Democratic messenger., 1892-11-12
SNOW Hill. MARYLAND NOVEMBER 1892


the evils that threaten 10 destroy tn
American government. and io annihilat,
American institutions. and If God vii
help me | will show you hef,re | gc
through the mode in which each an,
every one may do something I" arres
that appalling calamity. And shal
plow up the whole field
The first evil that threatens the ami
hilation of our American institutions j.
the fact that political bribery, whicl
once was considered crime. has 10y
many come to be- considered Il tolerabl,
virtue. There is n legitimate use o
money in elections in the printing Of po
litical tracts, and in the hiring of public
halls, and in the obtaining of campaign
oratory, hut is there any homunculn.
who supposes that this vast amount o
money now being raised by the politica
parties is going in a legitimate direction
The vast majority of il will go to buy
votes.
Hundreds aud thousands Of men will
have set before them 80 much money
for Republican vote. and 80 mucl
money for Il Democratic vote. and the
superior financial inducement will de
eide the action. You want to know
which party will carry the doubtful
states day after tomorrow | will tel
you. The party that spends the mOsi
money. This moment while | speak
the peddlers CARRYING gold from Wall
street. gold from Third street, gold from
State street and gold from the Brewers
association, are in all the political head
quarters of the doubtful states. dealing
out the infamous inducement
There used to be bribery; but it held
its head in shame Ii was under the
utmost secrecy that many years ago a
railroad company bought mp the Wis
consin legislature and many other pub.
lie officials in that state. The governor
of that state n that time received SO.
900 for his signature. His private sec.
retary received 5000 Thirteen mem.
bers of the senate received Sls5.0uC
among them in bonds. Sixty members
of the other house received from - 00t
to $40 600 each The lieutenant govern.
or received $l0.000. The clerks Of the
house received from 5000 to $4,000
each. The bank comptroller received
$4,000. Two hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollars were divided among the
! lobbyists. You see the railroad compa-
ny was very generous. But all that
was hidden. and only through the So
verest scrutiny on the part of legiSla-
tive committee was this iniquity dis
played. Now political bribery defics
you, dareS you. is arrogant. and will
probably decide the election next Tues
/ day.
Unless this diabolism ceases in this
country Bartholdi's statue ON Beiloe's
island. with rplifted torch to light other
nations into the harbor. had better be
changed and the torch dropped rs u
symbol of universal incendiarisin.
REFORM OR PERISH.
Unless this purchase and sale Of suf-
I frage shall cease the American govern
ment will expire. and You might as we'll
be getting ready the monument for an
other dead nation and let my text in
scribe upon it these words, Alas. alas.
for Babylon, that great city. that mighty
city, for in one hour is thy Judgment
Gomez Ny friends. if you have not no
ticed that political bribery is one Of the
ghastly crimes Of this day, you have not
kept your eyes open.
Another evil threatening the destruc.
tiOn of American institutions Is the solid
| flying of the sections against each other
A solid north. y solid south If this
/ wa. Shun aft ,tt.i,ff.. ..
solid east against solid west: we shall
have solid middle states against solid
northern states; we shall have Il solid
New York against solid PENNSYLVANIA.
and solid Ohio against solid Ken
lucky. 1t is twenty-Seven years since
the warcloud. and Yet at every prcsi-
Dental election the old antagonism Is
aroused. When Garfield died. and all
the states gathered around his caSket in
sympathy and in tears. and as hearty
kilograms of coincidence came from New
Orleans and from Charleston rs from
Boston and Chicago. | said to myself. Il
think sectional sm is dead" But, alas,
no. The difficulty will never be ended
until each state of the nation is split up
into two or three great political parties
This country cannot exist unless it ex-
lists rs one body, the national capital the
heart. sending ont through all the artc-
ries of communication warmth and life To
the very eXtremities This nation cannot
exist unless il exists aS one family. and
you might as we'll have solid brothers
against solid sisters. and Il solid bread
tray against solid cradle. and a solid
nursery against IA solid dining room. and
you might as well have solid ears against
solid ewes. and solid head against solid
foot. What Is the interest of Georgia j.
the interest of Massachusetts: what is
thc interest of New York i the interest
of South Carolina Does the Ohio river
change its politics when ii gets below
Louisville: 1t Is not possible for these
sectional antagOnislns TO continue for Il
compound fracture.
Another evil threatening the destruc-
tion of our American institutions is the
low state of public morals.
What killed Babylon of my text:
What killed Phpnicia: What killed
Rome? Their own depravity. and the
fraud, and the drunkenness and the lech-
cry which have destroyed other nations
will destroy ours unless a mcrciful God
prevent To show ynu The low state Of
public morals. have 10 call vonr atten-
tion t. the fact that many men noni-
mated for offices in different states nj diff
fsrent times are entirely unfit for tin,
positions for which they have been nom
mated.
nEGRApATIoNS OF Politics.
They have no more qualification for
them than wolf has qualification to lie
professor of pastoral theology III flock
of sheep. OF a blind mole has qualifica-
tion to lecture class of eagles ON optics
or than Il vulture has qualification to
chaperon deg. The mere pronuncia-
tiOn of some ii their names makes de
mand for carholic acid and fumigation,
Yet Christian men will follow rjght on