Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-08-06


VopyrIght. 1898, by American Press Asso-
ciationl
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-Dr. Tal1cage
III this discourse arraigns the various
modes by which some people get money
that does not belong to them and COM
mends the fair dealing that succeeds
best at last; text, Timothy vi, 8, ''They
that will be rich fall into temptation
and snare and into many foolish and
hurtful lusts, which drown men in de-
structlon and perdition. p"
That is the Niagara falls over which
rush multitude of souls-namely, the
determination to have the money any
how, right Or wrong. Tell me how
man gets his money and what he does
with 1T, and will tell you his character
and what will be his destiny in this
world and the next. propose to speak
today about the ruinous modes of get
ting money.
In all our city, state and national
elections large sums of money are used
in bribery. Politics, from being the
science OF good government, has often
been bedraggled into the synonym
for truculency and turpitude. A mon
ster sin, plausible, potent, pestiferous,
has gone forth to do its dreadful work
in all ages Its two hands are rotten
with leprosy. 1t keeps it's right hand
hidden in deep pocket. The left hand
is clinched ard with its ichorous knuc.
kle it taps at the door of the courtroom.
the legislative hall, the congress and the
parliament. The door swings open and
the monster enters and glides through
the aisle Of the council chamber as soft
ly as slippered page, and then it takes
its right hand from its deep pocket and
offers it in salutation to judge or legis-
lator. If that hand lie taken, and the
palm of the intruder cross the palm of
the official, the leprosy crosses from
palm to palm in round blotch, round
as gold eagle and the virus spreads,
and the doom is fixed, and the victim
perishes. Let bribery, accursed of God
and man, stand up for trial.
The Bible a1raigns it again and
again. Samuel says of his two sons,
who became judges, "They took brides
and perverted Judgment" David says
of some of his rursuers, "Their right
hand is full of bribes." Amos says of
some men in his day, "They take IA
bride and turn aside the poor in the
gate" Eliphaz foretells the crushing
blows Of Gods indignation, declaring,
"Fire shall consume the tabernacles of
bribery"
No Light Temptation.
It is no light temptation. The might
est have fallen under it, Lord Bacon,
lord chancellor of England, founder of
our modern science, author of "Noyum
Organum" and whole library of
books, the leading thinker of his CEN
fury, so precocious that when a little
child he was asked by Queen Elizabeth.
"How old are your" he responded, II
am two years younger than your maj
esty's happy reign" of whose oratory
Ben Jonson wrote, "The fear of every
man that heard him was lest he should
make an end," having an income which
you would suppose would have put him
beyond the temptation of bribery-$36,-
900 year and Twickenham Court, Ii
gift, and princely estates in Hertford-
shire-yet, under this temptation to
bribery, falling fat into ruin, and Oh
his confession of taking brides, giving
as excuse that all his predecessors took
them, he was fined $500, 000-or what
corresponds with our 5000, 0OO-and
IN 7 oO1on Tower
The black chapter in English, Irish,
Ffench and American politics is the
chapter of bribery. Some Of you renem-
her the Pacific Mail subsidies Most of
Won remember the awful tragedy OF the
Credit Mobilier. Under the temptation
to bribery Benedict Arnold sold the fort
in the Highlands for So 80. For this
sin Gorgey betrayed Hungary, Ahltho.
phel forsool1 David and Judas kissed
Christ. When l see so many OF the
illustrious going down under this temp
tation, it makes me think OF the RED
dragon spoken Of in Revelation Win
seven heads and ten horns and seven
crowns, dra wing a third part OF ehe
stars Of leavtAl down after him.
The Hobbies of the legislatures OF this
country control the country, Inc lana
is drunk with bribery. ION, says
some one, "therc's no need OF talking
against bribery by promise or by do!.
lars, because every man has ms prlce'
I do not believe it. Even hoathehlslh
and the dark ages have furnished specl.
mems of incorruptibility. A cadl OF
SMYRNA had case brought before nm
on trial. A man gave him 800 ducats
in bribery. The case came on. Inc
hriber had many witnesses. The poor
man ON the other side had no witnesses
At the close Of the case the caal salu
"This Door man has no witnesses no
thinks. | shall produce in his behalf ooo
witnesses against the other side: y linen
milling out the bag of ducats from uh-
der the ottoman he dashed it down a1
the feet of the briber, saying, II givo
nv decision against you" Epamlnon-
das. offered bride, said, ~ VIII 40 'nis
thing if it be right, and if it be wrong
all YOUR goods cannot persuade me-
| invitations to Bribery.
r,,o ,roe;dent of the American con-
oress during the American Revolution,
General Reed, was offered lo'oo ~
ruineas by foreign commissioners II
be would betray this country 1e 10.
plied, "Gentlemen, l am a very poul
man but tell your king he is not fich
enough to buy me-" But why go SO l'o'
when YOU and if we move in honoIa-
BILE society know men ana "uiii 1, ao "hd
by all the forces of earth ana heii o u" ~
not be bribed. They would no more pe
hr;hed than YOU would think of tempt