The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-12

poetic language OF the American skeptic,
from that time on.
All can learn from his eulogy of the
the republican party is this Stand by
the e. o. p. and everything will be lovely
in the sweet by-and-bye.
They propose no relief; they give the
people no hope for the future, and vet
ask them to blindly follow, as does r G.
Ingesoll.
And yet why wonder that the author Of
the Mistakes of Moses" should still fol-
low the party which has ceased 10 be a
progressive one3 As he is according TO
| the ministers of the gospel) utterly de-
void OF "that light which comes from on
high" why should he not in his blind
ness, follow that party which to-day is ut
tery blind to the conditions OF the peo-
pie.
LET the blind lead the blind and they
will both fall into the pit''-at least We
are constantly being reminded that Rob-
! ert is on the way to the ''pit, J." even though
he doesn't believe it himself.
Hits said that Robert is in favor OF pro-
lection; as even small reduction as the
| Mills bill proposes, would put bibles on
the free list, and this would certainly ruin
| Ingersoll's infant industry.l
But what about our progressive chris
tian people; what do they think OF the sit
! nation? How would they change it?
Will they keep right on with our present
system, or would thew take another path2
Our Lord and Master has warned US
when he said: "Ye shall know the tree
by the fruits thereof"
What are the fruits of our present sys-
/ TEN? Immense riches on one hand great
poverty on the other.
Just the same conditions as our Lord
hon hon. I
on the other. Are these not the fruits of
an unjust system? Would it be so were
| there justice between man and man
Justice, Mr.. lngersoll, is nothing less than
Justice itself. The people cry for bread,
! for the necessities OF life. The party OF
| ingerSOll offers them a serpent in the
shape OF free whisky and call it protec-
| ton.
''woe unto them that call good evil and
evil things good"
When Christ came 10 preach the broth
| erhood OF man ard the fatherhood of God,
did He intend that a condition OF things
as was existing at that time should con-
! tinue so? Where is there a bible reader
who believes that it was the will of Christ
that there should always be struggle for
riches and gain on one hand and a scram-
Die for bread on the other?
Did He not preach equal rights to al?
Was He not always on the side OF the poor
and opprC ssed?
His terrible denunciations of woes pro-
nounced against the lawyers of his day
/ was meant not only for them but for men
OF all times as well, who, knowing the
way to better the conditions of the masses
/ and tighten the burdens OF the people, re-
fuse 70 do so. Woe unto you also pc
lawyers. FOR We lade men with burdens
L
touch not the burdens with one OF your
fingers" ST. Luke xi, 46. What would
he say of the republican party to-day,
who knowing full well that people are
overburdened with taxes, are Offering
/ them free whisky and tobacco
How does Christ's tcaChings-'that all
men are brothers, "love your neighbour
''the Golden Rule, compare will Bob
Ingersoll' little gOd-the republican party ?
1t is practically THIS Hate your British,
German and French brothers, have moth
Ing TO do with them, or as little as posi-
bic. No trade wanted with christian
countries. Put up a Chinese wall If neces-
Sary 10 keep out their goods. Protect
Yourself against-what? Smallpox, vel
low fever, etc. -? No; necessaries OF life.
How dearly We are paying for Ingersoll's
religion, we ali know.
This protection which we are enjoying
is but a remnant OF barbariansm. The
Chinese protected themselves, moro thor
oughly than we are doing, at one time by
Z keeping out not only foreign products.
hut foreigners themselves, and allowing
no 'abor-saving machinery to be intro
duced. This was protection with ven
geance.
What would the heather think Of a
missionary, who, after preaching to them
1t Z Il 4
that he has been sent by their white
brothers, and alter he had accomplished
it, would advise them to protect them
selves against these christians. For if
YOU do not, they will deluge you with
cheap bibles, clothes and other things,
and it will only be a question of time
when you will be the most
unhappy people, yes more than
that, you will degenerate into
a state OF barbarism as bad as before
come TO you? l ask again, what would
they think of this missionary?
And yet we enlightened people are told
more absurd things than these. We are
told that no matter how hard we might
work, how rich our mines might be, how
inventive and ingenious we might be, no
matter how rich our crops were, it would
all avail US nothing, were it not for the
blessed tariff we might as well lay down
and turn our toes to the daisies forever
Probably some great modern prophet like
IngerSoll would then be driven to the
necessity OF praying for a wall of fire to
separate us from our foreign brothers, as
a substitute for tariff wall.
In concluding, | would ask: Why are
our pulpits so quiet on the burning ques-
tons OF the day. AS one of your ex-
changes remarked some time ago, Had
the democratic party, the rum, Romanism
and rebellion party, declared in favor of
free whisky, what would not some OF our
republican ministers have said about it ?''
But as it is the God and morality party,
the "party of moral ideas" which has
made this monstrous proposition, Hey
must be handled with kid-gloves Are
these disciples OF Christ afraid to speak the
truth? Perhaps we will hear from them
before the campaign is over; they may
yet awaken to the necessities Of the oeca-
sion. But we need nave no fear of the
outcome. Truth is mighty" truth and
justice 90 hand in hand" The repub-
lican party is on the road 10 destruction.
When one reads the Chicago platform the
old saying comes more wildly to mind
than ever:
Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad"
A CLEVELAND REPUBLICAN.
indianapolis, Aug. 81.
A Shameless Program.
tChicago Herald
| The republican managers ask the electors II