The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-30

of hawk ADD vulture of happy homes, in
nocence aud virtue, never of howell and den,
from which go forth pestilence and death.
Yes, paint the world fair and beautiful
tell half OF the story and hush up" as to IN
other bali. II you g youth snimat, with
high ambition, toilirg up the hill of science
with eye fixed on fame, extol his zeal,
s reDgthen his faith. encourage his hopes
but ii Others are seen plunging headlong
into vice hush up In neral way
deprecate wrong dong, but iniulge in no
PARTICULARS, until within prison bars the
victims of thy "hush up" policy are inter
viewed and their ruin is wrought. Their,
are those who are eternally complaining be-
cause the newspapers publish the news. good
and bad. Sucd parsons have their
remedy; hey can taboo the news
papers and rely upon the almaucs
What the world wants is the news and it is
too late to object. The lightning has been
harnessed to the wires, and the news comes
! flashing along, the good and the bsd. If
| there is prepondeSance Of vice good men
ought to know it, that they msy giId them
selves for the sbt II the right is gaining
victory herald 1t TO the world, that the
armies enlisted in the cause of truth may
| be encouraged to battle on. We may
| learn this les ol from the Bible. No char
! scter, however. exalted, was spared. Moses for
an lndi.cretion was punished. DAvld's
crime was set in order before him. 500
mons apos'acy is not obscured. The denial
of Peter and the betrayal of ia las are all
chronioled for the worlds. good, and the
newspaper of the nineteenth CEN
turg should follow the example
| Ii the lives of great men
remind US that We can make our lives sub
lime, the lives OF bad men ara equally re
minders of the Consequences of vice. Ii
! there is an increase OF MURDER, let US have
more scatfolds and halters; if ihers 10 an in
crease of the lesser crines, let Us enlarge
our prisons The hush up" business is d
crime sgainst society. There Is no author.
| lty for it in divine or human statutes,
and "hush up" as we may the truth will
out. The crooked things to be made
straight; the rough places smooth; the dark
places luminous with the light of truth.
! hhS AhiUoAod Va tbc 10 W ucip Oh
the good work 1t can not "hush up" with
| out betrayIDg it's trusth, the confidence of
the people and turning traitor to its
mission. The pulpit is too much given to
| the hush up policy. 1t has done much 10
| impress upon society that Il Is better 10
bush up" scandals than to expose tt en-
Under the ''hush up" theory moral tumors
grow ID hideous proper ions, like that OF the
Beecher scandal, SO that when they burst or
| are puncture the world is delug d with their
nastiness- Bold words, brave words, honest
words, are in demand. They may shake
society like the tramp OF an earth
quake, they may topLle over like a
hurricane in its wIa,h, they msy
sca'he like ligbtning-but they will, not
wiihstanding, benefit tbs world. There is
nothing in Gods universe gotten up on
the hush up" principle. The morning stars
sing together and the soDs of God shout for
joy. The winds whisper and roar, the ocean
makes use of the c)ntinent Is for its sounding
bosrds, and the stars bend 10 listen to it's
sublime voice. Let US have investigation
and agitation until every wrong shall be
brought 10 Ugh, and until the advccatSs OF
the "hush up theory shall be willing to
join the demand for the exposure of evils
and the We fare of the weird.