The Pulpit and the 5F,r.
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 Our arti.le relai've to Ihe clergy and the var, week or two since, mnde quite a f1uurring among few nt' tha gree" de mocracy, who nc ve think M the right Q wrong "f a political measure, hui |" g it blind for whatevtr the le 'd"rs may sug. gest. Tho att nnpi of Gov. D,na to over. nwe th" pulpit, was a signal failnre.- In other parts nf the country" says ihe New York Evangelist, the prsss has m. dcriaken to do th" s,me thing, in tone ofinsolence that was IS contenpiihle as H is inetficaciouS." On the same suh hect the Troy Journal says

 How far ,he clergy of rhis city generally re, earded in their Thanksgiving discourses. the ediei ot silence respecting the var, which the editor ot tbe Budget had taken upon him~elr l. issue, both in prose and rhyme, not prepared to saw But the Rev Dr. Reman to whose liscuurse we had the high gratifcai"n nf listening, hurled back the ;mpuient threat in stern truthful. hnrning language that must have sca,ed as with hot iron. The whole discourse was admirable, ,emhod, ing wi,h many fresh and brautiful thoughts, master,v dr- fense of that freedom of speech and action wherewiih our Creator has made al! men free conceived in the Doctors happy style of bald and pnrgent antithesis, and delivered with the earneslness of one wh" feels that he IS 0'- teri 7 important truth to his hearers. We should be glad to see the hole of 1t n print but at leas, We hope that the Rev an,hoI will con,>ti |" publish hls sca,hing and manly re- bnke of the arrogant censorship over the pull nii, which has heen assumed by some portion ni the newspaper press. We speak ci ihis point in particular, because 1t is one "' ah'd'nr and paramount importance. If on" class ''t citizens may he muzZled and d.b,rred the freedom ot speech. 2" nav another, aud g" may all. In defending the right ot the clersv,' hr'e' fore. to un,ramnelcd freedom of speech in the pulpit and elsewhere. Dc. Beman is in fact de- ,mding therishis of all clas$e1.