The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-02

give themselves to perpetual psalm
singing, and, being all absorbed in
spiritual things, will become reckless
as to dress and dwelling, and very rigid
avs then governing the commercial
world, all enterprise and speculation
will cease, and all hilarity be stricken
out of the social circle. There is no
/ suppose that when society is recon-
structed, where there is now in the
course Of year one fortune made there
will be hundred fortunes made. Every
one knows that the commercial world
thriVeS in proportion as there is conf
dence betWeeen man and man; and the
extirpatiOn of all dOuble-dealing and
fraud from society will increase this
confidence, and hence greater prosperity.
The heavy commercial disasters that
have smitten this land were the work Of
Goddess spectators and infamous stock
gamblers. 1t is crime that is the might
lest foe to business; but when the right
shall hurl back into ruin the plots of
bad men, and purify the commercial
code and thunder down fraudulent es-
Establishments, and put into the hands of
honest men the keys of commercial
prosperity, blessed will be the bargain
makers of the city. That will be pros
periOus time, for taxes will be mere
nothing. Every style of business is taxed
now to the utmOSt-city taxes, county
taxes, State taxes, United States taxes,
license taxes, manufacturing taxes,
stamp taXes-taXesI taxesl taxes! Our
citizens must make small fortune
every year to meet these eXactiOns.
What hand fastens to all our great in
dustries this tremendous lOadp Crime!
We have to pay the board of every man
and wOmP ThO, bylintemperance, Is
cast into the aims house. We have to
support the orphans of those who plunge
themselves into their graves by beastly
indulgences. We support from our
pockets the large machinery of muni-
cipal government, which is vast just in
proportion as the criminal prOcliVities
of the city are great. What makes ne
cessary hospitals, houses of refuge, pO-
lice stations and dalmS-hOuSes, the TOmbS,
Sing-Sing, and MOyamensing!
Politicians have been figuring ever
since the morning of the 8th of NOVem-
ber as to what meant the revolution of
American politics. In some cities and
States it may have had some meaning
peculiar to themselves, but L tell you
what it meant all over. 1t meant that
the people of the United States are in
furiated at the.way the taxes are kept
up when they could be lowered. A hum
dred million dollars extracted from the
hard earnings of the people to be stored
up as temptation to public officials. The
only way to keep public men from steal
ing from the Treasury $50,0OO,O0O is not
to have any surplus to steal. During
the coming session of Congress the Re-
publican party will have another OppOT-
tunity to takeEOff the blOOd-suckers from
the body polite, and if they fail to do it
the verdict of the people in Massachu-
1nff NnWHy arb 10 nVN1 1xT on OV finEy IN
compared with what will be the ava
lanche of popular Indignation. If
neither of the parties of the day do the
work of emancipation from taxes, then
a new party will do it. If you Republi-
ans and you Democrats do not do your
duty in this regard, we will, after a
while, form party of our own, and put
men in position pledged to anti-exces-
sive taxation, anti-rum, anti-dirt, anti
nuisances, anti-mOnOpOlies, and will
give those of you who have been. 80 long
feeding on public spOils, careless of
public morals, not so much as the wages
of street.sweeper. In that good time
coming there shall be no exhaustive
taxation; no orphans homeless, for par
ents will be able to leave their children
a competency; no prisons, for crime
will have given place to virtue. In the
happy time coming there will be no
voting of public money that on way
to some city improvement falls into the
pockets of those who voted it. No Courts
of Oyer and Terminer at vast expense to
the people. No impaneling of juries to
inquire into theft, arson, murder, sland-
er and black-mail. In that day of re-
demptiOn there will be better factories,
grander architecture, finer equipages,
larger estates, richer Opulence.
Again, when our cities are purified,
the churches will be multiplied, puri-
fed and strengthened. Now denOmina-
tiOns and the individuals of different
sects are often jealous of each other.
Christians are not kindly disposed to-
ward each other; and ministers often
forget the bond of christian brother
hood. In that day they will be sympa-
thetic and helpful. There may be diff
ferences of opinion and sentiment, but
no ascerbity, no hypercriticism and no
eXclusiVeness. In that day all the chur-
ches will be filled with WOrshipers. We
have not today in the cities church
room for One-fOurth of our population;
and yet there is great deal more room
than the people occupy. The churches
do not average an attendance of 500 peO-
pie. The vast majority do not attend
public worship; but in that day there
will be enough church room to hold all
the people, and the room will be all Oc-
cupied. In that time what rOusing
song will be sung! What earnest SER
mons will be preached What ferYent
prayers will be Offeredl In these days
fashionable church is place where,
after a careful toilet, few people come
in, sit down, and what time they can get
their minds off their stores, or away
from the new style of hat in the seat be-
fore them, listen in silence to the min
lister, warranted to hit no mans sins,
and to the choir who are agreed to sing
tunes nobody knows; and having passed
away an hour in dreamy lounging, 20
home refreshed. L pronounce much of
what is called church music in our day
mOckery and farce. Though have
neither a cultured voice nor a cultured
ear, no man shall do my singing. Moth
ing can take the place of artistic music.
The dollar / pay to hear Miss Thursby
or Miss Abbott sing is far from being
wasted. But when the hymn is read,
and the angels of God stOOp from their
thrones to bear up on their wings the
praise of the great congregation, let us
not drive them away with our indiffer-
ence. l have preached in churches
where fabulous sums of money were
paid to performers, and the harmony
90 avnuioifa Qnu harmnnU that