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Show THE RELIGIOUS. AMEXD.UEKT. Of the proposed Chicago' amendment amend-ment to the Constitution the Cotujre-gationalist Cotujre-gationalist says : "No Christianity in the Constitution because the words are not there ! Is there no salt iu the sea ? There are no lumps visible. Go to, now; let u form a national society to put salt in the Atlantic ocean." The Hartford Coumnt, which represents rep-resents the best religious sentiment of orthodox Connecticut, takes strong ground against the proposed religious amendment of the United States Constitution. Con-stitution. It cogently says : . "When this sort of amendment is once begun, where is it to end ! Suppose that the Roman Church should some day g ' the majority over the Protestants in America, should we like to see them proceed, logically to them, with the religious re-ligious amendment .to the Constitution, Constitu-tion, inserting the dogma of the Immaculate Im-maculate Conception, of Transubstan tiation, of the Infallibility of the Vicegerent Vi-cegerent on Earth? Why not, if the majority of the people is to define 'he faith of the minority?" Carson Register. liight; quite right. No man can define de-fine authoritatively what another man shall believe and compel him to accept it. Then, why try to do it with the ''Mormons?" Are they to be dealt with outside of all republican principles? prin-ciples? What says the Courant? |