The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-05-07
From the Toledo cemmtrcial.
JOURNALISTIC BRUTAL
ITY.
What the Widest-Circulated
Democratic Paper Says.

BenkOcfotAc Ehper SdySs
The La Crosse Democrat, having
threc timos the circula.
liou OF any other paper Of its par
", exhibits in the following edi-
torial article the stuff which has
made it the favoFIte organ OF the
Democracy, for certainly it has
nothing but deprayity of that sort
To- distinguish it from the mass Of
other Democratic journals, Its'
case shows that the rule Of Judging
Of tho true merits or usefulness Of
u paper by the number OF copies it,
tor tho time, may circulate, is BY
no means reliable. 1t often hap
pens, as in this case, that catering
to the passions and prejudice pays
better than appeals to the judg-
ment Of men. But see what this
modern Democratic oracle says:
These long haired impS of Niger.
ism aud bitter foes to true religion,
the Young Mems Christian Asso
Citations $50 called who infcst the
State of Wisconsin, have issued II
cali for a general love feast OF
the brethren, to be holden at Mad
ison this week. The ostonsible
object Of the pow.wow is TO cx'
tond the evangelical faith into the
rural districts through the effort.
OF liy missionaries, tho brethren
claiming that the pcoTde arc So
anxious for the orthodox religion
that tho regular ministers canno
supply the spiritual want Of theil
flocks henco tho necessity tina
tho lay brethren do lay hold am
flop round the Lords rineyard uuti
they do lay out tho unbolievers.
This plausible yarn may do TO
school marms or wheczy Puritans
but to the minds eye OF an able
bodied working white man, il look
eth amazingly like huge Sabbutl
school lio. In the first place, th
demand for Evangelical faith j
dull with O downward tendency
thousands Of bigh.prcssuradivine
4 aro out ofcomrnission, perambula
ting the country, selling the "livcs
Of tho Late LamenLcd, peddlini
patent Itch Killer, and picking u
q procarioss subsistence in variou
other iliDcraDt callings, tor whic
their ministerial experience ha
well qualified them. In tho noS
place, who ever heard Of grel
missionary effort being started !
the spring, at tho commencement
Of the busy season, when ever
ono is hurried, while the dull vii
I ter months were allowed to pal
unimproycd.
No, the true object Of the lortl
Z. coming Devils Auction, or ioun
= Mems Christian Association can
0 paign, is TO put large force
O somi clerical vagabonds in Il
! field to prowI through tho COUNT
: dead beating ii all around spongi'
! their uciiudIS, organizing pray,
! circles on the Ethiopian basis, al
n setting up Grant clubs in eve,
!. town, village and hamlet. w
= care the bankrupt Sc0undrels, w.
y compose tie Y. Al. C..A, for /
9 cause of Christ and Him crUc,Ge
;. Who ever knew n broken dow
Y scalpor on The Chicago or Milwa
n kco Boards OF Trade who, failed Al
:, settled up at 90 cents on the dolll
- three years paper, that was not
10 loud mouthed member of the ass
1t citation? Who ever knew u M;
W go through bankruptcy on ial
nflidavils, and bogus schedule, W
was not a rd.praying member
.. the association Where is there
. defdulting bank clerk, a dthiecing rd
'" road officer, or dtShonored merchd
10 who Sa0t a stockholder in the
is Al. G. A circieP In tho Wcstc
+. cities their rooms are general
located noar tho Board Of Trat
y who compose most of their me
D. borship, ind it il notorious that
as such collection OF finished, poi'sho
VI hedrtieSS rdSc Is, are to be fou,
To else where on the planet Hs
=. men who compose these Sal
&c Boards Of Trade.
y Tho mongrcls are using The
no religious undersIrappers to SAL
no wich bondholding politics in
IA tween their hymns and sermo
:, And it devolvos upon tho Don
cratic journals and speakers
u warn the people against tho Sat,
sh ic ,Chite Niger mobS knora as Ch'
tiqn Associations, Aid Socieli
Mission Clubs, otc. DemocrO
sh avoid them MS you won! d
". plague, Protect your childr
- from their insidious wilcs; til
= arc the bastard ioes Of your II
" and your God. Tho Almighty
m wiping tho foul breed from the f
w of tho oarlh. Their misio
Ir tacir associations aud their rel
will poon terminate. White m
wo must check mato these pSdI
n. singing hypocrites this year, Il
their power will be gono iorcyc
10. Amoug the dead, killed by
nd Rr;a rnii,,o,, oncidoni havo "A,