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DR. TALMAGE AT HOME. HIS FIRST SERMON SINCE RETURNING - .. FROM EUROPE. The Mlany Sidenean of the BWble-Wonder, ful Ancient Learning and Subilni poetry. but Alore Than '.All the Powei of God Unto Salvation. BROOKLYN, Sept. 25.-Dr. Talmag4 was greeted with a most generous an eflusive welcome today by a vast con gregation. which assembled to hear bin preach his first sermon after his returi trom his .guropean preaching tour. Hi announced that in a Sunday or two hl would give a sermon concerning hI .stewardship in delivering in Russia, if behalf of the Chriptian Herald, the $35, 000 worth of flour for the starving. Thi subject.today was "All in All." Text Colossians Iii, 11: "Christ is all and if -all." Returned alter thI inosteveutibi suti mer of my life, I must shortly and a! soon as I recover from the sea voyage give you an account of our mission o bread 'to famine rtruck Russia and o my preaching tour through Germany England, Scotland and Ireland. Bu my first sermon on reaching here MU1 be a hosanna of gratitude to Christ, atn from the text I have chosen i hav< tund that the greatest nine in tll ocean shipping ar.i from Livei pool tc Moscow, and from Mo-cow to 1Lotdon and Edinburgh and Belfast and Dublin, is Jesus. Every age of the world has I ad its historians, its plilisophers. its thinkers and its teachers. Were there historice to be written tl,ere has always been i Moses, or a lerodotus, or a Xenophon, or a Josophus to write them. Wer< there poems to be constructed there ha always been a Job or a 1oimcr to con stiuct them. Were th(re thrones lus trous and powerful to be lifted ther has always been a David or a Cwsar t< raise t:em. Were there teachers de manded for the intellect an( the heart there has been a Socrates, and( i a Zenc and a Cleanthes, and a Marcus Antoni nus coming forth on the grand and g1c rious mission. Every age of the worl has had its triumiphs of reason and ioi ality. There has not been i a single ag of the world wbich has not had some dc cided system of religion. The I'latonism, orientalism, stoicisni Brahminism and Buddhism, considerin the ages in which they were establishe( were not lacking in ingenuity and forc Now, in tiils line of beneficient institi tions and of noble men theic appeared personage more wonderful than an predecessor. ile came from a famil without any royal or aristocratic pretei sion. Ile became a (alilean mechait le had no advantage from the schooi, There were people beside him day a'te 'day who had no idea that lie was goin to be anythmng remarkable or do allythin remarkable. Yet notwithstanding a this, and without any title or scholarl profession or flaming rhetoric, lie start led the world with the strangtrest an nouncemient, ran inl collision with sol emnn priest and proid ruler, and with: voir:e that ran through temple and pal ace, and over ship's deck and mountaii top exclaimed. "I am the light, off tl world!" Men were taken aback at tihe ide: that that hand, yet hard from the use C the ax, the saw, the ad. and hatehe should have thme scepter of authorit' and1 that upon that brow, from whic they had so often seen him wipe LI sweat of toil, there would yet, come th: crown of unparalleled splendtor andl universal dlominion. We all know hos ditlicult it is to think that anybody wh was at school with us in boyhood hai got to be anythmingz great or famnous, an no0 wond~er that those who had heel boys with Chirist in the streets of Naza reth and seen him in after years in th days of his compiilete obscurity' shoul have been very slow to acknowledg Christ's wonderful mission. From this humble point. the streains life flowed out. AL first it was just faint rill, hardly able to find i:s wa:t down the rock, but the tears of ai weep ing Christ added to its volume, andi lowedl on until by the beauty and greenC nmess of the banks you might know thi path the crystal stream was taking. O and on, until the lepers were brou!ll down and washad (of their hepro"y, ani the dead were lifted into tihe waiter' thn they might have li'e, and p)ea;lIs of jo andl promise were gathered from th brink, and innumerabloechuirches gati ered on either bans., and thme tideC iion~ on deeper and stronger and wider, ur til it rolls imto the river from under tl throne of God, mingling billow with hi low, anid brightness with brigh'ncss, an: joy with joy, and hosanna with hoeai na. I was looking at, some of' the paini tngs ot the art,ist, Mr. K(ensett. I saa some pictures that, were jiust faint oul lines; in some places you wouldl se only the branches of' a tree andl n trunk; and in another case tihe trn and no branches. He had not finishef the work. It would have taken hir days andl months perhaps to have cona pleted it. WVell, my friends, ini thi world we get only the faintest oatlin of what Christ Is. It will take all etei nmty to fill up the picture-so loving. s kind, so merciful, so great! P'aul doe not in this chapter say of Christ liei good, or he is loving, or lie is paItient or he is kind; but in his ex ilamation c the text he embraces everything, whie lhe says, "Christ ha all and In all." I remark in the fIrst place, Christ everything in the Bible. I do not car, where I open the Bible-i find ,Jesus in whatever path I start I come as'te awhile to thme Bethlehem manger. I gi back to the old dispensation and see lamb on the altar and say, "Behold th Lamb of God which taketh away thm sin of the world!"' Then I go and se the manna provided for the Israelites i the wilderness, and say, "Jesus, th bread of life.'' Then I look at the roc whigh was smitten by the prophet, rod, and as the water gushes out I say "It is Jesus, the fountaiQ opened for sll and for uncleanness." 1 go back and look at the writings Job, and hear him exclaim, "I knos that my Redeemer tiveth." Then I g o Ezekel, and I find Christ p)reseate< there as "a plant of rer-own," and thei I turn over to Isaiah, and Christ li spoken of "as a sheep before her shear era." It Is Jesus all the way betweei Genesis and Malachi. Then I turn ove; .to the New Testament, and it is Chris in the parable; It Is Christ in the mira ecle; It Is Christ in the evangelist's story It is ChrIst in the apost.fe's epistles, an< ,It is Christ In the trumpet peal of the Apocalypse. I know there are a greel many pipe who do not find Christ ii the ie. Here is a man who studies the Blble as a historian. Well if you come as a utoian, you wilil n in this bookhow he AIWrr4 was made; how the seas fled to their places; bow empires were es- b tablished; how nation fought with nation; c javelin rintghg aainst liarbegon, until Vi the earth was ghastly with tbe (lead. it You Willi see the coroiatioin of priices, r the trfiuph of conquerors, and the t world turned upside down aud back c again and dowi a,ai-, cleft anld scurred a with gteat uaonies of cart,bquake and 11 tompest and L ttle. J t is a wonderful 40 history, putting mo the bih all others im the accuracy of its recital n[Al rii tie h stupendot.s events it reca ils. lionier g and Thucdides and (G il)bbon c'(oukt make W great stories out of little events, but it k took a% Moses to - .11 how the heavens a1 ind the earth were made inl one chaip- P ter, and to give the history o thousands ei of years upon two leaves. w There are othrrs who collie to the tr Bible merely as atuiquariaus. If 301 al com as an mLiquaru. Ou 'vilI find a r< great many odld tiln3gs in the lible- bi peculiaritcs of maInne unde custom, tariN' at.(l burial; p ciliarites of an111 lets atiid f irdies ultilifkling3 OrnaI :eItF. It you coie to look at muilitari i arrangemeIts, lou will lit(I coats of of mil and javelins 1,111 nines of war ti andl circumnvallat10ion )( and CIlencampmen%-ts. t if you look 1or p iuliml musical instru- 1: ments, 3 ou will lind pat 'rict-s and shig ionot hs and1 rms' horns. ,The antiqua- b; r n wijll 1ind :n the lishlf curiosities i'l ai aj4,r;iCIj)ture, anlld in conu cr(e, und m art, 1u. in reelqon aut '. ill keep hIn p absor bed a gieCIt while. I'l re are those ti wIo coleo to thiq jpible Is yoi would t') a a cabinet of curinies, ani y su pick up d thiaS an1d say. "W hat, a strange sworI r' this it!'' and "aV 1't a pellar hat this N im!" and "Whtno unl"kok'-d 6,f pilI that '!'' ail the Jilb(: to stichi bCome1S ( a Britisli iuset. Then there are otheirs who 1Iti not01- t ing, ill thle ilidle but LlIe pIe!y. Vell, 1 i l y Co me at a pIo t, W1u will id ill . this book laultless rly thim, and bold iml . a.ery, an( startlim antithesis, and ra,.- 1 e turous lyric. and sw cet paktorii al d in--. I a structive narrative, and devotional a . psahW; thoughts C xp e'd in a style s nore t.olemn LIan that of' Montgomery, imore. bol th:i Milon, more terrible thai that, of .i tle, more natu rul than that 1f Wo, dswo'rt h1, mot e im Cl pa'ssionledl thin that ot' 3:IAlock, mIorC . tetner than that of (owler, nitore weird c thai tltt of Spens i. This !rent poem11 .ibrings all tihe glnet"s (t the eartl into its 1 cGronet, , d it weaves the 1lames of judiment in itis lnti I 3in( pairs eter nal harionics in, Its r Itl. I, Every thing this book touches it makes beautiful, fronm ti e uhiin stones of'the .summer thrashin-1 lioor, an11i thle dlauight a ers of Nabor fillin- th, trough for the y camels, and the lislh lmols of IIesihonl, y tip to theI pSahtI13 Irisilng (God with -dapas0o ol storm A wlirlwind, atId Jo) lealing lorth or,oii, Arcturus and tle PleiadeA. It is it wonul poem1M- , r an a great man'lioli' read it as they o10 Thomas Moore , I. ,l'a ltookii," anld Walter -coo'5 1 lIdy )I the lake,' I IIId Tennlysonl's "Chage o)f the J,ight y Iiigade." Iley &it (owin and ire so absorbed in looking at the shells onl the shore that they forte , to look ol1 on the - ureat ocea, of (oicod's nerey and salva I tionl. - Then there is anuoth< I class of persons \%wto come to the ible as coritroversia lists. The y are enorIous I 'reshyterians or licree Blaptists or violenl' Methodists. They cut the ilible to li;t their creed in i tead o(I clutting their creed to suit the , ible. I t the Scriptur s think as they ,do, well; ii niot, so muc the w11 vorse for bi the Scriptures. Th'le liihule is merely the c~ whettone& (on a lnich they sharpen the e dl5sserting kifeh. of conit over'sf. They33 v warlI comeils o3 airmorte <13 (I iirsenials for 0 wIl-apons1 and initit n The' iy h'ive] s declared everisting w ar agains t all if other scits, itil they wanti' so manyu a howitzer s, .0 miauny cuonnhindls, 's much -grape ando caiils ter'. so umntty tie!ldlpieces e with whlichl to4 irake. thi' tielJ 141 dispute,~ I :4or they mean to get thle victory though a the heavens bic dhirkeno i with the smoke uadI t earthi renit with liL e thunder. I Wh fat do4 lie y c*are bt the 10 rel3ig.ion oft a the LoArdI ,1esus C'hrist . I have Seeni some11 'Oue. ment comeI .back Iromi anic ereiS hu ical nsacre as5 tproud of their achieive:nenY as an Iudian - warriior boas ting! of the number of scal ps e lhe li:s taken. I have mlore~ admflirat ion l or' al man01 who) goe t'urthi with h'is lists t to get the; eineuupionship thmu I hav'e for d these' tticological pii.uiiists whio make our t theiological mag~ ates rin1g wit.h tleeir y warei'ry. There mi mn who seem11 to e thmnk the only uise of the sm>urd ot tr'u'h .- is to stick somebody. T[here is one pas a sage ol the Scriptures that they like bet ~. ter than all others, and( that Is th)is: c "Ilessed bc thie I,ord which teache:,h .~ my hands to war, and1( my ingers to d ight!'' Woe to uts it we comeI to God's . wordI as controversiatlists, er as skeptics, or as conno)isseur's, or as fault finders, .- or nierely as poets! V Those 01113' et ito( the heart o1 God's L- truth who come seek ing (thrist. WVel e comne all such! They will tind him comi 0 ing out from behmnd the curt.aiun of pro k phiecy unltil lie stands ill the full light, of (d New Testatment disclosure, .Jesus, the n Son of' God, tile Saviour (of the world. i- They will find him in geneialo.ical table 5 and ill chronological calculat,ion, i i)poc e tic stanza and in historical narrative, iln -lprofoundC parable and1( int s'artli'lg mira o cle. They will see his loot, on every 5 Sell, and( his teatrs in the drops of' dew s on lIermuoni, and hearl his voice In the ,winid andC behold his words all abloom 'f in the valley between Mount Olivet, and La Jerusalemi. There are sonme men who come anid s walk aroud the TIempllle (41 Trut,h andl a merely see the outside. T1here are .others whlo walk into the p~orchl and tihen r go away. T1'aere are others who come a in and( look at the pictures, but they s know nothing a bout thd chief'attractions e of the Bible. It is only the main who C comes andC knock s at the gate, saying. "1 e would see ,Jestus." For him the glories a of' that look open, and lie goes in anid e finds Christ, and1( with him peace, par k (101, life, comfort, and heaven. "'All mi s all is .Jesus'' in tile Blible. , I remark again that Christ is every a thing in the great planl of redemption. WVe are slaves; Christ give idehiverance if to the captive. 'We are thIrsty; Christ v is the river of1 salvation to slake our a Uhirst. We are huungry; .Jesus says, '1I Jl am the bread or lie." We are con i demned to (lie; Christ says, "Save that s 'man from goIng (dowa to the pit; I am - the ransom."' We are tossed on a sea of troubles; Jesus comes over it, saying, r "It is 1. be not afraud." We are in t darkness; Jesus sass, "I am the bright - and morning star." We are sick; Jesus ;is the balm of Gilead. We are dead; A hear the shrouds rendl and the gr ave a hillocks hleave as lie cries, "I am the re L surrection and the life; lie thiat believeth in me, ttiouugh he were dead, yet shall lie justhijd by faith, we have peace with Gdtrugh our Lord Jesus Christ." We want to exercise faIth; "Believe in t.he Loas-usn Ilsit, and 4iou alnt e caved."1 I want .o get From unudet >mdemnatlon; ,There is now, there. >re, no condemnatiiol to them who are Christ Je.qss.) The cos-hE car. C ed it. The flames of he3ll-h auered leiu. The shame-he endured it. The own-he won it. Ieighta ot heaven T n1, it. and worlds of lighIt to worlds of h1t ill round the licavei cry, "Glory, L'et us go forth and gather the trophies ,r .eisus. From Golconda mines we ither the dianionds, from Ceyl)n banks is e gather th,; pearls, from all lands and ar ngdoms ve gather precious stones, T Id we bring lie glittering burdens and it them down at t,e feet of Jeus and o: "All these are thine. Thou art orthy." We go forth ag,%in for more t ophias, and into one sheaf we gather I the scepters of the earth, of all & yaltics and dominions, and then we m ing the sheat of scepters and put it w IwI at the feet, of Jesus and say, p, Vhou art King of' kings, and these thou ti LSt conquered.) And then we go forth again to gather tl ore trophies, and we hid the redeemed tI all ages, the sons and daughthers of s a Lord Almighty, to come. We ask g em to come and offer their thanksoiv g, and the hosts of heaven bring owl and palm and scepter, and here these bleeding feet, and by this riven r de, and by this wounded heart cry, n Blessing and honor and glory aud a :)wer be unto him that sitteth upon the h irone and into the Lamb forever j ad forever!"' Tell me of a tear that he p i( not weep, o I a burden lie did not car- t v, of a battle tbal, he (lid not light, of a r ictory that lie did not achiever. "All Iall is -Jesus'' in the great plan of re em"ptionl. I remark a,!ain, Christ is everythlut o the Christian in time of troutle. wlio Las esca;)d troulble? We must all stool) lown and drink out of the 1 itter lake. L'he moss has no time to grow on the >uckets that conie up out of the heart's j vell, dripping with lears. Great trials I tre upon our track as certatin as gray- t iound1 pack on the scent, of deer. From >ur hearts in every direction there are a I housad chords reaching out hindin(y us I o loved ones, and ever and anon some >f these tendrils stap. The winds that, :ross this sea of' life are not all abaft. 'he clouds that, cross our sky are not, eathery and afr, straying like flocks of Ihicep on heavenly pastftres, but wrath ulI and sombe, andl gleaming with te- t 'or, they wirap the mountains in lire and -,ile dowi baying with their thunders Lhrough every gorge. The richest fruits of bleslng have a )ricklv shi-l. i,ife here I6 not lying at imt-hior; it is weathering a gale. It is ot sleeping in a soldieris tent with our irns staeked; it is a bayonet, charge. t We stumble ovve gravestones, and we Irive on wihi our wheel deeO inl the old c uit of graves. Trouble has wrinkled (ur brow, tIald it has frosted your head. f [alling in this battle of life, is there no 1 mngle to bind oUr wounds? Iath God 'I nde this world with so many things to ( irt and none to heal! For this snakeuite t >f:sorrow, is there no heib growing by all s the brooks to heal the poison? Blessed )e God th, in the (;ospel wo find the nt(dotes! Christ has bottled an ocean A> tears, How oany thorns tie hath p)ucked out of hiuman avon. I Oh, Le knows too well wha.t it is to 1 -arry a cross, not to help us cary oursl [Ie knows too well what it is to elimb e he1 monitain, not, to help us up the s eep. He knows too well what it Is to Ie p)er'ecutedl, not ta) help those who ire Imposed upon. Uie knows too well whalt it, is to be sic'k, not, to helpf those ,vho suiler. Aye, lhe knows too well svhat, it is to die, niot to help us in our ast extiremuity. Blessed Jecsus, thou mnowest it all. Seeing thy woundud ide anda they wounided ha:nd, and tby , r'ounided feet, anda thy wounded bro,v,a ve are sure thou knowest It nl. O)h, when those iiito whose bosom weO ased to breathe our sorr,>'ws are snat.ch- r d from us, blessed be God, t,he heart t >t Jlesus still beots, and when all otber a ilihts go out iangl the world gets dartik, e hen we see coming out. from behInd a :loud,snomething so bright, anid cheering, *%' know it, to be the mornIng star of' the aoiiPs dehlvean.ice! Thela hand of care uay manke you stagger, or the hand of per'secution may beat, yo-i down, or thre ad of disappointmnt nmay beat, you | back; but I,there is a hand, and1 it is so kind, and it is so gentle that it ipieth i tears from all faces. CaiixTON, 8, C., Sepit. 28-0. .. TIi i-cir.:, a wealthy tarineur of Union Lounty, has been arrested 'charged with hiring a negro to burn a ginhouse and (dwelling of J1. C. Rlichiarde, last March. Atlanta detectives have been at work on the casa), and in July arrested. reveral negroes and put them in jail at Uniion. Sine thon one 0f the negroes has maide a coinfessi on, and said U. E. Tuncker hired him to do the burning for which Mr. Tu'rcker waIs to pay 1im fi300. Mr. T ueker will give bond to-(lay for his appearance at Union court the lirst Monday In October. T1here is con sid(erable feeling, and the people seem tiivided in their opinion. RothI parties ire wealthy and the age wili be strong ly foughit.-ltegist.er, Murdered by, a Maniac. ST. .Josi:i'i, Mo., .Sept. 21 .-T-Lo-day the bodIy of William 111ce, a farmer re siding near lethany, east of this city, was found in the field with his bead split open. A trail of blood led to the house of if. L. Long in the neighbor hood. When the posse reached there Long and hisl wife were found en trenched in a cave with plenty of fIr arms. Long held the crowd at b4y while he forced hIs wife to write a state ment of' the murder and thmen cut his throat, lie dId not cat it deep enough, and was captured after a desperate lIght anid commItted to jail, iIe is :azty. Rice came to hIs house last night and he split his head open with mn axe, and at id-(night forced his wIfe arid daughter to help him carry the body to Weie's, halt' a mile away. irs. L ong faint*d three times on the way. iIAihntsniUin, Pa., Sept. 28.-A ~rightful accident oiccuirred early this iorning at Steelton. A large ladle in ~he Pennsylvaniia steel works fillled with molten metal exploded. The con .ents were thrown over a number of workmen. One of them had his eyes >uirned1 out and live wIll die. lluIldings were shaken a mille distant and large >late glass windows were broken. Wild Main Captiured. MEMPIlls, Sept. 21.-A wild man has )een captured by some farmers in the woods some miles from here, lie is a solored man apparently about 45 years >ld, over 6 feet high and of powerful nold. Is face is partially covered with tufts of black wool, and his hair .s long and mattered. IIe is bare ieaded and bare-footed, and wears but >ne garment, a raggedl, weather-stained md tilthry shirt,w hich is girted about als loins with a belt of pawpaw bark. lie has uttered no intelligl ble sound nrnce lie was captured, but snarls and nana like a wild bast. THE BATTLE CRY. LEAR AND INCISIVE LET T Ell FROM - GROVER CLEVELAND. .1 Detnocratl Nominee AccePto the Uonor, and With a:Master Mand Poluty rut the' Defect In Our tovernament. Uay lie Act an Well as lie Now Writem. NEW YoR K, Sept. 29.-The following Grover Cleveland's letter of accept ice: Ilon. Wi. L. Wilson and others, Committee, etc.: GENTLEMEN:-In responding to your rmal notitication of my nomination the Presidency by the National De ocracy, I hope I may be permitted to. y, at the outset, that continued re ,ction and observation have contirmed e in my adherence to the opinions to hich I have heretofore plainly and iblicly declared, touching the ques ons involved in the canvass. This is a time, above all others, when kese questions should be considered in ke light afforded by a sober apprehen on of the principles upon which our Dvernment is based and a clear under ;anding of the relation it bears to the Bople for whose benetit it was created. e shall thus be suppliedt with a test y which the value of any proposition -lating to the maintenance and ad linistration of our government can be scertained by which the jusLice and onesty of every political iestion be [dged. If doctrines or theories are resented which do not satisly this est, loyal Americanism must pro ounce them false and mischievous. Ti1E PRIOPER KIND OF RJ'FOTECI oN. Tle protection of the people in the xclusive use and enjoyinent of their oroperty and earnings concededly con titutes the especial purpose and mis ion of our free government. This de ign is so interwoven with the struct ire of our plan o1 rule, that failure to )rotect the citizen in such uso and en oyment, or their un justifiable diminu ion by the Government itself, is a be ,rayal of tho people's trust. We have, however, undertaken to Uild a great nation upon a plan es )ecially our own, To maintain it and urnish, through its agenoy the means or the accomplisiiment of national ob ects, the American people are willing, ,brough federal taxation to surrender , part of their earnings and income. I'ariff legislation presents a tamiliar orin of federal taxation. Such legisla i.Wn results as surely in a tax upon the laily life of our people as the tribute )aij directly into the liands of tile tax ratherer. We feel the burden or these ariff taxcs too palpably to be persuad d by any sophistry that they do not ,xist or are paid by foreigners. TAIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY. Such taxes, representing a dinlinu ion of the property rights of the peo. de, are only justiliable when laid and ollected for the purpose of maintain ng our goyernipent and furnishing the ieans for the accomplishmient of its egitimate purpose and functi .ns. 'his is a taxation under the operation f a tariff for revenue. It accords with 4e professions of American frce in titutiona, and its ju tice aa( honesty nswer the test supplied by a Porrect ppreciation of the principles upon vbich these institutions rest. This theory of tariff legislation man festly enjoifis strict epoi)omy in public xpenditt res and their limitation to 3gitinate public uses, inasmuch as t oxhibiW,s a absolute extortion any xaction by way or taxation from the ubstance of the people beyond the ecessaries of a careful and proper ad ninistration of the government. TilE FA LsE D)OOMA 01' PRIOTECTIION. Opposed to this theory, the dogma is LOW holdly p resented that tarifT taxa ion irs justifiable for the~ euxpress pur oses and intent of thereby promoting special interests and enterprises. uch a propositIon Is so clearly contra y to the spirit of our Constitution and a directly encourages the disturbance y selfishness and greed of patrioti entiiigeqt that its statements would ude-ly shook our people, if they ad not already been insiduously Ilured from the safe lanid marks *f principle. Never have hon st desire for national growth, patriot c devotion to country aind sincere re ard for' thioSp vw o toil been so lie. rayed to the support of a porr,icious loetrine. In its behalf, the plea that mr Infant industries should be foster 'd did service until discredited b)y our talw~art growth. Thon~ follmy,ed the hxigenicies of a terrible war, which nade our people heedless of the Opponr *uaities for ulterior scherm's aifordled y their willing and patriotic paymett >f unprecedented tribuite; and( now, ifter a long period of peace, when our >verburdened countrymen ask for re lef and for a restorationi to the enjoy nent of their iincomes anid earniings, ~hey are met by the claimi that tarifl axation for the sake of protection is mn A merican system, the continilance )f which Is necessary in order that igh wages may be paid to our wvork ngmen and a home~ market p)rovided or our farm products, D)ECEPTIVE PRiETENsi?. These pro anses should no longer (Ie 3eive. TIhe truth is that such a sy-stem s directly antagonized by every senti nent of justice and fairness, of which Americans are pre-eminently proud. Lt is also true that while our working nien and farmers can. the least of all >ur people, defend thiemsplves against ~he harder home life, whioh such tariff aixation decrees, the workingman, su f ~ering from the Importation andI em Aloyment of pauper labor, instigated .y his professed frIends, and seeking uecurity for his interests in organized :o-operation, still waits for a division if the advantages secured to his em ployer under the cover of a generous iolicitude for his wages, while the far ner is learning that the prices of his products are iixedl in foreign markets, where lie suffers from a competition nvited and built up by the system lie .8 asked to support. The struggle for unearned advan ~age at the doors of the Giovernment ~ram pIes on the rights of those who patiently rely upon assurances of Am uerican equality. Every governi rnental concession to clamorous favor tes invites, corruption in political af Eairs by encouraging the expenditure >f money to debauch suffrage in sup port of a policy directly favorable to private and selfish gain. This, in the and, must strangle patriotism and weaken popular confidence in t he recti lude of Republican institutions. A QUEsTION OF tOR[A L5 Though the subject ot tarilt legisl4 Gion involves a question of markets, it ilso Involves a question of morals. We sannot with Impunity, permit injustice to taint the spirit of right and equity, which Is the life of our republic, and we shall rail to reach our national des tiny if greed and selfishness lead the way. Recognizing these truther the Nation al Democracy will seek, by'the publica. lion of just and soumnd principles, to equahize to our people tthe blessings lue them from the government they mupport, to promote among our con trymen a closer commnunity of Inter 38ts, cemented by patriotism and na Jonal prIde, and to point out a fair leld, where prosperous and diversiflett A~merinan enteprse may grow. a thrive in the wholesot14 atmoswherc of American industry, ingenuity and intelligence. THE FOOLTS1I CRY OF F.'RE 'l'RADE. Tariff reform isi still our purpose. Though we oppose the theory that tar Iff laws may be passed having for their object the granting of dIscrimiiating and' unfair goverineutal aid to pri. vate ventures, we wage no exterminat iDg mar against any Anmerican inter. este. We believe a readjustment can be accomplished in accordance with the principles we profess, witliout dis aster or demolition. Wo believe that the advantages of free raw material should be accorded to our manufactu rers, and we contemplate a fair and carof il gistribution of necessary tariff burdens, rather than the precipitation ot free trade. We anticipate with calm ness the misrepresentation of our mo tives and purposes, instigated by a selfishness which seeks to hold in tin relenting grasp its *unfair advantage under present tariff laws. We will re ly upon the intelligence of our fellow countrymen to reject the charge that a party comprising a majority of our people is planning the destruction or injury of Anerican interests; and we know they cannot be frightened by the spectre ol imposible icee trade. Till, 01E.1 UT OF Tim E FORCE 111 LL. The admininistration and mnmit;ngement of our government depend upon the popular will. Federal power is t he in strutent of all will-not its master. Therefore the atte:npt of the oppo nents of Democracy to interfere with and control the sulYrage of the States through federal ageicies developei a design, which no explanation canl miti gato, to reverse the fundamental and safe relations between the people and their government. Slch an attempt cannot tal to be regarded by thought lul men as proof of a bold determina tion to secure the ascenldelcy of a dis credited party, in reckiess disregard of a free expression or the popilailr will. To resi-,t stell a sclmoie i, a impufie of Democracy, At all times and in all ph,c0s we trust. the people, as against a disposition to force the way to federal power, we present to them, as our claim to their conlidence and support, a steady championship of their rights. SOUND AND IONEST MONEY WANTED. The pepplo aire entt ial to sound and honest money aounidantly smlticient in volume to supply their blusItess ieuds, But whatever ma11y be the form of tht people's currency, national or State whether gold, silver, or paper-it should be so regulateil and guarded b3 governmental action, or by wise and careful laws, that na on(! can be delud. ed as to the certeinty a its~ ~ ~~, vaue m rtit and at,?bility of its value. E4very dolar put into thE hands of the people should be of th( same intrinsic value or purchasing power. With this condition absolute. ly guaranteed, both goid ld livei can be safely utilized, upon cipial terms, in the adjustilhent of our curren cy. In dealing with this s-ibject, T,o self. ish scheme should bie allowed to inter vene, and no (ouIbtfuil exPeriment should be attempted. The wants 01 our people, arising from the deficiency or imperfect distribution of money circulation, ought to be fully and hon estly recogmnized and etliciently remne died. it shoil,d however, be constant ly retnembered t'hat the inconvcnience or loss that might arise froml such a situation can be much easier borne than the universal distress which must follow a discredited currency. CIIL SERVICE RIJWt3[. Publio ofiicials arr tho agents of the People. It is therefore their duty to secure for those they represent tie best and most ellicient porlormance of public work. This plainly can be best accomplished by regarding ascertaineid fitness in the selection of Government employes. These conisidere,tions alone are sullicient justiiicatioan for an honest adherence to the letter and spirit of' civil servico reform. 'There are, how ever, other features of this plan which abundantly commend it . Trhrough its operation worthy merit, in every sta tion and condition of American life is recognir'e4 iln the~ distribuition of pubh lic employment, while its application tends to raise the standard or political activity from snoils-hmunting and un thinking party ailillation to the advo cacy of party princip)les b)y reason and( argument, REn (pi TiIfE VENSiON J40i I.. The American people are genierous~ and grateful, and they have itupresased these characteristics 1up0n t heir govern menit Therefore, all patriotic and just citiz,ens nimst coninmnd Ii beral consid erat.ion for our worthy veteranm soldiers and for the families of those who have died. No complaint should he made of the amount of public money plaid tc those aiptuilly disabledi or ma<de depetud ent by reason of army service. lIiut our petision roll should be a roll of hmn o.I, uncontaminatedl by ill-desert and unvltiated by dlemagogic use. This is due to those whose wort,hy names adorn the roil and to all our ploople who de light to honor the b)1 ave and time true. Itis also due those who in years to come shouldi)be allowed to hear, reverently and lovingly, the sitory of American patriotism and fortitude illustratedl by our pensIon roll. The preferences ac corded to veteran soldiers in public em) ploymnent shiould be secured to them honestly and without evasion, and, when capable andl worthy, their claim to the helpful re'gardl andf gratitudie of their cotuntrymen should be umngruudg.. mngly acknowledged. P lATKRINAL1sM 1N COV iitENTf. The assurance to the people of the uitmlost iindlividual liberty consistent wit,h peace and good order is a cardhinal primeiple of our government. This gives no sanction to vexations Sumptu. ary laws, wvhich unnecessarily interfere with such habits and customs of our people as are not offensive to a juist moral sense arnd are not inconsist,an with good citizenship and the public welfare. The same principle requires that tho line between the subjects which are properly within governmental con trol and those which are more fittingly left to parental regulation should be carefully kept in view. An enforced ed ucation, wisely deemed a proper prep aration for citi- ntship, should not in volve the impairment of wholesome parental authority nor do violence tothe household conscience, P'aternalism in government finds nio iapproval in the creed of D)emo.cracy. It is a system of misrule, whether it is mani fested in tin authorized gifts or in un warranted con trol of personal andi famuily afTairs. On.,J1ECTrONAImLE IMimI nATION. Our people, still cherishing the feel In gof human fellowship which belongs to our beginning ais a nation, require their government to express for them their sympathy with all those who are oppressed tinder anty rule less free thtan ourms. A gene.rous hospitality, which is one of the most prominent of our na tional characteristics, prompts us to welcome the worthy and industrious of all lands to homes and citizenship among~ us. This hospitable sentiment Vs not violated, ho wever, by caref Ill ancl reasonable reghutlons for the protec tion of the public health, nor does it justify the reception of immilgranits who have no appreciaution of our insti tutions andi whose presence among uis is a menace to peace and good order, TiHE NIOARIAOUA (CANAL. The importance of the construction f the Niicaragna shpcnl s on df pmroenot commerc1~etween 0 Statef and with foreign ctuntries. ai alsO 8s a c0111 ribit foil t)y An114 Icans tihe enterprise(- wh4le mi vahee tle i ti rests of ihIM Molld of Civil1zt mj( should Coimend the prjot lv el mental approval.arid tiorsement 'TILL" WOlLD' FAI Us Our 00111t1rpYu lio I only expect fro those wh'Io rcpreseiit theCili in Pt)l) places a sedulous care for the thin which are directly and palpably relatt to their material interests, but ttey v so fully appreciate I11 value of ull vatingg,our national pride aid mat taining our u inal honor. Both the material -teTests and tieir nation pride and honor are involved in ti success of the Columbian Expositioi and they will not be inclined to condol any neglect of effort on the part of the governmnent to insure in the grandu of this event a fitting extibit of Ame ican growth and great.ness and a splei di(d iemrionstrat ion of A mericati patr otisiml. ''LUSE AND TO TiiE POINT. In an imperf ect and iocomplete ma ner, I have thin entdeavored to stal soiln ot t he things which accord wit the creed and intentions of th p,trly 1 which I have given lily lifelong alleg ance. My aLttip!. nas not bweln to il struct my colitrymeri nor my pmrt but to re.nilld both that Demo.!rati doctrines lio near the principle of o governmeontland to promote the 1 (olpl( good. I m willing to be acused of at iressing iy countrynien upon tril topies tri(i in homely lashion, for 1 b) lieve that important truths are fourt on the sitrface of thought, and that thj should be state In (irect ait alnp terns. I'hong h nilmch is left unwritte iy recori as a public servant leaves r excuse for mistinderstanding my beli and position on the questions now pri scntod to ilte vo,.rs of t1,1 land f( their dvecision. (Ik1' f \ L; 1,01, ii Till-, n TH R TIM to represent the lart-y of my choice 1 a cormest for t.he sup1reniacy of Dem< cratic principles, liy grateftl appr( c ationi.of its conftlenct, less tIhan ever e faces tie solurii sonse of my respont bility. Ith th( ato 1 the ci onVeItIo yC repre.-ent 4hall bt endorsed by the sut frag-s of mcy vouitlrymen, I will a sulle tilh dll,jes of the great ollice i wilch I have heeii nomiated , knowin fult well its l,1bo's and perplexitie and with humoitll reliance ipon ti Divine Iling, inililnite lit powur to a and emist:t, in watchtl cilre oy our lavrondi naiion. I'mnLs very 1.1.tly, ( ray (iablvs, Sept. 26, i-8.2 LAN D. I will sell a numb11(her of FENE. P4JkN','AJ10N Wetil inproved ani convenivintlY loti efiher fr fcash or on the INSTALLMENT PLAN. J-mu will n1ot otm it whenl yOtu can OWN YOUlz OWN IM0M E Oil vinpally easy telrmsIl. 'Tlls is your owu tuily. 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