, 1880-05-10
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reignty pre,!ominates. personality is me-
cessary incident to journalism; the per-
sonal pronoun used by the editor means
himself. not his paper. Hence, when the
Courier nlludes t" our structures upon the
Rev. Dsniel Bagley Is having been aimed
at 'that reverend lather Of ours" it i'm
plies that the son is the editor and that
VIC were guilty of the impr"priety OF as
sniling a reverend gentleman upon false
premises. When Launcelot attempted
tn save the reputation Of his dog, who
had committed a nuisance in lady's
BOULDER, by protesting "Please ma'am, l
dill j, ~ his generous devoti"n was wor>
thy al praise, but it failed to command
credence. So when the young man. hy
inuendo. assumes the paternity Of his
fathers bantling, he will plense excuse
us for discrediting the assumption, upon
the evidence of orr own senses. We
spoke Of the Rev. Daniel as the editor of
the Courier on his own personal authors
ty, and took the liberty Of criticising an
editorial in that paper which bore to US
positive internal evidence of being his
own personal production. We never
should have dreamed of assailing Bro.
Bagley in the discharge of his ministerial
functions as Christian clergyman, nor
dragged him into the public arena to an
swer lor his personal opinions as private
citizen. And it was NO part of our de-
sign to impeach his social standing or
private character; our recollection of
acts of kindly sympathy and generosity
by both the father and the son. would
Danish from eur mind any sentiment of
personal hostility towards either of them.
We but protested against the practice Of
suhordinating the holy functions OF the
Christian ministry to the grovelling
methods which have become insepcrable
from party politics-the working Of the
machine :" the fraud and trickery OF the
caucus system. the bargain and chicanery
practiced in conventions, rs manifested In
the disyracetul scramble now dstractlng
the country tor the nomination to the
highest office in the government and
most august position in the world. But
we specially denounced the sentiment
uttered by Christian minister in view
of these patent facts, commencing the
partisan, zone who is violently and
passionately devoted to ~ party" as the
only citizen worthy Of public trust. The
comparisons which we made, regarded
by some hs Odious," but illustrated the
tendency of the sentiment. not the char
acter of the author. We have notable
illustration Of the spirit OF party in the
arraignment. trial and crucifxion of Je-
sus Christ, when the "partisans, the men
OF positive action as well as convictions"
cried with one voice: Release unto US
Barabbas! rs for this man, cruelty him!
cruelty him !" and another, when the elo
quence OF St. Paul Was drowned in the
popular cry: Great IS Diana of the
Ephesia-s!" Yet VIII" can point to y sen
teuce in the New Testament indicating a
form of political government, or an ex-
ample In the lives OF Christ and his Apps
ties Of mixing up the Church in party
politics! MY kingdom is not Of this
world:" and "R~nder unto Cesar the
things that are Caesars, and unto God the
things that are Gods" furnished the key
note Of all their political teachings; hon
or and obedience 10 the civil authorities
being the sum and subs tance of political
duties enjoined.
A Methodist General Conference nomi-
mates General Grant for President, as the
Republican candidate. A profane jour-
nal asks: Why not elect Grant Bish-
op2" Yes, why NOTE 1t is within the
province Of the General Conference 20
elect Bishop; it exceeds its authority
when it assumes the functions of polit-
ical convention to nominate party CAM
didate for President. 1t has set several
precedents for the election of party poli-
t,cians as Bishops. Bishop Ames was
defeated for United States Senator by
Jesse D. Bright, OF Indiana, and was sub