The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-03-19

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out, and by his very nature, if lie have
any manhood left, his. moral sense will
compel him 10 despise, and his conscience
VIII approve him whom he despises and
rejects the proifered leadership of such
people. Can there be any doubt ab-ut
that? Answer nae ye who have mportuned
heaven In behalf of man. Answer me We
who living or dead have sought mans real
good at a sacrifice, yo who at heart desire
this 10 be free land; eau You accept the
leadership of such men? Let me tell you
something / once witnessed and the way
L felt during and after il. / shall leave it
Tor you to decide whether my feelings
were of normal or abnormal kind. Just
so far as possible shall dislobc i, of all
political garb though must mention pol
tics to state it. | attended meeting
while since that was Of II political nature.
The general manager was a. man of keen
native wit. gave him AM attentive hear
ing, granting him as much time at an af-
ternoon session rs l could. spare for the
purpose. could not endorse his position
politically, aud it seemed to me-that nv
reasons were untouched by his arguments.
After tie meeting several asked me my
opinion of his position and told them
frankly IS would any man who in
quired but not to argue The question of
motive on. his part had not occurred to
my mind In the evening l went again.
II ever man took up question at the 4
right point, he did; so | thought. He
had no more interested auditor than my
self at that time. All honor TO the man
who VIII face The real point al. issue Pc
moved towards ii. But he digressed, Ito
tell story perhaps. | felt sorry He
may forget to return. Ny interest tagged
Tor moment, only moment, and then
he had me. This time he was dealing a
series of epilhets at me personally.
knew some one had mis- Informed him OF
my position-honestly no doub;--but he
had been m:s-informed. The point at
issue had been missed. 1t seemed to me
as II he had mistaken premises and ignored
conclusions. felt chagrined If ever
wanted to rise and compel a man to state
all it was then. | aim only at portraying
my feeling Qhese remarks are not intended
AS being against his party or position at
llD was tempted to rise then and there,
and even at the risk of becoming disturb
er OF = meeting to question him. That
feeling was overcome and decided TO see
lim at the close of The meeting and quietly
lsk him II few questions. | felt as if he
must have known that he did not state all
he facts
have come to believe that il yoil will
1--WE man time nc will show you of lust
What stuff he is made As | sat there with
sense Of wounds uniuslly inflicted ii was
veH to him to- heal them. Like cured
Ike in this case. He told story which
augh' me the importance of emphasizing
he truth l considered at this time. II was
young man whom he represented as
mall headed, soft headed almost imbecile.
his young nam aspired to instruct some
eople in poiical meeting. The genius
Our country gave him that right. The
peaker went to the meeting, so he told us.
urposed TO "br3al him all M" The
urpose was executed The design was
lccessful. The timid aspiring American
tizen twas all broke up;' and of course
ne meeting practically as we'll
In manner untopcha5le by law, but as
ally, as ever Chicago roughs or Boston
pIlies, or southern red shirts struck The s'
'yal dignity of free people so did llss
hen in The execution, Of precontrived
lrpose, knowing his man, knowing what
eapon to use he executed that purpose.
on must distinguish between one on the
lpulse of the moment doing such an, aet,--.
I'd one planning beforehand. and attend.
g a meeting for the purpose But more
an that, upward of a year passes by2-a
'ar when such has. been the state Of the
lblic mind that every man and woman
ould have thought with great care on
G vital questions of responsibility to God
id our kind-and yet the story is told as
e might tell story worthy of a man.
Did as if actually believing it was not as
rusting a knife into the moral sense of GA
audience; as if listners were morally so N:
.use as to fail TO see in it an insult to the n
ynity, and an outrage TO the conscience
every christian citizen. There are
'ongs men do which should not be
raded before the world. There are M
mes doubled when boosted about
my man recalls with deep and awful.
yret his wrong course. and tells the story n "a
God only. Do you wonder then (wasit
rmal or abnormaD that / said at once. y y
yone who could do such an act and, not 81
mt the fact hidden in oblivion can harm, u
man in the estimate of those who think? & +
The let him parody prayer as he will, 4
him rdicule the non.use Of conscience IS. 4
DR.. Howard Crosby, let him continue A ><