Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-02
ron q Politician Be a ChriStian2
Politics and Relie ion.
r,ouncpy NJ DCppw, Senator ingalls,,
qberJnrp Roosevelt, Cardinal Glib
bons and Dr.. McCOsh,
, p'.crs'lcn' which Evos"' Strong and
rolpted Sentiments From MAn anl
Women In rubic Life

Gf
o'.,t,. from raligo on thas many have come TO
lamb, whether political career can be united
Chris ian life; hence, the question has
-, ..Can a politician be ChristianT" Not
.,o this question was submitted tc num-
t,- Of men prominent in American politics ana
49,. .brrcb. To the inquiries thus sent, the
ia, r,Dlies were rec aivel. Whether the
C..srion is answered in the subloined con'flou-
tIg's leT; 10 the reader to decide.
"'"' cph,SCEY II. DEPsw's ANSWER
o,s no II. ciAn b. a Christi IN?
IN. We that he can. Tuis question is equiv
III N saving that the a iministrAtlon 9f gov
l.[,-.nt "a hostile TO the teachings and nrec-ptS
q, Carisiultg. Then the only PeolBs VINO
%. ID, nod Office would be atheists an Pagans.
{. r1 admit that the politician cannot be
II.,srr,n YOU at once uesiToy the whole foun-
-, If our government; you would lose 1t the
n,,orf Of tie churches and OF the Chrst
10y con, Cf he country, and, as they constl-
no. tie vast majority Of the peopl", they wouli
. an. some government where ChrlS'l ahs couLu
',rsisteUtly mana AFFAIRS. 20 not see "hat
lu'i. IN ro.i'ic an advocating the claims OF
EE..,s-iv IN which he believes, aud working Lor
q. s.-cc's - in ,rOnulgatIug the d crimes Alch
1t iii. - csseati al 10 good government; IN seek
R I'll 20 and in exercising uoIc mnc Ions,
~ ~E arc not in the direct line OF Chr!stlal IN
nation ans duty. Ii that is not SO, thtn you
- mass all public affairs. winch n ms ms
20 ,,1erf of laws and tneIr admin .strallon ami
,E5, means public order safetJ, morality, pro-
Ion for .if- -ui pro 0erty. and wise measures
ia Oh
1t,y into the hands soely OF the saloons
'.-,b chinese CHAUNc ~ NJ. DEPEw.
s,T Nrcu CHRISTIANITY VISIBLE IN POLITICS.
sbou|d be very sorry 10 hurt tie feelings OF
49, nnlificians bv replying in the negative, and
r,l unwilling 10 compromise Chris ianity by
,snI,Inr in the Affirmative.
hans had better say, yes, the politician
,ar he a Cnr!s:lan: but If he undertakes both
60" he has = terriu e Intract on hand. NV i'm
,ess,nn is thai II he is very much OF p) IL.
Kan with his right hand, aud wants to be "A good
hand. h.
Ito - mighty careful not to let that left hand
",o, - hat the right hand finds it necessary
T ~ scoulre Office, a man, in ninety nine and
,1,,ee-o1a-ter cases out OF hunIre1, must do
nate money. which he knows Will b. use / Tor the
n1- base Of woes. Politics are made that way,
tnt II he has Conscientious scruplrs, his oppo-
on. VINO probLb got rid of his conscience
Ian, 10. viii run ahead Of him win big ma
have not seen enough Christianity in the
,oHric, Of the day to an infant class in a
sunday school. But then am near-s ghIed.
GEORGE II. HEPwoRTE.
RELIGION A NECESSITY IN POLITICS.
or c0urs- n politician can be a CHRISTIAN; he
xii never do really CT dItable work in politics
Uples. he applies the rules OF morality and
Christianity as risidiy IN publ as In private
ill., THEoDoRg ROOSEVELT.
ROOM FOR MORE CHRISTIAN POLITICIANS.
As human affairs are constituted, ther. must
needs be par les and politics. There b,ils
lolitics there must needs b no itiCians. That
In he true and larger and nobler sense of the
words poll ics aud pc it clan. the IS no hostll-
itg TO the sprit OF Chris ianiiy but rather entire
ha-mony wIth il; and that while there have
been many noble Christians who wee also
great !. liIcians it is 10 ne deploreu that at
lrp.eut there seems to BE- so many politicians
40 are no. Chris tGns.
JAMES, CARDINAL GIBBONS,
ATchbi hop of Baltimore.
SENATOR INGALLS, POINTED ANSWER.
Can politician b. a Chi an?
Everything Is possible with COL.
JOHN j. INGALLS,.
POLITICIANS OF VARIOUS STRIPES.
politician, v ebster says, ~ is n man versed
in he ,Cence OF Eovernm mt, person skilled
in or Geyot, to politics: ~ man Of artifce or
deep n,rya1ce: q polite. cunning, ariful.
In common parlance when the worl po ii-ian
isusel it is never understood TO apply 10 No. l.
We call such n statesman; and he may
be. and such often arr, honest men End
ChrlstiaEs as the world measures such people. !
81 su men IN our tint, fear. are very few,
viii politicians Nss. ami swarm every
wherc; men incsnab OF living by non st in
Custry, ami so are driven to live BY tn ir wits.
md pDiI'cs seems to .rd the largest field for
such Teuple. Henry MaId Beecher classed this
fort Of politicians with the devil: The devil
1lt noli'lcAnl, was his phrai G. putting, as
vas d.: tie teacher ard master first. / have
'nown some pol lcians OF the frs class whom |
J have 0IOicG as "a right. and noble men. who |
6oul never, for any temptation Of party inter
">L or any other, swerve one hairs breadth from
The me OF recltude ami honor. have known |
nswarn OF politicians OF the class two and
three, who would not steal, OF lie, cheat in
uyatc if, but in Gny matter touching pa ty
auvA tage or party policy were thoroughly I'M
te'l' Gus SOM OF these mHn pas II society
as honest many of them are church members in |
good aiding; but in party mates they will |
Without scru7.e lie. neat, psrjure themselves,
pNoe voters, mise 'unt votes, stuff ballot boxes,
10 iy v',Ing n-ts. or 30 other things which they
mink ADVANTAGEOUS to ''thc party This sort of
wo Is by no maauS confued 10 Boston, New
York Oh cago, St. Louis, or the South, but il |
may be found everywhere tha- men make a liv- |
ing by running ward caucuSes and woodworking |
'f De oouug he people This is common
tVer' where that the standing of such men in |
society the church Is no. the least affected by
!ase "uty IN any way and eve Y v to any ex-
lent. even 20 tia. Of VIOLA ing up My and noIo-
fouSy their official Oaths. What win be done |
cut II? What can be done about il? Nothing!
20 long as such men iul refuge in our churches,
HId ii compauiouShip there. NEAL Dow.
PossTBlB-BUr is IT PROBABLE?
IN IAe ear history OF party. believe pol
hlelan can BE- a ChrIstia for he has contradic-
uon, curses ard CO tlmely enough 10 throw him |
oacS npon II CHER Power, In the zenith OF q |
lArN's lame, PERHAPS; for the momentum OF
"hGendt ncles JUST referred to holds over for |
""h'!ti Ia the de,a dence OF = party and hu-
namely speaSlng, / should say, he could not,
lof"rath. power aud prefermeut become a ball |
anu enan 10 every high and sacred aspiration, |
1II Nhen probes ,ional partisaus see their day |
y. u'om approaching, desperation seizes upon |
, ,lpem, aud Goa is the last being in-their !
'Iousuts. But WIKI Him AL things Ere possible |
-eN thni q down-Erad politician may be ar
.,"ea In his mad career and made Christian
Vi. Franc E. WILLARD.
90 'Ae great preachers ami GiyIues discuss |
PoIHc' and political OBJ iCa ions in their SER
i. ,ons ana writings We have had in our legis-
gS.fe ha'lS. AMI now have, preachers of the |
HNspei, skilled apt, and dexterous liitIcians,
au l. lntv are no always christian states |
men, they NAV be called Christian politicians. |
~ "'.,4 De withering, an appalling reflection |
at' N business in which many are
e,,-Su' they have not the comfort aud support |
T., Ssr 81. teachings here, as well as its hopes
- q ~. state, be lief in which, III eraIi- |
-; In the Ian guage of the phiosophic |
I4SA1', would drive most Of US to despair -
:. Wy DC a Rvv demand, ami, in TACT, severe |
.a'u oE o. nerves an faculties, for q polit IL |
stAu Al TIMES 10 be Chris ian. Yet the diff |
c,b! - one thing sud the actual being is an-
~ tue ulrhculty is lot insurmouutab.e.
ct -! people affect 10 believe there are hon.
is,v e- IN mat time hOnored recession, the |
ba3,~-- l equally say but few OF them get TO
go; ara nose lew sip in sideways, as il |
M hlllcul u! By this same mode of talk |
~, EOt reasoning, the word demagogue has |
ioS. yugEt down from its once high and most |
tr;ct F!"Ce ana set IN the company of base,
avrn. AIuul, q nd all that. Often words run |
~ mus and uoubtleSs much OF this NOS ais |
imro,,saa poIIuciun. But i. IS too broa and TOO
iSy,I,I ~ ~, word. and concerns too much that ]
49,, - Ior II 10 drift away ami become syuo.
Tsm ior meanness in political management or
salcahery. In his eight, l could Dot dis
not bs- gles ION. nor coulI you ask it. 1t can
Of ~ ed that the direction and control
con,,s. IH'lFS, In which every person in this |
almos,' Is 50 deeply integes ed, and in whit h |
are in ~ enc TO some extent takes a part,
sara C nahGs OF outlaws, robbers and cor
Chfisti,n Onsluerlhg the words politician ami
prac icSTr az Gehned BY Webster, and as we
irrrcoro;i,s Know them. / do not think they are
. en-