New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-15
PROTEST FROM THE PULPIT.

| r,,r PEW DR. J. l.. COOPER, OF RUTGERS
co,ntGE. pENoUNcEs POLITICAL OUTRAGE.
Tho Pow DIR. Jacob L. Cooper. OF Rutgers College,
rooch.d sermon In the First Reformed Church. Ne"
| brunswick. " j.. sunday evening" ON .ne Suo
| feet. "The Relation Of Anarchy 10 uVii LioeiH' "
Cooper In the Of his sermon reco"i'eu ''''
polltical ourages, exposing the hands oi u'ere"'
| oftcials In their contamination, ana even imph'"s
STATE onicals and Governor Albeit. He said In sub
stance -. . ,,,,.. a
In any Government like ours which Is elective ana
nearly equally balanced IN parties there always danger
that one or OF them 10 secure Ihe a'ce""e'
will ally the baser elements ana give 'ne na
80. s,eb ~. see 10 be the case in New.York, Boston,
Jersey City aud New Brunswick
uco the baser clements rule aud here anarchy is rife
The basis OF government IL the VIII OF tne ""'oriV
regularly expressed by the ballot box but it Is notorious
fact proved beyond the power OF conrodictIoh tpas
man who was elected Clerk Of Mlddlesex County was
counted the who was not elected was couneo
I'm and that H. been retained In once oy every
speces of ugglery shyster lawyers ana corrupt
partisan court Despite the fact that IL was proven Ia
court that one elected and another defeated
tho defeated candidate retains the ONCE TO-DAY upheo oy
all the form. Of perverted law in the fe OF all Justice
divine and human. Shall tamely submit 10 these
thnps7 For less than this we fought the WAT VI he
pAvouton for no more than fought the OWL War;
upon this principle the viii Of the majority ccsJ eN
dressed rests the whole fabric Of political INSTITUTIONS
and our Individual safety.
ni n,nc,n. has been act 1T defiance by those whose
duty II Is TO administer law but have besmearehed mer
ermne as judges and their honor as lawmakers Dy
greater crime than the pistol BerSmann or 'he oyha
mite OF Hsymsrket rioter ,,,
This is Anarchy. pure and simple no, ~ Wv, ,,s
Wholesale perpetrated under the forms OF law ana "peu
nv threats against ell who open their mouths or use 'ne'
pens 10 expose this scoundrcllsm
Nav more under the heel OF Guy rug
which has neither religion. dccency or properly "h'h o
defiance tn the laws It's members were appointed 70
cases or leWlcSsneS- anu "s'
90 rrorIzed the community that the newspapers oto
"a, nubsh the facts their real enormity iost her oru
latIon and advertisements be lessened fes hos oa'
sacts notorious admitted by all sought 70 Dc puonsh
Incredible a. 10 nay there is scarcely A"y III inc
city hut will discourage the publication OF these co.i"P
lions because as they say you provoke mese s"ra''S
q, our laws they have ell things IN the'r own hanos
They have the prosecutor enforce the law VINO %
~. s,m. time te awaker enact the law they nave te
Sheriff TO select jury; they have the 'uoses IN
,.rn,. thu law and Governor to appoint MS own
"a Judges In tho courts OF last resort ana "nat
shew have youf . ,,,
When the forms Of law perverted ana us eu"''s
,,aon nut I'm partsan hands that no man IL e wheh
he .xreses this enoy and man IL IN Danger so ionS
"A no upholds IT, only the spirit but inc oees
~ Anarchy pure and simple and the question Tor US OIL 70
d.cd. is whether smcy submit TO be ruled oy
scouodrcls or unlte like Christian fcemen end shake on
the thrall1