The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09
RELIGION, MORALITY AND POL
TTFOG.

New York Christian Advocate: a
charge of gross immortality specifically
made and not denied, or, in case OF de-
nisl, not disproven, introduces into
campaign q nom political and most pain
full element. Il IL an occasion for the
deepesT SORROW that elements Of this
kind have entered the pending Presiden-
tIal campaign. The consequences Of &C
knowledged or known vice in the high
est positions In the state are far-reach-
ing, socially and morally. When gross
wickedness is no impeachment to the at
tAInment Of the highest places in q re-
public, and the fact Is advertised to the
youth Of the land, virtue Is poisoned at
the fountain.
II is the solemn duty OF every relig-
ious paper 70 emphasize the grave issues
involved in the present campaign. That
duty the Christian Advocate now per-
Eorms- 1t calls upon Its readers TO
gravely consider all the allegations made.
and how they are met In each case; to
remember that sexual immortality and
lax ideas Of honesty and honor are two
OF the chief evils that threaten our coun.
try; and to observe that intemperance,
besides being the cause of many evils
which, without it, could not exist, fosters
these two ina fearful manner. 1t urges
them to ponder the far-reaching conse-
quences of votes which IN effect condOne
moral evil Of any sort. And having
done this, il asks the husbands, fathers
and brothers of the land TO OK.
ercise unusual thoughtiulness in de
Gliding for whom to vote this year. The
choice should not be choice Of ''prin,
ciples and not men," nor linen and moi
principles" certainly not men versus
principles, but should be men and prin
ciples. Can these be found united? II
not then indeed are we IN evil case, and
nothing remains for the Christian patri
OF but to do that which, on the whole
seems most likely TO strengthen the
foundations of social, political and per
sonal morality.
The implication made by certain BE-
culiar journals that our great men have
been all morally bad is hagrantly false
and its falsity should be made evident
1t has never been the practice of Ameri.
can voters to place libertines 20 hlgh pO-
sItion. Il is true, nevertheless, thai
some Of the most unsavory qualities ol
our modern political struggle are due
| quite as much 70 the great
| " elevated standard of pub
lie morals as to the differences between
the private character of candidates. ON
of the most hopeful signs of the times Il
to be found IN the fact that what would
have been regarded fifty wears ago as th'
harmless peccsdllloes of a society mar
are now regarded as public property
and are characterized truthfully as vice
and crime.
Every political party should be laugh
this autumn by the voters of this nation
that only men with correct moral prin
ciples will be accepted as Trustworthy
officers. Every aspirant for official dig
nifty should be taught that to shave fel
loWship with the unfruitful works o.
darkness involves his political ruin
Every young man and woman in the
land should be taught that secret wrong
doing will inevitably be disclosed. ant
that public condemnation, prompt anC
stern, will be visited upon the licentlOus