The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-04-18

CucAeo, Ill. November II, 1867.
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Il lqYYa astaicel sd lately several (cfa1oria| | NJ NJ
|Ssoas il your paper to what appears to
matter S Feeling ,a,pons tic reagle 81. East
eppsssse rsgFl S. p !s Si gfnTsl pras
pfr aaa il y$sSs IF ths 5ih stinynt, i 81 nnls
tbs hesd Sf syal tInreh II. altiiels., sis;HTsi Cd
.Loycr Of Peace, on the saha,e suGject. I:ro;n',
f haze seen aud sar 81 tisst 81 sutii tiS ii
last three years / conclude that Ill the SUP.
posed trodblt7 In church property among Fast
Tohncssceana HIS gto&n ont Of tho alatiofi ii
BisaopfSinIpsoh iii church matters III ii tlidt
State; hdsupposi,ls 1 am riglsih tiiss'' u beg
leave tS Say d few words Pin defense Of i,ishGI,
Sihipson,o I'D the Basis Of general principle. III
is3cyidcnt, to myi lhihil, tlatt ,the gulf fiwhich
aeIiafaeSs tic sout6eiilaSs Wcthodist Hfoh tltbe
Northern aMeth6,list, is much deeper and wiaet
tiai, naiy suppose 50 stsHt gsftcaHt indeed that It
wste Folly to attempt TO i, ii for tie
tfissess 5e,Ecf to hhicdt rof course, belohstto
The Nolaecifaai methodist selass, ahal feel Hna
speak ia Asip Asrp behalf; and, aoihg 81, Il slaa
exercise tiiat 'frh d cidaoar Of TX Ylfess fees
sion on rehe Methodist aifia1fs thati Wiethdcil vi
Iilipsffs Il Won't ID do political htfiiiirs:o sn
s5n1n tile first place the 5Icthodists, both
North and South, heed watering very iiiaeh
tobtiag tIsih Up toi thc 'trus standard 81 6our
Age and honesty neeessary'o assaft I5lafn1y
thoifttuai characssrsi i1tcEgi6r' aahd ep5iitits
afe, Td'fet,a one md the asaae thing and must
Be 50 eodsdersa Yin iii popular g6vveerinnicRts
espccialIyJ fact, and politics liasd
always bedn considered one and the saint, III IN
natioiis Ours was the first, and tonnly ex1p,sri.
lhsit we kn6# of to treat tile two las distinct
cciiicnts i'll cisil government, III alJ 10 nre fully
justified in inserting that the experiment has
been Il failure; or at least the cxpcrihlcnt'ln
had the same conflict that has always Before
resulted from opposing ideas."tii lft',sE los
pAAll goycrnmentSis based OH the religious
character Of thoso vino iurlh 1t aud curry it on;
and when there becomes conflict of views iii
it's administration ititGriscs of Necessity from
religious differences i, It is the religious mind
which inakGs aud executes tile LAWS, md shapes
in oyery feature; tho Legislation of a'goverli-
.nient. This is "A fact which needs no argu-
nlents to prove it,; hecalse tho opposite of the
assertion, cannot be foahd to oxist in any. M
tionl on earth. .fiThe United States forms no
exception ,thoughin our 'systcm'twc Attempted
it,foreightyyears. Still the religious power
of, tho human mind would mt ldst prevail oEEdr
all the. other elemdnts Of the governments
Now,fhe stronger prevailed and took possession
of alf the property and appliances appertaining
to the organization,of the weaker The word
Methodist, it is trueis appliedjto tho two
classes Of people North and South, yet their
religious is no more alike than other ,dnejis
like that of tho lHiSd66s :, Bishop Sirnpsohfrc.
presented the NortheriI. Dnassos in taxing pos.
sessoa se Sf property fairly won byconauoss'in
support and nd defense of Nlortherl religion as
opposed to Southern rcligion,sfit tho United
stqtes 1 apH in ylf, Northern religion nearly
all other cI,r. small APPROXIMATIONS ia tho North
agree Fa,id sympathizc, aud haye mn interest
therefore in the property acquired = aiT
ntrciflf 9fi lGHi . 81 iiat liI, csiie.