Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-25
TALMA0E.

Rev. L. DeWNt lnIms8s nss Weh
earned his speculation Of the pulpit
acrobat" and during his present visit
to the Pacific coast he has given good
specimens OF his versatility in that line.
He has always claimed the right to
change his mind a. often as he thinks
proper. and to advance theories and ar
gumsnts next week in direct opposition
to his present or last weeks views.
And therein he displays his versatile
genius to the best advantage. For years
his peculiar sensational style Of preach
Ing has made him . noted attraction in
tho East. and in Europe be was oonsid-
cred to be quito 4 lion. Here on the
Pacific coast u people are generally
inclined to be very practical in religious
a. well as political and social matters.
and to regard Mr.. Tslmsgs. or anybody
else OF his stripe. from . worldly. prac-
teal standpoint; consequently he has
not met with the enthusiasm and i'm
plicit belief and sympathy that hs has
elsewhere.
In the East he expressed himself in
favor Of the Chinese, speaking Of them
a. men and brothers, all made by the
same God with ourselves. in his own
image. therefore our equals before the
Lord, and entitled to equal privileges in
the world. But before he had been
three weeks in San Francisco o change
came DER the spirit Of his Celestial
dream; be chopped. SO to speak. on his
opium-scen,ed brother OF the moon eyes
aud chopsticks and anne to the conclu-
sion that he was a Jonah on board the
good ship Of political religion and social
prosperity aud ought to be AIRED over
board as soon as possible. In his re.
cent lecture a, San Francisco he gave his
conclusions on the subject. derived from
his short study and experience OF II, and
was a. violent in his denuncistion OF
the whole heather race as had ever been
his support, encouragement and cham.
pionship OF IL. He regarded them as q
curse and q pestilsnce. and was willing
to 90 on the warpath against them forth
with. Said he:
Take your police and 500 special officers,
drill them, aud at IL O'Clock At night
march them down on Chinatown. and in
one night break up every brothel and
every fostering sink Of iniquity in that
hell OF misery. Lock up the Chinese
prostitutes in ono Jail and the brutal
whites you will and In their dens In
another. What you want. m" friends, 10
aStonewall Jackson's raid through Chi
natown. Give mo your police and 800
true men sworn In as specials, and IN two
nights I will close up every dive In your
city. Yet this sore lives. q bane to your
beautiful homes and an insult TO God.
'Tis absurd to halt and say what you want
Congress TO do when there 10 30 much for
you yourselves to do right under your
noses.
He found plenty to applaud these
very forcibls and unchristianlike re-
marks. Indeed. Tslmage should have
come q few months sooner. when kear-
ney, Kalloch and the other agitators and
and.lotters were in their glory. He
would have stepped In at once az the
recognized leader OF them all. at the
same time condemning oil agitators and
incendiary characters as the q OF the
earth. and worthy only only Of eItsrmi-
nation. In the East he condemned the
anti Chinese sentiments OF the Pacific
Coast and advocated most ably the cause
OF the poor. unfortunate heather, whom
now he Is willing to see destroyed. And
yet Mr.. Talmsge processes to want the
Chinese converted to Christianity and
made good bro,herly citizens Of. His Is
no discussion OF the Chinese problem ct
all. although he may think it is. he
had better 60 back East where he is
better appreciated. He has made no
good record on the Pacific Coast. The
Sacramento Bee thus describes Talmags
as he appeared before an audience in
that city:
Imagine . tall. lanky. rsw.boned speci-
men. with sandy hair aud chop whiskers,
long legs and q great reach Of arm awk-
ward in movement. wild In gesticulation
and provincial in pronunciation with 9
mixture Of q Yankee twans and an old
time ministerial drawl, whose broadcloth
pants aop wildly around his legs and seem
~ out Of place, as though the wind was
idly twirling them around two sticks;
whose voice rises when IL shouldn't rise
and falls when IL shouldn't fall. and hobs
up and down from g whisper to . shrek
and back again. so suddenly IS TO keep the
audience continually startled. who. when
be warns up. uses his arms like sledge-
hammers. and becomes himself . veritable
jumpiug.jaek who 10 theatrical in every
thing and natural in nothing; who drives
out his eloquence as = prize-6ghter would
let drive his fsts-imagine all this. and
the reader will form some slight idea OF
the great acrobat Of the pulpit. Rev. 7.
Dewitt Talmage.