizing any fyon'.'ut ,ll us de-
serving to 20 dtldSscd as a religious body SO
far from considering Southern Mcthotiist MS
cxistiftg i'll the South, the proper way would
be to9disrcsard, all cl;sscs there alike (bccuusc
! all arc alike any way ut heart a a'yi
i "nIe,dily difference being the price we have
to pay for a very roor effort OH lthc Fart Of
sohcsto appear Northern in semtiiiicntAcvcn
I Mm.ssG. Brownlow, who, of late years (sincc
1863; has rroicssc'l to be Northern in religion,
yet VIC who knew linn, best while lie 'stumpcd
the Western States iii 1862 and 'Ga, arc at a
loss 70 measure his Reliability 'f'. ;.
"Now, l have spoken plainly and canlidly,
just &lat al NortsSSiaA ofGthodists feel aud be-
licveSbut very few of them have the courage
to come out aud speak their true sentiments.
Likewise the other minor denominations Of the
North is bound to rule this continent, and
those who stand in the Way Gas yoaa' alf do III
the South must get out II the way Religion,
ito u such is itrogrcssivc. 1t is no longer II
ullshumdrum. dry reading of the Bible, and
thateaftcr peculiar interpretation, Of past cen
turifs. alodcrn science aud better cnlightcn-
mc.ftof the human mind have discovered new
s6SHittSscs OF light and Il far wider fiot for the
application uf Biblical truths. The Bible. like
t-~.Attsttnhs. must bc subjected to the test OF
experiment, and il found inarplicab9'it mils'
be SO studied to reveal the ,Gt;iniiis and Ill
terrrctations more in harmony with man 's.pro
Ercss We have only recently begun to dis
co:cr the true power and application OF tho
Fcdetal tohhstitdticcn. So likewise arc Nc jus,
beginning 10 see and comprehend that the
Bible is iii fact the best constitution any State
or nation can have when applied to)cvcry day
life among mon in roltical'body:: 'Weptop6ss
to make proper application Of our Bible t.
all the Southern States and people.
"A subjnsatcd people have no more riSlu
to apply their own peculiar moral ideas ,la,
they have to use their physical implements q
war. Conquered III all, and hence, for the pre-
sent (and some decades to comc.) you pcopl,
ought to be like children seen but not heard.
in all religious matters, which, ms l bcfor,
said, are really also poltical. T.
! "Respcctrully,
| ~ s. +. W.ALDRO.""'
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