Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-11-25

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Eph4-Is vas upside iown. Il was about
the silver question. A manufacturer 81 silver
loxrs for holding heather IMAGES ha1 called
his !ahorers together TO discuss the behavior
OF one faui. VINO hal been in public places
assaultinG image worship. and Consequently
very much damaging that particular bust
ness. There was great excitement III the
city. People stool in knots along the
str"fts. violently gesticulgting and calling
each orher hard names. some Of the people
favorei:he policy Of the silyerSmitt. Other
people favored the policy of Paul. There
| Were great moral questions involved. but
these did not bother them ut all.
The only question about which they
s"cned to te interested was concerning the
wages and the salaried positions. The silver
SMITH and his compeers had put up factories
at great expense for til. making OF thes" sill
yer boxes. and now, If this new policy is TO
be inauC1rated the business will go down,
the laborers will be thrown out Of employ
ment and the whole city viii suffer. Well.
what is 70 be done? .Cal a convention"
- Ep-h' Nv - All ali 't5fS - convention
has been a panacea for public evils. The
convention IS called. and as they want the
largest room in the city thcytaketh the theatre.
Having there assembled. they all want to
get tho floor. and they all want to talk 1t
once. You know what excitement that al
ways makes in a convention. whore Il great
many people want TO talk 1T once. Some
cried .ne thing. some cried another. Some
WaiIta 10 denouurr, some wanted to resolve.
Alter awhile Il prominent man gets the floor,
All! h. begins to speak. but they verv SO on
hiss him DOM, ana then the confusion rises
into worse uproar. and they begin to shout.
all Of them together, and they keep on until
they are red III the face and hoarse in the
throat. for two long hours crying out "Great
Is Diana Of the Ephestans. Great is Diana
of the Ephesians -
The whole scene reminds me of the excite
mcnt We have almost every autumn at the.
elections. While that goddess Diana has lost
her worshipers and her temples have gone
into the dust. our American people want to
set up a god in place Of her, and they want
u al to bow down before it, and that god is
political party. Considering our superior
civilization. | hayctO declare to you that
Ept"sidn ~idolatry was less offensive In tho
siGht Of God than is this oil absorbing Ameri-
can Iartisanship.
While there are honest men, true men,
Christian men. who stand In both political
parties. and who come into the a%utuInnal
elections resolving to serve their cit or their
state or the. Nation III the best possible way.
| have noticed also that with many 1t is q
mere contest between the ms and, the outs
those who are trying to stay in and keep tho
outs out. and those who are trying to get in
AMI thrust the ins out. And one party cries.
"Gr.at is Diana Of the Ephesians !" and the
other party cries, Great is Diana of the
Ephc-ians !" neither of them honest enough
10 say. Great is my pocketbook"
Once or twice q year 1t is my custom to
talk 10 the people about public affairs from
what | cali n Christian standpoint. and
this morning | have chosen for that duty. l
hopntO say y practical word. History tells
Us - "A sermon once preached amid the high
lands Of Scotlhnd-a sermon two hours long
on the sin OF luxury, where there were not
more than three pairs of shoes in the au-
dience, and during our last war n good man
went into a hospital distributing tracts and
gave a tract on The Sin OF Dancing to q
man 10th OF whose legs had been amputated
But hope this morning TO present an ap-
propr. lte and adapted word. as next Tues
day At the ballot box great affairs are to be
S titled.
Tuc Rev. DR.. Emmons. In the early his
tory of our country, in Massachusetts,
preached about the election OF Thomas Jef-
fcrson to tho Presidency. The Rev. Dr..
Mayhem. Of Boston, in the early days of our
republic. preached about the repeal Of the
STAMP lFt. 1llt1e are tllleS wien ullllStcFS
o. tIrist must look off upon public
affairs and discuss them. We need go pack
10 no example,. Every man is, before God,
responsible for his W duty
II the Norwegian boasts of his home OF
rocks. and the Siberian is pleased with his
Ian OF perpetual snow. if the Roman
thought that the muddy Tiber was the
favored river in the sight Of heaven, and i
tn" LapIanifr shivers out his euIogy of his
native cline. and if the Chinese have pit,
for Anv0odv born outside of the Flower
Kingdom. shall not We. born under thes'
fair skies and standing day by day annie
those glorious civil and religious liberties
l." l.I lie spirited? ! propose to tell the pee
r" vtry plainly what | consider to be thel
tl@-tntu tutv Ut the ballot box.
~, IT Yourself against all political false
hoe. The most monetrou. lies ever told i
tht~ rpuntry are turing tho elections. sto
atta. door IT q Desc ratio meeting an
Is IA AN -arthatt tue Republicans are liars
l>ta.. At thu door Of a Republican meetin
an listen an ! hear that the Democrats al
srnundr"i-. our puhlis men microscopes,
anil the truth distorted. WI" believes
t"utl part II what he reads or hears IN I'll
a1'fyonal elections Men who II other s.,
sous 81 tho wear are very careful III the
s;eath become peidlers-of scandal.
.Uth' FAR east there i, a place where one
"A year they let thu people IL a they pleas
a. a. 2HN " A'AA A6'f h' - tASt NAt la
futt ~ uproar. lnisruir AMI wirkefneSs. an
II y calt Il the ''ievsIs day The neara.
approximation - that in this country M
been fhe first Tuesday in November. tt
4 community at such times seems 10 say. .G
j.. to. now. let Us rave q good time NJ Wing
Prominent candidates for office are l.
nouncei "a unpranriple.i and renegade
+. smart liz will start in the corner n a count
= newspaper, an ! Keep on running until it hi
tapturolth. printing presses of the who
conf n-nt. What -arbInc ~ speeches VII
misiuterpretatlon ~ motives What mi
representation ~ individual antecedents.
To" trouble l. that V" have In this countl
two crea, manufactories-manufsctories
!; lies the Republican mandatory OF lies al
] the Democratic mandatory Of lies-ar
they are run day and night. and they ful
out half Il dozen a lay all equipped AT
ready for full sailing. Large lies and snt
lies. Lies privat" AM lies public and Ii
prurlent. Lies cut bias and lies GU. dragons
Long limhed lies and lies with double Ia,
action, Lies complimentary and lies 4
.famatory. Lies that some people believ
and lies that ali the people believe. and Ii
that nobody believes. Lies with humps III
careis. and scales like crocoiiles. and nee
a. lon as stork@. AMI feet as wifi as an a
teiope's. and stinCs like aiiers- Lies "a
= and scalloped and PANIED and steve