Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-03-27
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Bpirit Of the Radical Religious Press and
3 s. Pulpit.
I MOST i,EMARIABLE LETTER.

iss sS We nrc indebted to the Statewide Amerl-
4 csss, for tic following choice production, con-
sytrtautoa ito tho columns of the St. Louis
1 sCshpistian Advocate" by the Reverend S.
Il H. 1Wallro, ono Of tho doyil,anointcd pulpit.
38bangers, ah,l staggering pimps Of morality,
who load the he.spirtual mind OF eae radical
& party. It should be remembered too, that
sAhis rSycrefd clerical rascal, is not an isolated
sI Icsse but thdt he Is Que Of the bright, par
& .ioular .st,rsn Of the radical religious stage,
: ~ sGnc views Of tho great mass of
5biasphemars, baokguards and thieves, who
I. have ,t.stoloT Tho livery Of heaven to serve
4 4 thesdeyil in, ,'N aud are now fastcning upon tho
corraptionso Of tho !" sanity" parIy'of "pro:
erssbiye religious 5iaea-,'..7Ias ! for tho coun-
D tryl .Al..l~-or religious and political free
81 --ssssssinwfien such mon rule
WILSON ~. C. Platndcalcr. =
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 12, 1867.
tas Editor Of tho
KnorvMc Free Press.
have noticed lately several (cditorial)
~ Abuses III your paper to what appears to be
I. { q matter Of feeling among tho people Of East
{ Tennessee in regard to Methodist Church
property, and in yours of the 5sh inst, under
head OF Loyal Church," an article signed
Lover OF Peace Oh the same subject From
Z all l have seen and heard on this subject, in
] the last three years, conclude that all the
supposed trouble in Church property among
4 East Tenncsseeans has grown out of the ac.
tlon Of Bishop Simpson in Church matters in
II that State; and suppospg am right in this,
beg leave to sayEa few words in defense of
Bishop Simpson, on the basis of general princi-
z pie. It's evident, to my mind, that the gulf
which separates the Southern Methodist from
tho Northern Methodist, is much deeper and
wider than many suppose. So great indeed
that it. were folly to attempt to bridge It. or
> sarthotwo classes ovor to meet. of course,
belong to the Northern Methodist class, and
feel and speak in thoir behalf, and, in doiue
SO, l shall exercise that frankuess and candor
of expression on the Methodist affairs that
Wendell Philips is wont to do on political af
fairs.
- In the first place the Mcthodists both
North and South, neod watering very much
to bring them up to tho true standard Of oour.
age and honesty, necessary to assert plainly
. their true characters. Religion and politics
are, in fact, 'onc and the same thing, and
must be so considered, (in ali popular gov
ernments ospecially,3in fact; religion and pol
itics have always been considered one and the
same in all nations, Ours was the first, and
only experiment we know Of to treat the two
as distinct elements in'eivil, government, and
We hrofully justified in asserting that the ex-
pertinent has been failure; or at least the cx-
pertinent has had the same conflict that has
always before resulted from opposing ideas.
N MI government Is based on the religious
obaractcr of those who form it and carry it
on; and when there. becomes .. conflict Of
viuWs IT'S aui istsation It ariscs Of ncccs
sity from religious differences. tis the trc.
Iigtods mind which makes and executes the
lawys,'and shapes in every feature the legisla-
tion Of a government. This is fact which
needs no argument to prove it, because Che
opposite of tho assertion cannot be found to
exist in ny.nation on earth. The United
States forns'no exception, though in our 'sys-
tenn we attempted it for eighty years. Still
tho religious power Of the human mind would
at last prevail over oil the other elements of
the government Now, the stronger prevailed
and took Possession Of all the property aud ap-
pliancos apportaining to the organization Of the
weaker. The word, Methodist, it is truc is
applied to the two classes Of people North
and South, yet their religions is no moro alike
than either one is like that Of the Hindoo.-
Bishop Simpson represented the Northern
masses in taking possession of property, fairly
won BY CONQUEST, in support and defense of.
Northern religion, as opposed to Southern re-
ligion, in the United States, and in which
Northern religion nearly all othor small dc.
nominations in the North agree and sympa-
pathize, and have an interest therefore in tho
property acquired.
The Methodists of the North constitute
the great directing power of froligion in Amer
ica; all tho other denominations called Pro.
testant though differing in form, in ritual and
other minor points, yet follow in substance the
religious course marked out by the great ru-
I ling power, the Northern Mothodists. You
may Sasswell say thuo an army has no right to
the arms and supplies which it wins on the