News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-11-06
ON THE STUMP.
THE DOCTOR TELLS US ABOUT THE
POLITICS OF THE DAY.
And Predicts Sad Day for the United
States Unless we Mend Our Ways.

Mr.. Talmage's text on Sunday was
from the eighteenth chapter of Rave
Iation, and referred to the destruction Of
Babylon. That city, said the Doctor,
was five times larger than London and
and twelve times larger than New York.
Its walls were 1913 feet high and SO feet
thick. On either side were twenty-five
FURNISHED gates and within the walls
were 625 squares. More wealth, pornp,
spIendor and sin fourished in Babylon
than in ten modern cities. But all passed
away in one night. Then the Doctor
summoned up the dead governments of
the world killed by their excuses.
'The government of the United
States" he Numbered out, "will go the
same way unless some potent voice calls
halt, and by the purifcatioii Of the
ballot-box and the prevalence of Chris
tan principles, great catastrophe is
averted."
To the task of stating the evils that
threaten to destroy the government and
annihilate Republican institutions, the
Doctor then applied himself. He prom
ised to ''plow up the whole subject"
Political bribery was the first evil stated.
Once it had been universally considered
a crime; now many people are begin
ming to believe it virtue.
1.-THE first evil that threatens to ami
hilate American institutions is that of
bribery. During the past week $500, 900
was sent into Ohio by one political party,
and $4,000 was sent into the same
State by the other party, if it was able
to raise the money. The vast majority
of it is for the purpose of buying votes.
GA number of years ago railroad
bought the entire State of Wisconsin.
The Govarnor received $40, 900; his
private secretary. SIS, 600; thirteen Sen
ators received $175, 900, and so on. The
railroad company was very generous.
But all that was so hidden that it took
the gratest scrutiny on the part of
committee to unearth the bribery. But
now political bribery is arrogant. 1t
deties you! 1t will probably decide
the election next November. When the
Bartholdi statue is placed on its pedestal,
the torch should not be held erect. Let
it be dropped, as signal of universal
incendiarism. Unless this bribery is
stopped, this nation will be annihilated
"Another evil is the solidifying of the
SCCIlOu5 CtlSlA OLIiSI-SS oOAtNi
South against solid North. 1t is nine
teen years since the war closed, yet
every few years the sectional animos-
tiles are aroused. The evil will never be
ended until every State in the Union is
split into two or three parties. This
nation cannot exist unless it exists as
one family. The interest of Georgia is
the interest of Massachusetts. Does
the Ohio River change its politics when
it runs below Louisville? 1t is impos-
sible for this sectionalism to exist many
years without the nation suffering from
a permanent compound fracture.
'Auother evil is the low state OF
public morals. The drunkenness and
lechery that have destroyed other
nations will destroy ours. Many men
have been nominated for offices for
which they are altogether unfit. Ten
persons have been nominated this yeal
for President and ce-President. Two
of them are women. They are good
Great laughter.) Three out of the
eight men have no moro qualifications
for the offices for which they have beer
named than the blind world has to lee
ture to the eagles on the subject OF
optics prolonged laughter). The mere
pronunciation of their names is enough
to call for carbolic acid and fumigation
fSensation). The moral tone of the
nation has fallen so low that there is
beneath it. When the Dem
ocratic party enacted the Tweed frauds,
it was thought that the depth of political
depravity had been reached, but the
Republican party has outdOne pande
monlum with Star-route infamyl
"We have people in these United
States who scott at the marriage re-
lation, men who walk in our parlors but
are not good enough to act as scavepger
in Sodom. When [ arrived in Sal
Francisco several years ago the Mayor
catc-i--f7Jn IITe-to invite mo to visit tho
the Chinese quarters. believing thai
when returned to the E lst would tell
of its wickedness. But before I left thi
city | asked my audience if they wanted
to know what really thought about il
all. Yes, yes they answered. will
you stand itP [ asked. Yes, yes,
they said. We'll, then I said, 'the
curse of San Francisco is not her Chinese
quarters, but her millionaire libertines.
and two of them sat there before me
Uaughter). There is enough out-and-
out RIGHTEOUSNESS in American cities IL
call down upon them the wrath of God
who buried Sodom and Gomorrah
Bribery and lcentiOusness will attena
the nations obsequies if We do no