Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-01
First Political Speech of the
Bishop of the Church of Di-
vine Fragments, as Reported
by the Recording Angel.

ceed In nling the various ofces with he reuegade.
an maleontents who have len or been kicked out OF
Il how viii you agree In the division OF the spoilsf
You must see that your le sse Of power would be Of
short duration; having by the aid Of these
Jecopin k1ckerss you would soon have to eonquor
Against them while you would have the members Of
the old party still living, still convulsiye ever on the
stretch 10 region each other tie two
able forces In the political world y
IN conversation with theee would-be refornsrs,
and with dissatisfied members Of the Democratic
party, while they admit the neceesity OF two par.
hes and that they do not wish 10 destroy e. but 10
weaken IL 80 that Il viii not be so hurful to other
crankey parties. his 10 strange Language 10 come
from men still claiming te be Democrats: n this
principle IL carried out what becomes OF the ieeti
macy, or rather this religion Of democracy that our
forefathers dug out from under the walls Of super
etillon and revolution, and dedicated us free Gift
TO unborn millions.
am not a very old man, but / can remember
those dntcomers well, in this and adjoining coun-
ties. Seme were OF American stock some from the
Rhine, some from the Oder aud some from sunny
ireland. Many were from Revolutionary families
worthy decendants Of the men, who made thIe
nations. Yet some OF these from sunny Ireland are
now taking lioerti,s ,s with our form Of government
by maligniDg and tradueiDg the regular nominees
Of the Democratic party.
The wives of theRe early pioneers were nlous pru-
dent women, mothers In Israel, whose sons cherish
their memory With tender reverence, for they never
allowed their daughters to attend club dances.
THESE early pioneers were the path-fn ders for
the advance agents Of nations power and peo-
PIES happiness; they brought with them the school
houses and churches, and they established the
township organizations that citadel Of liberty, the
bullwork OF popular freedom, as my mind reyerts
to the days OF my carly boyhood when the dark for
rest scowled on the pienser aud the savage Indian
ca:npsd within its y:dss, and the howl Of tue wolf
1t seems but Yesterday that these sturdy men
elme Into the wilderness here to wrvst from nature,
homes for themselves and their posterity The men
who swung the ok here in this county 40 years ago
are the true defendants Of the men who signed the
Immortal Declaration Of Independence. care not
where they were born, or when, or in what country
their hardships their struggles their triumphs bore
the rich futage Of the prosperity and content that
surround us, no kings Of the stock of Charlemagne,
no Robber Barrons OF the Norman blood arc nobler,
nor are nobler ancestors than the men Of the revo
luton and their children in this country who made
the waste places dry. and the wilderness to bios.
som as the rose. Oh, yes, We had began to think
that we were Of noble stock We had began to think
that we were from the loins Of the true Knghthood
OF human progress. but in an evil hour we were
rudely awakened last summer by the stunning facts
that we were all imposters, that for years We had
systematically robbed the PeniteDtiary Of It's just
due by keeping men In Office who were but deRencr-
Hte sons OF Rpostate sres. This great discovery was
made oy man whose greatest boast was that he
was Irehman from the top OF his head to the soles
| ofhis feet, and that his father and mother wore
1rishmen too, that this IL entitled to rank with
the greatest discoveries, none can deny
nut TO enow what great nre a little matter kind
leth will investigate the real csusc Of this violent
explosion, the great man in whose versatile brain
this vast accumulation of gas had accumulated in
In the last decade awoke one morning to realizing
sense OF his lost condition, that the wolf was ct the
door and not dime In his pocket to strengthen the
inner man; that he had wasted his substance at the
saloon, and there were none to lend helping hand.
but the TACT that the world 10 oyster to the one
/ that has knife sharp enough to open It. came TO
his mind with vivid freshness.
1 ARRANGEMENTS werc soon made with member of
| knOwn % the cave Of the winds by some hook or
4 crook, sympafhizng friend was fetnd to guHren-
tee the express Charges on 500 copies Of pantent
Il world astounded few dAys after by the issue
OF paper, by q man, who without dollar in his
pocket, the day before had undertaken task that
1 would stagger Vanderbilt or q J. Gonid.
This paper was styled the Peoples Advocate or
| Friend, by man who knew what he was talking
about One OF the greatest Lessons OF life can be
drawn hy careful study Of the career Of this won
i derfnl man, To the yoang meu who are wasting
their wages In attending club dances and dangling
ut the apron string Of some Flora McFmsey, he 10
/ an example OF what cheek and energy can do To
the old he 10 swift witness of the solemn fact to
how easy lifelong reputation s lost destroyed.
Oh, the power of the press Its getting to be some
thing j1st awful. It will bring about revolution
yet and 1t will not be bleodess either Since the ID
Issue of this paper men who had hitherto been rated
as good citizens, by trying to save up competency
for rainy day, and leaving to their children the
nch heritage Of an unblemished reputation, ind
that all their life they have been Irving an unmiti
gated lie, that but for the untirng energies Of this
great rcformer, ferting cut their misdeeds, their
widows and children could have had the satisfaction
Of witnessing first class funeral, while now he VIII
take his last sleep In an unhonored grave Trsly, 1t
can be said the ways Of Providence mysterious.
Let no man hereafter nze up In church and say, I
am an honest man, for 1t will be taken az sure
dication Of an intent to deceive
To those men who are now holding office In this
county, and to those men who are candidates
Tor reeecaon, ne y an sysnging ssineaes, for re-
and in not listening to his cries and supplcations
when you sold him into Rgyptyou will like Joseph's .
brethree ind his cup in every one Of your sacks Of
corn.
In ono Of his ehusions or outbursts OF gall he has
arrayed the Bishop Of this church on two heineoua
charges. One is In voting the Republican ticket
years ago; another is in having unsavcry record
In the courts Of Northwestern Ohio. That as both
chafgas are mentioned without giving the degree oil
vcnslity am compelled to consider them both AZ
Of equal turpitude. To the frat charge would say
to my Democratic brethren, that viii answer 1t By
relating an anecdote OF the great. statesman Henry
Clay As the story goes 1t 10 related that Henry
his return to his home on his yearly vacation from
Washington he was met ut the steamboat landing hj
one OF his old lifelong friends ms they shook hanCi
the cid planter said 10 the statesman: Henry,
have stood BY you for the last 40 years. sometimes
when thoughtyou was wrong, but this last move o.
yours on the tariff question is more than can cl
Will stand, hereafter You must count me among youl
political eneInies.n do you hunt much now DAYS
uncle John, " said Henry. "oh, yes, week or tive
every fall. y "Whst hind OF gun do you use uncle
John. "oh, use the same old life / had when w
were boys, you know called her Betsey after that
girl We were both after: she hangs where can ses
her when go TO bed, and when first get un, and
she has never failed me yeti "Does she ever snap
you % when she snaps oS pcs ne sns .SS 4
try her again. "Wcli can't sou try me arxin h
said the great Kentuckeyian. This was too mucf
Tor the old man and a. he grasped his han he ssid
Yes. Henry, will try you again. So say TO m,
Democratic brethren: try me again.
To the charges In the courts have only to saw
let him that ts without sin cast the fret stone 8,
would say TO these kickers OF our party don't cas-
I these men off for what their enemies say ab0u
tnem ior what man y hero In the eyes of bis owl
Wie ne ~, the sanity Of the wife is more than ss
lpected, Remember the old Kentuckeyan, snal
them again; fcuembr the old bible adaQt to err Il
mortal, to forgive 10 sdevine, 15 M. 4
! NOW y 10 one OF the predominant traits OF al
grsss % impress the minds Of Almsnkin,
that the3 cannet be bought or sold like ordinar
mortals; and - the editor of the peoples frien;
comes ont Ia his issue OF October a0ib i9sg EOme
thing like this $500 that's the figure the gang place,
on the Peoples Advocate but Il wasn't for ess, an,
sohs me Hishop o. this Church was the agent Of th
gang az he csila them when he well knew that ",
had hardly money enough to buy load III wood 10
headquarters. That this great would-br reforms
ID posted on ways that are dark and 1nyster,ous
evident, for he tries that old gag Of 1860 years ug
as he paires ieSormer OF the 10th crntarv fs
Il seems that away bsek ID The dim past thsi Ger
tain character tool certain other character up int,
/, an exceedingly high mountain and showed MIN Al
kngdotns Of the world and the cities thereof AMI
sai all these will give thee II thon win bnt fal
not own . foot OF town lot or the whole business
Now ~ evident 70 all that both Of these reformer
made mstaksiu the parties they sch ctpd to tsrnp
them from the psthe OF fectitude al The frat pait
no tsx, and the other had MO money to buy : load
That this rsformer has developed traits d
character Of no ordinary mold csnnot be denied
his greatest mistake like his llustrous predecessor