New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-05-06

record the truth. And it did. If it is
the tariff they can have that too Every
line of it is American and ever line of it
protective and it will stand for at least
ten years. The Democrats who invest
their money in manufactures are going
to be as tenacious of it as kepubli.
cans"
In carrying out his plan, he (Napo-
leon) used the French clergy in mag
tering the Pope, as the Pope has been
made use of in mastering the French
clergy. To this end, before completing
the concordat and decreeing the organic
articles, he orders for himself small
library, consisting of books on ecclesias-
tica1 laws. The Latin works of Bossuet
are translated for him, and he has
drawn up an exposition of the Gal!ican
parliamentary doctrine. The first
thing is to 60 down to the roots of the
subject, which he does with extraordin-
ary facility, and then, recasting and
shaping the theories to suit himself, he
arrives at an ori iginal, individual con-
ception, at once coherent, precise, and
practical; one which covers The ground
and which he applies alike to all
churches, Catholic, Lutheran, Ca)vinist,
and even Jewish, to every religious
community, now existing and in time
to come. So long as belief remains
silent and solitary, confined within the
limits OF individual conscience, it is free
and the state has nothing to do with it.
But let it act outside these limits, ad-
dress the public, bring people together
in crowds for common purpose, mani
fest Itself visibly, it is subject to con.
troll; forms of worship, ceremonies,
preaching, instruction, and propaganda
ism, the dorat it provokes, the as
semblies it convenes, the organization
and maintenance of the bodies it engen-
ders, all the positive applications OF the
inward rosary, are temporal works.
From ssNapoleon's Views of Religion"
by H. A. Taine, in North American Re.
view for May.
Idefend also the honesty of the polite
ian. I know personally of the generos-
ity OF the men of politics.. Twenty-Five
years participation in octiye politics
has given me !, chance to look in the
lions mouth. I can recall to-day. look
ing back over this long stretch of time,
scarcely any men who have made mon
ey in politics. I know of no politician
who has become rich as politician. To
find those who find fortune and gear in
politics, you must 90 to the corrupt rule
of Tammapy OR some other large city.
I believe that it may be asserted as true
that ninety-nine men out of every hun.
dred spend more money in politics, and
in public affairs and for the public good
than they ever gain in politics or from
any sort of foffice-holding or profit.shar.
ing in government. The presence of cor
ruption in politics is greatly overestimat
ed. There are very few men who wan
to violate the honor of the republic OF
dishonor the record of their party. NJ
i man who would debauch the American
ballot should be respected by his ow1
family. For the purity of the suffrage
the honesty of this government, tht
preservation of it in power and patrio
tism to our children, are far more t(
any and all of us than anything of par
ty success or power or. personal ambi
ton could possibly be. Not merely the
essayists who write for reform on salary
are honest. The great masses of the
people are honest. The rivalries of pol
|itics, the quarrels Of party, the jealousie
and enmities of politicians over Office
are many and often shocking. But $,
in this poor world are riyalries and jeal
ousies and enmities of the professions
4 of the business world, and even of th,
church. We are all poor mortals, an
God must have some charity for us al
/ il our mortality and weakness, whethe
we be politicians, Pharisees, or perse
vering saints. From The Political
J, and the Pharisee, by the Hon. ). S
], Clarkson, ex-Assistant Postmaster Ger
J, eral, in North American Review fo
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