The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-03

whose social influence and by whose prayers the
future character OF this country IL TO be decided;
and II Is to be determined whether we shall have
righteous rulers in public places or those who are
acknowledged to be Ubiquitous. In unroliing then
.1lTf THIS SCROLL OF wIcKEDNEss
IN high places, the first thing that is especially to
be found now is incompetency for Office. II man
seeks for place and wins 1t when he is incom-
petent, ne has committed crime against God and
man.. What Shall we say then, OF men who at
tempt to conduct our State and national AFFAIRS
Witnout tne nrst quaifcation-men not Knowing
for the wink OF others Of their partyf So we have
make tarifs and homestead bills and arrange about
the hrst-men whose incompetency has been
You know as well as do that IN THIS Mo Country to-
day qualification Tor Office Is not the question: but
how much n has the man done for the party: And
one tariff for iaxseed oil and another for linsaed
oil-not knowing in their stupidity that fiaxseel
ioundIy acquainted with the spirit OF our institu-
who rush out nom their ignorance and take the
positions Of trust in this country. So we had in
some parts Of the country school commissioners
nominated In grogshOp, hurrahed for by the
rabbe, and hardly able to read their own commits.
sions when they. were handed to them; and
inaccuracy OF phraseolOgy that the thief In the
prisoners box is more amused at
THE STUPIDITY OF THE BENCH
than alarmed at his own prospective punishment.
unrOll the scroll little further and see tntem-
perance and the coordinate crimes: admit there
has been an Improvement In this thing. The grog-
shop that used to flourish In the basement OF the
Capitol at Washington, where Daniel Webster and
for their speeches, has been abolished, and yet
there Is drunkenness towering around our coun-
ellis. There is one weapon that has slain more Sen
atOrs and congressman and Common COuncilmen
than any other and that s the bottle. unroll the
scroll Of wckedness high places still further and
see the crime OF bribery. You know as well as
that in the past few years 1t has been almost i'm
possible to get q law passed, by State or national
sheraton. When bill has appeared at the door
the question among your Representatives has been,
''HOw MUCH MONEY IS IN THIS ~
Mr.. Talmage then referred to bribery IN leglsa
tive bodies to secure the passage Of acts depicting
the public treasury, and continued -
THE CREDIT MOBILIER AND CAKES AMEs.
We sit to-day, this whole nation, under the
shadow OF Congressional dishonor. The Capitol"
the white marble OF that beautiful building, has
political parties are implicated. The stables Of Au.
gcus unceaned alter three thousand oxen had
ass % s WITH %ss r
tee found OF national dirt in the Congressional
halls. On that Union Pacific Railroad many OF your
THROUGH TICKET TO HE'LL
They paid their fare in eighty per cent dividend
Christian principle and their immortal souls Cakes
Ames and the devil. daughter and appauseJ But
be careful my friends, lest you smite the innocent
with the guilty. think the nation Is on the track
guilty can't believe that men, after thirty years
OF integrity amid temptations where they might
have made million OF dollars, would now sell
Heaven for 81, 200. A solid column of Cakes Ameses
reaching from Brooklyn to Washington, with up
lifted hands in solemn oath, could not make Inc
believe that
SCHUYLER COLFAX IS VILLAIN.
cloud applause and a few hsses) Oh, my friends,
when took up the papers and saw that that pure,
holy, .pious, immaculate man Fernando Wood
Ter Colfax said to my wife, "The millennium Is
here" (Renewed laughter.) But my friends, we
must admit that this nation sits down to-day IN
the shadow OF national dishOnor and Congressional
disgrace. The crimes found in public places are
only the index OF political abandonmeRt-the
within.