New-York tribune., 1884-10-25
COvENAYTERs AND THEIR POLITICS.
NoN-voTING sEcT-PROHIBIrIoNIsTs. BUT NOT
FOR ST. JOHN.

FOR ST. JOHN
Among the many churches in New York there
These people are the direct the old Scotch
Covcnantcrs, whom Walter Scott delighted TO portray
and they scarcely less pronounced In thcir
of faith to-day than they two centuries ago. Ibey
condemn all secret societies, and forbid voting iot ot
holding Office under the Government of the Uhiteu
States.
eve cannot vote for officer who obliged to sTear
Mesn the pastor Of the First Reformed
Church. In West Twenty ty-eighthst. I'VE can not hold
Hne Uee chpt % the Ruler The Constitution
states that the power Of the United states
sey i 'PS%s oP rp: %na during 1 the GTny
The declaration distinctly made hat TINS GqUernsa, Th,
is opposed to our religious conviction" ~
You do not believe IN union OF Church ana sta'e ~
clacd for the principle, Of to Revolution Of 1898 and
against Charles I'D But when william OF or, Or
s@staua s@si e''at'a .cS declared AGAINST Tho
recognition Of od In the Constitution should be not m
power should bo recognized
"You ARE not opposed to wari" , ,,.
NO we differ from the Quakcrs In that respect. We
recognize the power Qf the Government to control nd
yidual expression and to maintain iiself Although we
counirys institutions. The main difference between the
H9 rsOy',Ean ,E,, @ AID IS,mcr Ss Reformed sSie TGe MI.
We do not, Except IN ,Ear,iennIIa,ir
tuition We have voted IA uhnr, In Prohibition anehd
What ls the strength N Tho Reformed rresbyterIan'
We atr not popular decentralization anl put humhets
air not great W all tho church hh7 abnnt ! lWO mem
hers thpp aip ~ thuitbps ~ the country. lUhi hr
~ THE pli, nhd uhp w liinnhlln WITH soWe pon mem
hpia ~ Npinunt Wa have rtrshiiritJ ~
rih ttnhrispu va hh,n one thhith hhI IN
neatly hi tho ai4n pltps No hip Represented, WIN thr
nkDtutinn uf uhlpaeu. Aflor the WIT tnh Nhill hNe
iptis aan, nnr ,laNs net Win considerable faNnl al
iho churches shnWpi growth rhre Then there has hrth
d,plhn, hHi ihlnb ihal Tho church u new htEihhhg n
raih again, We hand ~ ihe heah ~ a Religious 'r
nominations ~ plnporliunnie lhtidilAf M olrl
church gives as much "a the Reformed fiosln
terrain. last year lis contributions hhnNhle'
ln nearly Fll Tor zach mcmher. During the war anu
prcNius Ia n We were Ahnlltipniss hut an uuth was
ucN required N Secretary stanton o minister OF our
training II not unlike That Of the Mchodists We are
opposed to the liquor Ianio and strong Prohibition
lists"
Your sympathes are then, with st. John in the
present CamlaignT
No; our sympahics with the Republican party
have doubt, II were to vote that there would be
some division But We are In the main Republicans.
do not think there many who would desire to cast
their votes for Cleveland His character bars him, III
belief from all office. The Republican party repre-
sents to mc-and think can speak largely for my de
nOmnation-what IL just and right. II were to vote, II
would be for Blaine and Logan. believe them in every
way worthy of the offices for which they
seek the peoples suffrage The success OF Prohibition
depends its progress Independent ssue. 1t Is
indeed madness to vote for St. John, madness that Is
almost criminal. The Democratic party represents to-
day hardly less than II did ten years the solid South
and those influences against which the whole country
has been struggling since II became a Nation"