The Lincoln County herald., 1869-06-03
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te1en Aesem0IleS, ooth Old School end
New, leave upon the public ,nind an i'm.
prsssion anything bat cheering for the
heart, either Of the Christian or tho pa.
triot. Our country has been torn "a
pieces By sectional party politics which ID
still 10 the way Of The restoration Of the
harmony aud prosperity Of the country.
II the mougrei party or the North we're
disbaaded, IL would net 10 three months
before the blessed effect Of its death
would be realised 10 the signs Of return.
ing union aud prosperity. But 90 long
- this Northern party insists on govern.
ing the Southern people By its prejudicss
and it, intolerance there can be no har-
mony, no Union, no prosperity. Indeed,
90 long % the North insists on governing
the Southern people at oil, there can be
no settled peace. And there ought to be
none. The Southern people must b left
free 10 govern themselves Ito make oil
their own domestic laws, aud to elect their
own administrators Of those laws, without
he Interference Of the military scouu.
drels Of the North, or the country must,
aud ought to suffer the natural penalty Of
The rule Of impudsnce and despotism.
Aud hero 10 precisely the point Of just
Of the proceedings Of the Old
School Presbyterian Assembly. II gave
as the chief reason for desiring reunion
with the Presbyterian Assembly South
that il desires to take the Southern ne.
groes under ito charge. Ono Of its reso.
lutions reads % follows:
Whereas, by . union with them We
could labor more etfectually for the bene.
6t Of tho freedmen"
In advocating this resolution one cler.
gyman said:
"Therc was not in Gods universe at
present any place where the Presbyte.
riau Church could do as much good as IN
the Southern Church. Just look at the
colored population at the South"
Yes, "just look at the colored popula-
ton South" Did the eye Of religion, of
Of humanity ever before see 60
much ruin fall upon poor race in so
short time before? Aud at what door
does all this appalling ruin lie? At the
door Of the North. It was only the in.
the despotism. the crime Of
the North which destroyed the poor ne
gross, and started them backwards on
their way to their native or natural bar.
barism. What monstroas assumption,
that the Presbyterian church Of the
North must assume the guardianship Of
these relapsing negroes! The disease
that is killing the poor darkies is North.
ern interference. Northern politics,
Northern plilantrophy, and Northern re.
ligion I've will not insult the majestic
prophet Of Gallilee BY calling it Christi.
anity) have wrought oil the curse that
now devours whites and blacks 10 the
South. A truly Christian and philan.
thropic resolution for the Presby terian
Assembly to have passed would read
something like the following: "Ilesolved,
That inasmuch as it was Northern inter.
ference, political and religious, which
destr royed the fratcrnal relations between
the different sections Of our country,
and brought on terrible war, which has
resulted in the overthrow of the Consti.
tuition Of the United States, and in start.
ing tho negroes back on the road to bar
barism, it becomes the duty Of this Gen
eral Assembly to declare that henceforth
it will desist from interference with the
domestic affairs Of the Southern brethern,
and freely permit them to bo the judges
oftheir own rights and Christian duties. u
Until the Presbyterian church Of the
North be prepared to act upon the spirit
Of this resolution, it is useless to talk ol
o Reunion. If this Northern Assembly
il too proud to confess its faults, it is no,
a body that any Christian in tho South
should seek aHiliatlon With.
But the New School Assembly showed
still moro decided political cloven foot
by appointing q committee Of three te
confer with the most intolerant and un-
principled Of all the political ragamufir
organizations in the country, the $50
called "Grand Army Of the Republic, u
armed with the following resolution:
"Reso'ved, That while this Assembly
sympathize most heartily with the noble
and touching tribute to be ra,d to the
memory Of our buried soldiers, whoss
lives we're sacrificed 10 the cause of the
Union, as under the auspices Of tht
Grand Army ofthe Republic their gravsl
are to be decorated with floral offerings
yet we enter our most earnest protest
against the unnecessary desecration o.
the Sabbath for this purpose, and urgent
ly request the proper authorities to sp
point next Saturday as the time for thi'
interesting ceremony"
Now. 1t is perfectly we'll understood
that this soldiers grave decorating bust
ness is . transparent political dodge, do
vised BY the most heartless set Of Politi
cal knaves that ever infested any land
renegades from all dsceucy, who are vii
ling to insalt the ashes Of the dead Will
false and hypocriticsl grief for the ad
vancement Of their own vile politica
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