, 1876-09-11
POLITICAL MISRULE.

BKHMON III THE REY. JAMES NACLAu9HLAN.
Tho Rev. James Ataclaughlan preached to 4
large congregation ycstortlny morning at tho
Scotch IrcsbJ Jterian Church, corner 6augamon
aud Adams stFcote. He selected. the following
words as his text: woo to thee, oh land,
whom thy King Is child"
TO hare land prosperous, he safl, II was
necessary to have 1t governed BY able and wtse
men. It would not do to have the ruler child
ish or weak, yasctlt!attng and lacking Integrity,
for under such conditions the prophecy Of Solo
mon In Ills text would be rcalizcd, md ruin
would follow. No one would think OF sending
slip to sea with child ut It's helm,
mud neither would ono tuke passage On the craft
II ut its helm there was abundant experience
but want Of integrity. It would be uuwiso
to trust tho vessel to child or knayc, and as II
was with tho ship 80 It was with The Government
Ut Our land, ,-tha ship OF State. To have skill.
full and safc Government It was essential to
have u gooA Captain-not polltician-at its
head. To the speaker tho word politician had
bccosno dIsrcputablc. To all honest men II
was, in fnet, growing to mean nll that was evil
and d!sgraceful. lie WINS NIT u politician, nct-
ther was jig member Of any Of tho campaign
speech from the pulpit, but hc was II
Republican, nnd soulng that there had been
u great deal Ut false lclieacy manifested ut tho
p0lis,-that good men ltad staycl away and
too latc,-he would say fcw thlngs. It was to
him a lnmentablo fact that tho Government had
becn practically surrendered to q saloon Demos
rocy,-a gambling, reckless, thieylng mob, md
M S E@o msn nd ths
maEors. Especially was this tho case In CHI
cago, anl the elect was soon In depleted
treasury mud the erofmity Of taxation. IN view
Of this ho urged that tho bcttor classcs had a
6fs In
scrt themselves aud their rights Or make
tp their minds to continue TO be governed
BY what he termed "Gve-ycar citizens aud
lilaves." Tho fact that. the lower classes had
was illustrated by tho Bible being driven from
the public SCHOOL,, "a clanity l,o regarded as the
greatest TINT cror befcl q FREE people. Ho
would tnya It written On tho wallB with al Iron
petratctl tho outrage and tllat they did 1t In tho
Interest Of misruD and corruption. The Biblo
had been cfndcr III their eyes and II Was not
astonishing that they Ind given Il the blow they
than It had among tho nomanlsts, and It's teach
iugs were detrimental to tho schemes Of every
raseally thief IN the land. II IL wcra not
restored u the Schools tlln schools themselves
you'd next bs troddcn M down, for tho reason reason
Democracy. lie would hare them abolished,
however, rather than that ihlidollty should take
the pluce Of tho Bible in them.
THO speaker then entered Into dissertation
on popular education, showing the necessity Of
euSican IL nsttnts The s stTeath of tie tie
loyernsnent would mover be lascl on tho wealth
Of It's sublects, he sud, for wealth stimulated
cos.sness that all governments should DO huiIt
upon II they aimed to bscone exalted, and how
could righteousness ha 1nculcatca bottcr
thu, ,han through =, the .bI bibIsi 1t was sho
tIsnrh1npR l,nHcAtv ftn}1
been denied Till children iii The sehooisl
astronomy md the arts and sciences,
Int lessons ot Flght.dolng wcrs far mors csscn-
tsnunco Of the tiovcr'inrnt In aggcs TO conc:
Tho intllei could not point you to book equal
to thc 13tblc Us ,uorl educator, aud, Il uskcl,
would direct you to LIS negative attitude, aud
public good, while on tho other l:al'd eycrY
Uhrts.lan would affirm what cannot 10 donted,
and point to tho unanswernble fact that tho
liGlo a'onee e.lforccs sound religious prda-
olfcct upon tho mind Of tho children
! by It's being taken from the schools, lo said,
| was TO htl,ttlo, md degrade 1t. They would
naturally be INCLINED TO look upon It under the
unit to 10 read, and these salne children were
to be our future rulers It wis the very fotlnua-
ton Of tho country, aud from It our forofathcrs
had tlruwn their inspiration In tllcir struggles
l 4OI uAC1L1 WY kuUH ~ !Ao
buck rs l5s, Congress- put It Tito tho schools,
and ~ fats as lS5l tho trucking Hoard ot Eln-
cation Of the great City Ut Chicago threw II
out! Fourth-otJuly orators ever utter slioul.l
shit thelr' mouths On tho ,ioilon's aunivor-
| euries.
There was another fact in connection with the
llible being cxpungcl from the schools worthy
Of consideration, tho reverend gentleman con-
tinued. It was not tho iton!ahlsts tn tho
Hoard who threw II out, hut tls lowest, vilest,
pDt-hnusa politicians, ThDy did. 1t to plcaap
the l!omais, aud to, Ect The Ron,a.. vote,
| whereby to continue their hold on. oflco and
! their license to steal. lsomo l,ad II largu pro-
gran,1ne, however, to curry out. IT hssl
already. gotten rid Of the bIhfc, and tho next
move Would bu to put her hand on thu voting
masses 10 prcyontnH5its being ssi'i.
stssa ,ss De ksse ss !Sa ga1l +. sSs,aR,'ss ,sy.sss
in our nHn country with thu support lu.no was
giving It wero qilcstiona Of The deepest concern,
Feiho twin tlanEovs ot Tic Republic. Tumo WA
tutoler.nt IN GIG extreme. Il lsa tts hand on on
on Protestant churches there removed, exceed,
!ng Mayor Heath in Ills work Of removing tho
sigma from across our streets, etc. 1t WAS seek
inE to nlant ita heel here, Intolef1ut a Ii MAs,