The Russellville Democrat., 1890-07-17
FIsHBACK's FUsILLADE.
The Fizer Clayton Combine
 Fu7iy Exposed.

 the republican party at the court house last Friday afternoon. The distinguished speaker was introduce ed by Judge R. E. Wilson and be. ganby referring to the union labor ticket headed by Mir. Fizer had only two days before been endorsed by the republican state convention at the dicta tion of Powell Clayton, and Mir. Fzer himself had admitted that be could not hope to be elected with out the 10000 republican votes in the State, and presuming that he was an honorable man and would feel in honor bound to honestly serve his constituents, the speaker took up the history of the republl can regime in Arkansas, and using the sworn testimony of republicans themselves, painted picture that was simply withering and appalling. He went iuto a minute comparison of the expenses of the two great par ties iE this State, which made the republican party look so odious that their union labor friends looked sick. He showed up the ballot box theiving of the republican admins. tration, which caused the charges of this character against democracy to sink into insignificanee. He refer red to the general amnesty act pass
 ed by republican legislature and signed by republican governor for
 bidding the courts to investigate any of their heinous crimes, in this way thousands of criminals were al lowed to go unpunished who richly deserved hanging or Imprisonment in the penetentiary. After reciting chapter after chapter of wholesale stealing and stuffing of ballot boxes and disfranchisment of the people by whole counties, the speaker ex- claimed "these are the men who are now demanding a free ballot and a fair count under the leadership of Mir. Fizer, the only man whom Clay
 ton has proposed three cheers for in many day" He referred in a solemn manner to the injury Mir. Fizer was doing the cause of the christian religion. We reproduce his remarks on this point, not only
 because the language IS beautiful,
 but to show what high calling a man will sometimes forsake to work against the peoples best interests.
 MT. Fishback said:
 "When I was q boy knew but little about the Methodist denomi- nation. I was born and reared in one of those neighborhoods in Vir- ginia where there are no Methodists. But in my early life once visited a
 Methodist Campmeeting in a Meth odist colony not far from my own home. It was on Sunday and there were gathered an immense crowd. Just as reached the ground the minister opened his Bible and read these words: "God forbid that should glory save in the cross of the Lord Jesus" Pushing the Bible back and putting his hands behind him he preached the most eloquent and powerful sermon I ever heard
 before or since. He painted Paul as an orator, compared him with other orators, both of ancient or modern times, and sad that compar, ed with hlm, the greatest of them all was as the twinkling star to the resplendent orb of the mid day sun. So great, so eloquent was he, his church was prone to worship him as hero But Paul rebuked them and said: sm as nothing. Paul may plant, and Appolus may water, but God giveth the increase. God for bid that I should glory save in thecross of the Lord Jesus. That sermon had more effect on me than any sermon I ever heard. It gave me more exalted opinion of the christian religion. Years went by and 1 saw little of the Methodist church. But few years ago,a Metho dist conference was held at Ft. Smith. Bishop McTyeire presiding. 1 was invited to dine with him and In the course of our conversation l ex pressed my ignorance of the polity of his church. He briefly explain. ed it to me and invited me to come into the conference and "see how we do things" l went. 1 saw how methodical and systematic was ev. l heard those humble but sincere preachers make their reports of their years toll and trials and the result. saw them deliver up their commissions to the Bishop and saw him name new ones to go out and preach the gospel of their Savior. It struck me with admiration and won. der. l could not but feel that it was the most perfect and effectual agency for civIlizlng and chrlstianizing the world that l know anything about. And have often thought since that if were christian I could have no higher or nobler ambition than to accept commission from such a cnurcn, to go out ana spread the gospel to my fellow men. Enter taining this opinion of this great | organization, imagine my surprise when I heard that Presiding Elder 1f such a church had thrown up such | ! commission. which he had held | slike from his church and. his God, md had accepted one from such q organization as I have just described. Imagine, if you can, my urther surprise, nay, my utter as when heard that in giving up the commission of his :hurch and accepting this unhallow- d other, he had said it was the ,roudest moment of his life, which means, If It means anything, that however much he had gloried here ofore in the cross of the Lord Jesus, le gloried now yet more in this new
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