Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-07-29
GAS He Passed to shun'em."

will find in the II Kings, Nv chapter,
verse 8:
"And he passed on to Shun'em." Take to
heart the lesson our text teaches, and when
temptations try you and evils lie in wait to
ensnare you, "pass on to Shun'em."
When you see men Of wrath fighting and
breaking heads and necks, and hear them
cursing and swearing-mind the words OF
the text, and "pass on to shun'em."
And Oh! my hearers-if you should
come into one Of our little towns and behold
q row df nice little Offices with tin signes on
the door Of each, and hear men talking Of
attachments without affection, and seques.
trations without quiet-ah; and seize yours
and never thcirs-ah and about etcrnally
going to law-ah; it will be to your profit
to mind the words Of the prophet and pass
on to Shun EN-"
And if you go around where the mer-
chants are -ah-and they rush out to shake
hands with you; and are especially anxious
to learn the condition Of your wifes health
and the children's, and the worms and the
crops, and offer to sell you little bill Of
goods good deal lower than cost on account
Of their love for you, and for cash-ah-
"pass on to Shun EN-. "
And if you should happen to go round
the corner-ah-and see men drinking beer,
that will bring men to their bier, and gin
slings that will sling down the strongest, and
smashes that will smash a mans fortune
faster than commission merchants who ad-
vanced supplies on the last crop-ah-oh,
my friends, ''pass on to Shun'em."
But oh, my hearers If you should 90
down to New Orleans-that modcran Sodom
and Gonlorrah, where I have lately been
ah, and when the gas is flashing and glim-
mering, and cabs are daslling along the
streets, and obliging drivers are offering to
carry youwhere only steamboat-captains and
fast gentlemen go-ah, and brass bands are
crashing music from the balconies, and men
in little holes are ready to sell you tickets to
20 in and see the Black Crooks dance with
nothing to wear, and make spectacles Of
themselves-ah, oh my friends, "pass on to
Shun' EN-"
And oh if later in the evening, with a
very particular friend, you 60 up stairs into
splendidly furnished rooms-ah, and see
the supper table spread with delicacies from
every cline and country. and teal ducks
and snipes and yeller legged pullets and
pheasants and all that FISH,, flesh and foul
can afIord-ah, and champaign and brandy
Burgundy and Chateau Lafitte, older than
Waterloo, and nothing to pay and all free
of charge-ah, and nice gentleman with
rings on his fingers, aud a diamond breast
pin, playing with little spotted paistboards
and another turning q machine and drop
ping little ball that rolls round and round
and stops sometimes on the eagle bird, and
oftener don't-ah, and when the players
generally put down more than they take up
-ah, and men sometimes win, but mostly
don't ah-oh, "pass on to Shun'cm!'
And in conclusion, my friends, when the
world, the flesh, and the devil-ah, lie in
wait tor you-'pass on to Shun'em!"
Think OF II!
During the three years since the close OF
the war, the expenses Of the government
have been upwards Of nine hundred millions
of dollars! In Democratic times the an
nual expenses of the government averaged
scarcely one hundred millions. If there
had been Democratic Congress ut Wash
ington, during the last three years, sac hun
dred millions of dollars would have been
saved to the taxpayers of this country.
Who?
Human nature is the same thing in all
parties, says some one." That's not quito
true, because fanatical human nature is
reckless and devilish, whilst conservative hu-
man nature is staid, and steady, and relia'
Bile. But, for the sake Of argument, grant
ed that what "some one" says is true. Does
that answer our assertion that Democratic
Congress would have saved two.thirds of the
cost at which the Radicals have administer
ed the government?
No!
The Democratic policy would have restor'
ed the Union three years ago; the Demo
cratic policy would have abolished the stand
ing army of $4,000 men; the Democratic
policy would have established no military
government, ut an enormous expense, over
ten States of the Union; the Democratic
policy would have erected no Freedman's
Bureau for the benefit of carpet-bag adven.
turers and black laszarOni, to cat out the
substance Of the people; furthermore, the
Democratic policy would have changed the
entire character Of the internal revenue sys-
tenn, so as to enable the government to col
lect its taxes by far less complex and costly
machinery. Thus would tho expenses Of
the government have been reduced.
Now, think Of it
Is it not about time that change Of pub
lie servants be effected?
Is it not about time to rote az men who
will have some regard for the public welfare,
who will labor to decrease, instead Of de-