Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-07-28
THE.. AEEnHER .TRL1L

Independent Episcopal Church, Brook
lyn:
Every public event, whether of u
civil, ecclesiastical, or social character,
IN times of peace, demands from the
representatives Of the people ecclcsias.
tical, social and civil criticism. iTlat
Is the supreme trust which the people
repose in US, and whether as editors,
statesmen, or religious teachers, il is
the task imposed upon US honestly,
fearlessly, and with MS little passion AS
possible. SO, place beforeAthe publlc
the ideal truth, and tho actual and
average practice Of mon US opposed TO
the IDEAL In times Of war one kind
Of history is made nowadays ut n
pretty fast rate, and it ishard TO falsify
it; butin times of peace the history Of
culture and Of civilization is made, and
II is our duty to transmit the record
truthfully and with fidelity to postcrity,
and not to allow the previous prejudice
and craftsmanship Of the. hour 10 ialsify
itssto misrepreschty insult aud iibe.
di"gg'e .he ialr lame oi our age ana
community because OF the exhibition
Of moral dscasc--cpidcmic if you will
--in our healthy and well-disposed
social body. | am here to protest for
myself, for you, and your children, in
the name oi all good citizens, oil good
men of this city, OF the land-aye, Of
all civiiized people who I'VE IN tins age
against beng written down as suffer
ing untruth-moral leprosy---to OBJ
tam ana spread IN our midst us a fine
art without raising an outcry against
the enormous Justification sought to be
let stand, as Il the cancer, the epidemic
were a representative account OF the
moral state oil the community oil the
age we DO not go to the hospitals
and infirlnarics to ascertain the general
health OF the community, to the peni-
tentlaries and state prisons for stats
tlcs OF It's healthy morality, no more
thnnwe accept or admit the late trial
Is legitimate outcome OF the prevail
ing and unquestioned virtue of our
times The condition OF social life and
code OF honor which II represented
and revealed are exceptional, and will,
we are sure, prove evanescent. The
heart ofthc people is sound in morality,
secure in honor and profoundly and
practically religious. This is evident
to the most obtuse from the almost
universal contempt which the reveal
ings Of this trial have provoked, the
disgust and loathing which the nause-
ous details have created, and the man
licr sense Of justice, honor, and purity
which its Justification, partisanslipand
perjury have brought into active and
beautiful protest. | speak us no paid
advocate or hired apologist for the
beautiful city in which il Is my honor
TO live and labor but must put on
record my admiration of its people,
and my respect for the men Of jndg-
ment, and the better TO serve them
and contribute something, however
small, toward sustaining the reputation
of the ono, and the integrity and
morality of the other. | speak tonight
of the moral effects Of trial, and would
fain hope so TO catch and emphasize
the protest of my neighbors, fellow
workers, and brother citizens as that
the reputation of such degrading,
dcmoralizing, and abiect scandal shall
be forever impossible. Ranking my
self as competent to indicate the right
from the wrong in public matter like
this, conceive il to be part Of my
work to ask you to consider with mo
wherein the trial, with all its surround
ings, issues, expenses, and general i'm
portance, has demoralized or is sus-
ceptible of dcmoralizing the tone and
spirit, the fortune and features, the
feeling and faith Of this community.
The trial in truth is now public prop
erty, and its judicial and legal termina.
tion--most inadequate, undecided, and
prcjudicial--sccms TO me TO demand a
less passionate and more unbiased
consideration, and be made the subject
OF poth warning ana protest IL II II
phenomenal, ana take II upon myself
without consideration with Others, but
upon mature reflection, to say that 1t
Is an unfair thing TO It's past history,
to its real goodness, to make this trial
an exponent OF the general social CON
dition and religious feeling and faith
of thp whole community and | shall
proceed to show that this IS not the
case, but very much otherwise.
upon the fact that this trial does not
express justice and the more righteous
Judgment of the many is against the
loathsomoness Of the details of the
trial. Its perjury, its prejudice, its
details have evoked in the people an
utter contempt-bitter disgust. Men