Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-25

I We have attempted from time n
time, for several years, TO imPes.
upon the public mind the danger.
ouA to1dehryih our l,bilIleal afIhirs
The following extract from the -,'r.
mon 81 Dr. Talmage. delivered nj
the Brooklyn TaberDacle. last Sun.
day, accortls so well with suggcs.
tiOns contained In our article on tho
"Presiden,ial Contest" last week
and accords so well with the truth
as we have presented IL time and
again that we give II space, hoping
THAT the thoughtful people. patriot.
ic people, will think upon Il, and
that the day ruay speedily come
when the bribery and ccrruplIun
which rides over the public will In
conventions and at the ballot-box
shall be punished rs other felonies
are. After eDitOmizing the history
OF the destruction OF the ancient
republics DR. Talmage continued.
= Tribune and San.
"YOu see Il is no unusual thing
for a government to perish. And
in the same neurology of nations,
and In the same cemetery OF expir-
ed governments, will go 10 the Uni
ted States OF America unless some
potent voice shall call halt, and
through divine interpOsitlon, by
purified ballOt-boX and an all-per-
Vading moral, Christian sentiment,
the present evil tendency be stop
ped.
"As the nation Is about TO exer-
else the right OF suffrage, ] propose
for two or three Sabbath mornings
to speak of the evils that threaten
the destruction OF our American
Institutions, and how each aud all
OF you may do something 10 avert
such a catastrophe, and l propose,
as God may help me, 10 pillow up
the whole field. Among the might
lest OF national perils " the TACT that
political bribery has ceased to be
called vice, aud Is by many look
ed upon as cOlnmendable virtue.
The five hundred thousand dollars
this autumn spent by one party In
Ohio, and as much by the other
party, il they can raise it-what
for? Ii Is legitimate and right To
spend money Tor campaign oratory,
but is there here any h0munculus
who supposes that these great sums
Of money are all to be thus expend-
ed I? Everybody knows that most
If II il 10 buy votes. Hundreds OF
people will have put before them so
much for the Republican vote, and
SO much for the Democratic vote,
and the superior financial induce
nents will decide the action. Next
Tuesday, Ohio, the pivotal Stale,
will speak. / can tell you which
party will carry the day. The par
ly that spends the most money.
My sympathies are for Ohio from
Lake Erie to Kentucky's border, It's
39964 square miles swept by the
scourge of political bribery. The
peddlers with gold from Wall street
and gold from State street, and gold
rom Third street, are now IN the
hotels OF Cincinnati, Cleveland and
Columbus, and in all the political
OF the State, dealing
Jut tile infamous Inducements. la
addition to the bribery OF voters in
hat State, the success Of this elec-
ion will be used IA bribe To the
whole nation, Inducing the men
who sit on the fence TO get OIL aud
20 with the triumphant party for
some one OF the hundred thousand
lffices AT disposal. The election IN
Ohio, no mstter which way II will
20, will not be any Indication Of
whom that State wants for Prcsi-
lent, but only an indication as to
which party has the fullest exeheq-
ier. At the close OF the last Pres
depsial election, at a banquet In
Nets York celebratlve a. the results,
Ind in the presence OF one eK-f'res-
dent and in the presence Of one
who afterwards became President,
{ was stated without reb0ke that
Indiana had been carried by bri-
Dery, although that word was not
Ised, but u more proverbial word,
soap
sin other days bribery existed,
Iut was a sin that held down It's
lead in shame. Utmost secrecy
was enjoined. as when, many years
lgo, the Legislature and other OIL
:ials OF Wisconsin were bought up
~ Il railroad company. The Gov
sfnor received $50, 900 for his sigma
ure.h T1is. private secretary receiv-
"a 5000. Thirteen members OF
he Senate received $I75,D0 among
hem In bonds. Sixty members Of
he other .Hou;e received $4,000 To
~ 900 each. The Lieutenant Gov
.rnOr received $1,000. The clerks
" the House from 5000 e. $4,000
ZACH. The Bank Comptroller re-
,eived $4,000. Two hundred and
ifty thousand dollars were dhs;rlb-
tied among the lobbyists. So you
zee thai the. raiiroad company was
yery liberal. But nothing except
he severest scrutity and cxplOra-
ion Of legislative committee ex-
,osed It, Bribery Is to-day fearless
" arrest, and arrogant, and defiant,
ind will decide the electiun ON the
irst Tuesday In next November.
L this diabolism 20 on, Bariholdis
tatue OF Liberty on BedlOe's Island
With uplitted torch TO light nations
n our harbor had better be chang
"a 40 that the torch shall be- drop
,ed as a symbol OF mtiionnl incen-
Ii there Is no power tO
top this purchase and sale ~ sufi-
,iges. our Government will perish /;
lot by foreign hand, bat by its own
rerfidy, and you had better gei rea-
ly the monument fol nfinthir d''ad
lation,, and let my texi chi-rl On
he rpitaph: Ala, alas, that great
'ity Babylon, that mighty city for
n one hour Is thy JndgIn' Mt
'ome' /"
Making a Railroad.