National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-03-22
NATIONAL VERMONT, FRIDAY MAR 22 1912

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+ In Bninct by the Caledonia County Sai"unl
| Reform Association.
think your rcspondcur dors an injustice
/ TO those men wh0m lie doslguai'S 'lh' eh'''
mover, ut the schome." by iu',nuhins thnt
\ they are trying 10 make eat paws col any "nr
! Lo,id,A IL Is not very complimentary 10 those
silent public speakers if they did not agree
with the majority Of that meeting, they might
! hiy. disagreed, and given their reasons lor 50
doing. as some gentlemen present did,
But who the chief movers IN this reform
arc /, rather difficult question to answer !
would infer III your correspondent means
The Reformed prcsbl tcriaus, IA they DO not
vote but luovcr lsnow them to be gallty of
very much Political intrigue; they have al
ways occupied position of dissent irom ilis
Government, aud they have given tlcr rca-
sons, namely thc guarantees given ia the con
situation to protect and uphold Slavery, ard
/ its Athcistieal character ia entirely Ignoring
/ thr very name or being of God That sa
very has been aholi-hct. BY constitutional
amendments hows them TO have been night in
/ that part.
They have had some prominent Statesmen
! to back them. Early in the History OF the
! government in trying To make n treaty with
/ liipoli, it objected to making such Treaty
with a Christian Nation, the then Secretary
of state explained TO 'lripoi, that this Nation
! is in no sense founded on the Christian relig
ION consequently II not on the Christian re
ligiun, thcu not on any. and must be Atheist
for they hold that a man Ignoring the exist
/ ,,.f, oil IN oil Int n L.
Atheist. A nation doing the same Is the
same. Aud for thcs" REASONS they will NOT
qualify to yote--but they 10 not think it tot
| a su fur any man to vote, bat where an oath
Is required that would be dishnorng to God
they must not do it out if iliawatha thinks
il is not di.honolu to God 80 that he can and
will vote, then il il not placing stumbling
block in hi way to advise with him about
What he shall lo,a for.
| viii now mention Il few who may he cnllru
chief movers in this scheme About twenty
NcaIs agoa discussion was bel y carried on III
the tmtcd States Senate on the Slavery qucs-
ton ono senator was advocating the abolition
of slavery, whcr he was called To order by re-.
mmdng hirs o its legality they hrnG held
by constituted Law his reply is to day the
key note TO this whole movement That there
is aIili.hcr Law" This IGNORED Senator is one
Of the chief movers i'll the scheme. Judge
Strong of the Supreme Court Of the United
States was lust year President Of the National
Reform association Judge IIagans OF the Su-
pcrior Court OF CINCINNATI is President this
year theiois u loug list of Vice Presidents
among them are Governors, Judges. Doctors
of Divinity, of the different denominations OF
Christians agreeing with the honorcd Senator
above that there isa Higher Law and that
this Higher law ought to be embodied in tine
constitution. The reason for this is plain, but
| viii try 10 explain to Your correspondent III
; noticing another statement in his article. II,
says 'rhc fac. that it is left TO the several
states to do as they please in religious mat
| tiers cannot take away the moral privilege oi
+ any
l. this a fact, II SO " hero do we find it it is
not sell evident fact; therefore we must lool.
for the historic evidence OF IT, LII the sixth
article Of the Constitution, il is stated that ali
Judges IN all states shall he bound by the Con
stitution, Laws aud Treaties made under it,
anything in the State Constituti N to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Now this certainly does not leave very much
for the states to do as they please.
Let me refer to ease showing the st ltcs
cannot do as they please in religious matters.
A few years ago the projectors of the street
ears in philadelphia undertook to run the
ears on the sabbath AN injunction was served
CA them, and the ease was brought before the
couI Is, the Injunction was sustained for the
reason that running the ears was II violation
OF the state law in regard to the sabbath. The
proprietoro then made a contract to carry the
mail and on the next sabbath started three
hundred cars to do it with. They were then
under United States Law, which knows no
sabbath, and the state Of pensy wanna had to
} II II.
Should the question in relation to the Bible
ii thc schools of Cincinnati ever 60 up to the
supreme Court, cannot sec but the decision
of the state courts Will he reversed as the
constitution has no rel. sion it cannot decide
III favor oi religious principles.
Now, Sir, am not arguing for or against the
Running oi ears ON the sabbath, nor am l arr
gung for against the Bible in schools but
states may regulate religious matters as they
please hence the necessity of regulating if
regulated at all, in the constitution Of the Uni
ted States.
That instrument in its very introduction pro
poses 10 establish Justice now Justice has its
foundation only in God, ndJesus Christ is the
Teacher sent from God, Therefore will close
this article by quoting from the speech Of the
Rev. \. II. Mayo, u. ID. at Cincinnati on the
first of last February
lie says, that this nation is bound in it, po-
litical policy, and Legislation. 10 acknowledge
the binding obligation of the morality OF Jesus
Christ Us the only Universal Moral Law.
Sir, by publishing the above You will confer
ataNor on me, you will do an act of justice to
those men siylcdb by your correspondent the
chief movers IN the scheme as thrs places
them before the world ia their true light
whether right ar wrong SM
I ruyxuzu xLfu