The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-27
CULPEPPER'S MUSINGS RASP
 DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS

and then Providence has him on hand in great numbers.
 Perhaps this accounts for the abund- Of ana tss scslc.y of t in think it likely that the Peoples Far ty this year will hardly wrangie over candidates since there has been great is that a man without the courage of conviction fs uhfit to lead in anything and also think that there should be Q more general distribution of that est good to the greatest number" How ever, don't think e man can be a member of the Republican or Demo- eratic Party and be consistsnt all the . he's RepuSiicann # he goes to buy he's Democratic. Only in pure Populism can he be honest and consistent at the s,s . sor want it m Got h. hins;f tms enc earth and the fulness thereof" And. don't zee how 1t is that men have not the courage to come out boldly on that about men. in politics and religion, that makes them hesitate.
 An! Procrastination. But since I've mentioned religion 1t fits in right here pleasure to enjoy q lambasting from the pulpit. The preacher was dsscrib- ing the various "sign boards" that the
 4sns ss se eas to ss as rGsS touch to this. that and the other board" I think was almost in the very third heaven of Pharfseeism as man in the Amen Corner in the sign board" You may talk about the de- lights of memory and the pleasures of hope but reckon they are incompara- as he sees the sins of his brethren laid bare to the congregation.
 Did the gentle reader" ever try 1t? aoSsht hsre @ .Ssy sver bs was hest better be have to revise our opinions. sometimes. I don't reckon you can hardly believe 1t (for you know me almost as well as through and .through') but that miserable makeshift of a preacher (the churches should be careful about com missioning such) before he got through me lthink of that!D as one of the Devils sign boards' and he was such a perfect artist that he had my name in Capitals!! Everybody in the house far saint and there I had to sit and take 1t. He actually classed me along with crap shooters" and gamblers. when I have always actually declined some good brother would guarantee l me along with the ''dispensaFy" when everybody knows I'm careful not to in-
 
 can see me. (No well regulated church member ever lets anybody see him in- dulge in the cup that inebriates" and that's right.)
 That old scare-crow of a preacher q noticed he was mighty narrow between the eyes) placed me with the beautiful young ladies (that wasn't so bad) and the young fellows who dance, for they were sign boards. too, when the Lord l knows I haven't "cut the pigeon wing since l learned there Is no harm in dancing if you don't cross your leg. '' We'll. sir. 1t was scandalous the way that old fellow went on, painting me us devils sign board. and I a Dap. tist of forty years standing!
 | have tried to account for the non attendance of Christians on divine ser vice and I believe I'm about to hit the nail oll the head-it may come of just such preaching as this old cundurango Is guilty of--ho1ding up good men like me fer the ungodly to use the x--ray church members will have to be regu- lar in attendance upon service to keen wretched sinners from jumping to the conclusion that we are more or less CT Off he has no more sense of proprie- ty than my sign board painter) will l comb us down" the wrong way, but if he tells the truth on us enough to chance. in the courts, at him that we have at the newspapers and the rail- roads.
 It is curious how Newspaper and Rail Road money will soothe a wound ed conscience-isn't it?
 | If the Democrats can't agree on a candidate and prefer to go down in defeat" rather than endorse Roosevelt get 'em to wait over awhile tn the Populists act and try Tom Watson. Louis at the same time the niggers are to put out candidates It looks suspi-