The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-10
TEE OATS PAW FACTION.

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While the columns Of the Pleife
Christian 4drocate were conspicuous
with the dignity, grace, and frmness
which characterize DR.. Dillon, the
members Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church looked upon that joum4l as
their exponent, aud regarded its conduct
with admiration. Then &c belonged to
the church eschewed sc1rriliiy, and
dealt not IN offensive persona titles.
Now, with its imported editor al the
helm, il is an organ of that faction that
met defeat in the stormy annual con-
ference that was held four years ago in
Portland
Occasionally 3Er. Acton has veutuFed
an opinion without consulting the pot
ters whose plastic clay he is, but few
dextrous turns Of the screws by which
he is held in place have caused him
speedily, and without the slightest
show OF self-respect, to retract and as
sumo the poor role of a 'joking parson."
His own experience In politics when he
first arrived in this benighted land, all
the way from Ohio, was most adverse,
and seems to have convinced him that
ministers ought not 10 participate
therein, even to the extent Of voting.
The latest evidence OF the power OF
the leading strings in which he is held
is seen in the uncalled-for attack upon
Rev. II. x. Hines, Republican nominee
for Congress, which appears in his. last
issue. Those who heard a certain miu-
lister at the session Of conference men
toned tell in pathetic tones Of mock de-
spair how dearly be loved brother
whom he was laboring with all the
ability he could summon to destroy,
cannot fail to recognize the malice
which dictated, if not the hand that
penned, the article referred to. We give
a sample:
With an due respect % our worldly brother.
we cannot but Ieel that Rev. II. X. Hines, who
accepted the nomination OF the Republican
state Convention for Congress. has made a
great mistake. He is not "a statesman.
II would be unreasonable % require he should
be. Nor do We risk anything IN saying he is
not the choice of the Republicans OF the state.
Wedoubt not his name never would have been
thought OF for this position but for the unusual
game by which unheard-of things are accom-
plished among politicians Who has done
this work we do not know, nor are we worried
in the least about the coning election. We
believe, however 10 turns out, 90 will prove a
final injury TO our good brother, and without
benefit 10 the Stale. Mr Hines, II elected, will
doubtless maintain his integrity and do an he
can; but integrity and success at Washington
are two things.
Note how hard he tries to hide his
chuckle at the thought that the election,
however it terminates, will "prove a
fiual injury to our good brother" behind
a snivel Of pretended sorrow. And is
not the lesson that integrity and success
are Incompatible the last one that a
paper pretending TO labor in the inter
ests of Christianity should attempt to
teach II is not to Mr.. Hines that this
TRADE of pious abuse will work final in
jury, but to the AdUOcdtc itself, if re-
traction is not speedily made, aud a
'joke" evoked to give the editors in
discretion fimsy covering We pity
Mr.. Acton much as we would pity a cat
whose paw had been made a compulsory
instrument in raking chestnuts from
the glowing Goals.