The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-03
SEIERID AN y SINS. Pr.opriat, 4
CONSCIENCE In POLITICS.

CONSCIENCE tn POLITICS.
tEITER no BE RIGHT AND HAII,
HAN. WRONG AND sue CCElb
lffom tho Baptist Courier.
There is such a thing, we al per-
sauded, despite appearances. lie be-
5 lieye, though some may be dEbosed
to smile at our credulisy this there
are men who every year go Coga into
the politi> al arena and come p un.
smirched men who feel thaEit ia n
Il serious L, ls thing 70 nave q handEin the
conduct OF government for ciS, state
A or nation, who walk hnmbi ssuntles
the weight of their responsiI w, who
5 seek divine guidance and rength,
+ and whose souls loathe fything
false, hollow and unjust. 1it such
men, it must be admitted excep-
= tional. May God smuItipi l,ir mum.
ber, for they are the of the.
conutry.
1t is humiliating to have Il confess
that, as % rule, even Chfists3ns seem
agreed to leave their consi ences at
home when they go into political
contest. Everything is Il r in love.
wal md politics. is, thg accepted
priheipls and the rpsE' plg 40
every protect Of religion.
is, :. Yog 3llgiaS fight devil with
1hre, or, awe are onl turning their
Town weapons against gem."
Now, we have nc ling to say Of
THE course OF one pc tical party more
than another, norlf the particular
ends sought to b ttained ly this
side, or that. Se !, do mean to
Z say that sstheref mething nobler
! ythaniyictory atS s better to fail
with cleasS ha} }ds than to succeed by
dishonest andignoble means, because
such snccessfwill prove in The long
run the worst of failures, and will
! carry q curse with it'll How much
fraud and injustice was practiced all
b over This broad land duFlng the late
campgign and election iIt is impossi.'
y sSgbiess say. We have no reason to
believe that there was more than is
aommoE In times of great political
sexcitement and conflict. 1t is not of
recent events that we write, it is o
principles which apply to oil times
'ffsand all parties. 3. fs
Government is of God, and every
/ mi man who has anything to do with gov
grHment, from the most ignorant and
4 3hscnre LAHORE whose hsst glory
gIssisf To- cast "a yots tlla est and
fniehtiest'o ofEicia pIli sIt "a Tts;s tslellss
Eiis y
cry one is bound ~ use liisS political
privileges and pow arsils Ire fear Of
How has it come to pass that
hington City is conmonlhspoken
Iof by intelligent foreigners, Ind by
y honest men among ourselves; as a den
Sof thieyes2 How is it that State
capitals are SO often regarded as
ssinkss of corruption, and many CITY
n governments as 6endish machines
lcontrslled by powerful "riurs'' for
their own vile, selfish erdsi What
ltias brought about this state bf things.
lbnt the almost universal ey ercise of
81 & afs nrf.9s the gnidance of
! passion or selhsnne hout the
sIighest regard to the suggSstions of
conscience /? ANY kind or dgreel OF
Rilliany appears to be expected in the
conduct Of political affairs, And the
men who practice it-.hoW 3are they
Il treated by society, the best, society," 7
even the church? (for they, are some
times religious men--by profession.)
Are they scorned and Acouted?
Are they dealt with as you would
deal with your neighbor who had told
syon o lie or practiced SOME fraud
upon you, in your social relations?
No, truly. They are petted, they
are lipnized, their names are Ihlazon-
I ed everywhere, and their w6Hderful
aspeeches heard with shouts Of apss
Iansc by admiring thousanda. Moth
is too good for them, i no glory
pD great for them. Accordingly, we
pd the yilest men in places of honor
trust, men who are nfadly ambi-
or meanly greed@ 9nf. gain.
y gybody sees it, everybody la
it, everybody defounces coun-
gislatnre, Congbess-and yet
he niaas of 4the people continue to
e political priyileges without once
8ying to conscience, Here's my
be thou my yigpide!
oppose it were otherwise. Sup
every man in the country de-
with what political party he
ga not, and what candidates he
hlel support, upon conscientious
sdnds, with the fear of God before
eyes. SUPPOSE that every one,
9' ZEN he went b the ballot-boy, re-
aarad that 6&a must give account
y 81 81 vote, just as surely as
deed of his life, and
th pure conscienceS
htion we should present
volutionl WHICH would
.stice, impuriA md kna-
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