The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-04-08

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y "AetlIodism in the Soath vac con
! qusred and sutjngsted. and lienceforth
has no claims on aaytising aased or be-.
longing 10 it's FORMER self. Even their
Bibles. hooks and Pr:ssng establish.
meuts became the prpperyrof the vic-
tors, and ought to be so used. Did
Spain allow Mesiso To continue ito
religious exercises AFTER Ceries conquer.
ed III Certainly not. Neither dill
any nation or people ever concede s.ch
a privilege 70 The cae they had to sub
jngate. No more, then ouyht the North
concede such TO the South. But you
may say ths, the Southern Mslhodists
and the Northern ,Methodjss are one
aud the same in religion. This' las ]
have b,Sore said) is, not the case, and
this will appear very clear from the
very carrsci definition o5 the word.
! Webster has, perhaps, done more
harm, in his. elaborate cnmments on
the meaning of tue word religion tb an
any oiher author or writer. But Web.
ster even. borrowed more than he orig,
mated or even learned.
/ " Religion then is simply ones con-
vicrion Of duty TO him or herself. his
fellows aud his Creator. II has moth
ing 10 do with rewards and punish
ments in some other world, but belongs
entirely 10 ones s,jouin 90 this earth.
II must lie evident therefore that the
man who can believe that his owning
and selling, and buying, working aud
not educating human being is quite
different from the belief Of another man
who believes in his heart that his duty
Is not TO own, buy or sell. uor to work
without edoca,iog bis fellows. Also, il
is obvious that tho sysIsHa of Theology.
which is reconcilable With The first.
cannot form any Psrt Of tho religion of
the second. Now, the Book, called the
Bible. is often quoted 10 support Of
eilher side Of tho question; and. it il
True, II does give evidence on both sides,
! just rs ones mind and ones heart ia
| cline; but one man ,forgets that pros
gressiye mind is in 3act the life Of any
religion, while the dead, inert letter
kiitethr The Bible of the Southern
people we Of the North want nothing TO
do with. We have our own views and
sentiments, which with US are the
Crestor's yiaxs and desires rs to
Eus, and being the stronger We an
nonnce our Claim, by Gods laws,
TO all thase men asd things which come
in our way. We, therefore, claim to
own in fee simple, every person and
thing iu all the Conquered Srurh in
tanywise sppertaining 10 the Southern
| people, whether white or tlack. The
blacks belong 10 us just As well as the
whites: and If it we're our religion to
buy, sell and wotk them Ms slaves, then
it would be done unless n stronger
religion should interfere 10 prevent Us.
/ I'VE therefore hold that the South
ern people, mot only Me,hodists, but
all, J have no religion, and ough. not TO
be SLOWED TO assemble either in furmer
! churches or elsewhere. sHd va have NO
doubt the time is not. far ,iistaut when
such prohibition will be fully carried
out, aud that Too by OR religion grow.
ing up among you. ..-. ..-....
The period is very brief when any
man, much less an editor, can be per-
mitied- TO assert that Northern Method.
lists steal property, DO, that belong
TO Southern Melhodists The fact Is,
all the Southern people have fallen SO
fsr bshjnJ the progress Of the age in
sVsrytbiag-ao, only 10 rnijgion--lhat
they arc. really igporaDt Of tie plainest
truths As we'll as in The religion uf The
present age asi in the discoveries oi
science. aud, their daily application to
the various arts of life. Religion being
The essential element Of all political
progress, il must Of necessity psrlake ol
all the notifications which the progres.
size and educated miuds discover to be
10 accordance with the cleareSt lights
Of the present age. "Oitiodox and
lIe:erodox are no longer afrayed
against each other Orthodox does not,
Al the present day, among the uuly
educated, presume 10 dsnounce as he
reticaL or beteiodox, those who differ
with the former on religion or poi
Tics. Three persons in one God, is no
more nor less than figure OF illustra
lion so, never ending HE'LL taught
for hundreds Of years by aH Pro,estHhts,
is not for u mo,bent believed by the
educated oftbs present day. j. is true
many ignoraut people Of the Method,
ise as we'll as some other religions,
really do believe in endless torment for
the soul after death, but il 10 the work
of every well thinking p,ind TO be EN-
pIoyed 10 removing such horrible noe
tiops. DoubtIess1ihe old English trans.
lstion Of the BiLle had much To do
with creating this horrid, sad and
dreadful notion. But even the Roman
Catholics have always discarded il and