Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-08-12

people will seek safety under the
protection Of a man on horseback.
"ATe there present with us condi-
tons which warrant the belief that
what has been predicted Of our re-
public would come true, and shall
we refuse to call attention to the
facts lest we may offend those who
are delinquent, whose influence is
far reaching for evil and who may
condemn usY
what relation does the citizen
sustain TO the government Let this
relation be freely understood. Re-
member, the law that governs the
moral world is as certain and as in.
evItable as the law Of grSvitation.
Like causes produce like effects in
both the moral and physical worlds.
Those who offend must pay the pen
atty not more certainly in the phys
icRl than in the moral world.
"The republic is in more danger
today than when Fort Sumpter was
fred upon. There are influences that
are making for Ill. We have plenty
Of education, but education, unless
leavened with morality, simply fits
the man to be an expert sCoundrel.
Our country is in danger because
corruption in our politics is as COM
mon as elections, and corruption in
our municipal and state Legislatures
is as common as luncheon at noon.
I'm almost every municipal and
state Legislature there Is an organ
ize,1 banditti that demands tribute
and a, Ills legislation. We know this
to be 80. You know 1t in Philsdel-
phls, and you must know it in Penn
sylvanla. Aud it must stop, or it will
stop the wheels Of this republic.
"The Influences are ripe and ripen-
ing to destroy our government unless
we turn aside from the way we have
been going and adhere to the princi-
pies rather than to party. There are
too many men who scorn dishonesty
in private affairs who encourage it in
politics. Half the world is going to
the devil because no one will shout
out loud. The time has come, il the
republic is to be preserved, when we
will have to rebuke men out loud.
"Men sneer at morality in politics,
but God knows that there is hardly
enough left of it in the politics Of
this country TO sneer at.
MANY sigh and pray for prosper
;ty, and many work themselves up
Into s belief that prosperity is speed
lily coming to bless all our homes
But my coUntrymen, do not be mis-
led, but think and reason and Judge
for yourselves. And so thinking and
Judging, don't you see that before We
can bring prosperity back to remain
we must remove the cause that drove
and keeps it in exile?
! do not forget that the humblest
an whose fingers drops a ballot
IL = to guide the pen that writes
I, that makes right or promotes
s 'ro 80" z. II liberty falls, il the
49, .-e 49, lie, we, the people, are to
blame blame for We !, vrite the law
a,n, ~ W 70 ] for the future
what hope ha' coufdant expec.
Much hope, but no - 49, n,or
tation, because I find t....I.
who for party advantsh 90 a.
principle under foot. There s,.aS
many who have grown discou. D.,
and have quit trying to make
politics purer and better. l find so
many who are willing to buy legisla-
tion as they buy corn and wheat.
II prefer tyranny to anarchy. We
will have both, but anarchy first, and
tyranny to escape anarchy. There
can be no true liberty without law,
any more than there can be order in
chaos, or health saturated with dis
ease. I have confidence in my coun-
trymen. / have less confidence in
some who appreciated, the opportun-
ity our free institutions secure, but
Tail utterly to appreciate the respon-
'ibility that freed ON imposes. But I
Know stand in the presence of
Hearts that are q instant and pure,
Hearts that are oval and true;
Then give 10 th world the best you have,
And the best Ill come back TO you.
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The Fo' lrth Annual Reunion OF
he G.. A. r.. Of Northwest Kansas will
10 held al Concordis, August 81 and