San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-29

before which we do bow down and
most reverently worship. And
with strange perversity, the more
uncanny the copper god the more
devotedly do we offer our homage
and reverent worship.
Just at present the copper god
most in demand and most general
ly worshipped is the god Of party.
There is no occasion for any one
TO fling rocks at his neighbor on
this account, for they all do wor-
ship in the temple Of this green
copper deity. He has as many
names as there are different tenn.
Piles erected to his worship, but he
is in and through all the same
dirty, deformed, verdigrlsed, I'M
canny, hideous, unsightly deity.
The temple may be sectsrian or
religious, industrial or political,
social or scientific, it matters not
The green copper deity presides in
every temple and at his command
all fall down and worship. The
more the deity Of one party tenn
pie is reverenced tho more bitter
the denunciation he receives
from the devotees Of rival shrine.
And the war of words and worse
between the followers Of the rival
copper gods Of party, raises a din
that browns out the harmonies of
the spheres.
Brains, breeding, manhood
worth, dignity Of character, schol-
arship, public services, private
benefactions, all count for no thing.
No man may safely condemn this
green coated, copper god of party
and live. To do it is to be con-
demned in the state and despised
in the church and outcast OF socie-
ty. To do it is to call down upon
the devoted head OF the uncircum-
cised, who refuses to bow the
knee and worship in the temple
Of this copper deity, all the
anathema maranathas of the cal
endar, To deny the authority Of
this party god, devil or deity, is
to invite the communications
of all authorities, and expose ones
self to the attack of all the venom
stings Of the insects which swarm
in the infested temple of party.
And to those who have braved
this inquistltion this is no light
thing.
Another OF these copper gods
that demands almost a universal
homage is the copper god called
"Mammon." AS Festus says, Nam
mon sits at a million hearths
while God is bolted out Of every
house. This copper deity has a
gorgeous train and the exalted
ones Of earth are his cup bearers.
There is no estate so high, no con-
dition so lowly, that he does not
include both in his following.
He takes precedence OF kings and
Of priests, and of the divinest
manhood and the most angelic
womanhood. Yea, more, he buys
the heart Of womanhood in the
open market and considers it his
prerogative to bind manhood a
slave at his chariot wheels. He
enters the sacred temples of
Jehovah and lays his tribute upon
her affairs, calling this one here
and dismissing that one there at
will. He sits at the council
board Of the nations and the
arbitrament of the sword and OF
the senate are set aside at his
command. He holds the keys Of
heaven in his right hand and Of
honor in his left, and his foot is on
the neck Of all worlds. He makes
sport OF the divine right of kings,
and makes merchandise Of the
liberties Of the people.
There is yet another Of these
copper gods, who exacts a univer-
sal tribute and a world wide
homage. This is the copper god
Of "Policy." This deity is as hum
BILE as Uriah Heep, as arrogant
as Mammon, but he has the cloven
foot Of the devil that is never seen.
or the devotees in this temple
the one requirement is Adaptable
ty. Its ritual demands that the