The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-02-29

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sawittsaely mahe the saaae sssse glar.
ing. The teach Of Shame sl,0uld tinge
ths chssks efthe pitilal fAlsitsers'' who
circulated - frssly thoss calumnious
reports, that they n0w proclaim ..pal-
pable MISREPRESENTATION ny strong
faith Ia God aed the right; by love OF
humanity aud dssirs for its elevation;
BY pure patriotism and loyalty. Meth.
odisfs have, almost without an excep
tion, been led into the Republican
ranks; but they are not as . body tied
TO the party. Many OF thein,n says
DR.. Reid, "have psrty ties, and some
Of them have Offices, and do not par.
take Of the general mobility; but most
will stand by the right and whatsver
side Il may be found. They will for
the most part, vote on the side Of n uman
rights, OF Temperance, OF the Sabbath
and OF the Bible, even though party
ties be sundered In 20 doing" The
denomination has never been clamor-
Gus for once, nor have Its members
ever received > great not 20 say squat,
shass of political fasoEs orsuolssnents.
Mr.. Lincol0 during the war gave to
the Methodist Church pre-eminence
for It's unvarying and practical loyalty,
and yet, at that time, we had not q
single fret class minister or consul IN
the field; we had but little representa-.
ton In National Senate or House. II
since then We have gained . little of
our due. But no sooner Is this done
than the church Is most bitterly assaii-
ed. and her members WHO happen to
be candidates for Office treated as are
no other citizens OF the land, and that
too by leaders, or wouid-bc Headers In
the party which up to this time has
received the almost unanfnions vote OF
the church. In the state o. iowa the
Methodists number nearly as many
members as all the other protestant
churches, and yet Think Tina. we have
had but three or four representatives
10 the National Congress, and but one
governor, and perhaps half . dozen
other state officials, that were and are
Of our communion. but OF this !
should not have felt myself called upon
here to speak, had it not been that,
right in the face Of these facts, some
journals have been SO unjust as to at
tack, with great virulence, the denein-
instion, charging that il enters the
political field for the advancement Of
its individual members who happen 10
be candidates. In the language Of DR..
Brary, THE utter, wanton, malignant
falsehOod Of this charge 10 too apparent
to require any refutation.n The only
demand that Methodists make Of men
asking their suffrage is that they shall
stshd squareiy on good platforms. rep.
resenting correctly human Fights, tenn
perance. the sauctity Of the Sabbath,
and the Bible as the word of God, and
that they themselves be moral men;
and this Is what excites our miserable
slanderers. The Republican party
must not presume too much on the
unanimity with which We have here
tofore supported its candidates. II
this party oecon,os false Ia moral issues
and given to venality and corruption,
we shall soon be divided; and il the
Democratic party, IN its new depart-
nre should come 10 represent better
principles so that the great issues that
have divided the two shall be lost, it
may be that majority Of us will stand
with that party. What we ask as .
church Is fair play. Let our people be
dealt with as other citizens are. Let
the church be treated with resi- ect
Let no candidate be again sneered at
because lie is Methodist. And we
will then stand in the places to which
we may attain, and offer no complaint
DR.. Reid has well said, I'VE need
neither be feared or courted. The
party or person that is true to God
and religion, to virtue and humanity,
will be the one whose voice will be
most potent with us.r We will pros
scribe no man because he is not q
Methodist, nor will we consent that
our men shall he prescribed because
they are Methodists.
BENNETT MITCHELL.