The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-05-20
RANDoM THOUGHTS.
BY THE EDITOR.

time, to enter my protest against the
city papers forcing upon the Republican
party candidate for Governor, whose
nomination can only be regarded as
concession to the enemies of morality
and Christianity. I know that it will be
claimed that am bigoted and narrow
minded; but this is the farthest from the
truth. Those who have read my paper
during the past ten years, know that I
am liberal beyond all other editors in
this country. In order to set the matter
right before those who are recent sub
scribers, will lay down briefly what /
consider the true policy for US to pursue
as nation, and also in our State policy.
All men and women who are actual
residents, and who are not idiots or luna
tics, should have the right to vote and
hold Office. This should include all for
eigners, whether natives of England,
Wales, Germany, France, Ireland, Africa,
China, or the isles of the ocean. When
they come here to stay, and pay taxes,
and submit to the laws of our country,
both civil and criminal laws, they have a
right to say who shall make and admin
lister those laws. And beyond the ques-
ton of right, it is the best policy to have
no aliens among us. Let all feel that
they are part and parcel of this nation
Is not that quite liberal enough2 Do
you see any Knownothingism in my po-
litical belief?
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of religion. So far as the law is concern
ed, would place the Christian and the
Jew, the Catholic and Protestant, the
Calvinist and the Universalist, the Meth
odist and the Baptist, the Mahometan
and Pagan, all upon perfect equality.
! Over in California, where, practically,
they have no religion, they are shocked
for fear the Chinese will erect joss hous-
es, or places of heather worship; but it
cannot be denied that the lives and con-
duct of these heather people are infinite
ly better than those of the professed be-
levers in Christianity, west of the Rocky
Mountains. If there is anything better
in Paganism than in Christianity, let US
have the benefit of it.
In the Constitution of the State of
Ohio, perhaps in the 7th Section of the
Ist Article, it is laid down that morality,
religion and knowledge, are essential to
good government. What religion2 The
Chinese, Burmese, American Indian2
believe that is what Judge Taft held, in
his celebrated anti-Bible decision. But
deny this The trainers of our Consti
tuition meant the Christian religion-not
the Presbyterian, or Roman Catholic, but
the religion of the Bible, which all oi
these various seets profess to believe
1 argue that the trainers of the constitu
ton meant this religion, because they
were all acting under an oath, the bind
t ing obligation of which rested upon {
belief in the God of the Bible.
Ours is O Christian nation. Every
year, the President of the United State
; issues his proclamation, requesting tn
people of the entire nation to set apar
one day when all may unite in returning
thanks to the God of the Bible for Hi
D mercy to US as nation, during the pre-
ceding year The Governor of the Stat
of Ohio does precisely the same thin
. within the jurisdiction of his authority
The trainers of the constitution wer
right in their conclusions. There can b
, no good government without carryin
, out the main principles of the Bible, il
our conduct toward our fellow men, an
there can be no bad government wher
8 those principles are even partially cal
r ried out.
g Now if the foregoing be correct, it
f most essentially important that the prir
q ciples laid down in the Bible should b
8 thoroughly instilled into the minds {
> our people. And the best way to effee
this, will be to teach them to the you'll
4 That brings me to the point. The Bib
l. should al,0ays be standard soork in hepu
Tic schools And right here 1 would b
p just as liberal as l would be in every thin
3 else. 1 am not afraid of error while trut
n is left free to combat it. The Bible feal
r. no competition. 1 would favor the la
n gest liberality. Many persons object I
5. the writings of Lord Byron; yet wher
will you find any thing more grand an
- beautiful in our school books than th
70 "Apostrophe to the Ocean," 1.-The de
= truction of Sennecherub," or THE Battl
q of Waterloo" taken from Byron's work.
10 Let the Bible, Paine's age of Reason
Il Darwins Descent of Man, Millions Par
= disc Lost. Pope's Essay on Man, the wol
Is derful writings of Shakespeare. Dicker
9 and others, all be read Anything
any of these that is in conflict with tn
q pure morality of the Bible, will be r,
: jected by the great mass of people VIII
,. are thoroughly acquainted with the B
, BILE.
r l think have shown how utterly 1 ar
il opposed to any thing like prejudic
e against persons not of my belief, or VIII
l. are not natives of this country; hence
e thinl, none can find fault with me whel
1 look for a time at the other side
There is one class of persons mostl
settled in the larger cities, who cam
4 across the ocean, and here are admitted
e to citizenship-not so soon by five year
: as 1 claim they should be admitted
They believe that Christianity is foolish
ness and fanaticism, and they delight il
showing their contempt of Christianity
by taking the Christian Sabbath as thei
| day for drunkenness and carousal
They contemptuously call all professec
Christians "Puritans," "muckers," &c
They openly and notoriouslY and def