The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-09-09
POLITICS AND RsLiGsON,
who Kiiied Cock Robin Prohibi.
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| To the News.
WACO, Texas. September 8, 1885,
Under the caption of politics and re.
ligion, there appeared in the Deem
| Der, 1884, number of the Guardian and
Young Texan, he organ OF Waco
university, the following article over
the familiar initial, X G.. b. They
stand for Rufus q. Burleson, the
widely. known Baptist munster aud
educator. In view ofthe Rev. Briggs
assault on Senator Coke for saying TO
the voters of McLennan county, "if
scourge them back" DIR. Burleson's
views at this juncturo are not mai
apropos. Shall we follow DIR. Burle-
son and Senator Coke or DIR. Carroll
and Brother Briggsl While pausing
for reply, | paste on the article Of
the venerable doctor, "for more than
II quarter of century an educator
and university president in Texas
Who killed Cock Robin Blaine!
Parson Burchard. How did he Kill
him? With his r. K. X. Poor Blaine
says yea, weeping, "rhat speech of
good Father Burchard against Rum
Romanism and Rebellion tniued Inc.
1t offended and drove from me thous-
auds of tomsu Catholics and rum
sellers" Poore Blaine found out too
late that preachers in politics, Instead
of being "wise rs serpents and harm.
less as doves" are as silly as flies and
harmless Us hawks. They everlast-
| ingly let their mouths 90 off half
cooked, at the wrong time and wrong
way. They tear, latter and tumble
thugs to rufus. The speech of old
Father Burchard should be al ever
lasting warning to preachers and poll
ticians. AS all clectioneering trick,
100 preachers aud pastors, in order TO
cover up the many obliquities of
Blaiue, called on him in body nj
New York. Old Father Burchard
was their spokesman. But, alas. "the
best laid schemes of mice aud men
gang att aglee." Instead of bolster
lug, he burnt, bruised, blasted and
beached Blaiue by his rip, rage and
ruin speech Rum, Romauism aud
Rebellion. Hcnceforth, let preachers
never forget that our div inc master
said, any kingdom is not of this
world aud whenever preachers i'll
New York or Texas use their office
MS pastors to aid any political party
they prostitute their high calliug and
| iriehns.' 'i'rehchefs 7dv6' otnG'd sbdit
rights and responsibilities as Other
citizens. have been Jackson dem
ocrat forty years. | regard it, MOI
merely a privilege, but religious
duty to vote for everything from
Justice of the peoce to president
. But would feel had committed sac
rilege TO use my Office as preache
for political ends. 1t is even wors,
than using the pastoral Office to Dol
, ster up patent medicine aud quaci
nostrums aud quacks in general.
!, always regard a preachers name
. such as prima facie evidence of hun
:, bug and fraud. Let doctors look a
. ter the healing art, aud politicians tn
> interest of the state. Let not til
4 shoemaker go beyond his last nor IL
= pastor beyond his pulpit.
i, What could be souuder Jacksonia
/, democracy than the above! And
tor prohibition not being a politic'
movement, DR.. Cranlill told me ye
terday thar the man who said II WI
Ie not political, did not understand u
use of language; IL proposes TO enfor
moral reform by All appeal TO U
Legislative power lie said the pan
e. platform is conclusive; prohibition
70 party question and came to STA
d: but 1t went, all the same. COCK 10
in in Blaine aud Cock Robin Prohibit,
N were evidently both killed by Z
OF same deadly willopus-willopus Ja
he bone. DEMOCRAT,