Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-10-15
sTATEsM ANSIInP.

The prosperity Of the State depends more
upon manhood than upon material wealth.
A State may have great wealth and be
poor indeed. The decay Of manhood iudi-
Gates that there is more than one rotten
plank in the ship Of state. When man
hood is lightly esteemed there is clear in
dication that the hull Is worm.eaten and
unseawoithy. Rome had magnificent
monuments OF wealth and military glory
at time when TO be called Roman cili-
zen was proud distinction the world over.
But when Catiline corrupted the youth and
led them to houses Of prostitution, when
Mark Antony and his wife Fulvia nssassi.
mated such orators and statesmen as Cicero
whose head "she took and spit upon and
placing II IN her lap drew6ut the tongue
Which she pinced several times with her
bodkin, uttering all the while the most op.
probrious language against Cicero" When
men and women polluted with lust and re-
venge slaughtered each other as brutes, her
re'l estate deprecated and her msgnifi-
cence was worthless. So il was with
Greece. When manhood decayed through
dishonesty. lust and revenge, nll the elo-
qnence and slatesinanShip Of Demoslhenes
could not save the state. Her glory and
magniicence perished together. II Great
Britain will listen TO such stslesmanship as
that exhibited by Golden, Clarkson, vii.
! berforce and Gladstone who with one voice
have plead for the emancipation Of the
slave and the dignity Of man, she shall
have more occasion for national pride than
all the wealth Of her banks, the Rothchilds
her American and Indian colonies, her
fleets and armies combined can afford. II
ia the glory Of American statesmanship il
had for itS grand object the elevation OF the
people. Washington. whose great heart
beat in unison with the highest regards oil
the people, could not bear to lose single
man. lie tried by all means to save hi,
men. In his own person, both IN war and
in peace, whether al the head OF the army
or OF the state lie exhibited to the Ameri-
can people the highest type of manhood
Lincoln. whose heart was as tender and
sympathetic as woman's, never felt So
happy ms when he could pardon some poor
fellow who had been doomed 10 a crue
death and gave express orders TO the sold
ier Of the army 10 deal gently with III,
"onili whose sons though lsagned in rebel
lion he still regarded MS bretheren belong
Ing TO one political family. No one coull
better appreciate the worth OF a man than
that distinguished personNge who came
from the court of Heaven TO rescue lin
from urong-'loing and ils amending pun
ishmeni, NOthing can be more unsiAles-
manlike than that kind OF legislation ihAr
licen'es vice and crime and degrades OH
manhood for the purpose OF enriching III,
Golfer. Of the State. The paliilcal scono
my oi the present and the past teaches tina
the welfare Of each man Ia of more yaln,
than all the gold and silver The world con-
iains. A very ancient proverb says "An
honest man Ia the noblest work Of God. d
An older and more authoritative saying Ia
God nnde man upright" To make men
upright ia the first and the grand work ol
craftsmanship. II iH the function Of the
state to remove from her borders whatever
has tendency 10 corrupt the people
Whiskey, tobacco, opium, gambling, pro-
ane and obscene literature should be con-
demned. A corrupt md dishonest man Ia
more to be dreaded by the state than wars
and famine aud pcstilence. Let each com.
mon or state school have pesl.house in
which to keep every corrupt. foul,moutled
pupil, lest he eventually damage or desiroy
the Stale. JUROR.