Anniversary week has cloud. The good, tho
pious, the fanatical, the vain, the impious, havt
eparated ; and each have gono their way think,
ing of new schemes, new doctrines, new hum
bugs, and new ways of making money and a
noise at the urns lime. One- feature, however,
has been developed during thia anniversary,
' which ahould not be allowed to pass unnoticed
I allude to the movement in the Methodist and
Baptist churches to bring about a separation be'
tween the North and (South. It look like ap
? proacbing ruin. If the proposal for separating
? ' the churches in lh alavoholding stales from those
' ' in the nnn-slaveholding is carried out, how is it
possible for the Union to last 1 It has rver been
the aim of the rulers of this country to keep rcli
gion and politics disconnected. Thus far, they
have been successful and the happiest results
have followed thia wise provision. No act of the
wise and good men who framed our conbtitution,
has demonstrated moro clearly their wisdom and
foresight, than that of keeping the government
free from all church connection. While the agi
tations between the established church and the
dissenters have been shaking the government of
Europe to their foundations, the United States
have enjoyed all the blessings of religion, free
from the demoralizing influence of sectarian strife
and christian warfare. But, if the churches in
tho North aro to bo separated from the South, oil
efforts to longer keep religion and politics discon
nected, must prove unavailing. If the Bapli.t
in the north will not commune with the Uaptist
of the south, because the latter countenances sla
very, he cannot of course vote for any man in the
south who countenances slavery. This must pro
duce a crisis, for if the Baptists and Methodists
in tho north decide not to support a slaveholder
for office, the present party organization must
cease and tho issue be made at once between the
north and south. 