The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-26

Dismissal from Their PuIpits,
National Democratic and Silver
Headquarters, Chicago, Sept. o., 1885,
The most disgraceful article ever
PRIV I'd in an American newspaper was
PUBLISHED by the Chicago Evening
Post Tuesday, Sept. Is. 1t was pre-
pared by the Republican national COM
mittee, and before being printed was
approved by Mr.. Hanna.
There was day in our national his
tory when such an outrage would be
resented by the overwhelming major
ity Of the American people. There was
day when the author and publisher
of such a sacrilegious screed would be
pilloried by public opinion, and held
up to the scorn and derision of fut-
ure generations.
The ministers Of the gospel, the
preachers of the word of God, are to
be whipped and bulldozed into line in
order that an English gold standard
may be permanently fastened upon the
people of the United States. The pas
tor who refuses to convert the sacred
walls of his church into a political
club; who declines to abandon the SAL
walton Of souls and become a Repub-
lican campaign shouter, risks the pen
atty of dismissal and may count on
the lasting hatred of the wealthy hypo-
critics who have issued this edict.
Do you doubt this? Send for copy
of the paper and read the article on
the first page, headed, For National
Honor" Before quoting from this
shameful article, let an undisputed fact
be stated.
William Jennings Bryan is a church.
man. He is a devout Christian, and
has put into practice those precepts
which Christ taught and which the
clergy are supposed to advocate. w.
j. Bryan is a man of spotless reputa-
ton. Not a word of suspicion has
ever been breathed against him. Not
drop of Intoxicating liquor ever
passed his lips. Never in his life did
he smoke, drink or swear. He is a de-
voted husband, a fond and loving IA
Their No word of malice has yet been
uttered by him against those whose
lying lips have charged him with trea-
son, reputation, dishonor and anarchy.
He is the chosen leader of an honest,
sincere and patriotic faction of the
American people who are attempting
to exercise their constitutional right
to settle a great public question by an
appeal to the ballot box.
Read what the Chicago Evening
Post says of w. ]. Bryan and the
cause he represents:
THE threatened attack upon the
morals and honor of the country by the
reputation of honest debts following
the election of William ]. Bryan has
aroused the guardians of the public con-
science, the ministers of the gospel, in
a manner that brings to memory the
noble fight made from the pulpit in
1861 against secession and slavery. So
strongly have the issues of the present
campaign appealed to the preacher
that all hesitation on account of the
relationship between church and state
has been overcome. No only will the
pulpits in every section of this city re-
sound with denunciation of the Chi
cago platform, but preachers whose ell
oquence is known throughout the ma
ton are going fearlessly into the arena
to battle for the moral welfare of the
country.
THE scenes which ushered in the
terrible carnage of the civil war afford
the only parallel in the present century
when the preacher forsakes the pulpit
to employ his eloquenec before political
gatherings. Last Sunday the tocsin
was sounded by ministers from every
side Of the city, and until the urgent is
sues reach the climax next November
the pulpit will wage relentless war
upon those who champion the debase-
ment of our coinage. To the individ-
ual who doubts the determination and
earnestness of the ministers in this
campaign it would be an act of charity
to advise him to attend the regular
weekly meetings of the ministers and
mark the forcible expressions against
Bryan's efforts to provoke class hatred
and foist a dishonest currency upon
the people. 1t will be worth while
to watch the pulpit from now on. Those
who do not come out directly on po-
litical issues will surprise their listen
ers with "sprinkling it in" to quote
the pastor of the First Baptist church.
Rev. p. S. Henson. But those who
want to hear the present issues dis
cussed from the pulpit without the
slightest reserve and without stint OF
language will have many places OF
worship to choose from next Sunday
and every succeeding Sunday until Nc
Kinley Is elected and the free silver
craze throttled for all time"
Do the Christian people of the United
States approve of this? Has the church
gone into competition with the barroom
as a forum for political discussion. I'm
agine st. Paul wildly swinging his
arms and urging the crowds, who as
semble to hear the words OF God to
vote against the debased silver money
of the Carthagenians. Picture Christ
asking tn poor and the sick and the
,,oinoad who 1ocked around him IL