Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-11-18
Hunareds ani thousan Is of man will have


| set before them so much money for Re-
| publican vote, and so much money for a
| Democratic vote, and the superior financial
lnducament will decide the action. You
want TO know which party will carry thu
doubtful States day after tom orroE? I
will tell you. The party that spends the
most money. This moment, while [ speak
the peddlers carrying god from Wall street,
gold from Third streer, gold from State
street, and gold from the Brewers associa-
ton are in all the political headquarters of
the doubtful States, dealing out the infa-
nous inducement.
There used to be bribery; but it held its
head in shame. 1t under the utmost
secrecy that many years ago railroad
company bought up the Wisconsin Iegis-
Iature and many other public officials in
raar State. The Governor OF the State at
that time received $4,000 for his sigma
ture. His private secfo AIRY received 5000.
Thirteen mem bers OF the Senate received
S175, O0O among them bonds. Sixty
mem 5ers % the other house received from
5000 to So 900 each. The LieuCanant-Gov-
ernor received O,OO0. The clerks of the
house received from 5000 to $1,000 each.
The bank comptroller received 80 Coz.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
were divided among the lobbyists. You see
the railroad company was very generous
But all that was hidden AMI only through
toe saverest scrutiny on the part OF legis-
iative committee this iniquity displayed.
Now political bribery defes you, dares you,
Is arrogant, and will probably decide tne
election next tuesday.
Unless this diaboiism ceases in this coun-
try BarthoIdTs statue Be1ioas Island,
with upliftet torch to light other Nations
into the harbor, had better be changed AMI
toe torch dropped as symbol OF universal
incen1iarism.
Unless this purchase an ! sale o. suffrage
shall cease the American Government Will
expire. and you might we'll be getting
ready the monu mont for another dead Ma
ton and let my text inscribe upon it these
words. ALAS, alas, for Babylon, that great
city, that mighty city, for in one hour is
thy Judgment come" My friends. Il you
have not noticed that political bribery is
one of the CHASTITY crimes OF this day, you
have not kept your eyes open.
Another evil threatening tQe destructi ON
of American institutions is The soidifying
of the sections against each other. solid
north. A solid South. It this goes on we
shall after while have solid East against
a solid West; We shall have solid Middle
States against solid Northern States; we
shall have a solid New York against
solid Pennsylvania, and solid Ohio against
d solid Kentucky. 1t Is tWentY-Seven
years since the warcloui, and yet at every
Presidential election the Old antagonisn is
aroused When Garfield died and all the
States gathered around his casket in SYM
patty and in tears, and as hearty kilograms
of confidence came from New Orleans ami
Charleston as from Boston and Caicago, [
said to myself, II think sectionalism is
dead" But, alas, no! The difficulty will
never be ended until each State Of the Ma
ton is split up into two or three great po-
lticat parties.
This country cannot exist unless it exists
as one body. the National Capital, the
heart sendins out through all the ar terIes OF
communication warmth and life to the very
extremltles- Tbs Nation cannot exist IN.
less it exists as one family, and you might
xron how III; ~oJSl
sisters and q solid bread tray against
solid cradle, and solid nursery against
solid dining room. and you might as we'll
have solid ears against solid eyes, and solid
head against solid foot. What is the inter.
est of Georgia is the interest of Massachu.
sets, what is the interest of New York il
the interest of South Carolina. Does the
Ohio River change its poktics when it gets
below Louisville? 1t is not possible for these
sectional antagonisms to continue for
great many years vita permanent com.
pound fracture.
Another evil threatening the destruction
Of our American institutions is the low state
OF public morals.
What killed Babylon of nv taxts What
killed PhRnicia? What killed Rome? Their
own depraVity, and the fraud, and the
drunkenness, and the lechery which have
destroyed other Nations will destroy ours
unless a merciful Col prevent. To show
you the low state of public morals I have
men nominated for offices in different
States at different times are entirely unfit
for the positions for which they have been
nominated.
They have no more qualification for them
than wolf has qualification to be professor
of pastoral theology in foc1 of sheep. or
blind mole has qualification TO lecture class
of eagles on optics, or than vutture has
qualification to chaperon dove. The mere
pronunciation of some of their names makes
a demand for carbolic acid and fumigationi
Yet Christian men will follow right under
the political standards.
| nave to tell you what you know already,
that American politics have sunken to such
a low depth that there is nothing be-
meath. What we see in some directions we
see in nearly all directions. The pecula-
ton and the knavery hurled to the sur
face by the explosion of banks and bust
ness firms are only specimens of great Co
topaxis and Strom Dolls OF wickedness that
boil and roar and surge beneath, but have
not regurgitated to the surface. When the
heaven descended Democratic Party enacted
the Tweed rascality it seemed to eclipse
everything. but after awhile the heaven
descended Republican Party outwitted pan
demOnium with the star route infamy
My friends we have in this country people
who say the marriage institution amounts
to nothing. They scott at 1T. We have
people walking in polite parlors in our day
who are not good emo ugh to be scavengers
in SodOmi / went over to San Francisco ten
or fifteen years ago-that beautiful city,
that queen of the Pacific. May the blessing
of God come down upon her great churches
and her noble men and women! When | got
into the city Of San FIancisco the Mayor OF
the city and the President Of the Board of
Health called on me and insisted that go
and see the Chinese quarter no doubt so