Opposition to Religious Amendment Debate
The engineers of the movement for the religious amendment of the Constitution, occupy a position which looks somewhat strange in these days of free inquiry and untrammeled investigation. It seems that no question is allowed by them as to the advisability of the proposed amendment, or its right or wrong, but only the form and how it shall be secured. If such is the spirit that prompts the movement, it is easy to see what will be its practical workings, if it shall prove successful. The following item furnishes an index to the hidden feeling: At the late Pittsburg Convention, the call of which was addressed to members of all creeds, Josiah Cowen, Esq., a Jewish citizen of Pittsburg, arose to speak against the proposed amendment recognizing Christianity in the Constitution, but was informed that no argument on that side was allowed, but only as to the form of the amendment, and how to secure its adoption.