, 1880-09-25
iao,. while tho South, IN tho sa| g ser, paIf
10 tic National f;uvcrunlrut 1 = in;7. nI,t
received fran 1t in tic fUrm oil i,rintiou
fur improvements 81, ,1:El,QQ

y
fur improvements 81, IL, ,0Qj. L.,
NON-pARTISAN ARGUMENT,
THE REV. II. .. HOFFMAN; or HtuostIyG-
TOY. TELLS WHY HE WILL VOTE Fon
GARFIELD.
spfetat Dftpatea 10 TIE cai<aqo Tribune,
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.,. Sept. H.-In all tie
cnnIpaEns If past years Iuycr llas spenkcr
addressed n more itnIncI,sH Or elegant ntl-
dicnco than assembled to-tIsht in
Durfey Hall 10 iIpnr what tic Hey.
II. q. Huffman, pastor Of tho First Methodist
Church. Bloomington, Ind to say regarding
the Issues of the campaign. As tic readers
Of TnE TnfBuSE remember, so.no time ago
Hoffman was fnsltetl by the Young Mems
GaFtc'l Club to address them, anil 1t wns
understood and announced he would do so.
Delore lie tla'l, however, formally accepted,
ccrtnin Democrats hegn! to tafk threaten
inEly regarding the matter, aud finally tho
Treasurer Of tho church was ill.,
formed that should Hoffman mako NJ, NIL
tlress they vault withdraw their Ilttancial
MD towart Ills salary. flegar.ttrss ur this,
Mr.. Hoffman accepted tho Invitation, and to-
night was !'nhnte,f by MI immense a1uI ell.
t!!llstastfc audience oi al classes MID crccds
Mr.. 'lolrnian sui, by wny vi prrfncc:
ut Will int he necessary fur me, iii this
nssenblHEc. tlnpt, IN say mn mt n poll
tic[an. nor Il political prracl.Hr. never
preached 1~lElicAl serinNn III MY fife, Mor
nnl l IN the ns'it of making po!1itcal NIL
dresses. 1t Is not thy chilling to make polit-
leu! speeches, nor Is It nEuttlst either
the letter Or the spirit of my calling to
express inyself uput, political questions,
If thu times, .t'le pacc, tho surroundings,
alul the character Of the ISSUES sccIn to cali
fur I'LL aynwn1. With this ntdress my ut
teranrrs OIL l"lllical matters begin ald cl,d."
liz sAitl lie lnoketl nr0., 1t as
TIL; nUry OF EVERY MAN,
Republican tl'nl Democrat alike, tn uy0w Ills
sentiments when yrcnt questions are bcfore
the public; ulat wtInt i,e should SLY would
nut be frnIn parttsni, inspiration, but from
Tic lhtrc N1Ml higher sentiment of patrID.Isnl.
Again, hu di.l Int feel at liberty tn de-
cfinu to give lis views OIL political
questions wien asketI tn 10 so by
Ills fellow towns,nc,l. lie l,atl consented
to s1enl; berause lle coMltl mt consent In H.
vorce himself from anything which atrccts
socicty either III Its civil or suc!at constftu-
'1lon believing tltls to le his duty, l,e would
speak II tllny shnulA pitch hint out ol tho
window the next in"ntcl't. (AppIans".l
Ill differed fr0nl men III tic salno good
split In which lta ngreett with them, ant!
claimed the right IT free sperel, np0n tho
ground TINT tho churches will never 10 any
thing hut loot-ba!ls to bc kicked into line by
"nprlncipiel political leaders rs long
tI,t '"oy -h""",'a. "". ar" ,,uoraJ ~ " ,"nansa
.,,a,. a,ts.,. ,,.,,t,n s.,.','o ." "e ,,""s"1
.nes aie s'"''l' HH"G s.oo's ntu HEATH
hrc, tougttetie,l It wnu'l 1ayu prcacl,rd
l,um,,, vnvr,. mi, ~ .,xistm,c. t,son,v war.
imf''r.' III" wnr nv, ~, o,,,,,,tr, ,,,,i ,,avo
,"" ,'u a ,.a @ ..'J ', nu" ~, tn ,ro .a,s
70 on by nl| sItles kindly a1i1 respectfully.
Lat tina nrn,,lr lrurn tn
yorE Fj,oM PRINCIPLE
rather thall partisansllIp, and tho country
Will liz snfe.
lIe tIeu Eayo lis reasons why lie shall
yot1. will tlu, ],enllhtIcnus. mt IN src}, tn
convince lhose w!ln uitlere4' Datt necaase Inc
re'tsol's "efe satisfactory to Himself. AS TIC
1c'tSoh 1or tle nope t1hl Is III !l1'l-<>
FtrSs-l}eca1sst thu Republican party was
conceived by ntnt born Ut tl,e spirit of FREQ
tlo'u. n1nl ilns ever since its rll becil true to
.".'al mil sxn:t Ist1rn tn, t. ,,it mil, ~ nj
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ms @ p' % Itt'ig, th, i'rrr 'ais"y THIRTY
wsrc W wrttei, Fscclon,, j1is,1cc, '' niercy % for
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toHsEt*iEo - ,i ~ speta*nS iu'''tics
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