Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-05-05
cnuRcn AND STATE.

C1zU8CM AND STATE.
In no other Christian nation is the
Church % completely divorced from
the State % In ours. In fact, it IL
this feature that mainly distinguishes
AmsE@ from ot.ssr constitutional
govst4ments, and, yet hog prone %
afsssW0s especially Churchmen .
whonthis boon ought to be e1-
ceedingly precious. to overlook and
under estimate this grandest Of free
doms, in which every man can sit
under his own vine and fig tree and
worship God according to the dictates
Of conscience We forget too, that
this freedom is due to public senti-
ment and not to the constitutions
UNI which ve live, Is under sny,
or all d them, both State and Ma
tional. there might be an establish.
ment with ministers supported by
taxation. We allude to this condi-
ton Of things because of the growing
desire manifested by Churchmen ~
have things spiritual regulated ~
secular authority. We regard every
step taken in that direction
in this country as a blow
struck at civil and religions liberty,
and wonder that the suggestion 70
commit the custody of conscience to
Stste authority comes from those
most interested, if they rightly. under
stood their mission, in unfolding the
divine declaration that "My king
dom is not Of this world else would
my servants fight"
That thu country alone Of all 9TH
er Christian governments is without
a religion estshlishment should be
matter for profoundest consideration.
If that fact exhibits nothing else, it
shows that in the human heart,
among both the clergy and laity of
the world there Is conviction that
there is something in revelation that
suggests, if It does not absolutely
teach the divine right of monarchs
and governments, to order both civil
and religious matters. Indeed, in
the model governments of the bible,
that of the Jews, 1t is often difficult
for the most cultivated and enlight-
ened u distinguish between the civil
and ecclesiastical laws Of Che
Moeeic economy, although during
ma1y years Of the existence Of the
JevilA nation It's civil and ~ecclesias-
tied authorities were in direct and
almost continual conflict. On this
account those that value the existing
relation Of State and Church cannot
be too careful in sustaining from
evoking the powers of the former to
sustain the imagined rights Of the
latter.
$
Gush.
If there is one thing in this lite
more nauseating than another 1T is
the habit some of these creatures one
frequently meets with have of con-
tinually gushing. In the newspaper
business the disgusting habit is par
ticulariy noticeable. Idle and even
silly puffery Of everything and every
body, without the brains or nerve to
discriminate between the true and
false, is q rule of action of very many
whom the Creator has, in his mystic
lious providence. permitted to run
country newspapers. Out upon the
silly slobberers and vendors of doubt
full compliments and n~auseating flap
doodle Daily Intelli-
gencer.
There is no doubt in our mind but
what the Intelligencer is the finest
''discriminator'' in the State. It al
ways waits until q measure is sue
cessful, and then says, "as we proph-
esied many years ago." A wooden
man could not be more ''dlscr1mi-
nate" It is also evident. that the
Intelligencer has the "brains and
nerye'' to execute ''puffery'' to per-
lection. Never in the history Of the
present reign Of that paper has q kind
word been said for any of our leading
or influential men. The support
which our congressman, senators and
representatives should have received
has always been conspicuous by its
absence. At the same time the min
lister to Africa has been ''puffed'' by
the column ; the ambassador to Libe-
ria has been profusely complimented.
and the foreign ministers, each and
every one, have been ''slobbered and
flap doodled." Now, all this kind
of sspuffery'' shows determination,
brain and nerve,'' in that the ''puffer''
says nothing good of any man e
home Of whom he is jealous. What
. combination Of s'good sense, nerve
and discrimination" Speaking Of
.ssilly putting everything and every
body reminds us of q little incident
which occurred . couple Of years
since. when the Intelligencer was
owsed and edited by the same CON-
b:nation Of ssbrain, nerve and DIS
crimination :" The joke was perpe-
tratsd on said paper by the LEDGER.
The Intellis encer vas led to believe
that . man had been killed in Sailing
township by beng thrown from his
horse. DC. The next day the postum
nous paper contained = long and
''gushing puff of said man; said
man sswas of q good family; was a
moral man ; a consistent member of
the church would be missed N soci-