Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-09-19

Eloquent Inaugural Remsrls.
concluded from yesterday.]
The country is waiting for. a leader, but
he must not be the chiefest of brood of
demagogues, nor the most cunning of q
tribe of manipulators, nor the most willy
OF race of diplomats, deftly handling
words and phrases with intent to deceive.
He must be a man of clean hands
and pure heart, who hath not lifted up
hls soul to vanity nor sworn deceitfully.
He must believe in . present God, who
not only created the earth and the men
upon it, but is now working with and by
these men, to redeem the earth from
evil. He must believe that the earth is
the Lords and be seeking for ways to
help the Lord to come to his own; Civ
ing thanks all the time for the wondrous
truth that God wants his help. Some.
where there is such q man now living
under Gods eye and training; he does
not dream that he is to be the dellverer,
though his heart aches, and cries out
from the desert of his exile that God will
send by whom he will send, for the ran
soming of the nation. And there are
hosts of young men that ought to be in
training to follow that leader when sud-
denly he comes bearing the rod of God
in his hand. There will be q party that
can say to rum, your day of doom has
come. Die. That will find way to
teach Mormonism out of itself into pur.
ity and loyalty; that will be brave
enough to do simple justice to the In-
dian by the easy and obvious plan of
giving them the protection of law while
making them amenable to it. This party
too will have honest brains enough to
find and adhere to sound system of
finance, and it will know enough and be
brave enough to say and do something
with the tariff question that will be
worthy the name OF policy. When
they are brave enough to discuss the
subject without thinking of its bearing
on presidential campaign. they Will
doubtless find that neither protection
nor free trade has the true eolution.
Plainly enough the few have no right to
compel the many to subsidize their busi-
ness. Equally plain is it fallacy that
the highest happiness of the citizen is
attained by living ina land where food
and clothing can be had at the lowest
possible cost. This begs the whole
question, and utterly ignores the fact
that man has moral and in.
tellectual nature which must be
satisfied before question of food
and clothing is even considered.
The tariff question can never be settled
except on the broad basis Of scripture.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word that proceedeth out of
the mouth of God. Politicians of course
sniff at this now, as mere pious drivel.
1t is the mission OF the christian scholar
to come up and take the politicians plan,
and teach the world the alphabet of
politics and political economy. This
new party might be brought into life
now. to be conquering power IN this
campaign if those who were brave
enough to defy party organizations, were
also wise enough in christian politics to
see that the very highest moral ground
is the only safe ground. 1t is the chris.
tian and he alone who has put himself
in the line where great events are flow.
ing, therefore he is the only one who il
by any possible combination of circum
stances to look at shings in their true
bearings. He only can discern the truth
and find the path OF safety. But on the
other hand the christian need not expect
to have this place of insight and rod OF
power unless he deserves it by working
for it. In the days soon to come the
world is to be governed by christian
principles, administered by christian
men, but at the same time there is nc
magic in these principles that will pre-.
clude the need of brains. Nor will
brains then, any more than now be oi
any avail unless they are developed. A.
the christian statesman stands on plat
form, wider than any other, SO he must
be wider, stronger, better trained man
than any other. The ministry of to-day
calls for q more thorough training thar
ever before. This standard cannot be
lowered. It must rather 20 higher. The
politicians Of the future must also take
the same advanced position. To be sure
no man can honestly put the ordering o
his life into the hand of God, and openl,
stand before the world as one of God't
men, with being thereby made largel
man. It is also equally true that ht
cannot because of this be excused from
learning the multiplication table if he ii
to be mathematician, or the rules o.
the grammer if,he is to know Greek. 81
too he is as much as ever compelled tt
study history, and literature and politi
col economy If he is to take par
In shaping the daily history O
his country for in that da,
intrigue, wire pulling and manipulating
will be known only as methods once sad
" common, these happily dieplaced b,
honest knowledge. unselfish duty, eff
cient integrity. Do you hear thes,
words q being pleasant sayings, ant
like old war kilograms "highly lmportan
if true,"' but in your heart disbelieve
such state Of things is impossible. Th
lreply is. it requires no prophets eye (,
see the light Of that day even now light
ing up the sky. Civil service, retrench
ment, reform, prohibition, these or
advance guards Of the great army Wit
banners coming fast to take possession
OF the land. II We believe that such
time 10 ever to come, No help 1t to com
the quicker. II We believe il to be nee
ct hand, and train ourselves to be read
for it, We add wings TO the speed Of il
coming. When it comes 90 that me-
can see it 70 be. really here, they can loo
back and discern the mark Of 0od's han
oil along the way, just % now We CO
see how he oil the while worked for th
overthrow OF slavery. Who better tha
the trained christian scholar osn rec
correctly the signs Of tho times - the
afs pAssing By. and % lose none OF th