New-York tribune., 1896-11-02
THE BATTLE WITH BALLOTS.
THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED AND THE FoHc

THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED AND THE FORCES
ARRAyEp. AS SEEN BY DIR. KING.
The Rev DR.. James NJ King at the Union Method
ist Church. yesterday preached on the SUBJECT inc
Battle with Ballots on November T. ana 'he f''"o'
pies Involvcd." lie said. in par:
maese speeae!s is 70 ,s 80 iyis Tnyieen Millions
Of sovcreigDs. representing soOvlSo people, are on ~
express their OPINION and render ineif ,,SIic
cerning principles OF vital import 10 the Kepuo.c;
The experiment OF scf-governnens ~ son Vi,
in this land The nations OF inc earn m are
looking on 20 see whether republic WIN m nonesi
suffrage mas aggregate virtue enoush - or
and possesses The essential elements OF perpst''lE ~
Commerce moves with iremtious st. ar, "p,'i,icai
which commerce rests. hides its race Is' po'' eon
provideni savings oi honest toll. the insurance Iuh1s
in which the helpless and dependeH, are intereslcu, &
supposed be safe against the ingenuity od o OF So
they may be robbed Of their vliie py hiiu VI pI
cal ihievery thai does its work without the necessity
OF breaking bolts. Benevolent and missionary ,.ng in,
terprises struggling for main,rn1ncs n,rys. r in the
face OF the cries of the distressed az nome s INC
demands of heathenism in dark ana dS'a, u,.i,od
Probably no campaign of education ever t1uail'o
the closing. when INC pdrio''v e'1 , Sc,d,,
themselves and aid their fellow-czens 10 get rehS s
for responsible action. We are cali.h upon III III" vi"
he Trusted We have done It once when resisted
the forces OF dshonor which sought to onc n9 us 10
nav i'm appreciated values the debt ncurrcd IN SAVING
the Nations life. Every honest citizen Is pouhu 10
The forces are lining up on the one side are mis-
guided men who Nave grievanc'. and allow ALLOW thrm- r
Ignorant men who are led by unscrupulous poiii'lans
and vote as masses and not individuals: men OF
vote. men who permit themselves 10 he bound -!
worship OF the fetch Of party rcgulaTity: mn "no
hold together on sectional ground for fear ot 'e--
ion that mas strike their sectional interests; men
who follow political leaders. rign or toyms wpTns ef rpv ,
crnmeni under which they preferred anarchiS 10 ~
has no excuse in a republic Populist aeators. VINO
get their living by fomenting discord among inel,
followers nd seek to array class against CLASS. anu
priXa
time they advocate a patcrnallsnl III M goN,,'',,, h
buy up state Icelsa, and hold up SrnaieS; r,n
who as the result OF tieir monarcncai sn"VS a, 'r' co.
nmblican institutions: men who owe dcnt+ ana wn'n
sef-interost is sake ignore personal honor men
acted morality and that the individual citizen cannot
cast that means reputation ~ilaou S ,hnk
Ing the aggregate National morality; men VINO inlnh
II an evidence OF wisdom 10 prate abont ana suppoIt
financial theories which the eXpe,cnreS ho oi nre7e
have proved fal!acous men VINO tnink 'ha M pd
Court decisions and the pecaloguc fan DC an, I'M MN
Who believe in State sovereignty as opposed 20 na.
tionallty and who would revive ihs ,on ~,
When We lad hoped was reesa'ed to oblivion 'y
on the other side arrayed in majestic spinarit.
,,o,,r hefnrr I'm the history OF The R"pubnc. no,
even when the battle with bullets was on ior ,nr
preservation OF the mon me ,nan,mi;v
most Of the educators and students In the nMEner M
institutions OF learning ns esn snd mcrcan.e and
notwithstanding interests. which employ labor lne
"yh hf ybn tTnk While they work: the men who pre-
Ter atrioisrn to slavsh party loyalty me men VII
insist that the label on platform ot pohti'a r' &
,,,os sbai triihfully tell the contents; IN" men VINO
hsevn mat the right - IN" General tovernmen. 10
os.crt and enforce is authority FOR ~" pfotcSUon
49,. nronertv ar the persors of its agents In ony
So was settled at Appomattox: the m"r "no nr-
80 IA, Tho highest judiciary OF the Naron tu'
n,shos .he .a,cguard OF individual ana Sauonti
rights: the men who believe that national nnahef,
honor j. the keystone In the arch 3' me cosnnr ne
ih.rfv in A republic, the men whp con. n', W
rroa, Republic as member of the family oi ha,ors, t
ord "a ho want TO see our starry banner IN ~" M Mlui,
,,or. ~ mo process on which giriles IN" s" WIZ,
ne u no runs may read; This ensign Iieahs >@''"''
h,,or and civil and religious liberty. -,
ThIa commercial metropolis shows ne pu''' q, ~"
- -, I'D ma, nu'se has a healthy beat. II -
,t',,i,. 80 hs honed ;hat he wounds that enemies
or misguiiea seek 10 inhict WI, Toy he '"N
- =, h'r, Tho general health of the bodv polite.
70 al 10 rfe>h,cous prncri"s involved IN ihc com
,y contes, can be- rea.ser,"d with such rrrisIi"s' rris
pn,h,sis mar All departments Of tho Naonai ''oN-
ornncn. sh,ll he so constituted rs ~ he an" ' M
force ther, new ana honorable chav'er VIII n.N Gr
sneed Inc right. NAV that "r.ght"onsn"s' "h'h w
aNeth n nation" prevail.