English Nonconformist Critiques the Cincinnati Christian Convention
This is the way our “Christian Convention” strikes the English Nonconformist: “There has been a proposal to ‘recognize’ Christianity in the Constitution of the United States, as though that would do Christianity any good. A convention upon the subject has met at Cincinnati, and ended in doing nothing. The movement has an ‘organ’ however, and the organ explains what is meant by it. It is sought to compel an observance of the Sabbath, and officers of the Government are to be put under the law of Christianity in their official acts—whatever that may mean. With a large infusion of European ecclesiasticism in the United States, it is not surprising that movements of this kind should take place. Why, even in this country, after an experience of hundreds of years, there are to be found intelligent and cultivated men who actually believe in a State church! Who, then, can be surprised at anything?”