Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-19


We commend ~ tsllSoiag sIoDsls 49,
IL NosthueG1esn CAsfsfias Advocate, sdie
ID BY ths Rev. Z. Y. Bddy. D. D., y de
attsnt,on ofous readers. sths
6euth ssp ~ represented In Congress, they
have - No. 10 ~ canplimsnts bestowed
upss sAaAAsAeAyS ~ RsvsssaA sdisss.
Il q time that moral men. and especially
Christioe mea, sUskc y the jmpestenee .!
securing men Of virtue. Of sober habits. Of
hlsmelcss lives, for positions Of public trust:
II our instlladnNs are based upnn virtue and
inselliesnee. " vice l. demorslisine 10 good
government. and corrupsing to or political
II. ehe imliDtgeoD 70 disaster, while 49,
led lei IN.
Il 10 3 ed thing too visa Washington
and study public cha. acter. We will Got
speak OF those higher 10 station than Sen.
etors and Representatives In Coegssss. bst
hov often have 0natoso reslea n their
places. and muoblpd msudlin imeeeilkv In
that august chsmhefl How often ere Rep
re-en,at,vss under vinous or cereal insp'rs-
lien when thy sssse ~ address, the House :
Shameful. utterly shameful. end without
epology The inebriste member Is ht fos
asay, ana ~ hin vets may decide for war
or peace. 6sy change ths policy ofs sener-
oti)n.
Nor 10 il the osly vics ii public men,
The "social evil" Z shamefully prevalent.
In more than one quarter Il Il understood
lavoss ere resdAy obtained Il they c"sne aid.
ID bv the influence, Of argued With the per
eussion Of . fascinating daughter Of sin
Other public men are addicted to the vice
u nmine, A;o sss pnausd hy ~ iatsnss
tsdsooSa - ~ pesftsasoes 81 duty.--
pthesa hsleh psotaniy - spes sashs 80
lfhpfeeations, shocking oil reverence and
Il il zine ~ kood men 10 pause ard sst
kNR ~ thia Gall Iaa1l Add thsn IL thsD
4nawsr i ~ they snly can tsuthfully, thus ::
Ii long % We continue csiminally eareless
IL ~ Ub,ieaeloAs - cidssas, and no longer
l'harch RobberDeo ~ the Oo0tA.
ftpssn the Bridgeport, Conn., Fsrmsr.l
Whea The history Of The lals var 10 In
Deseislly written, The robbery and destsue>
&oSf u church property Of The various d :
1omiaations q The South will 0ll many
psgcs-the pesusal Of which will cause tie
blush Of shame 70 suiFuss many ehssk -
One case Of this description wss psspssrstsd
q Van buren,, in The State of Askansas. Il
shich mention was made ~ the papsss soon
after. The articles stolen we're . silver
communion service, which, until recently.
we're supposed 20 have been carried into the
State Of Kansas. Bu' Il now appears thew
we're taken By the robber 10 HE home In
The State Of New York. - will DO seen BY
the following extract from letter written
by the M,ssionary Bishop Of Arkansas. -
lie ssys:
nuxrsviLLs, Ala, Aug. y, 1885.
"During ,hs was the church q Ven b.
ron Was robbed Of . valuable communion
service. Il vaa The gin Of friends IL Nsw
Uslsano, and I believe the only silver
series IN The State. Il Was supposed
y - N KAnsnA .aAd hass besn
sNgaged u correspondence, prosecuting in.
quir3ss : .Ast tassrtsr. Unexpectedly,
hewevcr. have received letter from the
Res. ~. FsnkIis. q NJ Merits. Nsw
York. shst he had lbund he plsss In quss-
ton ia ~ hands q discharesd colder
With the assistance Of some kind lrisnds,
~ benGht Il. paying for its sstiasassd value
q ~ silvss," elO8. To-day have r.
cetve0 ~ express receipt tOr u; thus the
eesnmunion vessels are returned . ths pAf
ish free Of I'll cost -and chssgs. In the
MAINS e The pasishensss. end IN my ewn
behaG. sstusa to Ne. franklin and bic
coadjstsrs, H.. sincsssss Oh ssks. They
lAse deos On ocl Of kindness very grateful
. the hsasss u Southern churohmea. And
tAus nay Il ever b. May TIE chuch still
Ana up The wounds which men IN hive sio.
lsnce hes made. and out Of her bounty re-
store tlsss Whleh man h b ee:6shneso hal
taken away HExnY q. Lar.
missionary bishop Of Arkansas, and part,
n adjacent
/ We read Of the Goths and vandals and
their doings in Rome, and NO der il it al
wNso. MT ttis vas in the fifth eeusu' =
when daskaess prevailed in the ls~d. Wha
are We to think Of such barbsrism ~ thes,
facts disclose in this civilized and Chris
tian sgcs