Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-08-03

H"fN wv 'HeheaIobNh VI h"iN'i'e'
labor from the curse ol monopoly. W,
must send men to State and Nationa
legislatures who can not DO suborne(
by bribery, either in the shape Of pro
motion or dollars. do not believe il
union OF Church and State, but / d,
believe that unless the Church of Goo
rises up and shows herself the frient
of the people, as well as the friend o
God, and proclaims her sympathy foi
those who are, with their families a
their backs, fighting this great battl,
for bread, she will become defunc
institution, and Christ will again e
down on the beach and will invit,
twelve plain, honest fishermen to CONT
forth in the Apostleship of new dis
pensation of righteousness, manwarC
as well as Godward. What is The
present disgraceful phase OF State anC
National politics? You and | are pay
ing to day the board, and washing
and cigars, and whisky bills of The
Legislature of the State OF New York
while they are lowering over the spoilt
Of Office. No one supposes that th,
fifteen or twenty candidates over
which they are contending are the
only men fit for the Senate oi
the United States Why not branch
out into new field and give us
for change two great Christian
philanthropists who would adorn the
Senate OF the United States more than
the Senatorial Office would adorn them
| nominate VIM. Il. Dodge, the great
Christian philanthropist of New York,
and George l. Seney, the great Chris
tian philanthropist of Brooklyn. | do
not know whether they are Conkling
men or anti-Conkling men. l only
know they are anti fraud, anti.rum,
anti.ignorance, But no such nomina.
ton will be ratified. The time has not
yet come for the elevation of such
men. But IL will come. God did not
make the Atlantic ocean for few
great whales TO swallow up all the
fish. Nor did He make this Continent
to furnish few fat magnates with
blubber The great blessing of this
country is the railroads, made for us
to ride over; but we must not lie
down as the "sleepers' and let the
railroad ride over us. "Oh, says some
one, "there is no need of talking
against bribery, whether of Office or
cash, for every man has his price," l
don't believe it. Even heather lands
and dark ages have given us specimens
of incorruptibility. Cadi, at Smyrna,
had a case brought before him for
trial, One of the parties, to win his
case, gave the Cadi 500 ducats. A half
dozen witnesses testified in behalf of
the briber. The poor man opposed
had no witnesses. Then the Cadi pull.
ed out from under the ottoman the
bag of ducats and said "This poor
man has been able to furnish no wit
nesses, but | will produce on his side
five hundred witnesses" and throwing
the ducats aside in disgust the Cadl
decided for the poor man, Eponimon.
das, when offered large bribes, replied,
"lf the thing you want me to do is
right, | will do it anyhow; if wrong,
all the goods in the world could not
persuade" Fabricius, the Roman Sen.
ator, was offered for betrayal of his
land, gold by Pyrrhus, the Macedo,
nian. Fabricius responded; "What
example should / set the citizens of
Rome2 Keep your riches to yourself
and | will keep my poverty and my
reputation The President of the
American Congress during the Revo-
luton, General Reed, was offered by
foreign commissioners ten thousand
guineas to betray his country, and he
replied: Gentlemen, | am poor, very
poor but your king is not rich enough
to buy me-" Yet, why go SO far back,
when you and |, if we move in honor
able society, know men and women
which all the concentrated forces of
earth and hell could not shake. No
one would think of offering such an
office or a dollar in bribery any more
than they would think of trying to
tempt an angel of light TO exchange
heaven for the pit. 1t is villainy to
offer bribc, but it is a very poor com.
pliment to the man TO whom It is
offered. / do not like those men who
go about telling how much they could
get if they only would sell out. Wo.
men who complain of frequently get.
ting insulted may know that there is
something in their carriage to invite
insult. There are men at Albany, Har.
risburg and Washington who would no
more be approached with bribe than
pirate boat with few outlaws would
dare to attack a British man.of war
with two long banks of guns on both
sides, loaded to the touch.hole, There
are incorruptible men, and they are
to be the righteous men that will save
tho city and save the State and save
the Nation.
My counsel is, stay out of politics
until you are invulnerablc to this style
Of temptation. Indeed, your natural
strength rcSds religious bracing. Moth.
ing but the grace of God can keep our
public men what they ought to be.
wish that an old.fashioned revival
might break out in Congress and our
Legislature, and that many of our
leading Republicans and Democrats
might 60 down on the anxious seat in
repentance. That day will come, for
Kings and Queens are, according to
the Bible, TO be made "nursing fathers