The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-06

Gordo, Contreras and Chapultepec. As
the years passed on and the scroll of
carnage unrolled there came ont from
both sides heroism, and strength.
and a determination that the world
had never seen marshaled. And what
but determination could come when
Philip Sheridan and Stonewall jack
son met, and Nathaniel Lyon and Syi-
ney Johnston rode in from north and
south. and Grant and Lee, the two
| thunderbolts of battle clashed? Yet
we are nation, and yet we are at
peace Earthly courage did not excite
| the conflict
Again, the horses and chariots of
God came TO the rescue of this nation
in 1876. at the close of a presidential
election famous for ferocity. Adarker
cloud yet settled down upon this ma
! ton. The result of the election was
| in dispute, and revolution, not be-
| tween two or three sections. but revo-
luton in every town and village and
| city of the United States seemed immi-
nenG The prospect was that New
| York would throttle New York, and
New Orleans would grip New Orleans,
and Boston, Boston, and Savannah,
Savannah, and Washin rton, Washing
ton. Some said Mr.. Tilden was elect
ed; others said Mr.. Hayes was elected;
and how near we game to universal
massacre some of us guessed, but God
only knew. / ascribe our escape not
! to the honesty and righteousness of
infuriated politicians, but l ascribe it
to the upper forces of the text Char
| lots of mercy rolled in, and, though
| the wheels were not heard and the
| flash was not seen, yet all through the
mountains of the north and the south
and the east and the west, though the
/ hoofs did not clatter, the cavalry of
God galloped by. tell you God is the
/ friend of this nation.
/ am encouraged more than l can
tell you as | see the regiments wheel
ing down the sky, and my jeremiads
turn into doXologies, and that which
was the Good Friday of the nations
crucifxion becomes the Easter morn
of its resurrection. OF course, God
works through human instrumental
ties, and this national betterment is to
come among other things, through n
scrutinized ballot-box. BY the law of
registration it is almost impossible now
to have illegal voting. There was a time,
you and l remember it very well, when
droves of vagabonds wandered up and
down on election day, and from poll to
poll, and voted here, and voted there,
and voted everywhere, and there was
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amounted to nothing, because nothing
could be so suddenly proved upon the
vagabonds. Now, in every we'll organ
lied neighborhood, every voter is
watched with severity and scrutiny.
Is not that a great advance? And
then notice the law that prohibits a
man voting if he has bet on the cleo
ton. A step further needs to be taken,
and that man forbidden to vote who
has offered or taken a bride, whether
it be in the shape of a free drink, OF
cash paid down.
God will save this nation through an
aroused moral sentiment There has
never been SO much discussion of
morals and inmorals. Men, whether
or not they acknowledge what is right,
have to think what is right We have
men who have had their hands in the
public treasury the most of their life
time, stealing all they could lay their
hands on, discoursing eloquently
about dishonesty in public serv-
ants; and men with two or three
eloouently about the beauties of the
seventh commandment. The question
of sobriety and drunkenness is thrust
in the face of this nation as never be-
fore, and takes part in our political
contests. The question of nationa.
sobriety is going to be respectfully
and deferentially heard at the bar of
every legislature, and every house OF
representatives, and every state senate;
and an omnipotent voice will ring
down the sky and across this land and
back again, saying to these rising
tides of drunkenness which threaten
to whelm home and church and nation:
THUS far shalt thou come, but no far
Their, and here shall thy proud waves
be stayed"
When the army of Antigonus went
into battle, his soldiers were very
much discourage, and they rushed up
to the general and said TO him: Don't
you see we have few forces, and they
have so many more?' and the soldiers
were affrighted at the smallness of
their number and the greatness of the
enemy. AEtigonus, their commander,
Strengthened himself up. and said, with
Indignation and vehemence: How
many do you reckon me to be?' And
when we see the vast armies arrayed
against the cause of sobricty it may
sometimes be very discouraging, but |
ask you in making up your estimate OF
the forces of righteousness-I ask you
how many do you recken the Lord God
Almighty to be? lie is our commander.
The Lord of Hosts is his name have
the best authority for saying that the
chariots of God are 10000, and the
mountains are full of them.
Have you any doubt about the need
OF the Christian religion to purify and
make decent American politics? At
every yearly or quadrennial election
we have in this country great manu-
factories-manufac of lies; and
they are run day and night, and they
turn out half dozen a day.
all equipped and ready for full
SAILING LARGE lies and small lies. Lies