The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-10-24
meJHoDlsm AND RepuslIcANlsM

among many otner reasons, because
] honestly believe that it saved the
Union in tho dark hour of the Re,
bellion, aud because The welfare Of
our Coun try, for years to come, can
alone be committed with safety into
its hands.
II there any danger Of its defeat 7
Suppose that Ibelieve there is, what
would patriotism, call upon Inc to
dof Ought Lnot to sound the
alarm rs far as my voico will roach 2
No one certainly will deny me this
right, and I look upon it as duty
Personality have nothing to gain or
lose by the euccess Of. either Party
Voluntarily, therefore, unbougbt by
any price, or unswayed by any SELL
fish motive, write this paper.
Iglory in my Church. in regard
to the Rebellion. Certainly there is
no brighter page in our Country 3
history than that furnished by Meth
odmis. No Church.did more TO sus.
tain the cause of the Union than sho,
pouring out her treasure abundant-
~. and sending hosts Of her sons to
bear the brunt Of the battler, and to
shed their blood to defend our Flag.
And I know that in my swn i'm
mediate region, throughout the
great State of Pennsylvania, and all
over tho Land, there arc hosts of
Methodists, especially in the Minis
try. who believe, without doubling,
in the sound principles of the Re-
publican P,rty, and there is no price
large enough to buy them from their
allegiance.
Is there any attempt to sworvc
Methodists, and especially Metho-
dist preachers, from their devotion to
n great cause 1t is said that there
is, and that the attempts will be con
tinued more earnestly up to the very
eve of the Election.
Upon the belief that this report
is true, write and urge my breth-
rem not to bo false to thoir principles
and allow no uusound reason to in-
huence them to vote for any man
whose association, if not his record,
proves that he holds views utterly
autagonistic to those Of the great
Republican Party.
The reason has beon urged, it is
reported, and will bs urged, it is
supposed, again and again, especial
ly upon tho Methodist proacher,-
"Vote for the Hon. A. Ii. Dill for
Governor, because he is the son of
n Methodist preacher So is anoth
or man the son OF q Methodist prea-
cher, and yet that same man was a
Rebel in the South during the War.
Suppose he was here new, and run
ming for office, and that this reason
was urged why Methodists of every
class should vote for him, because
he is the son Of a Methodist preach =.
er Is there q Methodist layman or
preacher who would not scorn such
plea, who would not regard any
man urging il as insulting him, and
who would not say to him mo, sir,
can never cast ny vote for Ro-
bel" Is Hon. A.. II Dill q rebel , |
do not say so. II he had been in
the South during tho war would be
have acted as his brother did ? |
cannot tell. can tell that ut the
North the Democratic Candidate for
Governor did act with party who
sympathized with tho South, oppos.
cd the war, and denied that the SOL
diers had the right to vote. How
can any Methodist preacher, who is
a Republican, though ho has pro
found respsot and the kindlicst feel
ing for his honored father, vote for
his Democratic son!
But Senator Dill is n member OF
the NJ. e. Church, therefore vote for
him. Simply because a man is u
Methodist is that a sufficient reason
why some great public interest
should be entrusted to him 7 Is it
not possible for a methodist to he
right in heart but wrong in head !
to have principles so false and per-
nicious that following them no in-
terest would be safe, and with them
fully in the ascendant tho Ship Of
State would be forssd on some Scyl
Ia or steamed into some Charybdis.
Vote for A. H. Dill because he is a
Methodist I That reason is slyly
hintsd at in one OF our. Methodist
papers which says: 'The State OF
Pennsylvania has never had a Meth
odist Governor" Aud suppose il
The writer Of this sentence had pre-
sehted his reasons plaioly he would
have said "Pennsylvania ought to
have once q Methodist Governor
bore is now o chance--vote for Mr..
Dill" Why vote for him because
he is o Methodist I The foolish no.
6on may possibly enter the minds OF
some that a Methodist Governor
would bring great honor to the
Church and in some way build up
her interests. The Church, when
truo to herself, seeks not her honor
from men but from God, and her
interests depend not on any politi.
cal party but the presence OF Christ
In the midst OF her. But even could
. Methodist Governor Of our State
bring honor aud aid to our Church,
y tue Methodism Of Mr. Dill OF that