The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-10

their people expect to be heard
through them, they are shametully
SILENT or openly misrepresenting
! the people who honor them, and
whom they dishoRor. They are the
heroes OF virtue and honor when on
the stump, but machines when in
the Legislature assembled. II is
time that this countenancing of In
lquity were stopped: and this III
competency in office, ana iarcical bO-
| peep with the dearest interests OF
our people, often resolving itsel.
INTO gambling in p-lltical prospects,
were rebuked In manner chat
would be a terror to evil-doers in
the future. But the corruption Ia
official circles is only equalled by
the private and public XtIavagance
of our people. The lack OF conf
dence that these things have p-o
duced contributes largely to our
present caiamltIes. When a State
pays for Intoxicating liquors annu-
ally over $lS, 100000 anu struggles
to repudiate debL of $24, 900. 900
then 1t is time that We should pause.
Almost any legislation proposed To
remedy the evils OF the liquor Traffic
! is pronounced unconstitutional,
while the same men regard an act
looking TO reputation as wise leg
lslation. OF one thing | am proud.
The press ana the pulpit give no
uncertain sound on these questions.
And l hunbiy trust that they
will never cease tiung until the
State learns honesty, and addresses
itself in good ear est to the educa
tion of her children, au| the indus
try and sobriety OF her people. She
Will then teel herself able and will
ing to pay every dollar she owes.
Social vices Will give way, pubic
virtue will appreciate, sinful and
excessive patronage OF worldly
amusements will be restored, ami
the State will blossom as the rose.
There is much in Giles county TO
discourage and depress her people.
Times are peculiarly hard. The
shrinkage in values, tallu.es IN
crops, unreiabilIty of labor, and
many other things local in their
nature seems TO be against them.
But never, until the polls convince
me, will / believe that they would
repudiate the public Oebt, and re
proach the fair name of their native
State. | will now enter into the al
fairs of the church, though if John
{ h. Los no I'm,
manized, and have the people called
by their name pass in review before
them, they would imagine them
selves again at Nottingham, as IN
1746, when John made the follow
ing entry in his journal: Il had
loI @ doubted what it was that hin
dered the work OF God here. But
upon inquiry the case was made
plain. So many of the society were
either trihers o. disorderly walkers.
that the blessing of God could not
rest upon them. So l made short
work by cutting OF all such at a
stroke, and leaving only that little
handful, who, as far as could be
judged, were really in earnest to
save their souls" Let disciplinary
latitudinarians remember that Je-
sus was Mr.. Wesley's exemplar in
this matter, and that He scourged
the Temple when prOstituted TO un-
holy purposes. Jesus taught that
"he hurts the good who spares the
bad;" and that the worst discipline
on earth Is to let men alone in sin.
Of one thing l am sorry. Ii any
ecclesiastical body on earth has
taught reputation by their exam
pie 1t is the people called Metho-
dist. A church has no more right
to receive a preacher and fix his
salary, then send him off unpaid,
than Tennessee has to issue bonds
and then repudiate them. And the
apparent discrepancy in the legisla-
ton of the church on this subject
can only be accounted for on the
idea that Methodism- has for its
aim the spreading of scriptural no
illness over these lands" The aim
is worthy, and subscribe to 1t, but
the sin of Reputation will lie at the
door of delinquents all the same.
Here is a preacher whose board of
stewards fix his salary at $500, and
say it is no more than his services
are worth, OF his family needs.
They close the business of the con
ference year by paying him $500
virtually repudiating $500, when
their pastoral charge is quite as able
to pay 1t as Tennessee is to lay the
State debt. l have no complaint to
make on my own part; but no man
with heart to feel, can work with
the Joint Board of Finance in the
Tennessee Conference for years, as
have done, ana see these Delinquent
cies, amounting annually to from
twelve to fifteen thousand dollar S,
without feeling che blush of shame
upon his cheek for the Delinquent
cies of our people.
Spring is opening upon us beauti-
fully. | am looking and praying
tor a glorious harvest of souls in
my charge soon. The Church is
moving in her various enterprises,
and the outlook is encouraging.
The Sunday School in my charge
is in a hourishing condition, and
the workers are faithful, cheerful
and hopeful. L. j. DUNCAN.
March 81. 1879.
Canned Tomatoes CHEAP at Craig's.
Pleasant Hill.
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