, 1876-03-13

"a responsible p0Ata under EoSofhnAnt OF men
sor4icsnb'enoss appointments running throuel,
c1ary grsdo Of the public service, and eafrnitat-
ing In tho sending 70 tho lint o. European
Courts Of ono among whose chief distinctions y
and m Who. whom finali1 taking hin lcava Of Eng-
land. .'tlnda Il convenient to escaro arrest -
er0' III os. ss "sss'ss ssssss,o, tho an n'''s hs
osi6it htgi,, social lifo II tho National oapltal
together With official purity, In tho transcript Of
tic Developments Of this last week at Washing.
ton. Let til further prodtscn the records Of
nue, tbs dali, records Of our police courts tho
chronicoa Of our divorce courts. tf,e beauties OF
municipal government, as tllussrated by that OF
Chicago and other oittes. Lot ua spread out before
press.-so cI,sste, 10 d1guiGcj 30 elevated in
moral tone. Lot us dsplay tho ecandals-iny
and eierical-wtich have fur. months past
formed go largo apart Of tue daily and weekly
Ahuntlantly to ail rcadorB. Lei in compare
these things With tho condition Of tho country
In these respects hundred yoarA ago, and lot Til
leave Il 10 cur visitors to Judge Of tho nsionts
Ing asridea the nAtion has made In this capital
nntter OF rfghteousners.
Tho theu1o lis not d pleasant ono. Tho picture
needs no oyetdrawing TO give Il OBJECT. Tho
disclosures which almost every day ID nnking
rnst mantle thu check Of every friend Of bis
country With ella.no. Tho remark is frequently
made that VIC no Iongcr know whom 10 trrtet.
Unfortunately, few Of US can tEuet oursetsos.
Ths corruption Ia In the atmosphere We breathe,
aud who can escape til The terrible. develop
ments ut Washington arc only wosso than tlou-
sanda OF others bhcauae made moro conspicuous
by the positions Of the actors.
And now. Il who Is responsible Tor this state Of
ners alone that dwclt At JoruAalem horause suel,
thinga happened unto them ]? tel! you nay.
but except 80 repent 70 shalt ali tikewiao por-
ish." These dfshonoted onoa are largely tho
no mora responsible thai, Thousands Of othoys.
We, you and l. my hearers are phrttcips Grim
inis In tbln matter. Thoro nre. 1approhcnd,
fow n1nonE us that havo not l!vcd beyond our
our STYLE of living, havo boon dictated BY thoso
ct others rather than by our ability. Pablo
sentiment las also winked at certain forms Of
dishonesty Is venlal. THO ioH standards Of
chaase and in III political III ciyeles au nsyo @
bsen tacttly accepted by us alI. To tetraud tho
Government has cntailod no Buch dishonor a. 10
dofraud an individual. VIC hayo allowed our
sclves to DO forced by party preference into tho
ment have trusted in private rotations. Wo have
worshiped at tho altarB OF Alammon and
Fashion. Bmple, ood-fearing Integrity has
been TIM rare exception and not tho rule.
thiugs7 Ihcro ia ono. and but one !" In the
way or righteousness ihere Ia life" Tint way
we hayo widely departed from; 10 that way wo
must roturn: It may not DO pleasant to como
ing but 1t ia better to come dowu than to DO
toppled dawn, Tho Government must cleanse
itaolf Of it, deop diahonor IN the matter Of its
rnoneynd obligations, and no longor rrcaent
Ing and unnecessary rcpudlation, willie
pursuing minor criminals with the cry
"Lot no gutlty man escape" Dv what right
does tho nation do that which it would imprison
~. H. -t-xI& a.
1t imprlson tho citizen for tong that OF which It
is aotting him tho example on IN immense
Bcae7
Wo must demand, in thunder toncs,-tonos
gard THAT no more sucu appointments to oilcc,
! high or low, shall DO made ns the present Ad-
u,iuistrat,on Aas nlado. LII familiar
v.sh ass, Mor purity culture ehd1.s.or
mon must combinoto drive from place and pow
or In our municipal affairs the worthless clsarac-
tors that now disgrace md rob lis. We must re-
learn the forgotten Injunction "ome no 1aan
anything, but love ono another 30 long rs
NO run hoadlong into debt we shalt be cxtrnva-
| giant, and extravaganza noceesitntes debt. Il IL
Ill nbyss into which It Ia always tho tnpdoncy to
sink decpor and deeper. Thoru iH no such aafo-
guard against our expenditure and rccklcssncss
Us In paying aa np 70.
Finally, my .follon-worshipers lot rs teacll
our children, alike by procopt and example, tllat
character Ia tho Supreme good In life, that
strIct,y bonest tint Moalth rot,en by apy tltyia
ton from tic unly absouto rcct,tudo is curao
mud D. disgraco that no SUCCESS tu acquiring
property can compensate any ono for tho slight
ho vim liyns heyonil Ills 1nesns lives nccessarily
upon others, and il no bct.er than thief. Lot
us teach thom that In tho pathway iB no death
oona tnny not do that no norer In the mi.
yorae--not death itscIf--cau kill lin. Let us
Impress upon them that thorn is ono aud but
ono, thtnr to fear or bo ashamed OF, a11t,
| that uuriritcousucsB, and that ho TINT is uu-
iust In tiat ,shicn ia loast il unjust also In
much. Lot us ipculcato tic truth tint thoro are
tbree and Int thrao. wayy for thcu, In which to
cn}n nnliyol,hood-to beg, to steal aud TO work,
| These tAinga Let us teach thom. talking OF them
| whou wo st In our !iouacs, whom NO u alk by the
Eav, "tlon We io aown ana Wheh Wo iase uI,
hel us wssY w., .au a'ou 'l'o po0'so1 oos hoaSeA
~ i i,aya MI annkon Tins. nv fcow. .ubrst;n-