The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-09-11
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REV. TOW GOODWIN.

the arena OF pOllCcal QtscuSslOn IN long
''diatribe' review of the position and
speeches of Dr. De La Matyr. We have read
over his speech as it is published in the
Journal; reviewed his headings in order to
fully and fairly gather and weigh his ar
guments, and now, having nothing else
just at this time to engage our particular at
tention, we propose to say few words of
the man who made the speech and of the
speech ITSELF Goodwin has never been any
thing more than mere pseudo politician,
and hardly that for his time has been taken
up, as We learn, with preaching praying
and fumigating around in the cause of tenn
perance, and if he has ever made any
Roadway or success in any of his efforts
there has never been any public
record made OF it. Hence we are at loss
how to introduce him to the readers of the
Sentinel. Most OF our readers are unac-
quainted with him, and we are disposed TO
do the fair thing toward him, and we will
just say that he is one of those small minded
sort of men who think that all the religion
(?) of the country is found in the republican
party.
He thinks it is proof of a great want of in
telligence to be a democrat He has long
been of the faith, we learn, that the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, of which he is San
unworthy member, and also local preach
er, belongs in toto to the republican party
by the divine claim of being the God and
morality party of the United States He
further believes that he, as one of the watch
men on the walls of Zion, has
divine call to abuse, misrepresent
and even to lie on the aforesaid
democratic party, as being the child of the
devil, and he also thinks it his especial duty
to make himself conspicuous, like the
monkey up the tree, in playing the dema-
gogue whenever the way opens for his versa
tile pen or his German silvery tongue. And
now that DR.. De La Matyr is out for congress
ne thinks because the doctor is a Methodist
and a minister shat he can honorably
pitch into him, give him particular fits for
daring to have anything to do with the
democratic party in any shape or form.
The class of Methodist preachers of which
Goodwin is a rear rank representative have
done the church most fearful harm by their
blatant and impudent intolerancy of demo
Gratis and of the democratic party, of which
there is abundant proof in the speech
made by him the other evening.
Goodwin, in his ignorance and with a spirit
OF wlllful Misrepresentation, says 1.-THE
times are not exceptionally hard" Facts
contradict him in every quarter, and people
by the million would say to him ''you lie,
sir"
His discussion of this point is all sophis-
try and twaddle. 1t is no wonder that be
got some $14 for a whole quarters preach
ing. 1t looks to us as if it was dear at that,
especially if his sermons were anything like
this speech, full of falsehood and misrep-
resentation. The antedeluvlan age which
the intermeddling local preacher and
money changer has attained ought to
have taught him something, but it Is evident
that he is only one sided specimen of Cos
pei honesty, and if he had lived in the days
of the Savior he would have got about thirty.
nine stripes when those fellows were driven
out of the temple, and he would have de-
served them, tso, for any preacher who
would take twenty per cent. should have
this merit.
He is pretty example of the consistency
/ of any preacher. Why, his very impudence
is an insult to common decency, as his pre-
sumption is a mockery OF all intelligence
and all charity.
! In coming to the front, as he does in this
speech, to read a moral and political diatribe
| to DR.. De La Matyr in regard to his candi-
dacy, Goodwin shows himself up in all the
! weakness, impertinence and intolerant ig-
norance of his own abilities and character
/ He tries to exhibit his smartness, but his wit
fails IN every point, as it does also in its
sense and applicability. His attempted
charges of inconsistency, which he
makes against DR.. De La Matyr,
are imbecIle in form, false in fact, ungen-
erous IN spirit and wholly destitute of that
magnanimlty of character which should be
exhibited by one preacher toward another.
Goodwin knows that it is no disgrace to
be democrat, albeit, like his party, be
would still falsely claim that all the piety
and intelligence and responsibility of the
country belong in that direction.
God help our country il religion is repre-
sented by preachers who will SO cOolly lie
and bear false witness against their neigh
bors, and who, with a long diatribed
face, loan money to their fellow Christians
at 20 cent, and then turn and swear that
the ''times are not exceptionally hard" II
such men as these are to read homilltic Ice
lures to our candidates, our churches would
do better to shut up shop and go it on gen
eral principles. II the nationals and demo
Gratis had nominated Tom Goodwin for their
congressman he would have been out among
his radical negro friends in the full spirit
OF his ambition, and be would assure
them that the democratic party IS their
only true friend. But the saddle is
on another oolored horse. and Goodwin
no doubt thought that now was his time to
abuse and SANDER and lie on a brother
Methodist preacher. He has gone and done
it and now DIR. De La Matyr must feel very
outul ahout IL YaS no would hut hf