Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-01

seems that old grandfather Beslsebub has
found out plan to give him power 70 de'
s,roy human life little sooner, by putting
in sugar Of lead, strychnine. &c. and they
are making kind Of vile. filthy stuff that
they call wine, that docs not contain one
drop Of the juice Of the grape. All these
things are sad proofs of the badness Of the
times.
1t must require vast hordes Of rascals to
transact all this business. But the half
has not been told yet. There is great
deal of counterfeit honesty. There are
plenty OF men who will trade horses, and il
they can cheat their neighbor by taking
advantage of his ignorance. they boast Of il
as a great achievement Now an honest
trade, such as is advantageous to both par
ties, is right enough. But there are many
ways in which this counterfeit honesty
makes its appearance. Yet these call
themselves honest men. They excuse
themselves by saying that mans eyes are
his market But will this excuse be avail
able when the whole matter will be settled
oy the great Judge Of all!
There are also plenty Of counterfeit
Democrats, who oppose protective tariff
to encourage home manufactures; and some,
| ls'ieve, would even do away with the
tariff altogether and resort to direct taxa
ton to support the government They are
opposed to the circulat ionsof paper money.
when at the same time they know that the
county never has done without it and
never will. and you will always see them
glad to get it; yet they call themselves JET
fersonian Democrats. Superior Ground
Ginger. J.fsrsOnian Democrats. Place
these two side by side. Why. methinks
the latter looks worse than the former; the
former does contain some ginger, but the
latter does not contain one particle of true
Democracy; indeed. the word is made to
mean anything and everything but what II
really does mean-a government of the
people.
There are also counterfeit Wings, who
are in favor of the extension Of slavery in
TO Kansas and Nebraska. And last, and
worst OF all, there are counterfeit Christians,
Some of them do business on the Sabbath
that ought not to be done. There are some
who are the owners OF mills; they change
kind OF stuff for wheat which they call
superfiue flour, and which appears to be no.
thing but shorts ground over; they ex-
change at a very high rate. Now these,
as they profess Christianity, shall call
counterfeit Christians, and the stuff they
change. counterfeit Supeifne Flour. |
have seen some who would curse and swear
at their horses or oxen. and the next hour
they can sit at the table and ask bless
ing.
But, as good luck will have il. we have
com plete Counterfeit Detector TO answer
every purpose in such cases, published in
two volumes Will these persons bear a
strict examination by this! What says il.
D. unto Others as you would have others DO
unto you. From the same fountain pro-
ceedeth not sweet water and bitter, blessing
and cursing. A just epha, just bin, just
weights and measures. No extortioner, or
drunkard, or covetous man shall enter into
the Kingdom Of Heaven. Thou shalt not
take the name Of the Lord in vain, &c
Now in all such cases, just pay particular
attention 10 your Counterfeit Detecior; its
author cannot err.
There are also counterfeit preachers;
some preach false doctrines; some preach
that Christ is inferior to the Father; but
what says the Detector! Who lie liar, but
he that denieth that Jesus is the Christi
But time would fail me to enumera,e all the
i,ms there are published and laugh, in the
world. There are counterfeit Methodists
aud counterfeit Presbyterians, counterfeit
Baptist, Congregationalists, Lutherans,
&c. Now all these are good, excellent, when
genuine; bu, counterfets are all bad
Some err in practice; they encourage their
children in going 10 balls, and go them
selves; some will cheat their neighbors
whenever they can; but the De,ector will
point these all out without fail.
As my old father did much to reform the
abuses which had crept into both church
and state, in England, SO |, having some of
the same spirit, (thoush not the power 10
reform as he had would at leas, endeavor
10 point ont some Of the errors and abuse )
which have got into this country, and |
would say to all homes, men and true
Christians of every denomination, bepars of
counterfeits.
| should have said in its proper place,
that count erfeit honesty does not belong
exclusively to mill-owners; it perv AIDES III
classes OF society. Some farmers mix
spring wheat with winter wheat. Some
put chess in the bottom of the sack
/ suppose they think this is only Tt for tat,
but this does not justify the act. Ifthey
I do get counterfeit superfne flour, they
/ should deal honestly, aud thus set good
/ example. Now TO all true Christians and
! honest men | would say, continue stead
1 fast and keep close to your Detector,
| from which have made some quotations,
- Errr IL lla al.