Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-22
Tho Revisvsr Further Reviewed,

rho Reviewer Further Reviewed.
;orrespondtnceo Of ne Ledger.
MExIco, Mo-, March m.-Wel
have read many weak production.
but fcw more SO than Senator Me-
Ginnis' reviewers last effasion III
Ihe LEDGER. The preacher claims
10 be immaculate. He alone has
he interest Of society At heart, and
be alone is the reliable interpreter
Of divine truth. He always dis
eliminates correctly between virtue
and vice and always calls things by
their right names, but at the same
time cannot distinguish temperance
which Is moderation, especially in
the use of stimulents, and q COM
and virtuous se1f-re-
straint. from Prohibition, which
stands in our present use Of the
word for police restraint of those
without the virtue of temperance.
He. knows too that pessimish,
which is the doctrine that main
tains the most unfavorable view Of
circumstances, means atrabilious-
ness or melancholy, and thinks
are never pessimists be-
cause they are possessed of cheer
ful dispositions. Well, he is not
the only self-deceived divine in the
world That thinks himself to be in
fallible or hurls a~nathemas or as
sumes to dictate in civil matters or
politics, which latter is the science
or art of government, and also q
word often used in no higher sense
than that of partisanship. But
what are the facts? A police regu-
lation of'the liquor traffic is SUBJ
mitted to popular vote and preach
r take part in the discussion of
the propriety of accepting and con-
irming it; and our reviewer claims
they are not meddling with politics
or furnishing instruction in the
art of government. BAIL We shall
see more about this further on
and have a revelation of the mo-
tives that prompted the action of
at least one of these preachers.
Our clerical reviewer objects to
being reviewed by any other than a
preacher and perhaps would even
prefer to import a parson for that
purpose from an island where
church and State and religion and
politics are united, and where the
the term parson is frequently used
to designate the lesser clergy en-
ployed by government in supervis-
ing the loyalty as we'll as the morals
of communities. But if such 9
clerical policeman should take the
same view of the result of adopting
the police measure that is being
submitted to vote as the writer,
would the political parsons crit.
oisms be any more acceptable thar
those of a Democrat? He also
charges that Democrat voluntarily
takes a stand against temperance.
Is this due to unintentional mis-
representation, or does it arts.
from habitual misuse of language
Democrat prefers that the publ,
decide from which source i
springs. Again, he thinks tina
Democrat has forgotten that preach
ers are citizens, endowed with Pc
litical rights. This is another mis-
take. Nobody appreciates NOR
highly than Democrat the doctrin,
that all men are born equal, O
that all vocations are open unde
that declaration-to universal aspir
alton. But Notwithstanding this
there exists also the proyerbia
advice to all that have chosen
calling, Shoemaker, stick to- 9TH,
last Some one replying to tn,
inquiry of how a man should con
duct himselfis reported to have re
piled: las BELTS his profession.
The appearance of the preacher OF
the political forum is not a ques
ton of right, but of propriety, an
the propriety of the interviewer
meddling in politics cannot be es
tablished by the avowed motive
of his action, among which is tn
following: "a new issue has arise
involving the religious condition 9
our churches, !" and reviewer think
he would be a poltroon we're h
to refuse to aid the Christian sid
of this issue. The italics are Dem
o~crats; the confession is Higbee's
Let the reader pause here an
think of an appeal to civil authorit
for help in establishing his churc
and enforcing his doctrines by Hir
who said with emphasis, I'M
kingdom is not of this world" an
consider the propriety of mixin
things that are supposed to pei
tain to God with those of the con
monwealth, and endeavoring
promote ecclesiastical unity an
progress through the instrumental
ity of the political forum and ha
lot box.
And finally, u clerical reviewt
seems to be oblivious of having o.
posed nothing to Senator McGii
mis-, array Of facts and that unle,
he does SO after boasting of h
abundance of statistical maleri'
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