The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-11-06

nHiCK PoMEroY oN HENBY WARD
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Tha, pulpit domacoguo, Henry
| Ward Boecher, took the stump for
Grant and coihx, at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, Inst Friday eve.
ming. and we hazard nothing in sag.
ing that lower, coar-er, more false
aud viupera,iyo political haranguc,
has not been delivered by any man
of any patty in the present canvass
| Professional politicians, on both sides,
are bad enough ia these respects
aud Rccchcr himself in his pulpit,
dressed in his clerical garb, on the
Sabbath day, carries his loyity, his
coarse wit his grotcsquc figures, aud
his attempt, to elicit applause and
excite laughter to most unsoomly
lengths But Beoehcr oa the stump
beats Bccehcr in the palpii out and
nut. aud viii out black guard aud ou'
vie in wholesale reck lees misrcprc-
scntaiion any stump speaker of his
party.
This msn PROCESSES 10 be a minis
ter of the Gospel PROCESSES only, a.
his coudae, clearly shows How uu.
| like is he to the deyoui, holy, meek
ana peaceful character which the
term Implies Think what Beochcr
is, see what he does examine the
spirit which he manifesto, and then
turn back and study the character Of
Christ, aud Of the disciples whom llo
gathered around Him, aud of the
\ apostles who came after Him, and Of
his true followers in all ages of the
world
Imagine his lhvoriic lisoipl' the
gentle aud loving john, or the
"Grcat Apostle Of the Gontiles,
appearing on the earth IN our day
and taking the stump FOR Gran, and
Colfax haranguing and siangwhang
ing like Dick Busted Charley Spon
Ger, or Henry Ward Beeeher
Imagine them, too, using such
elegant expressions as this "ilere
you have in drop what you will
get in the New York World in n
prolonged squirt" And here came
in great laughter and applause.
And imagine them too, forgetting
their great mission Of reforming tho
morals and purifying the lives Of
men, and becoming bitter aud rerk'
less political partizans, lady to take
an hubitual drunkard for President
Of the United States. if Of their par.
ty IN preference to one Of acknowl-
edged abstinence and purity of per
sonal life, because Of opposite poll
tics. ns Boochet ayowod himself
ready TO do the other night Tie
declared that If Grant were an habit
ual druukard, as his coiaboror, Won.
dell Phillips, charges, bat which he
did BOT believe. IL would make no
difference with him. Saidhc. "But
| am free to say, if il were so, had
rather have General Grant drunk
than Governor Seymour sober
Great applause.
Is this in keeping with this mans
profession2 And does ho not in this
let him elf down as much lower than
The ordinary political stump speaker
as his assumed calling is higher
How can man who thus prostitutes
hi- profession and debascs his char
aetcr command respect in either ee
pacily in which he acts
Aud this grand humbug Of the
age, both as priest aud politician, in
his last performance that sc have
any report of-gor We do not know
what antics he cut up on his custom
AIRY ros,rum on Sunday demon
stratts his incapaeiiy as a political os
FOUNDER to be- as great a. his anti
mes. for religious teacher To
show his utter Ignorance of what ho
was talking about, he advanced this
proposition There is great dis
tinctiou between acting contrary to
the Constitution, and acting outside
If IL The niserabls ienoramus
Ii he knew anything about the Con
stituiion, aud the origin aud powers
Of the federal government, he would
know that that government could
no, act outside OF the Constitution
without acting contrary to H.
The government is one Of limited
and expressly delegated powers. !,
can exercise no authority but what
il thus delegated, All powers not
delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by It to
Che States. are reserved to the states
respectively or to the people, II
the government acts outside Of
the Constitution, it must clearly cx
orcise powers not delegated to i.
Then it must be acting contrary
To the Constitution. even If they are
suop g. a,o rg-hii''''+a b. Il 70 che
States
In that ease il would be contrary
10 the Constitution for either gov
crnment to exercise them. And IT
they arc among those reserved to
the States respectively, or to the poo
pie, how palpably contrary to the
| Constitution for the federal govern
ment to exercise them. Then there
we're others still which the trainers
we're 50 cautiogs not to lot stand SIS
merely not delegated, but which they
expressly prohibited the federal gov
orlment from exercising. Now the
federal government has usurpcd pow
ers belonging to all Of these three
classics L.ose not delegated, those
expressly reserved, aud those ez'
prcssly prohibited. But, according
to this new constitutional cxpounder,
this was not contrary 10 the Con
stitutiou,
These fellows all think that thu
federal government made the States
and seem incapable Of learning the
contrary. Starting fundamental,
wrong, and keeping on the cours'
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