The Arizona sentinel., 1875-11-20
THE TRIUMPH OF RIGHT AND
TRUTH.

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word march of right and truth.
Man is but finite being at best,
weak and imperfect, and exposed
to countless temptations in his on
ward march in the grand path of
progression. At intervals, in the
lives of the best of men, the road
becomes rough, the moral atmOs-
phere cloudy, and the surround
ings dark and gloomy. There
are times and seasons when de-
pravity and wickedness become
so prevalent, that the most ardent
philanthrophist almost loses faith
and hope. But the deep think
ing, honest. hearted, hopeful man
will not dwell long on the dark
side of the picture. He feels and
knows that right and truth are
marching on. Beyond the clouds
he sees the streaks of the morn
ing light, and he feels and knows
that ignorance, prejudice and
wrong are passing away, before
the advancing light of eternal
truth, and that the glorious period
foretold by the prophet of old will
surely dawn upon the earth, when
there will be no more wrong
when "the lion and the lamb will
lie down together, when swords
will be beaten into plOW-shares
and spears into pruning hooks,
and the nations shall learn war no
more" This is the blessed work
of eternal progression. Gentle
reader, gentle or not, as it may
happen), we have written the
above lines as an introduction to
a few remarks that we have to
make upon the subject of politics.
Not partisan politics. The SEN
TINEL does not dabble in that fill
thy pool. But politics pure and
simple, as "the science of Govern.
ment." Can any intelligent man
fail to see the rapid strides OF
right and truth, even in this di-
rection q? Oh, it is consoling to
the patriot, to him who loves our
blessed country, and whose pray
ers go up to Heaven for the
perpetuity of our free institutions,
to witness how passion and pre-
judice are giving way before the
advancing light! The result OF
the recent elections in the States
is glorious example of this. We
do not say this because the Re-
publican party triumphed. We
do not look upon it as party vic.
tory. The good and patriotic men
of both the great political parties
worked together to accomplish
the grand result. It was q
triumph of right and truth, over
darkness and error and prejudice.
The political complexion of great
States was peacefully revolution
lied, because corrupt politicians
and wicked, rotten-hearted men
sought to carry two questions,
both dangerous to the very exist,
ence of our Government. The
one, that of imitation of the cur
rency, was bad enough, but it
sinks into utter insignificance
when compared to the diabolical
attempt to up-rOot our free public
school system at the bidding of a
foreign pontifical cuss thus in.
serting the entering wedge to the
accursed establishment of church
and state. It was then that old
party affiliations were ignored ii
was then that the great heart OF
the American people beat to the
rescue, it was then that freemen
spoke at the ballot in tones
worthy of freemen, and said to
his Holiness of the Vatican,
"hands off! The free public school
system is the pride and glory OF
America, the bulwark ofOur Great
Republic, and we will maintain
ito The verdict of the sovereign
people was flashed by the light