, 1879-06-24


crs OF Tic plsytnatcs Of their youth. rh.,. J..
Q! thontasm.s of SLAVES were hesraretl into e III
hands Of tha tsa.icrs who had nren,rt t,a.' ,tno
from tho masters who, With MI their pa,,nn,.
Of powcr contt{ not proceed openly III tbs tranas.
Ter Of tbefr hut1an chhtt1ls.
Look nt shu ptoi,s fraud t'f Puritan ch,,rchc,
tn pretcndfnE TO ntro Chsstinn lns,rurlnn a.
slaves, a,,d narrowing down the whole Chr,;l,u"
ESstem into 'tStrsanss, obey your HlAs.crtWt
w aaeAon.b!osx to any. t,at''an, 10 l', bui III
churches, nay pastors, and buy com.nuniu,.
Thiuk how utterly tic Southern penac NAV.
,",Eifan over " hardness of heart, io nciteys
lscsl s' '''eaS
The whole history OF tlneir dealings IN mir
National politics Is ono Of frnu,,. o!, nj ti,s ts
Missouri Compromtsel After bullying ,ho ,ho
North .nto extending slavery tntu tint State, my on
condition tfat It atoull bo forever r3rn,rI
fruln Nil tho serr.ory north Of It, they dem inI'
60 kansas nna Hebraska; n'att ~ fas is kto;
ilcy hare felt bound bY nu contract which iIey;
Tithcd mud fclt mule To bryo!:. sA'1
Did not their leading statesmen tako o,th
nuon oath tn support tho Constitution, Sbus bus
eoassftihy ac{Ssrg some Of lis most {m,;ortant
prlncip1ee, for tllu twenty ycnrs they wcrc rns
gnEcd In hatcllIng the t'rcat KcbclIlnn1 NA'
Iiow can any mar u sonsG expect truth n,
honor froin, typical Southern man! did INV
Oilc eyer, stlco Adam left tho l;nrdcn. i'nI
tslan with my rrrarI Tor truth WIN llnbiiln,Ir
paratlcd te b'rcets, airl nlantcti himself con.
splsnousiy IN III public places, viii, placards On
u an u man Of honorhf What shou,i s, i'.9; M
think pf n Chicaro mai, wfn phoutd strike nm nm
attitude, spread himself l!ko tic Colossus oi
bis vest. tin bis Int on one side, and b-ctu On aN
occasions 10 haraugle about h!s honori
This hns been tho grand charaetcratic Of lin
Southern "gcntlcfnen time out Of mna,-a!.
why's pulling himself cut like tia toad in ,Ie
I'ol.ur while liz rot ut honest Living by 6osciss. .
wom1n Mntl stealing babies; and now folks nrc
surprised Mt southern l.Yingt
As lur perjury, it ID d National institution:
where lle has1 planted p,lntpk'u-srcds, as ,lIv
American people 10 sllrprtscd by any possibln
amount OF perjury. 10 public affairs.
They prose, hy ,hetr practice n nll courts Of
essential to The solcmnity OF MI ont nni yct, in
aduuting their Constitution and prescribing In
oath which should bud their highest ullre:s ID
IT, n'atutenance, they Ley tiod out ot ie calcq.
shal answer 10 God At tic grcat lar,n cliler il.
Or Is not, au added obligation to tell tlls tr,,th
II It IL. we need It In tl1e hlslust plnccs Wi
as thn lowest II it't, not, ~e, Should d,pcp.s
With =. It. ought to 10. io Is important that
official oatii % tlsnt Bill Ioucs should tcli thu
truth ahout the vaiue Of Bob Smiths dog.
The Fathers OF the Icpubl!c It'd certainly
lower the moral stnflart1 tti pollticla,'t, f&ka
away from the solcu,nttyof an oath, WIEN tls1
politely dissllts6cd tho Deity from ths uorliua
Ut the earll's surface. anl from all tnterlctcnro
with the GoYcrnH,cnc which they had act I'm:
and tic crop ot perjury wticl, we ttc now lir.
vcstipE Is no more abundant than onu mlclt
reasonably expect from lilo sued sowI..
But.' apart from the gcncrat tendency, ,sc na-
tionalizcd pcr1ury-9out!crn pcrfury-by sps.
cfal arrangement. When Judge Patterson, s5l.
tn-iaw Ut President Jollt,sos,, presented his ere
lentals It, the United States sunatc as a. nlcn.
bcr elect, tho question caluc mp 10 whether ls
should DO petnttted TO pcrJiro l,lnsolf In order
TO tnk6 his seat; md That permission Yas polite.
" granted BY nj overwhelming Vote ~ '"ttHt
'ihe oath hc must taho wns, Tint hc "haa
never sought. ncccptcd, or held any Office under
any uovurumens hostile 10 Tho United States,"
llo had sought, accented, md bel. M Office
under thu iConfcdtsacY; and SO 10 1,Ilst swear
to three distinctIfalsc|.1ods 10 tlls, objection
was nude 'nsnl tlls caso was discussed Mt length,
md Tcry aby@
psrIu1o hitusclf III order to yet mi otllcc. Ila