The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-12-09
JACKSON. OHIO. THURSDAY. DECEMBER g. 1886

man swaggers and boasts that he don't
want any cranky notions thrust upon
him." the modern Babble-onian pats him
upon the back approvingly, and says:
"Thats right! Be man-stand for your
rights!' What are his rights, in the esti-
nation of this enemy? Simply the right
to work just enough to buy what stuff
his stomach can hold, and give the benefit
of his labor to the great lazy loafer who
makes a living by turning faucet. That
is the manhood" which is taught in this
market of which we speak. And the mo-
ment that manhood" becomes so far de-
stroyed as to render it unable to earn
money, the plague comes. The great Rul-
er scourges that one with countless atflic-
tions, and the world which was painted
SO brightly by the manager of Satan's
| business, becomes an abode of torment.
For the merchant" the plague comes as
surely, though sometimes not so rapidly.
This Babble-onian is engaged in whole
sale murder as q means of living without
honest labor Were a vessel of pirates to
appear upon our coast and murder the
crew of vessel bearing the American
flag, every man in the land, and every
vessel upon the sea, within the jurisdic-
ton of this country, would be diligently
seeking the destruction of the murderers.
Yet a worse gang of pirates are permitted
to come to your very doors and murder
your children, and you take them by the
hand, welcome them as business" men,
and permit the establishment of their
slaughter-houses right in your midst, on
your most public thoroughfares. Were a
number of yellow fever OF smallpox pa
tients to attempt an entrance into COM
munity, the authorities, upon the demands
of the citizens universally, would meet
and drive out the danger, shut it off to
itself, and warn all people, everywhere, to
shun the fatal place; yet the plague-rot-
ted Babble-onian is permitted to come in
to the Christian community and waddle
about with impunity, parading his bloat-
ed carcass as the specimen of the Internal
character of his work, and inveigle men
into his pest-house for the purpose of in
oculating them with his own horrible dis
ease. Were a maniac, with a gun in his
|
discriminate shooting, the whole town
would rush to his capture, and to the du-
ty of putting him out of the way of doing
harm. Yet the maniac and friend of the
swill-barrel will boldly, deliberately, poi
son whole community, drag the young
down to disgrace and ruin, and chuckle
at the sorrows of the old, and no success
full plan can be established by which to
drive him out or change his crime to we'll
doing. At dangers such as these we have
mentioned, the hearts of the people are
aroused. Rut the means of averting the
danger are slow, too slow in coming.
The plague and the misery, however, do
not fail. But let the Babble-onian set up
his horrid traffic in community, let him
ply his arts among the young people, and
get the trade Of the Devils market turn
ed in his direction, and it will not be long
until the working of the plague is visible.
The human wrecks begin to wander about
the streets; the mothers begin to wear a
look of anxiety and sorrow; the fathers
begin to show signs of a feeling of degra-
dation; the little ones begin to endure
the taunts of the keeper of the Devils
Market-House, that their father is a
drunkard; and there is inaugurated sea
of crime, ruin and sorrow, enough to de-
stroy many great cities. If the wrath of
God was merited by Babylon, will it not
be visited upon the modern agent of Grim e
and ruin? And is it not the duty of every
man to strive to protect the comm unity
| T.
will men arouse to the Importance of the
danger with which the Devils Agent
threatens their homes?