Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-15
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Tommy Reviewed.

Ever since Long Tommy left the
Republican party and went over to its
enemy, had had rather lively ankle
ty to know what reasons had impelled
him to take a step, which seemed to me,
so utterly inconsistent with his former
life, and all his previously expressed
ideas, of what he conceived to be the
duties of Il conscientious American cit
izcn. As he had heretofore assumed,
at least, to be one of the leaders, not on
ly of the Republican party of his dis
trict, but also Oh the great temperance
and other great moral reforms; and
3ince now, it is claimed that when such
men are deliberately leaving Denmark,
there certainly must be something
rotten in it, which should impell all
good men to leave it, his motives be-
come somewhat important; and, mcm-
bers of the party which he left and
which he is now going about SANDER
ing, have not only the right, but it is
their duty to dissect him without fear
or favor, and see whether his reasons
probably were such as shonld impel all
good men TO go and do likewise, or
whether he has simply gravitated
where he belongs, leaving the old
church so much the more pure.
In order to learn, from his own lips,
TOmmy's reasons for turning his polit-
ical sommersault, permitted myself to
be caught in the bad company which
assembled at Beerys' Hall, on Friday
evening last, and to which he was ad-
vertised to and did preach Greeleymoc-
racy.
[ For the purpose of enlightening
those who may have the same cur
iosity but WHO lacked the nerve
| to risk the effect of the contain
mating influence of such a crowd, and
with the sole object above set forth in
view, l propose to review Tommy's po-
| litical sermon.
1T my review shall rather tend to
prove that this new missionary is rath-
er trying to become popular and a "hale
fellow well met" with the heather to
whom he has sent himself, than to con-
vert them to higher standard of his
own, the truth must be told. So much
by way of Introduction.
His foundation, or text, was entirely
new to me. / never heard anything
like it before from Jew or Gentle,
christian Or sinner, written or spoken
| in soberness. 1t was,
81 don't knoW Mot my practices mg
conduct, or my fitness for office, should
make ana difference IN the effect q
arg teaching, if my arguments are
yoodr'
not this pas5ing strange? I had
always been taught that. if man evel
succeeded in teaching any thing good
with effect, he mast do so far more by
deeds than by words. This fact is sc
well understood, as to have long since
past into maxim, which has been in
every child's mouth for centuries. But
according to the text, if the minister
only preached good sound doctrinai anC
orthodox sermons on Sundays, the eff
feet should be the same though he motor
iously spends the other days in gamb
ling, stealing and drunken-debauch
and the brazen, notorious hypocrite, II
just as proper for a Sabbath-School sn
perintendent as the spotless saint. /
strikes me that this was a monstrou
text. And why did he use it? Was III
conscious that he could only defend
himself, and his cause, and his presen
party, behind so startling a fortress
! Was he aware that he had so well, 81
diligently and SO notoriously and per
| sistently, practicea pepotism, and il