Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-01-26

Evidently Not the God Who Direct
the Moral Government of the
Universe.
The New York Evening Post i
keenly sarcastic oyer the message sen
by Hanna 60 the PRESIDENT, Zoo
reigns, and the Republican party yei
liYes." Among OJher biting com
ments on this stupid resurrection
aud lgnOble application OF james
A, Gartield's Wall rect speech, Ur
hearing OF the assassination Of Lin
coln, whose opening words were
"God relgns aud the republic still
liYes," the Post says.
There has probably seldom been an
occasion in the United States wit5
which God, IL the general estimate OF
his character aud attributes be the
true one, had less TO do than with the
Hanna contest in OHIO. There has
seldom been an occasion In which, II
the general estimate OF his character
aud attributes be a true one, the devil
was more active, Influential and sat
istied. There has seldom been an Oc-
casiOn In which the vices aud defects
OF human character In which he most
delights, m re abOunded and were
more fruitful. Fraud, falsehOOd, cor
Tuption, bribery, JreacherY, indiiler-
ence 10 public interests aud 10 the
character of public men, were the
leading agencies In the struggle. The
spectacle was altogether one which
must have delighted the Internal re-
gious. Yet when IL was over, the
message which 10 INSPIRED Hanna 70
send tu the president was, God reigns
aud the Republican party NGill lives
This incident, and the appointment
OF Saylur, the exposed swludier, 10 the
cOnsulship OF Ma anzas, CuOa, Ia
spite OF the remonstrances of all that
II best in Philadelphia, personally
made TO the presldeu 3, raises, In spite
OF us, the question What religion IL
10 that these men profess 2 They pro-
fess some religion II good deal. They
are diligent ia their attendance at
church, they have family prayer; they
weep tears OF Di0u5 emotion when
they start from home TO take Office IN
Washington. But what God is this
God whom they Worship IL can
hardly be the Christian God, for the
struggle in Columbus was carried on
by instrumentalities which the Chris
tian God has condemned in the
strongest terms, at suEdry times and
IN divers manners. So that the God
whose reign IL proves, according tol
Hanna, must have been SOME other
deity. Moreover, the olfenses of
which Saylor has been convicted are,
In all the Christian sacred books,
treated as excluding IA man from all
fellowship In the Christian world, and
from the favor of Almighty God, until
he repents and makes restitution.
His otfense Is considerably worse
q l..s lnt - A In
They kept back what was their OVID,
by falsehoud, but Saylor tried TO get
what was not his, by falsehood.
Nevertheless, the president, who pre-
sumably worships the same God as
Hanna, has treated Saylor as II he
had committed no oifense at all, and
was now even more worthy OF reward
than most citizens of the United
States. This considerably increases
the puzzle. IL Will suggest irresisti
bly, To every child In our schools the
inquiry, Under that theory of the
unseen world and OF the future life
are the affairs OF this nation con
Quoted ? Are we wOrshiping the
same unseen power as our fathers,
and are we living nnder the same
cords OF morality Or have we gone
back To some ancient god who de
manded worship only aud cared moth
ing about conduct
Under the heading "What iJl
Means" the ZanesYille, Ohio, Signal,
has the following:
Hanna having won,do the common
people realize Just what IL meansg II
means the forcing through Congress,
II possible, the Wall street currency |
biz; means the conversion of SSO0,0O0,- |
600 OF non. interest bearing currency
into $500, 100000 of interest bearing |
bonds. We hope the people who are
now rejoicing are prepared TO pay |
their share OF these bonds without
whlmpering.