The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-31

.Are We hesthen people! No; ve l.otess 70 be
christian nation. We boast of being land Of edu-
cation. Perhaps Il is not generally known that the
Bible is excluded from public schools and that
the LANGUAGE of Bishop Meige is literally true,
that our school houses are but pagan temple& But
feet the sentiment Of the christian community. Nay,
more wish to cultivate and lead cat that senti-
ment. We have been assonished that the ministers
d.mb dogs and never raise their voice azinst this
dese<11tion OF time h0nored custom. Every
vestige Of religion has been stricken from public
schools. l. il any wonder that our boys fight and
swear, and lie, and drink, and gamble, and that our
girls fritter away their time in ideness, decetful-
ness and pride? We may be making intellectual
giants, but are not making moral pigmies Are We
going to educate the youth Of nation TO he in
fdels? Are going to become a second French
Republic? We ask the serious attention Of chris
tians and of statesmen to this important subject "
Commercial
Well done. o thou great and good and
pious deacon Houston. There is no ques-
ton as to who edits the Commercial. No
man Of sin could ever put 30 much piety
into 80 few words. In Gods name, what
would become of this poor wicked, sinful
world, if it was not for the pure in heart
like our brother editor, who, while candi-
date for Congress provides whisky (by
proxy for his Thirsty friends.
Before the good deacon was a candidate
for Office, he was strict Temperance man.
When ne got the disease-"office on the
brain"-he employed Joyce as local; he
employed Burke as editor he employed
Harper; he employed Clarke; he employed
Creighton, and he employed the virtuous
Hines, all upon the editorial force of the
Commercial.
Now, with the exception of the quill
pusher," all these men love strong drink.
Inded, it is reported that they all drink,
and what is more, pending the primary
meetings these gentlemen, employees Of
the great and good deacon, spent much
Of their time in the saloons of the town,
using their means literally to buy the
damning liquid fire, in order to promote the
chances of the great and good deacon for
Congress. The deacon is not a candidate
for Congress, and he don't employ them all
now.
When Judge Price called upon the good
deacon at the Planters House, at the time
the Congressional Convention was in ses-
sion, that pious man, with the love Of God
in his heart, rendered to his guest drink
of plain bourbon. But the good deacon
didn't get nominated for Congress, and his
piety now bursts forth like q Vesuvius.
"The county heard from. All the delegates,
fourteen in number for Houston" "There
are Lightweight delegates in the Conven-
ton. So far as heard from, Houston has
forty-seven of them" Had the Bible been
in our schools; the good deacon would never
have printed these lies. o! for the Bible, to
make great and good men like Houston,
tell the truth.
$4,000 made in three years, on q salary
Of six thousand year; Oh how the Dea-
con must "lament the wickedness Of the
people" Won't the good man now tell us
all about Cherokee Bill" Tell us about
the bankrupt Court. Tell us about the
witness summoned from Leavenworth and
drawing mileage from Hays City. Tell us
OF the 20 per cent commission from census
takers. Tell US all about the Z. S. Marshaps
fee in the bankrupt cases. Tell us how, by pro-
fession and the making Of long prayers,
christ an brothers can be led to support
him for Office.
Read, in the columns Of the Commercial,
assaults made upon the pious Deacon's
enemies, that prostitute would not dis
honor herself by making; and then, reader,
imagine how the Deacon's heart must bleed
because the Bible is not in our public
schools.
Comments are unnecessary.
The Deacon finds it easier to preach than
to practice.