Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-12
aALL PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITIONS

has often been expressed from the pull
pit, we mustn't contaminate ourselves
with politics. Priests should never be
politicians, but we should use our
rights for the good of our country. The
tenderest Christian conscience can
perform the every duty of an Ameri-
can citizen. We ought to mix our re-
ligion and our politics.
81 do not believe in two sentiments
one for the pulpit and one for the bal
lot box. There is such thing as Chris
tian Craftsmanship. We cannot allow
the affairs of our country to be looked
after by unworthy representatives, and
we won't.
"Who said purity in politics is an iri-
descent dream? Let him pass back to
the rear and be sprinkled by the dust
Of the army of advancement as it moves
on and on. The hearts on this side of
the sea throb in unison with the Hon.
William f. Gladstone, who can expound
the laws of government on Saturday
night and preach the gospel on Sun
day.
1.-THE duties of citizenship are imper-
alive. The ideal man carries into the
discharge of his citizenship his tender
est Christian conscience.
"What are some of these duties The
exercise of the elective franchise. In
the palmy days of Athens the man who
failed to vote twice in succession was
put to death. In government like
ours we must have grand constituent
cy. I'm going to vote whether they
count my vote or not, and acquit my
self before my conscience. And want
to say right here that the very founda-
tions of the country are threatened
with disruption when the ballot-box is
tempered with.
another duty is subservience to
law. Without authority would come
anarchism. The greatest curse of our
country is the homicidal spirit. We
ought to exercise the fatal idea which
says that wounded honor should be de-
Tended by the trigger 1t humbles my
national pride to be told that the Unit
ed States ranks well up as a country
Astounding in murder, that three muir
ders are committed here to one in Eng
land, that in the past four years 24,55O
people met violent death at the hands
of their fellow-men.
"But greater and more outrageous
curse Is the spirit of mobism which is
abroad in the land A participant in
a lynching is from then ON an outlaw.
In the name of God and humanity, let
us enthrone the majesty of the law and
by the conscientious discharge of our
duties drive this murderous spirit from
the country. Last year there were 107
legal executions and 236lynchings, and
five of them were women. There is no
crime black enough to call for mob yio-
lence.
another solemn duty which is often
evaded is the serving on jury. 1t is
one of the grandest rights of an Amer
lean citizen. We ought to uphold our
officials. Shall we hound the steps of
an immortal Washington because Of
one Benedict Arnold Let me say in
conclusion that l believe that God who
has planted rs here and guided our
for us. In the great battle Of Hastings,
after charge after charge had been
made by William the Conqueror, the
was dead, William the Conquerer
mounted his horse and rode down his
lines. Darkness was changed into light,
defeat turned into victory.
shadows may gather for while and
the stars may shine faint in their heav-
emily setting, but in the end all will
come right. believe especially in the
Mississippi valley, whatever it says to-
day will be done tomorrow by the coun-
try. Let us see to it that we convert
brilliant prophesy into splendid histo-
ry."