Milford chronicle., 1888-11-09

elections men sitting in editorial chairs who
write with gull, not plucked from the stu
pid goose or ehe sublime eagle, but from a
turkey buzzardl Ghoulsl Ghoulsl They
tip the city sewer into their editorial ink
stands. Defamation of character is one Of
the curses Of the American ballot box today.
In your great presidential elections who can
tell from what he reads who is the man he
ought-to vote fori Bad men sometimes ap-
plauded, go6d men denounced.
Another powerful foe Of the sacred chest,
the ark of the American covenant, tho bal
lot box, is the rowdy and drunken caucus.
THE PART THE SALOON TAKES IN POLITICS.
The ballot box does not give any choice to
man when the nominations are made in the
back part Of groggery. When the elector
comes up he has to choose between two evils.
In some Of the Cries men have como to the
ballot box to vote, and have found both
names such scaly, greasy and stenchful
crew they had no choice You say vote for
somebody outside. Then they throw away
their vote Christian men Of New York anc
Brooklyn, honorable men, patriotic men
go and take possession Of the caucuses
First having saturated your pocket handker
chiefs with cologne or some other disinfect
ant, 60 down to the caucus and take posses
sion of it in the name Of the Lord Coo
Almighty and the American people, though
after you come back you should have to
dang your hat and coat oUia line in tho back
Fard for ventilation.
In somesof the states politics have got so
!ow that the nominees no more need good
morals than they do bath tub. Snatch the
ballot box from such men. Where Is the
David who will 60 forth and bring the ark
Of the covenant back from Kirjath-ieariml
Do you not think politics have got to a
pretty low ebb in our day when u Tweed
could be sent TO tho legislature Of New York,
and John Morrissey, the prince Of gam
blers, could be sent to the American congressi
Now, how are these things to be remediedl
Some say by property qualification. They
say that after a man gets certain amount
Of property-a certain amount Of real estate
he is financially interested in good govern
ment and he becomes cautious and conserva-
tive. reply, property qualification would
shut off from the ballot box a great many of
the best men in this land. Literary men are
almost always poor. A pen is a good imple-
ment to make the work. better, but it is a
very poor implement to get livelihood ordi-
narily. / have known scores of literary men
who never owned foot Of ground and never
will own a foot Of ground until they get
under it. Professors of colleges, teachers OF
schools, editors Of newspapers, ministers Of
religion, qualified in every possible way to
vote, yet no worldly success There has been
many man who has not had a house on
earth who will have a mansion in heaven.
There are many who through accidents Of
fortune have come to great success while
they are profound in their stupidity, as pro-
found in their stupidity as a man Of large
fortune with whom l was crossing tho ocean,
who told mo he was going to see the dykes Of
Scotlandl When u member Of my family
asked a lady on her return from Europe il
she had seen Mont Blanc, she replied: ''Wen,
really, l don't know; is that in Europef'
Ignorance by the square foot. Property
qualification will not do. The only way
these evils will be eradicated will be by
more thorough legal defense Of tho
ballot box and a more thorough NOR
alization and Christianization Of the
people. That ark of the covenant was car
ried into captivity to Kirjath- jearim, but one
day the people hooked oxen TO u cart, and
they put this ark on the cart, and tho
cart was taken to Jerusalem-the ark Of
the covenant coming with the shouting and
thanksgiving of the people And though
the American ballot box, the ark Of the
American covenant, our sacred chest, has
been carried again and again into captivity
by frand and iniquity and spurious voting,
believe it will be brought back yet by prayer
and by Christian conservation, and will be
set down in the midst Of the temple OF
Christian patriotism. Whose responsibility
Yours and mine.
\ poor soldier went to a hair dresser in
London. He wanted to get back TO the army.
lie had Overrun his furlough, and wanted
some help to get back in quick transit The
money was given to the poor soldier, who
said TO the man who had offered the kind
ness: Il have nothing to give you in return
but this little worn out receipt for making
backing" He gave it not thinking there
was any value in it especially, and the man
who took it did not suppose there was any
special value in it; but it yielded tho man
who took it S2,50O,O 900, and was the founda-
tion Of one Of the greatest estates in England.
And that little vote, that insignificant vote
which you take out of your pocket-insigniA-
cant in your sight and insignificant in the
sight of Others-may start an influence that
will last all through the progress Of this gov
ernment
SOME CONCLUSIONS IN REGARD TO VOTING. |
charge you then as American citizens to
remember your responsibility on the first
Tuesday of November 1t win begin early, |
the snow storm Of suffrages. It will snow
all day-snow on until noon, snow on until
night. The hakes will fall in every town and
village and neighborhOod, the white fakes. |
The octogenarian will co.ne up his hand |
trembling, and with spectacled eye lie will |
scrutinize the vote and drop it and pass on. |
The young man who has been waiting for
his time will come up and proudly and blush |
s..rr r1rr 10 fret 70 no
capitalist will come up with bediamonded fin |
ger and the laborer with hard fist, and the |
one vote will be as good as the
other. Snow storm Of suffrages, and |
then these white flakes will be gathered to-
gether and compacted into an avalanche that |
will slide down in expression Of the will Of |
the people. Stand out Of the way Of It'll In
the awful sweep Of this white avalanche let
political fraud go down thousand feet un-
der.
You have MT only a vote, you have a
prayer. The prayer may be mightier than
the vote. Oh, as citizens Of this beautiful
city, and Of this state, and Of this nation, let
US do our whole duty. We cannot live under
any other form Of government than that
which God has given US in this country. The
stars on our flag are not the stars Of thick
ening night, but the stars sprinkled amid the
bars Of morning cloud. We are going to
have one government on this entire continent
Let the despotisms Of Asia keep their
feet OFF the Pacific coast and let the
tyrannies Of Europe keep their feet of
the Atlantic coast. We are going to
have one government Mexico will follow
Texas into the Union, and Christianity and
civilization will stand side by side in the
halls OF the Montezumas And If not in our
day, then in the day Of our children, Yucas
tan and Central America will come in do
minion, while on the north Canada will be
ours, not by conquest-oh, no, American and
English swords may never clash blades-but
we viii WOO our fair neighbor Of the north,
and then England will say to Canada; "You
are old enough for the marriage day. and
then, turning, will say; "Giant Of the west,
60 take your bride" And then from Baffin's
bay to the Caribbean there will be one gov