The daily gazette., 1880-10-25
SECOND EDITION
PULPIT POLITICS.
SERMONS ON POLITICAL SUBJECTS BY
REvs. MILLER AND HALDKMAN.

SERMONS ON POLITICAL SUBJECTS BY
REvs. MILLER AND HALDKMAN.
Rev. Geo. w. Miller, of Grace M. E.
Church in sermon on the text, cam
| my brothers keeper" spoke of the
relations between the church and the
cOlored people of the country, parlicu-
larly of the South. He said when the
negroes were freed from slavery, min
listers and teachers were sent from the
Eastern and Middle States to instruct
these people, but were shot down in
cold blood, the school houses burned
down, and teachers hunted like fugi-
tive criminals from plantation to plan
tatioD. The martyred blood TINS
spilled was a voice crying out to God,
| who, in His infinite wisdom, would re-
quire drop for drop in retribution for
all the blood shed. He said he would
plead with all his power that this
great, christian nation should do JUS
people of the South. ." Iii'
In this city, he said, race prejudice
was abroad, as was shown by the riot
of Saturday night week. He would
not undertake to say who was respon-
sble for the beginning of this riot, but
he would say, and was willing to be
held responsible for the utterance, that
the attack upon National Hall, filled
with women and children, and the at
tack upon the church at Ninth and
French streets, was utterly indefensi-
BILE and was cowardly and dastardly
outrage. Some applause was manifest
in the rear of the church at this utter
ance. -'r .i
The balance of the sermon referred
to subjects not political. .'-i .''
MR.. HALDEMAN ON PARADEs.
Announcement was made, on Satur-
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church,
would preach last evening in relation
to the riot of Saturday night week, and
the church was crowded by seven
O'Clock, the hundreds who came after
wards being turned away. He took
as his text, 'Why is this city in an
uproar? ?" t. ...u
Mr.. Haldeman opened with an i'm
partial description of tie scenes of the
riot, which he designated as feast Of
deviltry and devilishment-a scene
that shonld blister with the blush of
shame the cheek of. every respectable
citizen and make every man forget
party. |.f b.. ..r- ..s
Referring to the causes. of the riot,
as alleged by partisans of either side,
Mr.. Haldeman said he believed neilber
and thought both were to blame. He
considered the cause was the present
method of carrying on large part Of
the camp lign work by means of torch
, light professions. He described these
= professions in decidedly sensational
t manner, and said their tendency was
, to corrupt and disorganize men tC
instil fondness for 81 ay1ng out late at
nights to make men yield to party
passion instead of to motives of patriot
ism. The clubs tend to crystalize the
. spirit of campaign bitterness engen-
dered by the utterances of campaign
orators. The result of these agencies
7 was Satcrday nights riot.
He said the responsibility laid moi
with the ignorant but with the best
men of both parties. And yet in the
, face of all that had occurred it is pro-
posed to hold parades on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of this week,
and everybody is looking forward with
feverish interest to these two nights.
Men would go out in these parades
armed, and if some drunken foo
should accidentally fall from the side
walk into the ranks, who would be an
swerNble for the consequences.
/ AS to the probability that there woul(
~ be no row he said there was alway!
p some fool who would fire his pistol in
the air to scare some one, and some
, other man who is not scared and who
, does not fire in the air. AS Republi
, can he felt he could oppose the parade
of Wednesday night, but it was urged
On one hand by men who know it is
wrong but are afraid to say so, and or
, the other by men who are actually anx
, ious for fight. No doubt, he said, the
colored men have been told TO stand uI
: for their rights and shoot straight, ant
similar advice has been given ON the
: other side. He appealed to the bes
: men IN both parties to agree to give uI
, these parades, else fearful responsible
+ ty would rest upon them and all chris
tlan men having any part IN the affair
/ if a fearful riot prevailed in this city Oh
: | "Wednesday or Thursday night.