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at £.ur.
rwipH W. TAT£ attorney
f? AT LAW, BEDFORD. PA., will promptly
attend to collections of bounty, hack pay. Ac.,
a? 1 all business entrusted to his cure in Bedford .
and adjoining counties.
Cash advanced ou judgment*, notes,. miiitary
and other claims.
II is for sale Town lots in Tatesville. where a
oid Church is erected, ami where a large School
House shall-be built. Farms. Laud and Timber
L ore. from one acre to 500 acres to suit pur
cha-"rs.
Office nearly opposite the "Aleugol Hotel" and
B.nk of Reed A Sohell.
April 6. ISO6—ly
J. MCD SHARPS. E F. KERR.
DIIAKFK A KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
the courts *>f Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fi-e on Juliana St., opposite the Bunking House of
i A BeMI. |Muffh 2. '66.
J R. DPR BORROW. | JOHN LCTZ.
TAORBOR RO W A Ll* TZ ,
| f ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to j
their care. Collections niude on the shortest 110- i
tiee.
They are.a'so, regularly licensed Claim Agents :
and will give special attention to the prosecution i
ofc'aims against the Government for Pensions,
B . k Pay. Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
•Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer
office.
JOHN P.REED, ATTORNEY AT
LAW. BEDFORD, PA K spe*'fully 'enders
his services to ihe public.
Office second door North of the Mengel House, i
Bedford, Aug. 1. IML
\ OHN PALMER, ATTORNEY AT J
LAW, BEDFORD, PA Will promptly attend j
to <ll business entrusted to his care.
Particular attention paid to the collection of!
Military claims. Office on Juliana Street, nearly j
opt< ir„ the Mengel 11 -use.
Bedford. Aug. 1. HW.
1 ASPY M. A LSI P. ATTORNEY AT
Lj LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will faithfully and
! •uiptly attend to all business entrusted to his
c ire iu Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
elaims, back pay, bounty. Ac., speedily collected.
Offi ;e with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street,
two *1" us south of the Mengel House.
Jam 22,1984, __
F. M. KIMKKLL. | J. W. LINGKNFELTER
KiMMELL & LINGEXFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA..
II *ve formed a partnership iu the practice of
the l.iw Offi eon Juliana street, two doors South
ot ;lie Mengel House,"
/ 1 H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
\X, LAW BEDFORD. PA Wi 11 promptly at- |
tend to collections and all business entrusted to '
his c-ire in Bedford and adjoining counties. |
Office <*n Juliana Street, three doers south of the j
■'Meugel House, opposite the residence ol Mrs. 1
Tate.
May 18, IBM.
n F. MEYERS | J. TV. DICKERSON. J
MEYERS A- DICKERSON, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford. Pa., office ;
sitn* as formerly occupied Vv lion W U Schell,
t vn doors east of the GAZETTE, office, will practice ,
if; the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions, '
bounty and nek pny obtained and the purchase
at i sale of real ♦state attended to. [mnylt. G6. {
ROHN H. FILLER, Attorney at Lent,
M Bedford, Pa. Office near y opposi-e the Post ;
"ffice. I'tpr 20, 66.—1y.
i'iniCtifUßii and
PH.* PENXSYL, M. i>.. RLOGDV ,
# Krs. PH.. (1 s6th P. V V..) ten- .
der Ids professional services to the people of that j
.. . und v ciiii'y* Dec. 'll. '•••- 13 *
\\ JW* JAMISON, M.D M BLOODY J
t T BON. PA., tenders bis prtfes-ional servi
ce- to the p op!e "f thai place and vicinity. Office
one door west of Richard Langdon's store.
Nov S4. '•>—ly
nR. J. L. MARBOURG, Having!
permanently located, respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens ot Bedford j
and vicinity.
Offi c on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite |
tb* Bmkit : H utse of Recti A Schcll.
Bedford; Feb;uary 12. IsOI.
C S tllCStoK, 1 J - G - MINSICH. JR.,
ni: X T I S T s,
BEDFORD, PA. !
(iffice in the Bank Building, Juliana St.
Ai) .iperations pertaining to Surgical or Me- (
•bant-.* .1 Dentistry carefully performed, and war- I
li.if'-d T.ioth l**iwdi*rs anil mouth Mashes, ex- ;
eelleut articles, always on hand.
TFH'MS— CASH.
Bedfer 1. January ti. 1865
InUHITS.
J ICOB itEEn, | J. J HELL, j
I) E E I) A N I) SCII E 1< L ,
J Bankers and
1 EAL ERS IX E X VIIA XG E ,
BEDFORD. PA.,
DRAFTS bought ami sold, collections made and
•v promptly remitted.
Depoeiti solicited. I
0 V, . RL'PI* O E. SHAV.aOS F. BBREDICT!
pri'S', SHANNON* & CO., BANK
i \. ERS, BEUFORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East, Wes. North ;
n I -outh, and the general business of Exchange j
'"attracted. Notes and Accounts Collected and |
h : - aittanses promptly made. REAL ESTATE j
L a-ht and sold. Oct. 20, 1865. |
J \ANIEL BORDER,
i ' Pi rr STREET. TWO DOORS WEST OF IDE BKD
; RD HOTEL, BEDFORD. PA.
MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES, AC.
II" keeps on hand a BlO< k dI fine Cold and Sil
"r W;< : h. >. Spectacles of Rrilliunt Double Ke
fii.-1 Ui-iv-es. also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Cold
M Ri Chains, Breast Pins. Finger Rings, best
'iU ility of Gold Pen*, lie will supply to order
Si) y thing in his line not on hand.
Bet, 2t>, IHfid-
II F. lit VINE,
i 1 . ANDERSONS ROW, BEDFORD, PA.,
i' ■ ilcr in B""ts. Shoes. Oueerisware. and Varic
"""• i J Order? trotn Country Merchants rc
! 'fully unlinked.
Oet 211. lHlio,
11. ANDERSON,
l-ifrnsert Sb-rivencr and fonreycncer,
' F.MRKVILLK, B DI'OKD ' ♦ NT**. [•*.,
attend fo the writing of Deeds,
'• Articles of Agreement, and ail busineSß
;i 'lv transacted by a 8-riTener and C"nveyan
l lie patronage of the public is respectfully
• i -ited.
Apfilg- 'M-tf.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
TcmUrarc, &(.
GEO. BI.YXIYER. | JOHN F. BLYMYER.
/ 1 FORGE BLYMYER & SON*
" I having formed a partnership, on the 6th of
March. 1866, in the
HARDWARE y HOUSE FURNISHING
BUSINESS,
respectfully inTite the public to their new room*,
three doors west of the old stand, where they will
find an immense stock of the most splendid goods
ever brought, to Bedford coanty. These goods
will be sold at the lowest possible price*. Persons
dedrons of purchasing BUILDING HARDWARE
will find it to their advantage to give u? a call.
II HITE LEAD.—We have on hand a large
quantity <>t \\ bite Lead, which we have been for-
Mmate to buy H little lower than the marker rates.
H* particular brands to which we would invite
attention, are the
Pure llnck f^ead*
Liberty White Lrad.
Snow Franklin White Isad,
Washington White Isad y
II ash/nrrfon Z't/r White Lead,
JYriu York White Lead.
ALSO: — French Porcelain Finish.*
Dim ■rr Varnt sh;
Varnishes of all finds.
Flaxseed Oil. ( parr.)
Turpentine and Alcohol
All kind* of IP.OX and NAILS.
No. 1 CIIRYSTAL ILLUMINATING COAL
OIL.
LAMPS in profusion.
We would invite persons wanting Saddlery
Hardware, to give us a call, a.* we have every
thing in the Saddlery line, such as Buckle*.
Rings. llames and Webbing Leather of all kinds;
also a variety of Shoo Findings, consisting of
French Calf Skins. Morocco Lining*. Bindings.
Peg*, etc.
Housekeepers will find at Blyrr.yer & Son's
store a great variety of household goods. Knives
anfi Fork of the very be-: quality: Plated Table
and Tea Spoons at all prices.
Give u* a call and we can supply yon with Barn
Door Rollers, the latest improvements; Nova Scofa
Grindstones, belter _ than any in use; Shovels,
Forks and Spade#.
Grain and Grass Scythes and Snathes; Fishing
Tackle; Brushes of all kinds; Demi-Johns; Patent
W heel Grease. Tar and Whale Oil, and an infinite
variety of articles.
820 000 VI ANTED —Would like to get it if our
friends would let us have it. Less will do; but
persons having unsettled accounts will close tlieui
up to the first of March, to enable us to close our
old books. This should be done
uiay4,'66. GEO. BLYMYER A SON.
§rif*, 4r.
JL. LEWIS having purchased the
e Drug Store, lately owned by Mr. H. C. Rea
mer takes pleasure in announcing to the citizens
of Bedford and vicinity, that he has just returned
from he cilies with a well selected stock of
I)R ITGS.
MEDICINES.
DYE-STUFFS.
PERFUMERY,
TO If FT ARTICLES,
STATIONERY,
CD A L OIL. LAMPS
AY 11 CIO INEYS,
REST ERA YDS OF CIGARS.
SMOKING AYD CHRWIYG TOBACCO,
PR EYCH COYFECTIOYS, hr.
Toe stock of Drugs and Medicines consist of the
purest quality, and selected with great care.
General assortment of popular Patent Medicines.
The attention of the Ladies is particular y invi
ted to the* ock of PERFUMERY, TOILET and FANCY
ARTICLES, conshting of the best perfumes of the
day. Colognes. Soaps. Preparations for the Hair.
Complexion and Teeth; Camphor ice for chapped
hands; Teeth and Hair Brushes, Port Monaies, Ac.
Of Stationery, there is a fine assortment :
Billet, Note. L-tter. Leaf and Mourning Paper,
Envelops, Pens. Pencils, Ink. Blank Deeds, Power
of Attorneys, Drafting Paper, Marriage Certifi
cates. Ac.. Ac. Also, a large quantity of Books,
which will be sold very cheap.
Coal Oil Lamp Ilinge Burner, can be lighted
without removing the chimney—all patterns and
prices. Glass Lanterns, very neat, for burning
Coal OH. Lamp chimneys of an improved pattern.
Lamp Shades of beautiful patterns.
Howe's Family Dye Colors, the shades being light
Fawn. Drab. Snuff anil D irk Brown, Light and
Dark Blue. Light and Dark Green, Yellow. Pink,
Orange, Royal Purple, Scarlet, Maroon, Magenta,
Cherry and Black
Humphrey's Homeopathic Remedies.
Cigars of best brands, smokers can rely ou a
gtHoi Hgnr.
Rose Smol ing Tobccro,
Michigan and Solar. Fine Cut,
Nut iral Leaf, Twist and Rig Plug.
Finest and purest French Confections.
PURE DOMESTIC WINES.
Consisting of Grope. B/arf berry and Elderberry
FOR MEDICINAL I'SE.
2 attention of physicians is invited to'he
stock of Drugs and Medicines, which they csn
purchase at reasonable prices.
Country Merchants" orders promptly filled. Goods
put up with neatness and Care, and at reasonable
prices.
J. L. LEW IS designs keeping a first class Drug
Store, and having on hand at all time# a general
assortment of goods. Being a Druggist of several
years experience, physicians can rely on having
their prescriptions carefully and accurately com
pounded. [Feb 9,'66 —tt
Jftsrg sterrs.
T> EM O V AL-—CALL AND SEE
| \ NEW MILLINERY STORE l-Mrs E. V.
MO WRY would respectfully inform herold friends
and customers, as well as the ladies generally,
that she has removed her store to the fine rooms,
immediately opposite the Bedford Hotel, formerly
occupied by J. Cessna, where she h s just received
a large and carefully selected assortment of *
NEW MILLINERY and DRESS GOODS, and
NOTIONS, consisting, iu part, of
BONNETS and HA TS,
RIBBONS. FLO VERS. J-/*.,
ALL WOOL DELAINES.
POPLINS, BERAGES,
A/, PA C.4 >'. LA WNS,
CA LICOES. Sec .
LADIES' 'CDATS
end SHAW RS,
BEST KID GLOVES.
SILK and THREAD Gloves,
COLLARS
HOOP SKIRTS.
HA LMORA LS.
CORSETS, \c., \c.
Also, a fine assortment of LADIES'. MISSES aitd
CHILDREN'S SHOES, made specially to order.
These goods will be sold at the lowest prices, but
for CASH ouly. .Mrs. Mowrj return* her thanks
for past favors, and respectfully solicits a continu
ance of the patronage of the ladies oT Bedford and
vicinity. pipr.27,'B6.
\ | ISS KATE DEAL & MBS. M.
31 R SCIIAEFFEK have just return* d from
the eitv with a fine assortment of fashionable
BONNETS.
lIATS.
RIBBONS.
FLOWERS.
GLOVES.
ladies' and gents' hose, ladies' and gents' hand
kerchiefs stu*l collars, fancy neck-ties, ruttling.
dress buttons and trimming, machito silk and cot
ton, hair brushes, tooth brushes, clothes brushes,
soups, perfumery, enamel, skirt braid, embroider
ing braid, ladies' corsets and hoops, li.tlmoral
.skirts, lace veils, tissue for veils, cloths fur sacks,
dress goods, poplins, lawns, ginghams. Ac., Ac.
Mantua-making and all kinds of Milliner work
done in the cheapest and best, manner,
may 11'66.
f > ICHARD LEO,
ll „ ,
Manufacturer oj
CARINET-WAItE, CHAIRS, AC.,
BEDFORD. PA.,
The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet
making business, will make to order and keep on
hand everything in his line of manufacture.
BUREAL'S, DRESSING STANDS, PARLOR AND EXTEN
SION TABLES, CHAIRS. BEDSTEADS, WASH
STANDS, Ac., AC.,
will be furbished at "II prices, and to suit every
taste. COFFINS will also be made to order.
; Prompt attention paid to all orders for work.
t v Shop on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite
the residence of George Shuck.
July 10, 1803.—tf __ RICHARD LEO^
PR 1 XTER.N' INK has made many a
business man rich Wo ask you to try it in
ihe •oiumns of THE GAZETTE
rpilE Local circulation of the BED-
I FORD GAZETTE islarger than that of any other
paper in this a-ction oi oountry. and therefore of
er? the greatest inducements to business wen to
fdvenise in its eolunv'S-
It VERY VARIETY ANl> STYLE
j OF JOB PRINTING neatly executed at low
rates at THE BEDFORD GAZETTE office. Call and
leave your orders.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10. 1866.
A GREAT LETTER.
Political Parsons on the Rack.
K M RI PIA TO TIJE REV.
IHMTOIt \IVI\!
I'olii lo* in the i!l>I Handled With
out Gloves.
To i/tt Reverend At/red Nerin, I). I).
MY DEAR SIR: Your letter address
ed to me through the Philadelphia
Evening iiiiHetin disappoints pie; be
cause 1 did not expect it to come* in
that way, and because it does not cover
the subject in issue between us. But
if 1 am silent your friends will say,
with some show of reason, that you
have vindicated " Political Preaching"
so triumphantly that ali opposition is
confounded. 1 must, therefore, speak
freely in reply. In doing so, 1 mean
to say nothing inconsistent with my
great respect for your high character
in the church and its the world. The
admirable style and temper of your
own communicat'on deserve to be imi
tated.
I fully concede the right you claim for
clergymen to select their own themes
and handle them as theyplea.se. You
say truly that neither lawyers nor phy
sicians nor any other order of men
have the least authority to control you
in these particulars. But you will not j
deny that this is a privilege which
may he abused; you expressly admit
that some clergymen have abused it,
"and by doing so did more than any other
chats of nun to continence and continue
the late rebellion ." While, therefore,
we can assert no power to dictate your
conduct, much less to force you, we are
surely net wrong when we entreat you
to impose upon yourselves those restric.-
tions which reastyi and revelation have
shown to be necessary for the good of
the church and the safety of civil so
ciety.
1 acknowledge that youreommission
is a very broad one. You must "de
clare the whole counsel of God," to the
end that sinners may he convinced and
converts built up in their most holy
faith. Truth,justice, temperance, hu
mility, mercy, peace, brotherly kind
ness, charity—the whole circle of die
Christian virtues—must be assiduously
taught to your hearers; and if any of
them be inclined to the opposite vices,
you are to denounce them without fear,
by private admonition, open rebuke,
or by a general delivery of the law
which condemns them. You are not
bound to pause in the performance of
thD duty because it might ofiewl a
powerful ruler or a strong political par
ty. Nor should you shrink from it
when bad men, for their own purposes,
approve what you do. Elevate the
mora! character, enlighten the dark
ness, and purify the hearts of those who
are under your spiritual charge, at all
hazards; for this is the work which
your great Taskmaster has given you
to do, and he vviii admit no excuse for
neglecting it.
Rut this is precisely what the politi
cal preacher is not in the habit of do
ing. He directs the attention of his
hearers away from their own sins to
the sins, real or imputed, of other peo
ple. By teaching his congregation that
they are better than other men, he tills j
their hearts with self-conceit, bigotry
spiritual pride,' envy, hatred, malice |
and all uncharitableness. Instead of'
the exortation, which they need, to I
take the beam out of their own eye, he |
incites them to pluck the mote from
their brother's, lie does not tell them
what the\w*haii do to be saved, but he
instructs them very carefully how they
shall act for the destruction of others.
He rousesand encourages to the utmost j
of his ability, those brutal passions
which result in riot, bloodshed, spolia
tion, civil war, and general corruption
of morals.
You commit a grievous error in sup-1
posing that polities arid religion are so
mingled together that yon cannot
preach one without introducing the
other. Christ and his apostles kept
them perfectly separate. They an
nounced the great facts of the Gospel to
each individual whom they addressed.
When these were accepted the believer
was told to repent and be baptised for
the remission of their sins, and after
wards to regulate his own life by the
ruies of a piye and perfect morality.
They expressed no preference for one
form of government over another,
they provoked no revolutions, and they
proposed no legal reforms. If they
had done so, they would have flatly
contradicted the declaration that
Christ's Kingdom was not of this
world, and Christianity itself would
have died out in half a century. IJut
they accepted the relations which were
created by human law and exhorted
their disciples to discharge faithfully
the duties which arose out of them. —
Though the laws which defined the
authority ot husbands, parents, mas
ters and magistrates Wire as bad as
human perver.ii 1 y could make them,
yet the early Chiistians contented
themselves, with teaching moderation
in theexereise of legal power, and uni
formly inculcated the virtues of obedi
ence and fidelity upon wives, children,
slaves, and subjects. They joined in
no clamors for or against any adminis
tration, but simply testified against
sin before the only tribunal which
Christ ever erected on earth ; that is to
say, the conscience of the sinner him
self. The vice of political preaching
was wholly unknown to the primitive
church.
It is true that Paul counselled obedi
ence to the government of Nero; and 1
am aware that modern clergymen in
terpret his words as a justification of
the doctrine that support of an exist
ing administration is "part-of their al
legiance to God." Several Syuods and
other ecclesiastical bodies have solemn
ly resolved something to that effect.—
But they forget that what Paul advised
Wiis simple submission, not active as
sistance, to Nero. The Christians of
that day did not endorse his atrocities
merely because he was "the adminis
tration duly placed in power." They
id not go with him to the theatre, ap
plaud his acting, or praise him in the
churches when lie kidnapned their
br thren, set tire to a city, or desolated
a province. Nor did they assist at his
apotheosis after his death, or pronounce
funeral sermons to show that he was
greater than Scipio, more virtuousthan
Cato, and more eloquent than Cicero.
Political preachers would have done
this, hut Paul and Peter did no such
tiring.
There is nothing in the Scriptures to
justify the church in applying its dis-
Ife
WBOmL
EON. EIESTSR CLYMER,
Democrat it' (Tandidat e
We present above a portrait of HON.
HIESTEB CI.YMUR —the coming man—
the .-iieet sor of Amhew G. Curtin.
It is a good likeness of a good-looking
man. As many of our readers will feel
interested in the lineage of the Gover
nor that will be, we will give them
what we know upon thai subject.
liiester Glymer is the grand-son of
George Clymer, a distinguishini patriot!
of the Revolution, who was one of tic
signers of the Declaration of Indepen
dence. Gn the maternal side, Joseph
Iliester, a General in the Revolutiona
ry Army and Governor of Pennsylva-|
nia, from IS2O to IS2*'l, was hi - distin
guished ancestor. Mr. Clymer \va
hred to the law, spending a part of his:
early life in legal pursuitsin Pottsviile,
Pa., but afterwards returning to Raid
ing, where he soon rose to the front rank
in his profession. He was twice elec
ted to the .State Senate, in which body
he soon became the recogii/.ed leader |
of the Democrats, a position fully de
served hy his integrity of character, de
votion to principle, and ability as a
legislator. a candi
date forthe Democrodc nomination for
Governor, showing greut strength in
cipline to any member for offenses!
purely political, much less for his mere
opinions or feelings on public affairs. —
The clergy are without authority, as;
they are often without fitness, to de
cide for their congregations what is 1
right or what is wrong in the legista-l
tionof thecoantry. They are not eall-i
ed or sent to propagate any kind of [>o
litical doctrine. The Church and the!
State are entirely s, para'c and distinct.
in tlieir origin, their object., and the
sphere of their action; iittomuch thiit
tlte organism of one can never he used
for any purpose of the other without
injury to both.
Do I therefore say that the! hrist-lan
religion is to have no itiUm-n on tlie
political destiny of man r From it.
Notwith.-taneliiJg ti;e u:.faitld'iili<:*ss o!
many professors, i! has air ;.".y chang
ed tlie face of human soci; : y; and it
will yet accomplish its mission by
spreading pea -e, itnlependence, 1 ruth,
justice, an<l liberty regulated hy law,
"from the sea to the uttermost end- ot
the earth." But this will he accom
plished only by reforming and elevat
ing the individuals of whom society is
composed; not by exasperating com
munities against each other; not hy
tiny alliance with the governments of
the world, not by any vulgar p srtner
ship with politician.** to kill ant! plun
der their em mies.
Every time you reform a bad man]
and bring his character up tothestaod
ardof Christian morality, you make
an addition, greater or ie.-s, to that
righteousnes- which exaltifii a tuition,
and sul.it met an ('<p;ai sum from ihe sin
which is a reproach to any people.—
Sometimes a single con version is ex
tremely important in its immediate ef
fect upon the public interest of a whole
nation* No doubt the acceptance ift
tlie truth by Diotiy ;us t!ie At -opagite
had much to do it! moulding tliesuiise
quent laws and customs of Athens. —
The conversion of Constantino was fol
lowed hy the instant abrogation of all
laws which lettered the conscience.—
Thessaionica rose against the Roman
garrison and killed its eommantler.—
For this act of rebellion the Emperor
decreed against them the curse of an
indiscriiiiiiiate war, in whi ii the guil
ty and the innocent were c .'.founded
togetherin onegeneralslaughter. His
spiritual "guide, philosopher and
friend" at the time was Ambrose,
Archbishop of Milan, who imidy de
nounced his cruelty, iYf-:s**d to give
him the sacrament, or even to admin
ister it in his presence, compelled him
to take his seat among the penitents on
the portico of the church and induced
him to humble his dindent in the dust
for eight months in suc.v-sjon. The
conscience of the Emperor was thor
oughly awakened; his subsequent reign
was distinguished hy justice and mer
cy, the integrity of the empire was
preserved in peace, and tlte great I'heo
dosiitn code, the product of that latter
repentance, is still read and quoted for
its admirable union of humanity and
policy. Ambrose produced these con
sequences hy acting in the true capaci
ty of a Christian minister; for he re
formed the criminal by a direct appeal
to his qwn heart. A political preacher
in the same circumstances would have
inflamed the sanguinary pa-ion- ot
the monarch hy exaggerating t he trea
son of the Thessalonians ami counsell
ing the military execution of all who
presumed to sympathise iu theirsutTer
; ings.
Ibr Cxovenior of Penna. i
tlie Convention. Judge Woodward, i
however, received the nomination by I
!
a smalJi majority. In ISGO, his friends
again brought him forward for Gub-1
ernatorial honors, and pressed, his
claims with such earnestness and en-!
thusiasm, that ail opposition speedily '
gave way, and lie was made the uuan-1
imous nominee of the Democracy oik
I Pennsylvania for the highest office in!
their gift.
The per-nnai popularity of Mr. Cly-1
iner is greater than that of any public j
mail in Eastern Pennsylvania. There)
! is a sterling soundness in his political!
! record, an unimpeachable faithfulness |
to his friends, which united with a ;
generous nature, suavity of manners!
and floe personal appearance, make
linn the idol of thousands who know ;
him eititer putiiicly, or as a private in
; dividual. The ides of Octo'oer will tell
a tale in old Berks, in Schuylkill,
j York, Columbia, Luzerne and the!
"Tenth Legion," that will make Abo
litionism topple from the high places )
it has usurped, and will, no matter if!
the remainder of the St: o vote as here
tofore, elect Mr. Clymer hy an over
whelming majority.
You will see, 1 think, tlie distinction
T would make. A gospel preacher ad
dre-ses the conscience of his hearers for
til - hnK'-t pui'[>oseof converting them
from the error of their ways; a politi
cal preacher speaks to one com in unity;
i one party or one sect, and his theme is
S the wickedness of another. The latter
eifeets no religious purpose whatever;
| but the chance# are ninety-nine in a i
. hundred that he excites tlie had pas
sions ofthose who are present, while
he slanders : he absent and undefended.
Both cias*es of preachers frequently
! peak upon tin- same or similar sub- j
jeets, but they do so with ditferent ob
jects and aims.
'| I will make my meaning more clear;
k hy taking your own illustrations. You
' believe in tlie first day of the week as
i a Sabbath, and so believing your duty
undoubtedly is to exhort ail persons
) under your charge to observe itstrict
(lyi.hut you have no rig!it to preach a
*ru- :de against the Jew * and Seventh
day Baptists, to get intolerant laws en
'! aeh'tl against them for keeping Satur
j day as a day of rest. If drunkenness!
[be a sin which easily besets your eon
gregation, ymt may warn them against
kit,and inasmuch as abstinence is al
ways easier than moderation, you
should advise them to taste not, touch
not, ai ! handle not, but your position
: gives y<>u no authority to provoke vio- i
! lent ho.-tilities against tavern ktcpt rs,
'I liquor dealers or distillers. If any of
)! your hear'!> he ignorant or course e-!
noiigh to desire im re wiv-'s than one
' apiece, you.-houid riainly teach them j
1 j that polyganij is the worst feature oik
k Asiatic manners, inconsistent with:
Christianity a I dange on- to domes-!
k tic lu'tj pii;.. s; ;ut you cannot lawfully
'.I urge tta in hi carry fire ami .-.word into
; tlie Territory ofuie 3fovnin- merely
; it;cam e some of the Mormons are in
"j this spe. t less holy than you. If
tlte holding of slaves or bond-servants j
[j he a practical question among the
members of your church, 1 know of no
"i tiling which forbids you to teach wliat
- 1: ever you conscientiously believe to he ;
k true on that subject. But in a commit-1
* 1 nity where slavery is not only un-|
'; known hut impossible, why should any 1
i preacher make it the subject of ids'
weekly vitupennion? You do not im
i' provi ;he relig] ;:i of the slave-holder ;
I hy traducing iti- character, nor mend
'I the spiritual condition of your own
pee pie by making theni thirst for the
i, b'k)* i of their feliow-meu?
i, If any person, to whom the service
II of another is due by the laws of the j
1 State in which he lives, shall need your
r instructions to regulate his personal
• conduct towards the slave, you tire
-j hound in the first place to tell him, that
ijas long as that relaxation exists he
-! should behave with the utmost human- ;
#i ity and kindness; for this you have tlie
- clear warrant of the Apostolic exatn
rj pie and precept. In dealing with such
r a person you may go as much further
J! as your own conscientious interprota
-t tionof the Bible will carry you. If
- you are sure that the divine law does,
-i under a. I circa instances, make the mere
1 existence of stlco a relation sinful ou
r the part of the master, you should in
eiducehimto dissolve it by the inmie
i!k duite einancijttitioii of his staves; for
- that is truth to you which you believe
- to be true. Bui where is the authority
o for preaching hatred of those who un
•-iderstand the scripture differently?
' VVhat'privilege can you show for ex-
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citingservileinsurrection ? Who gave
you the right, to say that John Brown
was better than any other thief or
murderer, merely because his crimes
were committed against pro-slavery
men ?
1 think the minister, in his pulpit
discourses, is forbidden to touch at all
upon that cla-s of subjects which are
purely political: such for instance as
! the hanking law. tariff, railroad char-
I ters, State rigiits, the naturalization
' laws, and negro suffrage. These are
! questions of mere political expediency:
religion takes no cognizance of them;
they come within the soiejurisdiction
of the statesman ; and the church has
no more right to take sides upon them
I than the civil government has to use
; its legislative, judicial or executive
I power for the purpose of enforcing
principles wholly religious.
In short, if I am not entirely mista
ke!), a Christian minister hits no au
thority to preach upon any subjects ex
cept those in which divine revelation
has given him an infallibleruleof faith
and practice; and. even upon them he
must speak always for the edification
I of his own hearers, "rightly dividing
j the word of truth," soas to lead them
lin the way of all righteousness. When
I he does more than this he goes beyond
j his commission, he becomes a scurvy
I politician, and his influence isaltogetii
j er pernicious.
The use of the clerical office for the
purpose of propagating political doc
i trinesunderanycircumstances, or with
j any excuse, is in my judgment noton
i ly without authority, but itis the high-
I est crime that can be committed against
j the government of Bod or man. Per
j imps i ought not to make this broad us-
I sertion without giving some addition
-1 al reasons for it.
In the first place it is grossly dishon- •
j est. 1 employ you as a minister, pay
j your salary, and huiid you a church j
iiecause 1 iiave confidence in your tlie
i ological doctrines. But you may beat j
tiie same time wholly unfit for my jo
i iitical leader. Now," you are guilty of I
| a base fraud upon me, if, instead of |
I preaching religion, you. take advantage ;
| of the position 1 1. • v given you to
; ventilate your crude ami ignorant no
i tions on State affairs. 1 have asked for
i bread and you give mca stone; instead ;
of the fish 1 bargained for, you put in- j
| to my hand a serpent that stings and j
| poisons me.
It destroys the unity of the church. ;
: There is no room for rational dispute a- I
i bout the great truths of Christianity ; |
! but men will never agree upon politic- |
j al attireels, for human government is
| at best hut a compromise of selfish in- j
| terestsand conflicting passions. When j
| >ou mix the two together you break
; the church into fragments, and Instead |
; of "One Lord, one liiith and one bap- j
, tisin," you create a thousand warring
i sects,and substitute the proverbial hit- j
i terness of thv odiion (/Hvlot/icum lor the
"charity which tliiiikelh no evil."
No one will deny that a Union of j
; Church and State i sal ways the cause of !
I bad government, perve'rted religion
and corrupt morals. J do not mean
i merely that legal union which exists'
i in European countries. This is had e- |
nough; hut you have less common j
sense than I give you credit for, if you j
; do not see, that this adulterous con nex- 1
ion ;• '■sumo* its inns- p.oilntiug lorni j
when the church is voluntarily prosti- ■
luted by her own ministers to a politic- !
I al party iii a popular government.
The evii influence of such connex
ions upon Church and state is easily ac
counted for. Botli of them in coinbi- .
nation will do what either would re
coii from if standing alone. A politi
cian backed by the orumiseof the cler- :
gy to sustain him can safely defy lion- )
(.■sty and trample upon law, for do what
he may, he is assured of clerical sup- j
port hereand of heaven hereafter. The
ci< rgy, on the other hand, and those
who are under their influence, easily j
I acquire the habit of praising indiserim- j
finitely whatever is done by their pub- i
lie men. Acting and reacting on one 1
another, they go down together, in the
direction of the pit that is bottomless; j
' ami both are found to have "a strange j
; alacrity at sinking."
No man can ervetwo masters faith
fully ; for he must hate one if he loves
; the ;!ter. A minister who admires j
and follows such men as those who :
have lately ruled and ruined this couti- j
try must necessarily despise the char- j
acterof Christ. if he glorifies the |
cruelty, rapacity and falsehood'of his ;
party nailers, he is cum |tolled by an in- :
fiexibielaw of human nature to "deny i
the Lord who bought hint."
Tiie experience of fifteen centuries j
proves that political preachers are the
great curse of the world. More than :
lialf tiie bloody wars which at dilferent ;
periods have desolated Christendom, j
W( re proiltieed by their direct instiga- j
! lion; and wherever they have thrust ;
tlu'iiiseives into a contest commenced!
by ot iters, they always envenomed the
strie and made it more cruel, savage
aud uncompromising. The religious
wars, so-ealied, had nothing religious
; about them except that tfiey were hiss
ed up by tiie clergy. Look hack ana
see ii tins be not true.
The Arian controversy (thefirst great
schism j was loliowcd by wars in which
minions of lives were Jos . Do you
suppose the real quarrt-i was for the in
sertion or omission of Jiiiotfiif m that
' part of the creed whicii u< eribes the
procession of tiie lloly Ghost, tid a
homoousiun slaughter his hi other he
( cause he was a homoaiwiiinf No, it
was not the dillerence of a diptjiong,
hut the plunder of an empire that they
fought for. It was the politics
ol the church, not her religion, that in
furiated the parties and converted men
into demons.
The Thirty Y'ears' Yv'ar in Germany
is otten supptoscd to have been a lair
stand up tight between the two leading
i forms ol ( hristianity. It was not so.
The religious diiierentv was a false pre
tense ol the political preachers for lite
promotion ol their own schemes, i'here
was not a sane man on all that conti
ncn" who would have leit himseii im-
I pelled by motives merely religious to
murder his neighbor tor believing or
disbelieving in transut statuiaimn. if
I proof of tins were wanting, it might
be found in tiie fin l, that long ixaore
the war ended, the sectarian cries wt re
abandoned, and Catholics, as well as
Protestants, were fighting on both sides.
It is utterly impossible to believe
that the clergy of England and Scot
land, if they liatl not been politicians,
would have thought of waging bloody
wars to settle questions of election and
reprobation, fate, fore-knowledge, free
will, and other points of metaphysical
theology. Nor would they, apart fom
their polities, have encouraged and
committed the other horrid crimes oi
• j which they were guilty in the name of
' religion.
■ ! Can you think that the Irish were
invaded,and conquered, aud oppress
ed) a* d murdered, and robbed lor cen
turies, merely because the English
loved and believed in the J'rolesiatit
religion ? 1 suppose that jou know
that those brutal atrocities were carried
01 for tiie purpose ol giving to politi
cal preachers in England possession of
hie churches, cathedials, glet e iaia.s
and tythes wliich belonged totbe Irish
; at nodes. The soldier wis also re
; warded by confiscations and p under.
Tnechurch and the Suite liuiited ill
| (ou ies, and Ireland was the piej
wn.ch iliey ran down together.
Coining to our own country you find
Massachusetts and toiiLtctnui m eoio
-1 nail times under the sole domination
ol political preachers. Their treaclier
j oiis wars upon the Indians lor purposes
| whoby mercenary, their enslaving of
! white persons, us well as rtd ones, and
s liing them abroad, or '"swapping
them for blackamoors;" their w nip
ping, imprisoning and killing Con
kers anil baptists, lor their conscien
tious opinions; and their base mut
uant oi such men as itoger Williams
\ and his mends, w ill mark their gov
ernment through all bine as one or ilie
: cruellest and meanest ihai ever existed.
Political puathtis have noi Lthuvid
any better since tiie lie voiution than
; iii. lore. About the commencement of
the present century tin \ weie busy in
their vile vocation all over Ntw Eng
: iand and continued it lor many vtais.
Tiie w illuianil uelibiiaiesiantnis habil
| ually utteied mm the puipit against
! Jeiierson, Madison, and the n.enus
who supported them, were a disgrace to
human nature. The immediate ei.t-ct
oi this was the Yankee jnot 10 seeetie
; nom lhe Lnion, loriowi a by coirupl
combinations with a lureign etituo to
h' tray the* liberties ol thecoiaitry. Its
reiiitiier eonsequ noes are sun in the
-l clinch ss in I aeilv and hit It l UiUilgnny
whicii. even at this moment, aie nowi
ing lor the property and bieod ol an
unarmed ami ueleiiseiess people.
You and 1 both remeniner the politi
cal preaching which ushered in anu sup
| ported the reign ol the Know-Nothings,
blood Tubs and Pi tig-1 gilts; when
I Maria Monk was a saint anu aoe Bar
ker w as Mayor ol Piusbuig; when pm
pitsresounded every buuoay with .he
| most injurious lalsi noons against cat li
! oiics; w neii the public mind was ue
| bauched by tiie incuicati' not hypuertsy
and deception; when ministers met
Dieir pomieal allies m sworn secrtsy
; to pioiagainst tiie nglitsoi ihear leiiow -
I citizens. Yon cannot lorgei wlial came
of tiiis —riot, muruer, chuieli-buiiijng
lawless violence ail over tiie land, unit
lite subjugation ot several great staus
| to the political rule ola party destitute
anke oi principle and capacity.
1 eouid easy prove thai those clerical
politicians, wiio have tied theirciiurcii
i is to the tail ol the Abolition party, are
! criminal on a grander scutelliau any ot
j their predecessors, But i loruear, pari
| iy because r iitive no time, and partly
j because it may, for augiit 1 know, be
a sore subject with you. i would not
excite >our wrath, nut rather "provoke
i you to good works.'
Apart lioin the general subject there
■ are two or three special ideas expressed
| in your tetter from wnrcii 1 venture to
eti —st tit.
You think that, though a minister
1 may speak lroin the puipit on pontics
j lie ought not to indicate w hat; arty he
! belongs to. it strikes me, that nhe
, has a party, and Wutus to give it
teelessiasiieai aid oreomiurt, hesliouid
boldly avow hiinseit tube what he is,
>o tliulail men may know him. Stu
| cerity is tiie first oi virtues, it is bad
I to be* a wolf, but a woil in sheep's eioifi
i ir g is tntiniieiy woise.
You represent tiie church asan unfin
i islied structure and Hie Stale as iis
i scatioiding. i tiuuk tiie ciiurch came
! perfect lrom tiie liand ol its divine
! Arciiueirt —built upon a rock, estab
| iisticd, finished, eompitTe —and every
j one who tomes into it by tiie right door
i.wiii find a mansion prepared ior him.
jit needs no scanoiu. its lounder re
fused ail connection with human gov
i eminent* ior scafiultliug or any inner
; purpose'.
You say (in substance) that, without
sometimes taking political subjects, a
1 minister is in danger of falling into a
; "vague, indefinite, and iiou-coiuniittal
j slyie," wfiieii will do no oodand bring
hint no respect. The gospel is not
j vague, indefinite or non-committal
I upon the subjects of which it takes ju
i nsdiction, and upon them you may
! preach as loudiy as you please. But
l admit that in times of great public
excitement—an important election or
• acivil war—men listen impatiently to
I teachings of faith and repentance. A
i sermon which tells them to do justice,
lov mercy and walk humbly b lore
< fad, is not an entertainment to which
| they willingly invite themselves. At
j such a time a clergyman can vastly iu
[ci'oa.-e his personal consequence, and
| win golden opinions from hisattdieuce,
by pampering their passions witli a
j highly seasoned discourse on politics,
j The temptation to gratify them often
! becomes too strong for the virtue of tiie
: preacher. 1 fear that you yourself are
! vieiding to it. As a mere layman I
i have no right to advise a Doctor <if Di
. \unity, hut i hope i am not over pre
sumptuous when I warn you against
! this specious allurement of satan. All
j thoughts of putting the Gospel aside
' because it does not suit the depraved
tastes of the day, and making political
I harangues to win popularity in a had
| worid, should be sternly trampled down
las ti;e suggestions of that Evii One,
j "who was a liar and a murderer from
the beginning."
faithfully yours, Ac.,
.). S. BLACK.
York, July 2~, istHJ.
--Joseph Smith, the son of the foun
! der of the Mormon Church, says that
! the Book of Mormon explicitly eon.
| denins ami forbids polygamy, which
j was not held as an article ol laith until
i Brigham Young became tlie head of
| that part of the Church which went
i west with him.
'■— 1
—Judge Cuit.s, lornuriy a Ropubli
| cannu-mherof theSupreuieCourt ol the
i nited States from Massachusetts, and
■ mid who, with Judge McLean, wa nt
against the famous 1 nut Scott decision,
is out in a letter for the Philadelphia
, Convention.
Gov. Fit'tcher, ot Missouri, urgently
( recommends the appointment ot thor
oughly radita' (ungates from that
| Stale loattend the Radical Underwood
| Hamilton ( (invention, which is called
: to meet at Philadelphia in September
; next.
—The conservativesof West Tennes
see met in strong force, on Thursday
last, at Memphis, to appoint delegates
Ito the Philadelphia Convention, liel
! egates have a.so been aipointed lroni
j Texas, and in some districts of Onto,
-"—v"
i —General Butler is in favor of the
| continued session of Congress, if the
! General had besieged tort Fisher as
i closely as he has Washington, lie would
! have gained more honor than he is
| likely to obtain in his present held of
action.
1 1 i——— waammm
f —The Atlant.c letcgrapn hopes to
j tax the press to the tune oi #I4(),UUO per
i • annntn.