The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-02-11

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a man. Faith in those we have been
taught to admire-faith in friends, faith
in religion. | would not try to shake
tn" faith Of n Baptist in immersion, nor
an Episcopalian in the npostolical sue
ccSsion nor n Jew in the Talmud. Let
them have their faith and let me have
mine. But | would try to cnlighten the
hcclouded minds of those who worship
fire and the sun and the sun and all
sorts Of idols and have no intelligent
conception Of God and his goodness.
The Jew is as much a Christian rs the
Gentle, for he believes in a Savior-the
Savior who stitch at the RICH: hand of
God, and the only difference is that he
does not believe He has yet come but
that he will come. We should be
thankful every day that religious intol-
GRANGE has passed away and with it the
inquisition and the Smithncld fires AM!
the drowning Of witches, and thus our
children are safe from martyrdom for
opinions sake.
The intolerant and the rapid prrscly-
tor must go. There is but one God. and
Mohammcd is not his prophet, nor any
II else who claims the exclusive right
to be. The church militant is just like
the army militant. The privatcs do the
fighting, and there is many n private
who is n better man than his captain or
his colonel. General Grant saws in his
Shiloh article, that his men stood firm,
bat some Of his c~oioncls were arrant
towards and'lcft the field.
am glad Of one thing, and that is that
the people have at last made n new de-
parture and elected n man president
who was nota military hero. The coun-
try is not sick Of heroes, but it is their
claims for civic hunorS and rewards.
They are not statesmen, as Il general
thing, and are out Of their element in
administering the affairs of a great nation.
| hope that Mr.. Cleveland will let them
rest awhile when he makes up his caLi-
net. Grant had sweet crowd around
him and they stole and plundered every
thing they could, but | believe that
most of them are now dead or disgraced,
or both, and the country has almost for
gotten they ever lived.
But everything looks quite pcaccable
now on this side Atlantic and the pros
pect is bright for the next four years to
come. We arc at peace with the world.
There is n little hard feeling about this
dynamite business, and it ought to be
fixed up. Those dvnamitcrs arc getting
entirely too impudent over here. see
they had . ecent meeting in Chicago
and made speeches and applauded that
London explosion and declared what
they could do in Chicago. They have
formed a partnership with the conmunes
and ninilists and would overturn our
W government if they dared and they
say they do dare. When Il man threat
ems another mans life the law puts him
UNDER bond to keep the peace, and these
fellows who threaten the peace and Sc
curity of our people susht to be put un-
der bond or sen to prison, and it ought
te be done quick and sharp and let their
sy~mpathizcrs take warming.
The English are our brethren and our
ancestors and the world owcSt to Eng
LAID more for morals and the civilization
and Arrangement in the arts and sciences
than to any other nation. Our govern
mcnt should NOT permit these ~dynami-
tcrs to plot and plan their Internal
schemes oyer here: The next thing we
know they will be trying their hands on
IL capita! for the devil is in them and
they don't cafe. They are the turbulent
disturhers OF the public tranquility. !
don't want such men for my nabors, for
if they take i~ofiense they would shoot n
man through the wisdom by night and
while he was surrounded by his family.
Thcynrc .assassins Of the worst type.
If the poor Irish can't live uudcr British
rule let them come over here. There is
plenty of room and let them behave
when they do come. I am Irish myself
and love the Irish heart, and an proud
Of the noble sons Of Erin, but there is
no method in their present madness and
no humanity in their methods.
BILL ARP.