New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-04
DIR. CHEETLR on BRIBERY AND COR
RLPTTON

Dr. Cheevers Church in Union square was crowded
again on Sunday evening a, thefast Of h on
the political topics OF the day viewed from religious
stand point
Among tie announcements was one inviting all
ladies WHO DESTROYS Of forming an Association for
the Aid Of the Suffering Settlers Of Kansas - NEE.
this morning at II a. H.. at No. Il East fifteenth
street. The text was:
ctr "a be b, t.i mail the blind TO 1n4-F %; Of ne
After some Introductory remarks on the denUn-
Citations OF the New Testament against binding
ones nelghbOr he came To the way IN which enor.
nous sums were raised for the purpose Of buying
votes and worst Of all the levity wit which they
raised
In America he said bribery was carried on 70
far gre a;er extent than in England for here the
mass accessible bribery much greater than there
The Wholesale way in which votes were bought was
frghtful to contemplate; II sapped the foundations of
intelligence and virtue in the community. Men wh)
could sell their votes were selling not only Themselves
but their country. Even the man who was on he
right side if he bought votes, was doing evil nat
good might come. IL was hard TO say where the n
WIS greatest: whether the millionaire who gave the
money the who directly spen-ed Il or the men
who laid the grand schemes of corruption. Dr. Cheever
collected the manifold denunciations against bribery
which are TO be found plentfuly in the prophets and
hurled them at the head OF the buber. Ihe Che
priests assembled he sad. after the resurrection OF
Christ, and levied contribution aud doubtless, II
two bef,I he would have had TO pay 70 b1be
tue soldiers TO say that the disciples came by got
AID took lin away and they added that if ri,
comes to the Governors ears We will per,uate
him." They well knew the power Of per-
suLsion in the palm Of the hand. Ia the time Of
Charles II it a common -ayiLg that every man
lad bis price. Dr. Cheeyer related the an-clote
of Andrew Marvel the freed OF Milton, VINO
then called upon by the Frst Lord Of the Treasury
with promise of an office and draft for a thou, 4ui
pounds, called his servant and made him tell he Lord
the poverty of bis table after which he FIN. hack the
draft and the insult However great had been ,he
frauds in elections by the government in France they
were dwarcd by the fraud, in the Uued States. s.
great were they here that il m wonder that the
people OF San Francisco in arms agaius; it. In
such case it was t. duty of the people to put down
the rulers and bring back the government, 10 it, original
integrity The Constitusion did not belong 70 the gov
eminent, but to the people. If By means Of Stalled
ballot box second Judas had been elected TO fill the
place Of the FIRST, the sin could scarcely have been
greater than the election frauds in Kansas and in
cities at present Nothing could but conscience
and prayer 1t God after all and not political par
ties with whom the decision of the question rested.
Between and next Tuesday morning by tract,
a fragment of document, or by an unaccOuntable
impulse of the heart might make every one of these
bought voters, ropel the crime and throw his vote on
the side of truth and righteousness. Oh there was
power prayer; lei be used in this the solemn
crisis through which country had passed. God was
with us; he would hot fOrsake Us.