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

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Notaln. but Christianity viii ever stop SUI |
q 9ooi Of in5ereney. The Christian religlos !
vii! speak after awhile. The biliin-s2ate al |
low scandal through which We wade ai'nos
Every autumn must he rebukfd hy that r
8gion which speaks from itstHo great noun
,aAins. from the one mountain fntoning til
command. Thou shalt no, bear false Wit
ness against thy neichbor.' and from tn
other mount making plea for kininess an
love ard blessing rather than cursing.
OCsristian men. froan upon politicai. false |
hood Remember that d political lie is a.
black as any other Kind o. Il lie. God has re-
coriei ali the ialsehooi Is that have been told
AZ the city. state or National elections since
the foundation o. this Government, AMI
though the perpetrators AMI their victims
may have gone into tn" dust, IN the last day
alignment will be awarded.
The fatsehoods that Aaron Burr breathed
into the ear Of Biennnrhassett. the ISLANDERS
that Lieutenant General Gage proclaimed
about George Washington. the misrepresen-
tations in regari to James Monroe. are a.
fresh in Gods book today as the lies that
were printed last week about our local can
didates. And all liars shall have their par:
in the lake which purneth with FIRE and brim-
stone. which is the second death. 81
Again. / counsel YOU as Christian men to
.et yourselves against the misuse OF money
III political campaigns. Of the thousands o.
dollars already spen, this autumn. how much
d the amount do you suppose has been prop
triv used? You have q right to spend money
| for tho publishing of political tracts. for the
establishment Of organizations for the carry
in out Of what you consider 10 be the best
YOU have a right to appeal to the reason of
men by rgumen and statistics and by facts.
Printing and renting Of public halls and po-
lltlcal meetings cost money. but he who puts
a tribe into the hand of a voter or plies weak
men with Inercenary and corrupt motives
commits n sin against God and the Nation.
Bribery is one Of the most appalling sins
OF this country. God says. Fire shall con-
sumo the tabernacles of bribery" Hav"
nothing TO do with such a sin. o Christian
man Fling it from the ballot box. Hand
over 10 the police the man who attempts TO
tanper with your vote. and remember that
" elections that cannot be carried without
brides ought never to be carried at all.
Acan | ask you rs Chrisbrnanent To set your
s"ives against the Issipal4oa as that hovccover
the ballot box. Let me- say that no man can
afford TO 20 into political life who is not IA
tent"taier. Tot political discussion somehow
rr@.@"s an unnatural thirS. and huu'!s"de o
'ne'l-anls OF men have gone DOWN into
drunkenness through toi zeal life.
After an cx@itln. rain,ass through no
evening You mus. tax" something. I'd
rs NJ IN the morning. Wit}, less nn,n7t or
ltFtl INilil YOU niiS tthf NV III w
going of among Your comrades through D.
forenoon you meet political friends. an" you
must take something. and in the AFTERNOON
vou meet o:h"r political irienis. ms ~ny
must take Something and being niyIt.aN
come something has taken YOU. Thee ACC
Nut Few asses wlinrt. men have been at - 20
stand Hp against the designations OF political
life.
Joseph was a politician. hut he mainrain"l
his integrity. Daniel was a politician. ovt
he WAS a teetOta,er to the last. Aor,itan
WAS IA politician. but he was always cha 80
terized as the father of the faithful. Moses
was 4 politician. the grandest ofThem. Int
Ne tGhored God more than he did the ']ar-
aots. and there are hundreds OF Chr stan
men now III the political parties maintaining
their Integrity. even when they are obliged
10 stand amid the blasted. lecherous and
loathsome crew that sometimes surround the
ballot o x-these Christian men doing their
political duty and then coming back to the
prayer meetings and Christian circles.as pure
as when they went out. But that istnot the
ordinary circumstance-that is the eXrep-
ton.
How often you sec men coming back from
the political conflict. and their eyeis glazed.
and their cheek has an unnatural flush. and
they talk louder than they usually do. and at
the least provOcatiOn they will bet, and you
say they are convivial, or they are exceed
ingly vivacious, or you apply some other
sweet name to them, but God knows they are
drunk. Some Of you a month or six weeks
ago, had no more religion.than you ought to
have. and after the elections are over to cal
culate how much religion you have left will
be q sum In vulgar fractions. Oh, the pres
sure is tremendous
How many mighty intellects have gone
down under the dissipation Of politics I
think of one who came from the west He
was able to stand out against the whole
American Senate. God had given him fac
ulties enough to govern a kingdom, or to
frame a constitution. His voice was terri
BILE to his country's enemies and a mighty in
SEPARATION ia the day of National peril. But
twenty glasses Of strong drink q day were
his usual allowance. and he went down into
the habits Of a confirmed inebriate.
Alas for him Though q costly monument
has been reared owe K his resting place, the
young men OF this c puntry shall not be de-
MED the awful less on that the agency nv
which the world was robbed of one of its
mightiest intellects. and our country of one
of its ablest constitutional defenders. was the
dissipation of political life. You want to
know who 1 mean? Young man. ask your
father when you get home. The adverse tide
is fearful. and l warn you against it.
You need not go far off to find the worn
out politician. Here he is. stumbling along
the highway, his limbs hardly able to hold
him up. Bent over and pale with exhaust.
ing sickness; Surly to anybody who accosts
/ him. His last decent article of appare,
pawned for strong drink. Glad if, when 60
ing by a grocery, some low. acquaintance In
? vites him In to take a sip of ale and then
wiping his lip with his greasy sleeve
a Kicked off the steps by men who once were
+. proud to be bis constituents. Manhood oh
liberated. Lip b~listered with a curse. Scar:
of brutal assault on cheek and brow. Fou
nouthed. A crouching, staggering, wheel.
ing wretch. No friends. No God. No hope
No heaven.
: That is your WORKOUT politician. That is
| what some of you will become unless by this
{ mornings warning and the mercy of Coz
; Your steps are arrested. Oh. there are nc
words enough potent. enough portentious
enough consuming, enough damning, to de
scribe the horrible drunkenness that ha:
: rolled oyer this land. and that has bent dow,
4 the necks Of some of the mightiest intellects
V until they have been compelled to drink on
5 Of the trough OF hestiality and abomination
e warn young men against political life. IN
( s"sS they are teetotalers and consecra,es
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