Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-02-02

sion and elicit occasional exclama-
tions Of dismay. That honesty is
wanting in politics, Is, no doubt, par
TALLY true. But IN this evil, we are
not in advance of the world. Eng
lish politics are so corrupt, they cry
unto high heaven, and Germany and
Russia feel the disadvantage of po-
litical wire pulling. There will ever
be found some corruption and fraud
where the masses Of 3 great nation
are divided, each striving for the
mastery over the other, But politi-
cal machinery is now in its last rev.
olutions. The Independent voter
the man who examines measures and
weighs character-whose calm and
silent exercise Of citizenship counts,
is coming to the front. The power
of the "Bossn is waning. Intelli-
gence, the greatest Of all judges, is
reyolutionizing politics. Sectional
feeling is abating and the indications
are that the dawn Of the next CEN
fury will sec ali sections of the Amer
lean Union linked by ties of enter
prise and nationality, strong as mesh
es of steel and as indestructible as
the soul itself. The symmetry and
perfection of our institutions the
avenues ofusefulness and honor open
ed to the energetic and true; the
wisdom of the union of State and
Federal Governments, all conspiret to
make our inheritance glorious and
permanent.
There arc two evils, however, that
are threatening TO tarnish future
American history. One, fortified be-
hind the mountains of the great
West, bids open defiance to the gov
eminent; the other is the direct re-
suit of unwise legislation and achild
ish feeling of pity and hospitality.
Mormonism is rapidly massing pow
err. It is fearful vice that would
degrade woman and destroy her
chastity. 1t robs home of peace and
happiness. 1t destroys the God-giv-
en- attribute ofparental affection, and
disregards the ties of love and the
mutual relations of married life. The
crowded marts of Europe contribute
to It's strength, and the devotion of
its elders means the conquest OF the
West.
But few degrees removed from
this evil is one just as formidable
the tide of immigration that yearly
beats upon our shores. While often
worthy Englishmen, Irishmen or
Germans are found seeking wider
field upon which to fight the battle
of life-the mass of immigrants have
no purer and grander conception of
American liberty than to desecrate
the holy Sabbath, disseminate doc
trines of anarchy, and laugh to de
rision law and order. 1t appears
that it will only be matter of few
years until the balance of political
power will be in their hands, and the
fate of the government at their dis
posal. What dark and fearful Flu
ture would be that of this nation,
were the fanatical Mormons to CON-
bine with the foreign element The
doom of the home and the nation
would alike be sealed.
The tide is slowly turning against
them, however. The Church and
the School are at work. Public SEN
timent is awakening, and these forces
will avert the danger ere it assumes
more formidable proportions. Let
us as Nation put our trust in God /,
and with feeling ofsecurity, breathe
the prayer of the Psalmist: Ode.
stroy thou them, O God; let them fall
by their own counsels; cast them out
in the multitude of their transgres-
sions, for they have rebelled against
thee.'
"Careless seems the Great Avenger,
History's pages but record
One death-grapple in the darkness