The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-24

the Hermit will Yet arise among the
| people To preach a new crusade against the
system of falsehooa, forgery and defamation,
which are still tolerated a weapons of political
warfare. Let Your curse rest upon them, and
Your heel crush them out. They degrade Us in
| the eyes Of all foreign nations, and they insult
/ the purity and patriotism OF our own people.
/ As your vengeance should be swift upon thosS
who are proved corrupt, so let 1t fall with the
ll,eers who fear not to corrupt the pubic mind
/ with falsehood, and defame the reputation OF
1 the State and Nation by reckless assaults upon
) their representative officers.
| Let YOUR indignation also How in full tide
AGAINST the corruptefs OF the ballot box Our
/ LAWS are not vet severe enough against these
/ enemies Ut the Republic Tricks and receptions
which rob the voter OF his sovereign right are
not adequately punished Fraudulent tickets
/ are repeatedly delivered To the ignorant and I'M
wary. And yet single vote has been known to
! shape the policy OF a State The ballot Is the
] crown of popular sovereignty, and II should he
guarded with care like that bestowed upon the
leweled emblem with which kings go 10 their
coronation.
What influence vii, the $50 periodical rrs sses
! vi Iowa exert upon TIE future character OF our
States What will this enormous power for
good or evil do 10 form the reputation and build
up IN honorable name and fame Tor our home
| Repmhlics Shall their columns he filled with a
/ mixture of rood aud evil. Of truth anu false
hood tia, They may thrive bv mnistering to all
d,prased AZ well n elevated tastes. The
preaching of Your churches AMI the
teaching of your schools will he robbed OF hall
their educational force, II the press fails 10 con-
tribute lis :. a:e To the eleva-
ton Of lublie sentiment The hurried de;
mand OF the daily page upon overtaxeu
brains leads TOO often to recklessness u,
assertion, To slcioasness OF argument, and even
to the invention OF facts. while Serfeat1on oi
their statements awaits the leisure OF tieli
authors Meanwhile the public mind II led
astray and public opinion In part corrupted
The great majority Of their issues, ii IL willingly
! believed. ART useful instructors among the mora
I fsIees If the community But from this central
he rttstone OF the State We to-day invoke then
! all to recognize higher respons hiiits To truth
and justice, more thorough emancipation non
prejudice III party and of person. ana deeper
apIreeiat ON OF their influence uIon the destl'
nies ri Iowa.
| Formidable social and economic questions
have in recent wears risen In the political
horizon tn which direct our troubled gaze
a. we should look nj some unknown foine'
stretching across the heavens. The smpiei
manners and the greater eauaiity OF fortunes
hase PASSED away. The progress Of our race II
this nineteenth century has been 70 rapid, aiie
sg al discoveries Of science occur 70 ire
! uueGtly, that, when Ne Iause To look backward
along lie line Ut our own advance, We are nilco
with astonishment. The venerable man OF fonl
score years who may listen here to-day, knew a
tie when 40 boat was propelled 10y steam
] while LON all great scar aud all INLAND watcfi
! are ssAed 10y their ceaseiess wheels. lh'
| mature man ut three score years knew tiin'
when no vehicle for freight or passenger
m ansa faras unseen oa torae: f Willie nov
their noise distuIhs the tranquility OF two con
tinents Men of still more vigorous years know
IA time when electricity was an unclaimed force
while now, subjected 10 our use, messages ar
instantaneously transmitted by IL thousands 0
miles over land and under seas, annihilatinI
| time and outsnaedinG the eoursoIs OF The sun
1 le 10y still at school, with his sachei slun
upon his shoulders, remembers the time whel
tile human voice Was lost NJ short radius u
| the atmosphere; where now u travels. guided y
4 delicate vide. teF eoof0 Ok miles, ma ApeAk