Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-08-08

Vho Oauoe VI tne ueVll, tnat tnelr posi-
tions may at least be unequivocal ant
that they may thereby advance tn,
welfare Of the country! And gran
that these fire eaters may soon rur
their race, that the course of this worlC
may be 80 peaceably ordered by Thy
superintendence that Thy Church ant
Thy whole people, irrespective of sects
may joyfully serve Thee, in all good
conscience and godly quietness, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen!"
But,while the doughty parson though,
it was all right to pray for the success
OF the Union cause, he regarded IL al
awful blasphemy and sacrilege to ap'
proach the throne of grace in the inter
est Of the Confederacy. The following
from The Whig illustrates his senti.
ments on that subject:
I'VE are informed that one OF the
pastors Of our city actually appointed
a prayer meeting for last Sabbath night
to specially pray for the raising of the
blockade, and that he called on God,
in fervent prayer, to strike Lincoln 8
ships with lightning and scatter them
to the four winds Of heavenl The idea
OF Secession preacher heaying and
setting at throne Of grace, like . ram
at q gate post, asking God to do the
work OF the devil by helping the Con-
federacy, is bright idea and rich
conception. That churches throughout
the country have become demoralized, !,
that preachers have prostituted them.
selves for secession, is as plain as the
nose on a mans face; but it does not
yet appear that the Almighty God has
mixed Himself up with such internal
business. These reverend gentlemen
should remember that preachers don t
make any better traitors than the most
abandoned scoundrel in the rebel army, .,
and. so far as am concerned, / would
as soon hang one as the other. Ascend.
Ing the sacred pulpit on the Lord g day,
under the pretense of feeding his
sheep these reverend traitors to God
and their country deliver inflammation
stump speeches, excite the worst pas.
sions of people not extravagantly
given to prayer, and thus more effect
ually serve the cause of the devil than
all the ultra abolition preachers of the
North have been doing for quarter of
century past. The South is now full
OF these pious frauds, and every branch
OF the Christian church is cursed with
their labors. They can find nothing
in the teachings or example Of the
meek and lowly Jesus to justify them
in feeding their fiocks on the treason.
ablo doctr;n % Of secession and Sou thern
rights, or the still more damnable heresy
of the right of State of this Union to
secede at pleasure from the Federal
compact, merely because a few bad
men and corrupt politicians haye been
turned out of the Federal offices by a
vote Of the people,"
The impression is very general that
Brownlow was never in very hearty
sympathy with Democracy; but. in
order to show just how near he ever
came to joining that party, the follow
ing correspondence is here reproduced: /:
Camden, Ark, June 80, 1S8O.-W.
G. Brownlow-Dear Sir: have learned
with pleasure, upon what I consider
reliable authority, that you have made
up your mind TO join the Democratic
party, and in the future act with US for
the benefit Of the party. When will
you como out and announce itp 1t
will have good effect in the present
election il you will make it known over
your own signature. Hoping to hear
from you, l am very truly yours,
JORDAN CLARK"
IN REPLY.
Knoxville, Tenn, July 8, 1S60.-Mr.
Jordan Clark-Dear Sir: have your
letter of June 80. and hasten to let
you know the precise time when OK.
pect to come out ana formally announce
that I have joined the Democratic
party. When the sun shines at mid
night and the moon at midday; when
man forgets to be selfish or Democrats
lose their inclination to steal; when ma
ture stops her onward march to rest, or
all the water COURSES in America flow up
stream when flowers lose their odor and
trees shed no leaves; when birds talk and
beasts of burden laugh; when damned
spirits swap hell for heaven with the
angels of light and pay them the boot
in mean whisky; when impossibilities
are in fashion and no proposition is
too absurd to be believed-then you
may credit the report that have join
ed the Democratic party.
II join the Democracy Never; so
long as there are sects in churches,
weeds in gardens, fleas in hog pens,
dirt in victuals, disputes in families,
wars with nations, water in the ocean,
bad men in America or base women in
France. No, Jordan Clark, you may
hope, you may congratulate, you may
reason, you may sneer, but that can
not be. The thrones of the old world,
the courts Of the universe, the govern
ments of men. may all fall and crumble
into ruin; the new world may commit
the national suicide Of dissolving this
Union, but all this and more must oc-
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