National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-07

OF persons engaged In the service oil inc
United States, who may be supposed 10
render the country an equivalent for such re- |
ligious mlnlstrations as they receive. ltmay |
reasonably be assumed that these miuistra-
lions arc desired by majority Of those Tor /
whom they are provided; and upon this as
sumption the cost Of supplying them is as lcgiu-
mate an expenditure as that incurred In the
payment Of the salaries, mileage and station
cry accounts Of members Of Congress, or the |
wages and allowances OF soldiers and scnmcn. |
As to the recognition Of religion involved
In the use Of oaths In our courts Of Justice, II
this proves anything In favor Of the support,
lions, 1t proves entirely too much; for II Is
not merely the Christian religion which Is
thus recognized by our courts, as will appear
from the following extract from Grccnleaf
on The Law OF Evidence" sec. 37l; IAN wilt
nesscs are to be sworn according to the pecu-
liar ceremonies Of their own religion, or In
such manner rs they may deem binding on
their own couscicnccs. II the witness 10 not
Of the Christian religion the court will In
quire as to the form In which an oath Is ad-
ministered In his own country, or among
those Of his own faith, and will impose II In
r., to..,. =. ..ao.,.n,o ,,.l,, mi. ,.t,,i
- =, \. A., - :, ~ c.,,s.,,. -.
pe o,.a Wv ,,s .,s cs,m.,aan ~, ~.
',... o -. A. ~"
., y, " .nr ". US. " ~
, ~ .' .s .us =. =, , :,
a,I, y. nv s.ppo, So y, p ,,,"n sappo,. "
ou' ',, =, VIZ n,, ~ W." ~ w
ss. -, s.,,h ,,,,,,, &C.,
-. A., ,.,. ca "a :, ,,,,,,su
.. -, ....,,.,..,,. O. -.
s,, s,,.,.,. a., -. ,,,,"...s,
H., ~, ,.a arano "a 70 ho w. oon,ona,n,,
a ,.',s,.,Is 10 60 =, .r,o.,ao a,,,,.asa,
ss,,,',nn. s.a ~ ,,o,o..,. ~ .an,.na an,.
sar ,sa .,nno,S,na q, Tho .cn,,m.n, NJ Chris.
n.n,,r, hn, wa nn., rs,nina Mn, ,hs, ,no
$500, -, =, al III oor,r,,,,,,oa,,,n.
P.,P -, ,.,. ,s,,,as A.. vs.,
a o.u 49,. w ,so ..,,,,n.", y, s.,,,,,on h, o
up .H -, - -, ~ as.'"n, 80.
ny, , a,, ,,,r ,.,sa n.
s s,s..,, go. r., A., ,,.
,.s..sna. a., ~, ,ho snrnor, =, rc,,,,o, ha
-. ~. Ia,,ns., =, a IA, ~ ,,,on ana h,,
tIi,.'s..., =, ..,,,.;as -. Iii,
,", 80 .5.s,, =, ~
- >, ~, -. a., i, II ,o,rar, a. s.. aa,
"a, 80. .,.,n,.n, Il, t.ror % an. An.
Of the State to encourage religion been
. directed to the one object Of showing
that 1t Is right for tho State to tax Its citi-
xens for the benefit Of churches, and Is not
each of these churches body Of men, more
or less numerous II by favoring and en-
couraging religion he did not mean favoring
and encouraging the churches, and this to
the extent of affording them pccuniary sup
port, his entire Argument has been thrown
away, SO far as 1t was Intended as defence
: of the policy OF exempting church property
from taxation.
We do not believe that the principles Of re-
ligion or Of morality have been intrusted "a
the exclusive keeping OF any organization on
earth. On the contrary, we believe that II
every existing religious organization were
broken up, the principles OF morality and the
spirit Of religion would still survive In the
hearts of Individual men and women. There
lore the state Is unoef no Necessity oi sup
porting or contrioutng 10 Tue support Oh ic
, hgious organizations IN oruer 10 P,cscr''
! elmer ieiis'on y, morah'y. NV guy ms
ou. inc o'a'e Posiuvcy s'u'',nes ''sen whei
uncer ING Pre'Dnee VI Piomo'ns inorAh'y VI
| :, :,
Oh eonnieuhs sce", anu nero "' us POM
out an important disunc.on. III hhposinp
! taxes lot tho supper. o' tno oo'erh'"en' anU
the adminis'ration Oh the laws VIC mercy va
!, all classes Tor the support Oh tnosc piinc'p'e'
oil morality which not CHRISTIANS aione' ou
: Jews, hauonaiists ana great majority o.
aa classes noid 10 DC essen''a, 10 inc wen
oeing OF society. Ii, on .ne o'hef manu-, VIZ
eitner directly or indirecuy Impose taxes io'
the ocneht Oh particular ehurenes we eompc
tne taxpayer 70 d'a w MAINTAINING w sisc'o
dogmds % dn NE charohes so oencjped, no"
ever lrreconcilaoie thosc dogmas may DC
And II the CathoIc complains that nc is 'nu'
, oehged 10 aoet inc dangerous hefesie'
{ 'ue ote,n'' w
, no - .ou I".o ,urpo's 'ne 10 ~. ~, ~ =,
,' y, s"o -.
c.AI'.' a :" - aa.. 49," n,
saaso, ~, ns AZ. Cn.,.uan ,ha, ,a |,
.oaies' Deh., ena W. ,Ss. a., ,, hI
s. NV NV eup w - .aa ~ ISL I.,'n',n.
os nn,D,.s a'a ~. -. 80. -, ~, =" P ~, i,
na n Nv. asa.a, 49, ~, ~,