Connecticut western news., 1879-04-30
Another Voice.


 MT. Editor-The last issue of the News came duly to hand, and was as usual, gladly well comed, have to congratulate you upon the great and growing improvement Tn all depart ments of your journal. I see you devote some of your space to the discussion of interesting topics, and especially enjoy this department. Will you kindly grant me 8 brief space to note a few thoughts suggested by the perusal ot some of the contributions.
 I have observed that this feature receives the support of 8 superior caste of intellect the relevant sayings of profound logicians, worthy of the sheet that gives them publicity Also that the current absorbing topic of reform is ably discussed under it's different heads oi political, social and religious-all concurring in it's necessity, the chief divergence being at the point ho,o. The voices of Ire Church, the people and individuals have been heard on the subject, all regarding it as a boon of sal vation. Mir. Cummings said 6 few weeks ago ''We must have 1t or go dotcn." There Is a des- perate alternative-that is the proper phrase ology to insure determined and revolutionar, action on the part of the people. What true American citizen, in whose breast is cher ished love of liberty, loyalty, patriotism and American spread.eagle, will for a momen, harbor the prospect of this glorious nation "go- ing down. without making 6 strenuous effort for it's preservation The base of this direful prediction is that "one third of the votes cast in our nation are bought by political parties" His principal lea of reform is honesty in elections" He says furthermore i've have about Il ,0O0, 900 Christian voters in our nation, and without the consenting voice of the Chris tian public, corrupt parties would go down." What is the province of the Church Is it ill aU things to walk by faith and not by sight 2"- Do not misunderstood me, and interpret in my question conviction that the Church must take the lead in State reform. Taking literal ly Mir C's. statement (wl6ch have no reason to doubt) the work is in the Church's power, quired to perpetuate the existing corruption Is the ''how' obvious2
 Then an E,bridge voice is heard-.a binding ly undecided, wavering voice, decsptively halt freedom of speech. and exaggerated intimida- tion. Strikingly in contrast are the iniunc- tions these two men-Cummings and Volney. The former decisiyely charges the people to Do or Dae!" while the latters paradoxical are plainly calculated to in stigate the masses to investigat te the situation for themselves, ana judge of the necessity for stringent measures.-Plain communicate doc trine, tending to dissension and anarchy.
 It seems, according to another correspond l ent that even your own town (my native | place) is going to the bad that the universal is invading the proverbial land of milk ard honey-the "Happy land of Canaan" | When left that place some ten years ago not | where than which pervaded there. But at that | time the path of duty was not labyrinth of gold-plated and diamond studded temptations | to allure one like the fatal will '-the-wisp to ruin. The wages of sin were not so high then | as now, aud dishonesty paid no bigger div idends than uprightuess In short there was no inducement, even" in a worldly point of view, to vice. One exception-th, school oys' path in green apple time was as crooked and as hard beaten then as at the present day. Warren's address in your last issue re-assures me somewhat, that the evils spoken of are not so black as painted, and can be put down in by the m Dral elements of the commu- nity when they be ome iltolerable.
 But have already imposed upon your lib- srality, and must draw to . close.
 These correspondents all cry "Reform." What 10 they want2 Do they want Q general top ,ey-turvey overhauling the earth returned again to chaos. and reconstructed on an im- proved and modernized plan2 Or does reform mean II, ,0OO, 900 Christian votes in the ballot ,ox of the National Reform Party" for--some- ,ady or something outside ofthe existing ordt ,f things2 They are satisfied that there is a lot fryingpan have they looked underneath all in their leap for reformf Something over 100 years ago the people of England ''reform- d" their government, and after ten years of of their old corruption" with hu- nility. penitence and disgusting servlIity 'Twere better to bear the ills we have than y to others that we know not of" But then istory seldom repeats itself
 Let me predict, Mr, Editor, that revolution ry reformers will be doomed to disappojnt- aent that no earthquake or convulsi6n will erald that millennial epoch, no clash of armss