Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-10-08

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pose some outward obligations, they
do not decide the question of duty
DUTY is a moral obligation imposed
from within.
Both the aspirants for Congress
represent the great principles of the
Republican party. In their individual
lives and habits they also represent
other principles. If it is our belief
that ''bossism" is wrong in theory
and in practice, it is our duty to vote
against it. If we believe that truth
is preferable to falsehood, our ballots
must express it. IF we honestly be~
lieve that intemperance is a great
moral evil and curse to cur ooun-
try, we must vote against it in high
places as well as low. Our conscience
and the moral principles which un-
derlie our characters must determine
our duty, and not conventions or
Congressional committees.
The Society of Friends, in it's dis.
cipline and in the lives of it's men,
bers, takes the highest grounds on
all moral questions, especially the
temperance question, yet many of it's
members near Friendsville are for
Judge Houk. Who will explain
A SUBSCRIBER.
The above is from the last issue
of the Maryville Waterman, and it's
editor has the following editorial
comment, under the caption of
PRINCIPLE VS.. PERSON.
We gladly give place in another
column, to our correspondent on the
subject of "Our Duty" Being a
member of the Society of Friends,
he speaks plainly but with force as
to the members of that Society.
That leads us to enquire further in
response to the assumed position
taken by Houk's supporters on their
last fraud of principles, and not
personalities. We want to discuss
that question of principles. Where
is the sacrifice of principles, from a
political standpoint, in supporting
Rule for Congress- If this is direct,
ed to Republicans, why, Capt. Rule
is and always has been, strong,
consistent Republican. He has
never wavered IN a single instance.
Then there is no sacrifice of
principles in supporting him. But
how is it with Methodists, Presbys
terians and Baptists, as well as
Friends, as our correspondent has
What principles have
they? Section "a of the Methodist
contains the following as
part of their general rules in regard
to membership:
ut is therefore expected of all
who continue therein that they
should continue to evidence their de
sire of salvation, first, by doing no
harm, by avoiding evil of every kind,
that which is most gener-
ally practiced, such as the taking the
name of God in vain.
Drunkenness, buying or selling spir-
itu@us liquors or drinking them, un-
less in cases of extreme necessity,
= ="
Section 200 of the same book has
the following: =" x 4 Extirs
pate bribery, receiving anything, di-
rectly or indirectly, for voting at any
election. Show no respect to per
sons herein, but expel all that touch
the accursed thing. And strongly
advise our people to discountenance
Ill treats given by candidates before
Or at elections, and not to be par
takers, in any respect, of such in |
Iquitous practices"
The General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church (Moore's Dir
gest, page 486) made the following
1eliverance
"The Assembly recommend to all
the members of the churches under
their care to be found the fast, un>
and active friends of tenn
perance, abstaining from all forms
and fashions which would counte-
nance to any extent the sin of in
avoiding even the app
pearance of evil etc.
Further, in the larger Catechism
Of the Presbyterian Church, in an
swer to question 1856, we find the
1.-The sins forbidden in
the Sixth Commandment are
use of meat, drink, etc.
These are part only of the declar-
atoms of these two great bodies of
the Christian Church. The Baptists
ignore such declarations in their own
language, but declare the Bible it
self to be their book of doctrine and
which is also the founda-
ton. on which all our Christian
Churches have built So we might
quote from that book of all books
Deut. xxi 20-21: "And they shall
say unto the elders of the city, This
our son is stubborn and rebellious
he will not obey our voice; he is a
glutton and drunkard. And all the