Milford chronicle., 1893-11-10

panned and stewed Crawling lies an,
Jumping lies and soaring lies. Lies witt
attachment screws and ruliers and braid
'e- ers and ready wound bobbins Lies h.
IS Christian people, who never lie except dur
+, ing elections, and lies bypeople who alwayl
paig.
is 1 confess I am ashamed to have a for
eigner visit this country in these times
le Should think he would stand dazed and
u aafe not go ont nightsl What will the
r hundreds of thousands Of foreigners who
+ come here to live think of US? What a dis
y gust they must have for the land of their
Y adoptonl The only good thing about it is
! that many of them cannot understand the
4 English language But / suppose the Cer-
man and Italian and Swedish and French
. papers translate it all, and peddle out the
I Internal stuff to their subscribers.
+ Nothing but Christianity will ever stop
such flood of indeceney The Christian
religion will speak after awhile The bill
hngsgate and low scandal through which
we wade almost every autumn nnst ba re-.
1uked by that religion which speaks from
It's two great mountains, from the one
mountain intoning the command, sThou
shait not bear false witness against thv
nelghbor,' and from the other mount max
ing plea for kindness and love and blessing
rather than eursina.
o Christian men, frown upon poiitical
falsehoodi Remember that a political l;e |
is as black as any other kind of lie. God /
has recorded all the falsehoods that have
been told at the city, state or national elee-
tions since the foundation Of this govern
ment, and though the perpetrators and
their victims may have gone into the dust
In the last day Judgment viii be awarded
"a HnI aaIa fNlIH - A
into the ear Of Blennernasset, the ISLANDERS
that Lieutenant General Gage proelaiIned
about George Washington, the misrepre-
sentations in regard to James Monroe. are
as fresh in Gods book today as the lies
that were printed last week about our local
candidates. And all liars shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire
and birthstone, which is the second death. -
THE CRIME OF BRIBERY.
Again, counsel you as Christian men to
set yourselves against the misuse Of money v
IN political campaigns OF the thousands {
of dollars already spent this autumn. how c
much Of the amount do you suppose has
been properly used? You have a right to q
spend money for the publishing Of political =
tracts, Tor the establishment Of organiza- d
tions for the carrying out of what you CON
slder TO be the best; you have a right to Sc
-tft~"+- ~ @AA9 ANtAaA4 VI men lN argument Il
and statistics and by facts. Printing and n
renting Of public halls and political meet b.
ngs cost money but he who puts bribe a
nto the hand of voter or plies weak men W
WITH mercenary and corrupt motives com tV
nlts sin against God and the nation. OF
bribery Is one of the most appalling sins ~
u this country. God says, Fire shall CON sh
ume the tabernacles Of bribery.D Have an
othing to do with such sin, o Christian vi
nanl Fling it from the ballot box. Hand th
yer to the police the man who attempts to th
amper with your vote. and remember that yo
lections that cannot be carried without 20
ribes ought never to be carried at ali I'M
gam l ask you as Christian men to set
against the designations that
over over the ballot box. Let me say that
0 man can afford to go into political life moi
no IS not teetotaler Hot political dis tie!
lssion somehow creates an unnatural Of
irst and hundreds of thousands of men to
I'VE gone down into drunkenness through tab
,litical life mo
Alter an exciting canvass through the EaS
ening you must take something - and bee
ing in the morning with less animation fcov
an usual you must take something shri
d going of among your comrades pres
rough the forenoon You meet political adj
ends and you must take something" iron
d IN the afternoon you meet other polit- anc,
j friends and You must take some by v
ng, and before night has come some to I
ng has taken you. There are but few the
es where men have been able to stand rent
against the dissipations of political life. dun
oseph was a politician, but he main
ned his integrity. Daniel was a polfti-
D, put he was teetotaler to the last. n
raham was politician, but he was al reni
Us characterized as the father of the iooic
hful Moses was a politician, the grand cIeci
of them, but he honored God more than r,orl
did the Pharaohs, and there are hun otbo,
DIS OF Christian men now in the political s1on,
ties, maintaining their integrity, even 80
IN they are obliged to stand amid the ~ 90
ited, lecherous and loathesome crew ono i
soLie'lles surrounds me ballot box night
? and then coming back to the PRAYER tolsf
tings and Christian circles as pure as stotil
n they went out But that is not the ,oorI
nary circumsuance-that is the excep- ,-ifb
o,v often Won 500 mon oo,,,i,.,. ,,-.,- Repu
political conflict, and theireye is glazed
their cheek has an unnatural flush. and ,i
talk louder than they usually do. and ba,-,,
le least provocation they win bet. and 90
say they are convivial, or they are ex- ,g3ti,
lngly vivacious, or you apply some of ma
sweet name to them, but God knows sse il
- - @ - 1olile u you month or Shern
,,'1. y l,..,- 40 iiiole tellglon than ginia
e. - " anu .L'eI tue elections severa
nave left will be a sum in vulgar frae- -
Oh, the pressure is tremendousl
POLITE DIssIPATIONs.
W many mighty intellects have gone
under the dissipation Of politicsl Jual
of one who came from The west. He Wnerei
able to stand out against the whole FIlsS
'iean senate. God had given him fac 2eeh j
; enough to govern a kingdom. or to Donuoi
2 a constitution. His voice was terri
D his country's enemies and u mighty
'ation in the day of national peril The
% glasses Of strong drink a day were self in g
ual allowance, and be went down into Gold
lbits of a confirmed inebrlate. lonabla
S for him! Though a costly monument ~,
zen reared over his resting place, the ~, ~
. men Of this country shall not be de- 'lli7 'ii
ne awful lesson that the agency by The
the world was robbed of one of its Hindoo
lest intellects, and our country Of one emblem
ablest constitutional defenders. was The s
isipation Of political life. You want to from
who mean2 Young man, ask your scythes
when you get home. The adverse Tbara
fearful, and warn you against it. a tenders
need not 90 far oil To ana lne worn irving +
iiSle ne u slpling along Cas6l
l'.s IN y eoiply aDle 20 holu soil Of Il
kness. Surly to anybody who ac- ~ a,,,-
l,is i.'sO ueoelS etslcie OF ap It seer
.,s'' lol slronk urlllk 'ad H. meeting
80 ,S.aS o5 gioosly, some low ac- brunn !
n - r.li "a 20 tsske SIP OF ent an
-,.a.'a .en TIlppins nis up with ms dressed
ce were proudto be his constituents. ,Tbers W.
cd obliteTlted. Lip blistered with sto ,,lts,
Scars of brutal assault on cheek I;ef.e5 -,
S@ ~. - llouvneu; a erolching, versed il
T., "lss'1iiis FIeDcn NO friends. It is that
= ~ 10y. ~ heaveu' bered am
p youi y, WoinoIg poiiueian- Ihat anarchist