Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-19
.o.E xxALoUs TnAa WISE.

WEONESDAxs : :
nosE JEALOUS TnAa WISE.
paragraph Of ten lines published In
the NEWS yesterday. referring to the sc-
tiou Of q State Senate in retaining the
services Of 0haplaias contrary to an e1-
press provision Of our State Constitution.
appears 10 have had . similar effect spon
tho Enterprise editor that the display Of
red flag does upon . mad bull. The lit
.ls paragraph seems to have excited him
far beyond its intrinsic merit. and to have
aroused In him long dormant passions.
Today, In The fullness Of his wrath.
The Eat~priss editor dsvotss over . halt
column Of his paper in reply to our in
noosnt little paragraph. and. 70 follow
out the smile just used. not unlike .
mad bull hs fails to hit the object aimed
ii. He piunsss i~uriously In this dirso.
tion and wildly in another. but ever
misses the objective point. One thouens
that comes to mind after . perusal Of bis
article 10 that the advocates OF . union
Of Church and State in this country may
we'll say: "savs me from my friends"
Passing BY the begging OF the qa.s'
ton raised In our nsne pafss'APn'
and the special pleading OF inc en-
tsrprts EDITOR Also ms s'cse OF wsn
and principles sn,cn 10 e,'u'n"' ...
NOT oomPreneno' ''
ISSUE l" No 'p'A
writer turns snnP'y upon 'as 'ap.'
tasion Of mai recent o1'
State CONSTITUTION wA'cn ioto'as NO So
Of public funds Tor ssesdr'on purposes
The writer unssrssands me werd SEQ.
TARTAN % mean pertaining 70 's'''
Na fens'oS' service Ps"o'"'u ~
Ms'aoois' OK an
dees not pertain s'e' 'n'n '.' ".
doe nos Know ~nat ooes pertain !"
sect. IL tho otoadet 'e.m
'tianity" In contradisnncnon 70 'e"
and GENTLE and uos'
not refer 70 . see. mon 'u' 800
faiis 10 undermined inc meaning
word. II appeals or prayers 70 onfi.'
or Buddha do not pertain TO . sect
then the Enterprise editor 10 ri8nt' AND
public funds can be spent constitution
ally for Chaplains' prayers. But II the
word sectarianism does mean "per.
tanning to . Sect" then our State Senate
have NO constitutional right to use pub
lilo funds in payment for prayers offered
BY any Chaplain. This statement en-
braces the whole question at issue.
Now TO less relevant matter, or to the
side issues Of the Enterprise editor. In
his divergence from the question a'
issus-ths constitutional right Of The
Senate TO pay Chaplains from public
funds-ths Enterprise editor says tia
We, that is. the people living under tn
government Of the United States, "ar'
q Christian people," This proposition
The writer most emphatically denies
There 10 NO provision In our Ne
tional Constitution permitting reli
gious discrimination. and no pro
vision which favors the faith OF
Jew or GENTLE. Christian or Mohsmms
dan, one above another. Frarklin snt
Jefferson and Adams had seen too mucl
Of the evil effects Of . union between
Church and State In Europe to perni
anything to be incorporated in oar M
tioual Constitution that could possibl!
DO construed into the assumption tina
this 10 . Christian nation in the gensr
ally accepted sense Of the term. Il
Q treaty concluded between Ii,
United States and Tunis and Al
Risrs. under tho administration o
jefferson. II Was distinctly state'
that "ths United States il not q Chris
tian nation" No! This country !
neither Jewish nor Christian. asiths
Catholic nor Protestant. And that ma
Who would try to make 1t either IL n
enemy to our free institutions. No
The government OF the United States !
not RELIGIOUS, but spreads its proteesiv
wings over Jew and Christian. indie
and free thinker alike" and We trust
Will ever DO 30.
While the question OF the sficaoy .
legislative prayer 10 not now under dis
sassion' psrhsps word with rsisrenc
TO the matter may o % out Oh ofss'
The k"erprsss editor oeiis'es' o. ooafs:
thai 'ns Sod prayed 10 IN toe SsnA's !
uneAanssss's' ye' IN MS 'a'
morning Nc assumes 'hs' ''s's'Au