Evening journal., 1889-05-07
rhE PREACHERS SAY.

realization that there Is something wrong
in the political atmosphere. They find
different evils and propose different RENE
dies, and sometimes no remedies at all.
Rev. Richard d. Harlan of New York,
the son OF Justice Harlan says
The afterglow Of centennial enthusiasm
still warns our hearts; the echoes Of it's
martial music and its patriotic cheers
still ring in our ears, aud all the pictures
Of brilliant pomp aud pageantry are yet
vivid in our imagination We have be
come an empire of free men, and as true
patriots we cannot be too thankful that
all old issues are dead and that we have
secured g church free from state control
and also an open Bible. There are other
things, however, TO consider, and our
blind faith in the safety of America Is
illustrated in the expression: sod takes
takes care Of children, fools and the
United States We ought not any
longer as people TO be guilty OF what
almost seems to be national vice-po-
litical or timism-and we can regrettully
say with Lowell AS nation we have
struck oil. and some Of us imagine the
we'll will run drv. &Ek See how the
sacred privilege Of suifrage-the price
less heritage of our American nationally
lis being showered annually upon thou
sands of dangerous and ignorant foreign
ers, as pagan as the Chinese; men utterly
unable tounderstand the spirit Of our free
institutions, who mistake liberty under
the law for lawless license The question
forced upon us is whether in the too
rapid and wholesale admission of this
foreign element into the RANKS of citizen
ship we are not eliminating much of the
genuine American spirit. Is 1t not time
TO call halt and TO 60 slowerg But there
is another question which more nearly
concerns the morals of the country, and
that is the awful extent of bribery in our
politics When we look at the fountain
Of power itself-the ballot--we. must all
hang our heads in shame as we admit
that money has become dangerously
large factor in most of our political con
tests, fact which is unblushingly
spoken Of IN the public prints and by
many of our political leaders.
The rich Republicans justify them
selves by the assertion that the Demo
icrats used little money and they were
compelled to use millions TO beat them.
Rev. Nelson Millard Of Rochester, N.
" preached on Centennial Thoughts,
and created a sensation by sharply criti-
cisng Harrisons administration. He said
that the two months existence Of the
present administration had been marked
by disgraceful scramble for offices,
which were given to the politicians, to
the exclusion Of men who were worthy
and capable He said that the admins
tration had been anything but creditable
to the President The church is one of
the largest in the city. and many promi
nent Republicans are members Of it. The
sermon has aroused much feeling among
these members
Rev, Dr. r. Heber Newton preached at
All Souls Church Of New York upon
''The Second Century Look Ahead.
He reviewed the celebration of last week,
and said
The achievements Of the countrys first
century were rendered possible by the
high character of the founders of the
Republic, and if the nation is to preserve
its heritage, it must be by cultivating
Americanism of the highest type that
should be strong enough to Americanize
the hordes of alien immigrants. There
is great need of reform of many kinds,
and the system Of national administration
is disgraceful. when the bishop Of the
diocese felt obliged to describe It in terms
which one party could sieze upon as an
arraignment of an administration that
had just gone, and the other party as an
attack upon the administration that had
just begun.
Rev Charles II. Eaton Of New York.
after taking a rapid glance at the history
of nations, said
The greatest glory of this country is
that il gives to every individual an op
portunity 70 develop a noble manhood. tC
realize the highest qualities of physical
mental and spiritual life. The great
wealth of the nation, coming from III
natural resources. is an element Of glory
in that Il furnishes the means of ndvanc
ing the arts and sciences but Americans
had the most reason to be proud Of theil
institutions. which gave even tn,
humblest an education and equal privi
leges with the highest.
II is evident from these extracts tina
the administration which can appoin
Clarkson to turn out 1000 employees o
the postal department in less than tw
months is not winning the entire ar
proval of the best men of the party. /
is matter Of deep concern that the Re
publican party has fallen into the hand
of the millionaires and practical polit
clans and that President Harrisons tim
is so completely occupied in filling II
Offices that he cannot pay any attentio
to craftsmanship.