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THURSDAY. JANUARY JC. 1879.
THE CITY COU.NCJi..
This body, if one is to judge by ita ac
tion, is under the control of the Syndi
cate. Mr. Smith's resolution is to rebond only
our railroad bond at 00 cents The
Council, it seems, will not be advised by
the meeting of citizen. They have bond
and interests which render it inexpedient
for them to legislate in the interests of
their constituents.
The resolution by Smith for additional
power for the City Council to levy a greater
tax, is all wrong. They ought to have no
more power. We are already taxed to
death.
Mr. Smith's resolution that all back
taxes be credited to ttiffinking fund and
Used for buying bond", is unguarded, and
opens tte way to greater fraud.
The council had better expend its ener
gies in devisirg tome way to increase the
license on garden easa.
j Mr. Wilson's resolution favoriDg a poll
tax of two dollars per head upon each vo
ter is anti-republican and a big stride to
wards tbe discarded customs of old times.
3Mr. Smith's resolution for amending the
city charter so that tbe Mayor apjioint and
Council confirm a City Treasurer, is all
wrong. Better make the Mayor the Treas
urer at once and done with it.
The whole action of the City Council
sceics to be but the carrying out of the will
of the syndicate than which a greater
fraud never existed, and only demonstrates
the necessity of the passs.se of a law wiping
out all cities of thefirst-class. Nearly all ihe
legislation which the city and county have
had for the past ten years has been need
less. Much of it has worked great harm.
A little weeding out in the Council, par
ticularly of the nieuilsT who have held on
to their commissions so tenaciously, when
th intere sts of the people demanded their
resign tinn, would do no harm, and might
protect the citizens from forth-r loss.
It is suggested that a ''hie" license on
places of amusement, u.intrel shows, bg
shows, and whisky oId outside of retulT
Salmons, would produce a "bigger" fund
than a poll tax of two dollars on the small
tax-paver, or a tax on pea nuts and garden
sass. When will our city dads have a lit
tle common ens-?
the Life
they are
to bring
LITE IVMJH SVS.
The Sev York 7tma exb irts
Insurance Companies, now that
preparing their scnnal reports,
tho documents within the rnge of popu
lar comprehension. Nothing can le more
hopelessly ambiguous than the usual form
of report No man, who is not aa expert
h prepared to make evea a guess as to
their solvency or as to any detail of their
management, unless he is furnished with
better dita thn they publish of their own
option for general information. In regard
to the item of expenses, which is usually the
running sore that eats constantly into the
substance of Life Insurance Companies, the
Times well observes :
Theaefec'lveness of tbe law enables mana
gers to keep out of sight the Information re
quired to determine whether tlielr business is
conducted economically or extravagantly.
New business nd old re thrown together, to
reduce the a verve of npnw. The cos: of
acquiring business Is merged In tlio costof
c rrjlng on the routine. A manager who lias
the courage of honesty will abandon this
evasive method. One of tbe excuses offered
for tbe new departure is that it Is Intended to
reduce the cost of Kitting business. The
falsity of tbe pretence has been exposed. But
we hnve still to encounter the sys
tematlcconcealment which makes Impossible
an estimate of the price paid for the business
acquWed during the year. Thu Information
Is needed beoiuse'tn behalf of the company.
which, affecting reform, increases the com
mission pa'd loaent. It is alleged that other
coniianlhare spending mTetban Itself un
der the lnl'uencc of the coinptltlon to which
Its action haw given rise. For obvious rea
sons, therefore, the published suttementM
should this time be explicit, s much lsex
pended for salaries, commissions and fees
Wfril are the salaries? What the fees?
What pm&ortlon of the commission is on
new bu-Iness and wDat on renewals?
Tha minuteness should extend to other
items. Ordinarily, nothing Is more striking
in these statmeiits than the succession of
large amount. Thlugsnreso .umpedp that
one ivondTs al the credulity which acccp's
tbem without a n,ues ion. If companies un
dertake to 'run' lobbies and Ls-gWature-, nJ
to mix in the Intrigues of onlcv-gettlup, we
csn hardly . lMCt that thy will frankly
st-ite what the luinry cost them. Duttho-e
of tbem which do not rind this cutslde bns.
lness necessary may dlsixse of slander by
itemizing their disbursements. The hnge
accouuts are suspicious. WVU'tnana-ed com
panies on; 't not to be nfiaid of setting
lurth tliclre1llitirs-nnMii.
onuciivAxtc of Tin:
KV' IIHISM
The Rochester I) tn'-cct comes to us in a
hsndsome rew dress, mule up after the
p-iteru of the old one, but is bright and
'clear as a rur silver dollar The Dem"cint
is recognized as tl-leadin? p"?r of western
V -' ' we are glad to know that
It is prosj-rinr.
,2e
ri.i:TV r ru axes
Theduty of chotising more thn nine hun-dre-el
township msgistrates to fill the placts
of those bpse terms expire this winter,
devo'vesupon the new legislature of Xorlh
Carolina. The disspjsiinteil candidates
who will li- Mr over fer ihe Senatorial
contest is elecided, are thtrtfore cot without
hope.
nit i.
Butler will ni t support the new ar
Titr. it iy
Gen
my bill. He rfgards it as bad all thrnush,
and he sums up its real ivoints as follows :
A hill toab-ellxb. the constilutlo. Mrflieeo
tbe Secretary of War; to mak the General
the despot of iheaeiny ; to cuab'e the Prenl
dence Tool Compny to untosd large cpian
tlty of itso'd stock on the pov riunent nd
to turn over to prlte rontrsetors tliearm
lug of the militia of tin-United St. tea.
IMVAItll.
Senator It-yard no longer conceals the
fact of his sspirations concerning the Presi
dency in 18S0. Already his headquarters
are established at his home in Wiliniugtoni
Del , at n. convenient distance from the
ial centre of operations. New York City,
where the hard money Democrats of the
Middle and New E gland States will con
centrate their forces.
Alabama,
A tvnlisas.
Callfon la,
olonido,
Oiiinecticut,
t'londa,
ee rgl-e,
Illinois
Sew IlNinpshlre,
Nw York,
North Carolina,
Ohio.
O emrn
l' imlvnla.
South Catollua,
cruioui.
The week of prayer has been observed by
the various churches of this cily, by Uuiou
meetings every night, except Wednesday
The Timw has given comprehensive syn
ojises, from day to day, of the sermoas
preached. That delivered Thursday eve
ning, by Rev. Mr. Spencer, on '"Sibbath
Ob-ervance," is, by request, publi-hed this
morning in full. Our religious editor
takes exception to some of the Reverend
gentleman's positions, and has submitted a
few remarks on the same, which owing to
the length of Mr. Spencer's discourse, we
are obliged to defer till to-morrow morning
Til fc. t-lfsjIEUS.
The New York Ttfvmc urges the Demo
cratic leaders in Congress to tike up tbe
investigation of the cipher telegrams. It
Jclare itelf prepared to maintain the au
thenticity of tbe dispatches, the correctness
of the translations, the responsibi ity of
Mr. Tilden or his authorized managers, and
I "Gentlemen, this load is laid atyourdoor;
t Isforyou tolliv delt upas you can. We
v-avenolraslniss with It any more. If yon
Jlnt you relieve the ret of tbe tkml"y by
Jetting It all upon Mr. Tilden, by all means
ry. If you think tt more respectable to vln
Jleate Mr Tilden by cany Inc the mess your
selves, far be it from ustolnteifrre wlthyonr
domestic atTslrs. We are sat Hl-d wlih tbe
matter as it now stands. The clp'iers are not
on our premises, and do not Incommode us
In the least. It jou wish to do an thins
abont them wesbs,U be nappy to answer an
reasonab'e questions you may see fit to ask
us. But ills jourmove
A HARD
Tt the Editor of the GimmmwtaUh :
My attention was to-day called, for the first
time, to a publication In the Leavenworth
I'rru, of Saturday last, of what purported to
be a copy of a letter written by Senator In
gslls, lnieference to tbe Atchison post-ofllce
appointment. The substance of the publica
tion was to tti effect that "UenGaleSwaa
about to die, and for m to see Price about ac
ciptinn tl.a position made vscant In that
ev?nl ; that ITK-e was a treacherous ,
etc, flc-and he was afraid or him." To
charactarlza the above as uuquaUfie-Uy, ma
liciously and villainously fal In ever I ar
ticular, is to express denial In to mild a
form. The only letter ever received by me
from Senator In;alls in reference to Trice and
the tcbison post-office was written several
days after the funeral at Major Gale. Thai
letter I now have iu my possession, and am
perfectly willing to exhibit it to Mr. Price, or
any one else desiring it, as I to-day showed
it to Mr. Miller, ex United States Marshal,
and now proprietor of the aforesaid Leaven
worth JVcm, who. after readln g-lt. Intimated
that he had been misinformed. Mr .Ingalls,
in the ensuing Senatorial conflict will un-
loubtcdly bo assailed by numberless charges
and aesnsatlons of a similar character with
the above, and without any more semblance
of truthfulness or fair-dealing.
J. C. Wiiaox.
TorrKA, January S, 1S78.
It is humiliating to be forced to vindicate
the character of any one from charges made
by characterless scoundrels. Mr. Wilson
has dune his duty only in exposing the
base author of the untruthful charge.
I"r Kale, nt t'atv.
f Valley Falls New Era, 11.
Under the uew arrangement the fare to To
peka Is now 11 and to Atchison 31.05. We
think this is ts low faro as that of any rail
road In the State,
Till; THMt Tll.Ns.
We appear to be approaching a solution
of the Mormon question. 'Ihe supreme
court having had the constitutionality of
their polygamous practices before it. and
having dercided that it cannot be racticul
as a religiou rite undeT the clause of tbe
coustitutiou guaranteeing freedom of relig
ous opinion, the question may lie regarded
as eettled, sei far as the law is concerned
The St Louis lltjmUican, referring to the
case, says :
Thedrfenceset upwas that tin- constitution
gu sraulee the libel ly ef censci-i ce, woisl.lp
religion, snd all that; and, as polygamy was
pitof Hie leligioussjstem of this Mormons
II could not be IreatMl asucrlinf. Hut the
eMurt made short work of this plea ho.diug
thu isiljsioj, a crime In all civi.lz d and
C'hrlsiiau countries, cunnot claim the piotec
tton of uieliklous tile, but Is indictable and
punlslisbleKsuu olleuce airitlusi morality. It
is Mrans;e, inilexl, how the Mormons ever
col It Into their loads thai this system was
pmlnle-d by t o federal constitution
They luiiihiiis will claim that numau sucrl
tli-s tend other itldcsius rites onre practic d
us religious cu-toms by the Aztecs, mid Mil,
practiced by someot ttiu African tribes, are
entitlt-d to exmstilutlonal dltrence ou ac
coi ui of their religious character.
The law against pel g-emy having thus
tiei'ii sustained bv the highest exiurt, there is
nothing lo be done bul to eufo ce the law
sigatu-t the Mormons "Ud this, we prc-ume,
will tske , I.ice The Moimous will, time,
lore, havetoctioo-ebetw. .iitivlng up their
extra wives tail adopting nioiioaiu.v, tiid
seeking om- region in the Pacific wliele
they cull pnictic jm'. gamy iinmolesKel. It
,s pnitiub e tlie will eliesi-e the lonner, as
tuere Is a strong nrl auioiig hem who lieilel
tha the se.iluit; business is i.ut u part of llieir
ri-ilkku.
Tap icnnie id lis- E'etrij-KlxlU Con
xr
(New York oinphlc
Tli-term of eirviee of one tenator from
each of tbe folloMing elates expire on the
o.l eif March :
Indiana,
loan,
Kansas,
KfiitucKy,
laiulslaua,
Mar Isud,
Mtss'iurl,
Nevaela.
Wisconsin.
In all, twenty-five states. There are now
eliirty-eight slate, and,e:onsequently, Fevei,-ty-six
S"tiators, wlio are divided olitically
into thiity-nine liepuhlicans and thirty
seven Democrats. Kilty-one members of the
Senate of this present Congress will con
tinue to be members of the next. Ul the
twenty-five Senators who terms expire with
this Congress, seventeen are Republicans
and eight are Democrats. The "hold
over" aienators will be divided into twenty
two Republicans and twenty-nine Demo
crats. Senators to succeed the sitting member"
have been chosen in seven States, five of
which namely, California, Iowa, Ohio,
Oregon trnel Vermont are now represented
by Republicn, and two of which Ken
tucky and Maryland are represented by
Demoj-ats. 1 he latter states have chesen
Democrats to succeed Democrats namelv,
Williams to rucceeel McCresry in Ken
uckv, and Groome to succeed Dennis in
Maryland. On the other hand, the Demo
crats have gained the seat of Sargent, ol
California, who will be sncceciled by Far
ley; of Matthews, of Ooio, who will be
succeeded by l'endleton, and of Mitchell, of
Orpson, who will be succeeded by Slater.
Allison, of Iowa, and Morrill, of Vermont,
have been re-electeel. This is a Democratic
g-iin of three. The Senator who hotel over
and those thus far electeil number fifty
eight, divideil into twmty-four Republi
cans arid thirty-four Deuiocrots.
Eighteen Senators from as many States
remain to Se chosen. In the present Senate,
twelve of the States namely, Alabama,
Arkansas, Colorado. Florida, Illinois, Kan
sas, Nevads, New Hampshire, New Yotk
Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wiscon
sin are represented by Republicans, and
six namely, Connecticut, Georvia, Indiana,
Louisiana, Missouri and North Carolina
are represented by Democrats. A Republi
can will succeed Barnum, of Connecticut, a
loss of one, but tbe Democrats hold their
own in other States. The Democrats have
gain-d Alabama, where a Democrat will
succeed Spencer; Arkansas, where a Demo
crat will succeed Dorsey; Florida, where a
Democrat will succeed Conover, and South
Carolina, where a Democrst will succeed
Patterson. This is a Democrat gain of
four. On the other hand, the Republicans
will elect successors to the sitting members
in seven of tbe remaining States, namely :
la Colorado, to Chaffee; in Illinois, to
Oglesby; in Kansas, to Ingalls; in New
Hampshire, to Wndleigh; in New York, to
Conklins; in Pennsylvania, to Cameron,
and in Wisconsin, to Howe, and the proba
bilities are in f svor of their choosing a suc
cessor to Jones, of Nevada, though the rest It
is still in doubt.
We see that tbe Republicans have held
their oarn in ten States, have lost seven
States three in the North and four in the
South and that they have gained one
State. On the other hand, the Democrats
have held their own in seven Stales, hive
lost one Slate in the North and have gaired
seven States four in the South and three
in the North. Hence the political compo
sition of the next Senate is found to be :
Hep. Eem.
Hold over
Already elrcted
Sure lo ele-i
Probable
aoiai... . ..ni-- 33
Certain Democratic majority, 10.
n
tare
Leocib t Time as nan ran
Without a Conscience.
Philadelphia Itecord, &
The dearth of Caleb Cushlng at tbe age o!
setenty-eight years shows how long a public
man may live without a con-cieDce. Bathe
had remarkable gifts aud graces. His ca
pacious mind was crammed with Varied
knowledge, for which he had ransacked the
ot
a.tiiB illi.
R;v. F. M. Spencer, in his s rmen on
this subject, published iu tLe.se columns ; e
terdsy morning, takes a position which,
with the light ot the nictteenth century
shining full upon it, is calculated to fill one
with amsx ment His discourse is a speci
men of religious pettjfogicg, which
that is to the honesty and intelligence of
the clergy of tbe presmt day rarely has a
parallel in our timts. He ignores the fact
that the Sunejay or as he pleases to call
it, Sibbath qufsiion, is an open question,
a question upon which not only the
world but the church itself, is diviJed, and
he assumes that the way of observing the
day laid down by thesmallsect to which h
belonjs, is Gcd's way, while the ways of all
other sects are the Devil's ways, and lead
to perdition. When we remember that the
whole Protestant church does not consti
tute more than one-third cf the christian
world, and that Dr. Spencer's denomina
tion constitutes hardly a thousandth part
of the Protestant church, it must be ad
mitted that the degree. of egotism necessary
to lead a man to such positions as he as
sumes in his disccurse, ought to command
our most profound admiration.
The Catholic, church is the Christian
church, dc fir to ; it has been in existence
since the establishment of Christianity, and
its laws and doctrines have been handed
down in a direct line almost from the days
of the apostles; if we were to look to any
human authority for a sta'ement of God's
word, and sn explanation of its meaning
we ought to go rather to the mother church
herself, than to one of her smallest and
feeblest branches ; and if we apply to the
Catholic church, we shall learn .that her
way is in, brief, vrorthip in the morningi
ami ic-creation in the afternoon. But Mr.
Spencer loses sight of this fact ; he seems,
to be totally tincon-ciotis of the important
circumstance llist his opinions on this
point run counter to the opinions of the
the great Christian world, and he gives us,
instead of the Christ! in doctrine, a state
ment of his own sectarian prejudices, sign
ing the whole, "Thns saith the Lord per
F. M. S " But the Ixird never said it. The
document is a forgery.
In the first place, the command to re
member the Sabbath day has no reference
whatever to Sunday. As Mr. Sjiencer told
his audience, "the subject is one which re
quires great plainness of speech," and he
will excuse us therefore if we say that when
he asserts that Sunday is the Sabbath day
of the Bible he is making a statement
which he, as an educated man, knows ii
not true; he knows that Sunday is the first
day of the week, and he knows that accord
ing to the scriptural account, God spake
all these words, saying :
Bat the tertnth day Is tbe Sabbath or the
Lord thy God, Ac
Iu six days the Lord made heaven and
ear h, the sea, and all tl at In them is. and
rested the Merinth Jay; wherefore the Lod
blessed Ihe Sabbath uay anil hallowrd It.
But he will look in vain through the sa
cred writings for any command to remember
therf day of the neck; for any statement
that thersf day is the Sabbath, or that God
hallowed tlwjint day. Mr. Spencer is well
aware of these facts, and in order to sustain
him-elf in his fforU to fct atide Goel'''
Sabbath and sub-titutc one of his own, he
tells us that in comm-montion of the res.
urre-ction of Christ the first day was substi
tuted for the sevmth by Christ or his aos
tles. Mr Spcccer knows very well how tbe
first elay come to be pubuituttel for the rev
eath day; but for th- sake of argument let
uscouccde that ht doesn't know; lit 113 ad
u it that Christ rade the change, in order
to commi mora'c his ie-surection; then we
have aboKslicd the old S bbath ; we are no
longer ob-crving a day in honor of the
completion of God's work of creation, but
one in honor of the completion of Christ's
work cf ruleaiptiein, an.l the manner of ob
s rving the old day cannot have any kind
of application to the new day, f jr the
events which the two elavs commemorate,
are totallv and radically dinercnt. The old
Sabbath was for that period wherein,
through Adam's transgression, all men
were dead in trespisses anil sin, but the
new commemcrate-s the morning of the day
when, through Christ, all were made alive
again, and hence the groans and tears by
which the one was properly observed
should give place to the joy and gladnces
which iertain lo the other.
Sava Mr. Spencer, ''Suppose we substitute
the word Sunday for Sabbath in the fourth
commandment," and then he gives us a few
illustrations to show how incongruous would
be the reading. Very true ; but rince we
have substituted the one day for the other
would we not be vastly more consistent in
our conduct if we should substitute the one
name for the other, ami since we do not con
form ourconduct to the text, make the text
conform itself to our conduct.
There are not many people in this age of
the world who believe that God likes groans
more than smiles, but we now and then find
one one who mistakes melancholy for ho
liness and dyspepsia for piety who con
signs to perdition all who will not agree
with his notions of right or wrong, but we
rarely find one who darts to go to the length
thai Mr. Spencer has gone in 1 his discourse,
by attempting lo sustain his position
through perverting and misquoting the
language of scripture. Tbe following par
agraph we quote from Mr. Spencer's manu
script :
4. Christ himself says "Tbe Sabbath was
made for man" not for the world before the
fljotl, no; for the patriarchs, not for th- Jew
ish natlou, but for man, for the whole race of
man, from Adam till tbe last trumpet shall
sound.
The following parapraph we quote from
Mr. Webster's dictionary :
UC (v. 1.) To utlcr falsehood with an In
tention to deceive ; to exhibit, false repre
sentation; to say or do thst which deceives
another, when he h u a right to know the
truth, or when morality requires a Ju:t rep
resentation. Mr. Spencer m nst excuse us for placing
the latter quotation in juxtaposition to the
former, but, as he informs U', the subject
is one that requires great plainness of
speech, and plainness of speech requires us
to remind him that when he misconstrued
the language of Christ, aa in the above par
agraph, ne did so with an intention to de
ceive; he knew that the text had no such
meaning as that which he gave to it ; he
knew that when he so construed it he did
so for the purpose of deceiving those who
heard him, when they had a right to know
the truth, and when morality n quired a
just representation. He knew that the
words quoted were not used by Christ for
the purpose of supporting such riewi J. the
Sabbath as are entertained by Mr. Spencer's
church, but for the contrary purpose of
combatting just such v iews. The men who
at that time, entertained such views, were
called "Pharisees," and everything Christ
did or said, bearing upon the Sabbath
question, was done or said for the purpose
of rebukirg.lhtse men, and condemning
their unreasonable and ft'aight-laced no
tions. hen they took htm to task lor
doing good on that day, for going about on
the highways, for walking through the
fields, and gathering corn on the Sabbath
then tt was in.defending himself tor refus
ing to observe the Sabbath in Mr. Spencer's
way. that he gave utterance to the speech
which Mr. Spencer has perverted and mu-
07.
I The vrc ids which we have put in italics,
r c. . t .... . 1 - -t 1
1 .or oiKucer itit cu , ie sioppea in me m:u-
dleof lhesntetire, arid by ttius mutilatias
the utterances of Christ makes him fabely
to appear as upholding a doctrine, which,
all his lile, he emphatically condemned.
In journalism or politics, such conduct as
this would be called dithoLesl; what it
may be in the palpit, we letre for the
preachers to decide. But if one who will
thus pervert the plain language of scripture,
and put a lie into the mouth of Jesus
Christ, for the purpose cf.defending sectari
an bigotry, is Dot guilty of a greater wrong
than any committed by those whom Christ
denounced as "whited sepulchres," then
the sacrea historians have all failed to
show us the dark Bide of the Pharisees.
WEKK OF ritAYER.
iterator: of manr countries. Tho-e who
distrusted him could vet relv urn his in- I tilated. The text reads Jforit 2
tellectnal resources. " I And he s10' unto them. The Sabbath was
KUMiunewiuus lsUrornian,oiifofmanorfAt-aaWJA.
Union Tlnctina; field atlne We.tmln-
ater PrMbiierlauClinrcli Thnrsdny
January Oth, LS79.
The meeting was opened by Rev. Dr
Dodd, giving out the 97th hymn. "All peo
ple that ou earth do dwell, sin to the Lord
a cheerful voice."
Reading the -Oth chapter of Ezekiel by
Rev. F. M. Spencer.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. Dodd.
Hymn 299, "My dear Redeemer and my
Lord, I read my duty in Thy word."
Sermon by Rev. F. M. Sjiencer.
Ex. 20, 8-11, "Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. In it thou shalt not do
any work."
The subject assigned me for this evening
is, ''Sabbath desecration and its fruits."
Of alj the subject in this series, this one
especially requires "great plainness of
spetch." The present aypfctof theSabbath
question in this city and iu this country
demands this mode of speech anel duty to
God, allows no evasion. You will, there
fore, excue me if I seek not to please
men but to please God.
Before proceeding further I wish to re
assert as tbe premises of what I have to say,
the following truths, which have been in
whole or in part already established and
which are beyond dispute :
1st. God is the author and first observer
of the Sabbith. He sinctified it in that he
set it apart from a common to an holy use.
He blessed it in that he made it a fountain
of blessing to all who should properly ob
serve it and a type of future blessedness.
2. Tbe Sabbath was observed between the
creation and th? promulgation of the law at
Mt. Sinai, as ia the Hebdominal or seven
day division of time, during the abatement
of the waters of the Hood and in the giving
of the manna, when God wrought a three
fold miracle in honor of the Sabbath. He
gave a double eiuanttty of manna on the
sixth day he gave none on the seventh
day, and that which fell on tbe sixth day
he kept sweet till the eiKtb, which was un
usual. It follows from this that the Sab
bath is no more a Jewish institution than
is marriage or any other universal law.
3. This position is strengthened by some
facts respecting the giving of the fourth
commandment. This commandment com
mences with the word, "Remember," refer
ring to something pre-existing. It is placed
in the code of the moral law which has
never been abrogated. It is not denied
that some of its modifications belonged to
the judical Is wand are no longer of binding
obligation. Thesameistrue respecting some
or all the other nine commatnlmenl, but
no jurist can zfiorel to claim that any one
of the ten commandments have in letter or
spirit been abrogated.
4. The breae-li of no other commandment,
excepting, perhaps, that relating to idol
worship, more certainly exjioseel the Jew
ish nation to the swift judgments of an an
gry God. On this account they were scat
tered among ths heathen. Oa this account
they were cirried to Babylon anil held in
captivity st-vtnty yean till th-ir land might
enjoy its Sibbttb. See Ezekiel 20, 1-21;
Chronicles ZG, 21.
4. Christ himself ears, "Th Sibbath was
made for man" not for ths world before
the Hood, not for the patriarch', not for the
Jewish nation, but for man, for the whole
race of man, from Adam till the last trump
et shall sound.
o At the resurrection of Christ and in
commempration of that event, the first elay
of the week was substitute-d, either by
Christ or by the Apo-tle-i uuder tbe guid
ance of the spirit for the seventh day, and
it was peculiarly fitting that as the seventh
day Sahbath, hail been ob-crveel in com
memoration of the completion of creation
work, so the first day Sabhath. should be
observed in commemoration of the coinple
tion of redemption work. If you will look
narrowly at tbe fourth commandment you
will observe that it says: "Six days
of the week shalt thou labor and do
all thy work, but the seventh" not
necessarily the acrmlA day (f the uteh,
but tbe seventh in order. Six elays of tbe
week for work and one for resting
is the Sabbath of the Iyjrd thy God." The
first day of Sabbath therefore has the same
obligation that the ecveuth day Sabbath
had, and we know of no reason why it
should be observed less strictly,
C, "Mans chief and is to "glorify God,"
and God is to be glorified by our obe
dience 7, The soul is of more value than the
body. The ratio ofslheir value cannot be
formulated. "What shall it prr-fit a 'man
if he gain the whole world and lose his
own soul." Sabbath physical rest is es
sential to the comfort and vigor of my
body. Sabbath spiritual rest is equally
essential to the welfare of my soul. It
really matters little to me comparatively
whether I live 50 or 70 years. It really
matters little to me whether my body lies
peacelully in some cemetery, or at tbe bot
tom of the ocean, or whether it be snatched
from its rest for the dissecting knife, or
consumed at the stake, but it is everything
to me whether I, have found peace cud rest
in God. Let us now proceed directly to
the consideration of our subject, and we
remark :
1. The Sabbath is desecra'ed by the
government, frequently by the highest
officials of the government traveling
and attending to Executive business
on the Sabhath by which the
Gcd of the Sabhath is dis
honored and the public morals debauched
and habitually by tte Post-office Depart
ment. The mails are carried on Sibbath
trains which otherwise might not be run,
and Postoffices are kept open part of each
Sabbath. This excludes all professing
Christians possessing that oftentimes in
convenient commodity "a live conscience
from this important branch of the public
service. But tbe chief reason lies not in this
but in the disregard of the law of God It
may be urged that this is necessary to fa
cilitate the transaction of business. To
"his we answer that basincsswas attended
to before the age of railroads and that men
were just as happy then as now, that now
men live too fast and wear out too soon and
an enforced rest would te a public benefit,
ana ueniues mis governments are accounta
ble Jo God for the moral character of their
actions, and are punished in this world for
their guilt, the strongest government on
the globe has no more right to break one of
Gods commands than has the puniest child.
Nor is this a matter in which you aud I
have no concern. We are integral part- of
this nation and we and our children will
share ia her prosperity or suffer in her ad
Tersityv In the war of the Union
the North suffered as well as tbe
Sonth because she permitting the evil of
slavery to exist, became a particep cr'imin
is in its guilt. The same Is true respect
ing every national sin. Justice may slum
ber, but she always wakes. Horace sav,
"Justice rarely forsakes the preceelin
wickedness." God savs, "The Lord will do
right"
1. The Sabbath is desecrated by our
railway corporations. .By some of tiwj
there is a partiil recognition of theSabbath
and for this we are thankful. But there U
a treat army of men from the man who
swings the pick and the sledje hammer up
10 ine railway president, who practically
have no Sabbath. Their tired brains, worn
out nerves and exhausted muscles are unre
freshed by Sabbath rest. These men are
ttnght to disregard the fourth command
ment, uid their employers cannot very well
complain if thev take another step and dis
regard the eight commandment. Here
again Christian men are practically ex
cluded, which is unfair, a loss to railway
companies and an injury to the public.
Far beyond all this is the sin and the
guilt incurred. The great destruction of
tne property of the Pennsylvania Central
Sibbath desjeratica. At Icut had tbe
men in her employ been Sobbah keep-rs
the riot woubi have been impossible.
3. The Sabbath is disecrated by the press
isaning so-called Sunday pariers. Editors
atd typc-etters ire employed till such a
late h'our Saturday niijht, or rather till
such an early hour Sabbsth morning, that
a larger part of the day mut be spent in
slumber, thus losing the spiritual benefits
of the dsy. Then a class of men and boys
mut distribute the papers. Thce do cot
finish their wo'k till such a hte hour Sib
bath morning and are so worn out that they
do cot get much spitual good out of a day
so loorly begun. Ner comes the greater-
evil of secular reading on tbe Sabbaih. I
am told that the morning paper in this
city has 1,200 city subscribers supplied by
carriers, and in addition to these 150 sub
scribers who receive the paper only on the
Sabbath. These papers are read very gen
erally even by professing Christians A
few lay the paper away unread till Mon
day morning, but I apprehend very few do
it. It may be said that the preparation of
a Monday mcrntog paper would involve
more Sabbath work than ODe for Sabbath
morning. This I do not believe to be nec
essarily ture, but even if it were it would
obviate the greater evil of Sabbath reading
of secular news. The only safe ground
here or anywhere else is "What saith the
Lord ?" and if it be true that God's glory
is our chief end, and secondry lo this the
welfare of the soul is of greatest moment
then before the com mi cd "Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy. Oa it thou
shalt not do any work." Every other con
sideration of profit or convenience mu3t go
down."
4. The Sabbath is dei-crate-1 by Sabbith
Funerals. These msy sometimes be a ne-
cts-ity and if s" to llism hi conducted in
a quiet way. This kind of a fuceral is best
anyway. It is oppressive on the living in
very many eaes t- bury theiftlead in the
style custom dem inds, find it is certainly in
ill-taste to invseje the sanctity of the dead
with pomp and parade an.l empty frivol
ities. Especially is this the cu.-e when oc
curring on the Sabbath. My church and
home are near the leading route to Mount
Muncie, and it is no unusual thing for the
sanctity of the Sabbath to be destroyed by
the sound bf dram, by the march of white
aproned men, by the ostentatious procession
and by a rabble of boys and
girls and boys and girls of a lar
ger growth, of all colors, following after,
similar to the crowd that always follows
the circus. This U not "rememliering the
Sabbath elay to keep it holy." With what
feelings must a child of God, bowing in all
humility before the thrnce ot God look
down on such senseless display and on such
Sabbath desecration all gotten up in hon
or of the poor clod of clay left behind? And
yet how many make a point of k-eping the
remains of tlieir friends till Sabbith, be
cause many who would not take their own
time to attend the funeral will take God's
time to do so. Undertakers complain of
this and complain of Christian people do
ing this, so that the Sabbath is their bus
iest day, and they are excluded from
church privileges. These things oueht cot
HW to be.
5. The Sabbith is desecrated by certain
clashes in the prosecution of businees and
pleasure.
I have taken pains to interview quite a
number of persons with different occupa
tions leading mere or leJ3 directly to Sab
bath descecration.
A druggist says, "I keep open all day
Sunday." The ord Sunday is. his, not
mine but woulel rather keep open from 8
to 10 x m , and from 1 to 2 p. m., and
awhile iu the evening, but the other drug
stores keep open all day. The church go
ing people are ths worst ducks to h imile.
If the church going people were a mind to
they could bring a pressure compelling us
to close. There U no more necessity to
keep a drug store open than thereis to keep
a giccrry open. If drugs must he hail for
a sick person let iwple go to the druggi-t's
home as for a physician."
I have interviewed four barbers. No. 1.
says, "Sattirdsy is my Iwst day,' but Sun
day I notice Sil bath breakers all ue the
we-rd Sunday is as gooil a!f Any other two
diys. A good many customers get shaved
on Wc-lncsday and Sunday, anil if we
woulel not shave them on Sunday they
would not come to us at all. I would
rather close on Sunday if the other barbers
would. Some of us have united in a jieti
tion to c!o all barber thopi oa Sunday,
but the majority will not consent.
''No. 2 , ivs, Saturday is his beat elay and
so No. .'! ami 4." anil savs farther, ' Sun
day is next best, I close at 1 r jr., and not
of the shops close about that tim? My
preference wouM Im to keep np;n, though
if all would close I would willingly do so
too, but they will not do it."
No. 3 says, I have been thirteen years
was a member of the Lutheran church
elsewhere, but cannot attend here as the
service is from 10:30 A. M. to 12. I close
promptly at 12.30 and will not have any
who come after that time. I have made
five cr six attempts to get shops to close on
Sunday, bave petitioned the City Council
and wouhl pay something to get it done."
In answer to the qicstion, What effect
would it have on your business if you
would close on the Sahbalh? Hesaid, "It
would not do for one man to go against the
custom of the country !'' And to the ques
tion, "Do many profeseel Christians come
to get shaved on the Sabbath ? "Yes, I
have lots of them who go right from here
to church!"
No. 4 savs, "Have been a member of the
Methodi-t Episcopal and of tbe Christian
churches, but am not now. Best day is
Saturday next best Sunday. Should like
to close on Sunday if tbe rest would, hut
some reiue. Ice majority lavor closing.
All the best shops would close but some
say it is their best day in the week. A
good many professing Christians did come
to get shaved on Sunday hut not so many
now," says I, I am glad of that, savs he,
"I am not, unless they would all quit. I
bave had Sunday school teachers and su
perintendents to get shaved on Sunday,
says I, "I do not want to know who they
were unless they were of our church," an
swer "I am not going to tell, but they were
not of your churih, I have had a minister
of the gospel to get shaved on Sunday.''
Tbe denomination was givu not the
name, but I withhold it."
By the courte-y of Col. Moonlight and in
company of ofScer Sullivan, 1 visited seven
saloon9. These with one exception say
that Saturday including Saturday evening
to a late hour is their best day. The ex
ceptional one says Saturday and Sundays
are about alike. They say "that they pre
fer to close on Sunday if the rest would,
one expressed a willingness to do so. The
remainder were unwilling. Even the'e
men all seem to have some standard of
morality, as for instance one says : "I elo
not care for the custom of a man who gets
drunk on Sunday. Would rather close
thin have a disturbance, for all I would
make. The timrs are close and we do' cot
make much " More than one said it would
be a good thing if they could close so that
those who worked could go to church and
all would have a days rest. I should have
said that one answered that he hail a regu
lar trade of the business men and that bis
custom did not vary much on the different
days of tbe week.
I have visited five livery stables and in
terviewed the proprietor of a sixth.
No. 1 savs in answer to the question,
"which day of the week do you have the
best trails," '-we have the best trade on
ueeu imuen annoyeu hy a troublesome dog urions rest, refreshed,- recreated and with
0,t:iU ,0,.8omef ?" e1- His 7the an abundant supply of water resumes its
tjuakers patitnce failing at last, he said to march
ine cog, -1 will not hurt thee but I will
give the a had name," so running after the
dog he cried "bad dog, bad dog." A crowd
soon gathered and the dog wss killed, and
yet !he had only etven the dos -!
name.
Christ said, "The Sabbath was made for
man,', not the seventh day for man, nor the
first-day, but theSabbath the Institution.
One of our premises is that the Institution
is perjietual and if so, so is the name.
It is believed that Constantine intro
duced the use of the name Sunday into the
Christian Church. He issued a law re
quiring a general observance of the Sab
bath, and to make the law more acceptable
iu me ueamen 1 e useu the word Sunday,
the day upon which thev tre accustomed
to worship the "Sun Geid Appollos," (see
Gibbons history of the fall and decline of
the Roman Empire.) Sabbath breakers al-
met invariably use the word Sunday. It
sounds Utter to say "let us take a pleasure
ride next Sunday," then to say "let us take
a pleasure ride next Sabbath or next Lords
day. Suppose we substitute the word sun
day for Sabbath in the Fourth Command
ment. Remember the Sunday to keep it
Holy wherefore the Lord blessed Swday
and hallowed it Or, in the words o'f
Christ. The Sunday was made for man.
If we ue it in part let us useit all through
I am glad to be able in this connection to
quote the action of tha Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly found in the minutes of the
year 1870, page 71.
And to the end that the sacred character
of this day may in every iKib!e way be
kept before the minds of our people, we
would further recommend to our Ministers
and sabbath school teachers and superintend
ents, the ino-e general use of Scriptural
t;rms, Sabbath and Lords day in the de
signation of this divine Institution.
B. By running Saturday night into the
Sabbath. At the creation and in the Jewish
dispensation, the day began in the evening.
"The evening and the morning were the
first day." This was a happy arrangement
inasmuch as it secured a full nights rest
before the active duties of the Sabbath.
Now the day begins at mid-night and ends
then, but it is equally important that a
good night's rest be enjoyed on Saturday
night in order that we may come to the
S:ihUath with Iresu minds and vigorous
bodies. Some persons make it a rule to
quit work earlier on Saturday evening than
on other evenings, so that all the little
things can be attended to before the Sabbath
comes. This rule is a good one. A good
Methodist neighbor oear my early home,
quit work on Saturday noon aod, as might
be expected, his life was an ornament to
his profession.
If our premises be true "that God has
given man six davs of the week for his own
employment and has reserved one day in
seven to be spent in his service and in seek
ing the welfare of that invaluable part of
man the soul ;" then it follows that the
work of this day is the most important of
the week, and it cannot be done properly
if either business or pleasure be crowded al
most to or even into the early hours of Sab
bath morning, for in that case we come to
these important duties with faculties op
pressed with fatigue and benumbed with
drowsiness.
C. By unnecessary work, or work made
necessary by our own want of forethought.
Works of necessity and mercy, properly so
called, arc exceptions to the general rule,
but give an ell ami many persons will take
a yard While it is right, according to our
Savior's words, to relieve our dumb beast
that falls into a pit on the Sabbith, it is
not right to spend the previous week dig
ging the pit and planning to get him in, so
that we may have an excuse for relieving
him on that day. By careful prearrange
ment much of the work done on Sabbath
might be done oa Saturday, or be left over
till Monday.
D. By visiting and pleasure seeki-? on
the Sabbith. This is a cryina evil iu ihi
city, and many who make pretentions to a
religious life seem to tbink nothing of
spending Sabbath afternoons in this man
Now what would you do with the man
who would lift his arm to strike a blow-at
one of these tress? You would say that
arm should be arrested before the blow
could fall. And what would you do with
the man who would ruthlessly cut down one
of those tree-? Would you" not seek to
punish him ? And what punishment would
be too great for the man who could cut
down the grove and allow the sacd to drift
in and fill the wells'acd stopfthe fountain
and the hot scorching ravs of the torrid sun
to drink up the remaining moisture, jo that
when the tired, thirsting caravan comes at
the end of a six data march, seeking rest
and water, none is found and as a result the
bones of man and beast bleach on the des
ert.?
That oasis is the Sabbath, placed bv a
beneficeit Creator in the wilderness of life
at the end of a six days march. The green
trees of its ordinances afford rest and recre
ation to the weary pilgrim, and there is
lound wells digged and a fountain opened
from which w may draw and drink the
wa-er of life. And what punishment is
too great for theman who raises his arm to
destroy this divine institution, when not
the bodies but the souls of men would be
wasted on the desert of life ? The Sabbath
desecrator deserves and will receive punish
ment from a just God.
Prt yer by Rev. F. M. Spencer.
Hymn 342, "Come let us join our cheer
ful song with angels round the throce."
Benediction by Rev. F. M. Spencer.
' tion involving the removal of tbe agencr
from rort Sill was prompted by
such motives. Upon a remonstrance
by the Department against so
insulting an imputation, Gen. Sheridan re
plied that he did not mean in this instance
what his language obviously indicated.
SECRETARY SCHURZ.
ner, anel deserve a rebuke. Perhaps our
livery men could give some tnllattcrin,
counts of some of our church members.
E. By Sabbath sickness. About this dis
ease there are somestrange things which can
not be referred to the known principles of
the medical profession Persons subject to
it are usually taken very suddenly and
seem to require a!i-olute rest from all ex
ertion of cither body or mind. The can?e
of it cannot be a-cribed to the malaria
hich sometimes lurks in our atmosphere,
for these persons are careful not to venture
abroad too early on Sabbath morning.
Neither can it be accounted for by refer
ring it to the feasting and gormandizing
which characterizes the observance of the
Sabbath, even in tbe families of some who
profess Christianity, for the disease fre
quently begins to develop quite early in
the morning, sa that the patient ia not able
to attend the morning service. Not the
least remarkable feature of ibis disease is
that it disappears as speedily as it makes
its appearance. If you will call on Mon
day to see a man who has been troubled
with this disease on the previous Sabbath,
it is quite probable that you will learn that
he has so far recovered as to be able to
resume his ordinary week elay duties, or il
you call to see a woman atllicted with this
disease even so early as Monday forenoon
you may find that she has the Monday
washing in a good stage of advancement or
at least that she is able to superintend the
domestic machinery ot tbe household, in
fact we cive it up. We are not able to
solve this problem and can only pronounce
it one ol the unsolved enigmas of modern
Christianity.
C. By slovenly, idle Christian habi's, a
will illustrate what I mean. Mr. A. is I
professing Christian, who lives well not in
Leavenworth? He has no gross habits and
is resjieded as a moral man. It does not
suit him to retire till a late hour Saturday
night and he hss to make up the deficiency
in sleep on Sabbath morning : then comes
a late breakfast, and either before or after
of this.the morning pa-er, with its usual dish
blood and crime, served it maybe with a little
extra seasoning, must be devoursed ; then
his boots must be blackeneel, for he has
neglected to do this the evening before and
he cannot go to church till this is done ;
then his beard is stubby and must be re
moved either by himself or by his barber
on his way down to church. With these
necessary duties to attend to, he has no
time to spend in Bible stsdy or iu closet
duties, and therefore comes to the house of
God entirely unprepared for ita duties. Now
we were told the other evening
that we mtut prepare ourselves
to receive Jesus if we would constrain
bim to abide with us, but ' here
is a man who hu made no preparation,
and it will not be strange, if the minister
preaches some sharp, pungent truths that
he will be ready to second a motion to ask
him to resign, "because he don't please the
people." Alter church comes tbe lormal
elaborate Sabbath dinner, and this leads to
the other Sabbath luxury, two hours of
sleep; after which Mr. A. says, "Wife, I
tbink we can enjoy the Sabbath afternoon
quite as well by taking a ride out into the
country a little wavs, as I don't have much
sympathy with "Puritanic ideas.'" The
ride is enjoyed even more than the morning
sermon, and then Mr. A. says : "I think we
will not go to church this evening, indeed,
I think one sermon ia enough for Sabbath."
The curtain drops aa the family retire
Another Interesting Chapter of the
Quarrel Between Army and
Interior.
Schurz Gets His Dutch Up,
Gives Sheridan as Good as
Was Sent.
and
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
Department or tiie Intzriob,
January C, 1S70.
To the IJcnorMe Sccaetanj cf H'ar Sin: I
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 2d inst , inclosing a
"supplemental report to tha annua! report
of LieuL-Gen. Sheridan for 187S," which
purports to be an answer to certain in
quiries made by me in a letter addressed to
you, dated on November 16, 1373.
In his annual rejort Gen. Sheridan made
the following statement :
"The Indian situation at the present time
is, I am Borry to say, unsatisfactory. The
Indian Department, owing to the want of
sufficient appropriations, or from wretched
mismanagement, has given to the settle
ments in" the Western country constant
anxiety during the last year, and in some
placts loss of life and loss of property, at
tended with dreadful crimes and cruelties.
There has been an insufficiency of food at
the agencies, and, as the game is gone,
hunger has made the Indians in some cases
desperate, and alrncst anv race of men will
fight rather than starve. It seems to me,
with wise management, thai the amount
appropriated by Congress ought to be
sufficient, if practically applied to the ex
act purposes specified, and if the supplies
are regularly delivered ; but the report of
the Department Commanders forwarded
herewith would indicate a different result,
except in the case of Red Ciuud and Spotted-Tail
hands of Sioux, who, although
threatening in their conduct, have been the
beat supplied, and have been humored until
their increasing insolence constantly
threatens to bring about a breech of the
peace.
This statement contained
THE FOLLOWISO DISTINCT PKOrOSITIOXS:
That the amount appropriated by Con
gress for supplying the Indians seemeel to
Licut.-Gen. Sheridan "sufficient, if practi
cally appueii 10 tne exact purposes speci
fied, and regularly delivered." (2.) That
"the reportsof the Department Commanders
indicate a different result, except in the
case of the Spotted Tail and 11-d Cloud
bands of Sioux." (3.) That the failure of
the Indian Department practically to apply
the appropriations deemed by Gen. Sheri
dan sufficient, and to deliver the supplies
regularly, except iu the case of the Spotted
Tail and Red-Cloud Sioux, I give to the
settlements in the Western country constant
anxiety, and led, in some places," to loss of
fire and property, attended with dreadful
crimes and cruelties, during the last year.
so understand Uen. Sheridan's official
The disclaimer must be accepted again,
But I may be pardoned for saving that if
it is so difficult to elraw correct conclusions
from what Gen. Sheridan says as to what
he means, it was certainly unkind on his
part to accuse me in an official report of
"disingenuousces" for auming that he
meant what he said. The wonl "disingen
uous" would ordinarily be taken as an of
fensive term, but tbe cases above mentioned
justify the supposition that in this instance
also uen. aberidan did cot mean it, and
there let it rest.
These casts being thus dispo-ed of, I may
now turn to what Gen. Sheridan further
sajs in his "supplemental rejiorL The
sweeping assertion mule in his "annual re
port" led me to exject some new informa
tion which might be turned to advantage
in improving tbe service. But
that EsrEcrr.vnox iia3 ules BiArroisr-
Gen. Sheridan has collected from his files
a number of extracts from letters and briefs
of reports of subordinate officers. Consid
ering the long time devotcel to the making
of this collection, and the circumstance
that Gen. Sheridan eleemed it necessary to
draw, not only upon military effi
cers, but also upon old repeats of
the Board of Indian Commissioners anel of
Indian Inspectors, it is certain that the
work was not lacking in diligence and zeal,
and it may justly be assumed that we cow
have the whole case before us as strong as
Gen. Sheridan can make it. A large ma
jority of the statements contained in the
"supplemental report" refer to a period of
several jears antecedent to ;he present
Administration. The task of answering
the allegations contained therein I might
fairly leave to my predecessors in the state
ment referring to the period comtsencinR
with tbe present Administration, only fit
teen of the forty-five Indian agencies in
his military divisiou are alluded to. aside
from some Indian tribes that have no
agents, of two-thirds of them it seems
Gen. Sheridan's recorels contain nothing
that can be turned to account in tbe way
of censure, and in what is said cf these
ulteen agencies.
I DISCOVER XCrrillXO THAT 13 SEW TO itE.
In fact, the"supplemrntal report" warrants
the conclusion that this Department, is far
better and more completely informed than
Gen. Sheridan. The statements made bv
him aud tbe military officers under his or-
Urr, as lar as they are at all substantiated,
only contain complaints about racents who
have already been dismissed, anel aliout de
lects in the business m;lhcsl which haveal
ready been remeelied by this department.
ine "supplemental report' comes, there
fore, too late for practical purpwes, anel is,
in this respect, as much out of date as last
year's almanac. I append to this letter a
statement made by the Commissioner of In
dian Auatrs Irani the records of this De
partment. It takes up, one after the other,
all the charges contained in the "supple
mental report," inclusive of the letters of
Lieut. Lee and Col. Mizner, anel it fully
substantiates what I say. The Commis
sioner's comment on the letter of Lieut.
Lee, which was written about six weeks af
ter theappearanceof Lieut.-Gen.SberiiIans
annual repart, anel thus gives some color to
the apprehension I exptesseel that she Gen
eral had
MADE THE CHARGES FIRST, AND MIGHT
HAVE TO LOOK OCT TOR TIIE EVIDENCE
Sunilaj ( hcee men all use the word San- (.quite early so thu they will be able to re-
aa;;.
No. 2 says, "Sunday is cur best day.
We have as much trade on Sunday as on
any other two days, and on an average as
much as on any three days. Everybody
rides on a Sunday, if the roads are good
and they can get a buggy." To which I re
plied; "not quite everybody."
No. 3 says, "me have as much business
on Sunday us oattwo other days, and in the
summer as much as oa three other dajs.
Sunday you know is a day of,recTeation."
No. 4 says, "we do as much business on
Sunday as on two other dajs, and on an
average perhaps a little more."
No. 0 sij, "Sunday is our best day,
most generally, we do as much on Sunday
as on two other davs or more. " If it were
cot for our Sunday trade we might a3 well
shut up shop."
No. 6 says, we sometimes make more
money on Sunday than during the whole
sume their duties, iresh and strong, on
Monday morning. Not an hour, cor even
an half hour has been devoted to Bible
stndy and meditation. We can tell Mr. A.
that this is not Christianity. It is a sham,
a fraud. It is the shadow and not tl.e
substance. He is either deceiving the
church or he is deceiving himself.
The fruits of Sabbath desecration may
be summed up in a few words. They are :
1. God is di-honored aneldiplased.
2. The body politic is demoralized and
defalcators, fraudulent bankruptcies, trick
ery and polilicxi corruption abound.
3. The church sinks to alow joyless place.
4. the world mocks and is not brought
to the knowledge of Christ.
Let us now conclude with an illustration
and we will suppose that far out in the
great African desert, six days travel from
the skirts of vegetation is a beautiful oasis.
There is a grove of green stately trees like
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of the rest of the week, and sometimes a; ' the seventy palm trees the Israelites f jucd
rest 01 the weet as oa
Christians desecrate the
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raiiroxa occurred on the sibbath. acd mav I a bn-mess rnincil in this v..
be regarded ai a righteous reUibutioa for membar the story -of the Qaakerr He had
much daring the
Sunday."
Six Professing
Sabbath.
A. The 'Sabbith is degraded and by
causation desecrated by the substitution of
the woid Suaday, for the Sabbath or Lords
day. You may kill a thing by giving it a
oao name. A. character may be blasted cr
re-
a.t Elim. 'Hells of water have been digged
and a fountain opened. A caravan starts
on its long journey ; one, two, three, four,
five, six days it marches on over the ariil
plains ; hot burning sands drift over its
pathway and anon the fierce simoon threat
ens the life of man and beast; worn out
with fatigue, and feverish with consuming
thri-t the caravan hails with delight the
well-known grove, quaffs the cooling water
from the fountain, and titer s day of lux-
statement, anil 1 believe it can scarcely be
construed otherwise. I then addressed
through you to Gen. Sheridan a respectful
request to furnish me with the specifica
tions required to substantiate so crave and
sweeping a charge, so that, if really at all
ine juuian agencies in uen. anendans
Military Division except two, tbe appro
priations made by Concre-v. which to Uen.
Sheridan "seemed sufficient." had not been
practically applieel to the purposes speci
fied, or partly diverted and not "regularly
delivered," thereby causing such dreadful
consequences, this department nmht obtain
the information cec-ssary to enable it to
hold the guilty parties to account and to
remedy the evil.
I have carefully read General Sheridan1!
supplemental report, made in resjionse to
that request. There are, I think, forty-five
Indian Aeepcies in General Sheridan's Mil
itary Division. His charge would seem to
apply to all except two, that is to say, to
forty-three. But I feel warranted in say
ing that General Sheridan, after an evi
dently most diligent search of the records
of correspondence, has
SOT BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN Uli GENE 8AJ
CHARGE
with regard to a single one of these forty
three agencies during the period named in
his annual report, anil I am confident every
fair-minded man, carefully reading his
"su; plemental report," will agree with me
in this conclusion. General Sheridan now
says that he did not mean his statement, as
I, from a literal interpretation of his lan
guage, had construed it. This disclaimer
must of course be accepted.
liutueneral Sheridan seems to have in
other instances used language similarly li
ableto an interpretation now unacceptable
to him. In his annual report he said with
regard to the removal cf the lied Cloud
and Spotted Tail bands of Sioux from the
Missouri River:
"I had hoped that the agencies of these
Indians would have been retained on the
Missouri River where they could have
been fel and looked after at comparatively
eiuaii c.xpeue ; dui mis would not nave
suited the traders and contractors, who, I
fear, labored systematically last summer
and fall to work up the result which has
been obtained."
This statement, aa it read, mean', if
anything, ihat Gen. Sheridan had reason
to think that "the traders and contractors
labored svstematicnlly last summer and
fil, to wcrk up the result obtained ;" and
that "the result obtsineel." namelv, the re
moval of the Sjioiteel-Tail and Red Cloud
Sioux from the Mi-souri River to a lega
tion of their eiwn choice, was owin? hi iich
"workicc un." I renlieel that this mrunw
had been ordered by the Pre-idcnt in ac
cordance with a promise to the Indians at
their request.
ETON THE URGENT ADVICE OF GENAKAI.
CROOK.
Gtn. Sheridan now eays that he did cot
mean in this instance what bis language
obviously implied, and the disclaimer must
be accepted again.
In another official document relating to
consolidation of the Kiowas and Com
mand)? and the Wichita agencies, ordered
by the President upon the advice of this
D-periraent, Gen. rhridin expresses him
self wiih regard to this measure tw follow :
"I am well satisfied, after an experience of
more than twenty years, that the principal
objection to trootis at Indian agencies, and
the removal ot Indian agencies away from
military posts, has for its main motive a
desire to cheat and defraud the Indians by
avoiding the presence of officers who would
ArTERtVARrw,
ia particularly interesting. It is also
worthy of remark that Lieut. Lee's letter
refers to an Indian tribe which wasccord
ins to Gen. Sheridan's annual report, very
well, perhaps even too well, supplied under
tne present Admimstratiou.anel which was.
since I came into office, under Lieut. Lw's
management until recently. It mav have
escapeel Gen. Sherman's notice that in June.
1&77, 1 apitointeel a Comrai-Mon to inepiire
11110 me cunuiiion 01 ine ineuau srvice.
That inquiry was very thorough and com
prehensive: it laid "tien many abuses and
defects, anel led to important changes in the
personnel 01 ice omce, as well as improve
ments in the biismes methods and th? sys
tem of suiiervision and acconntabiliiv.
These changes ami improvements couhl, of
course, not be euecteel in a day, but they
have gone on as rapidly as possible, ami
nave aireauy taiien a mueii wider range
than the complaints ot military officers.
contained in Gen.Sherielan's "uupplcmental
report, seemed to can lor.
It is perhaps just to Gen. Sherielan to as
sume that during the six weeks elevoteel to
the search for olel evielence against the In
dian Bureau, and to the preparation of rew
testimony, he could not find time to inquire
into the improvements introduced by the
present Administration of this elepartment,
although he might have easily had the in
formation had he asked for it. Had he
been able to elo so his sens" of justice would
have suggested to him the propriety of ap
pending to each complaint in his "supple
mental report" a statement of the action
meanwhile taken thereon hy this elepart
ment in punishing offenders anel in correct
ing defects in business methods. In that
case his "supplemental report" would have
presented
A VERT DIFFERENT ASrECT.
He woulel have to mention not only that
Contractor McCann, of whom his report
speaks, was criminally pro-ecuied hy ibis
Department, and lias been tried ami con
victed; that agent Livingston and others
with him bave been indie ted and are be! g
criminally proectited, but that similar
prosecutions of agents and contractors have
ben set on foot in other parts of ths mili
tary division. He would have had to state
that not only the agents who are justly
complained of in his "supplemental reporf"
have been removed, but many other simi
lar changes have teken place about which
Gen. Sheridan seems to have had, so far,
no information. He would have had to re
cognize that the methoels of business and
accountability bave been improved far be
yond the charges which his complaints
suggest as necessary. Had Gen. Sheridan
found time to seek this information, anil
produced it, hu "supplemental report"
would have become as complete a vindica
tion of the efficiency of the present admin
istration of Indian Affairs as I could ele
sire. If I could induce Gen. Sheridan to
give me the honor of a personal inspection
of the business methods now introduced in
the Interior Departments (as I ilo, when
testifying before it, invitee! the Joint Com
mittee of Congress examining into the
transfer question) I am not only confident
that he would find those methoels infinitely
superior to thoe which prevailed in the In
dian Service when it was under military
management, bat it is quite poe-sible that
he would admit thera to be at least equal,
if not superior, to those 0( the military ser
yiceoow in point of regularity and precis
ion in the si stem ol accountability, the
safeguards against fraud and peculation,
and tbe strictment of their enforcement.
Gen. Sberidan, had evidently not informed
himself about these things, and only thus
can it be explained tht duricir several
years previous to the incoming of the pre
sent administratior s. when tbe laree ma
jority of the cases of frauel and mi-manace-ment
alluded to in his "supplemental re
porf'occurred, very many which pas-ed
with impunity anel
JfOT ONE OF WHICH LED TO A CB1MINAZ.
rROsnccTio.v,
he had, although advtcating the transfer
of the Jmlisn Servile, not a (ingle word ol
denunciation lor them in his annual report;
while now, under this administration, wb-n
the thieves are at last on their way to the
penitentiary; when dishonest or incomiie
tent agents are held to account and dis
missed without mercy; when the rig-men
arrfi fraudulent claimants unite in a choru
of curst against the Interior Department,
and struggle to get our of its dutches; when
the leaks anil opportunities for frauel and
peculation are stopped, one after another,
by effective business reforms, and hen
every posible effort is fearlessly inaele to
raise; the service to a proper le-vel of hones
ty and efficiency, now the General dees nr,t
heeitate to assail in his cfficial reput this
department of the Government with- un
measured allegation, lie literal meaning
of which he G.a.l- 1 -fa inpelled to dis
tlaim as soon ae. I e 1- eoi.lront.il with it,
and which he strives to-upport with an
enumeration of delinquent officers who
have already been punished and dlsmisstel,
and of abues which have already been cor
rected. Had General Sheridan "better in
formed himlf, be would certainly have
preferred not to stand in such an attitude.
.ihe question is cot what the manage.
this ; the question is what it is cow, anel
what, under the present melhcd of direc
tion, it is likely to become. I elo not pre
tend that it is now what I desire or hope it
will be made. Further chacges ia the
jer-onal 3 well as in the business rrgula-
tiocs may be s"ggteel by experience.
Neither do I pretenel that we can accom-pIL-h
wonelers with the meats allowed this
department for the Indian servic. (.-en.
Sheridan, who steaks about the sufficiency
of appropriations, is, perhaps, cot aware
that last year all the Ine?ian service had to
spend forgoeds and clothinpr, for sub-ist-ecce,
for agricultural implements, etc., in
clusive of all its transportation, was S2,
SLH) 097, while the army was allontd Sa.,
2tX,000 for transportation alone, so that
tbe one item of transportation alone in the
military service cost over 51,300,000 more
than all than all the food, tbe clothing, acel
the agricultural tools and implements we
furnished toa number of Indians manv times
larger than the army, tnclu'ixeof transpor
tation. ThLsyear the proportion will be
about the Same. This proves that the In
dian service is by co means favoreel with
abundant appropriations, anil a thorough
inquiry into the subject would undoubteelly
show that in point of economical manage
ment it wi'l compare favorably with any
branch of the public service, and especially
with fce army. About some intanres of
that econourcsl managment. Gen. Jleiirgs,
Quartir-Mas:er General of the army.
TOUND OCCASION TO EXrRESS SCnrKlSE
when testifying before the Committee of
degress en the tansfer of the Ii.dian ser
vice. But thatSve c Jhot furnish focel to
Indian tribes for which e are allowed no
money it needs no argument to prove.
There are many expressions in Gen. Sher
idan's "suj'plemectal report" calculated to
leave the impression that most of the Indi
an wars originated in some mismanagement
of Indian atfsirs by civil ofli era of the gov
ernment. Every student of the subject will
agree with me in saying that this is histor
ically unfoundeel. While such mismanage
ment has undoubtedly taken plate, it is an
historical fact that a very large majority of
the Indian wars were caused by the en
croachments of whiteiople upon the lands
and rights of Indians, anel that where one
contact can by any pr-esibility be traceel to
the mismanagement of Indian affairs by
the Government or its civil employes, at
least three were owinir to the icei'i-crect
rashness of military officers in the use cf
force. I state this merely to correct an er
roneous impression which is idely indulg
ed in.
1 elesire to say, in conclusion, that this
correspondence has not been of my seeking.
It is especially distasteful to me to have
been forced into a controversy with a mili
tary officer whoe-e service" in the fitlel are
so conspicuously rccordiel in the history of
this country, ft is due to you, sir, as well
as to the public, that I should state the rea
sons which compelled me to take it up.
Gtn. Sheridan's annual report was made
not only "for the iuformation of the Gener-
-al of the Army," as he repreents it, but it
was an otucial elociiment to Le placeel on
the recorels of the Government, ami it was
spreael broaelcast before the public. In
fact, I saw it first in the public prints.
That an officer under on Executive De
partment should in such an official docu
ment publicly arraign another elepartment
in unmeasured terms niiy be regardeel as a
performance unprecedented! in the history
of this Government. Sttll, I should not
have objecteel to it had ths grave charges
thus rnsele been confined to the guilty par
ties, without casting unju-t imputations up
on houorable men, and without omitting
circumstances essential to a fair representa
tion of the truth. Bat such tot being the
case, I considered it my duty to call fe-r
proof.
I diel not do so for the purpose of
"LECTURING ARMY OrKICERS INTO SILENI'l.,''
as Gen. Sheridan intimates with somewhat
questionable propriety. Tor I very point
edly aud repe itedly asked him cot to be
ilent, but to speak, ami the reply came in
ly six wteks after my first request. In this
case, as ia others, 1 wanted the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth. It
has never b-.en my desire to concel any
thing with rcgarel to the Iceliin Service "F
may j.istly say ib-tt I haveiloceall I cou'd,
by instituting inq liries acd ciling f .1 rc
Jiirts, to brlr its e fects to licht, 1 h-ive
not only not replied, but f have invit -'.
irformation from army officrs, and 1 sh?U
always begrateful to them for co-operating
v.-iih me in this respect. But when in e ;'J
e-ial documcnLs vague and sweeping chares
cf m grave a character, involving a win le
branch of th.' service, are put forth, ftle-li M
appear in Gen. Sheridan's annuel report, it
is my eluty to protect worthy officers under
this Department so that they may not suffer
in public estimation with the guilty. I
have to protect the honor of the depart
ment itself.
Lametly eneles.roring fo e!evat the
moral tone and Ihe efficiency of the Indian
Srvice, I consider it of the first importance
that everv officer in it Le inspireel with
proper self resj.ect. lie mnst feel that he
can maintain in public estimation the name
of an honest man if he e'eerves it. There
are many men in the fcelian Service
AS PUKE, niOII-JIINPED AND FAITHFUL TO
Drrr
as any officer of the army. I cannot per
mit them to b ineliscrimstely clas-tel with
thieves or imbeciles without eletrimen to
the honor r.s well as the efficiency of the
service. Nothing can be farther from my
intentions than te ele-fend abuses or shieiel
guilty or incompetent persons in the employ
of the Government. Everv officer unelrr
this elepartmeut krown tint if he commitu
a dihonest art or is faithless to duty, eir
shows himself incompetent tuiierform'it, he
will b rigorijii-Iy elealt iib, acre rdinjr te
the merits of the ca-e. But thre that are
and remain homst, faithful and efficient in
the discharge of iheir elulies have a risht to
look to the head of the department feir the
protection of their honor again-t anv as.
faults, from whatever 1 fficisl qinrtertnev
may come. And that protection thev shall
have.
These are lhe reascrs which compelled
me to ehalleng thi- charge in General
Sheridan's annual report involving thu
whole Ind an Service, without ju-t e!i
crimination, Upon such principle I shall
eleem it my duty to act in every similar
case as long r I am at th- head of thi de
partment. Very respcctfull,
C. Sciicez,
Secretary.
IJorvn'l Via lit Any In IIlVo.
Troy Chief, 9 1
Pouty, of the Junction City t7mn,
thiuks if service in the Republican news
paper business entitles men to tbe office e.f
State Printer, Sol. Miller, T. Dwight
Thatch-r and Albert GrifiiaCre entkieei to
something. For ourself, we respectfully
eleerlice. We were a candidate once, but
withdrew in favor of Prouty, before the
vote was nnnonnced. If I'rouiy thinks we
are entitled to something, why didn't he
withdraw in cur favor? However, we are
glad that he didn't. The office would be
pleasant to have, if there were any eecuriiy
in so heavy an investment as i: reepiire.
Rut when an office has to b scrainblni and
fought for every two years, subjtct to polit
ical whims and viti.eiiud-s, an nutla- of
S15.000 to S20 000 nuiiM not be jus ifie.1 ,u
such an uncertainly. We are not hankering.
naiurany see aca report it." thus oovtouelv ment of lr,,K., .ir.;. u-.i., .i. 7-
indicating his opinion that this coneolida- mer axlmwistrationa or at the beginning of
I'otfMy and f'lstrr.
That loverty which produces tin-greatest
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Deprived id i Is richi.e-s, it Leeonies ecant
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medical writings Given this condition,
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con-nmption in its early snges, asthma and
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Medical Discovery is the sovereign nmedy,
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It Seem IiiiietirfIo
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