Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1879 — Republican Pyramamid for 1879. [ARTICLE]

Republican Pyramamid for 1879.

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The Two Orphaas—TiUeo and Hendricks.. Xlis RuK Beard from Sammy J. he vn lilting in Graramacy Park, repeating, "“Alas,* it might hare been!” : — — . From present npperancea it is more than probable that Garfield will be elected U. S. Senator from Ohio.in.place of Thurman. George William- Cartir, the editor of Harper’s Weekly, has proven himself “no greet •cratch” as a politician or statesman. A', whaling vessel jnst arrived at San- Francisco, reports- that the Arctir exploring steamer, Jeannette, recently sent ou* by James Gordon Bennett, has been wrecked; all of which is higly proable. Perhaps some ballonatic can now be induced to try his hand at discovering the precise location .of oar northern spindle. The colored people of Indianapolis are circulating a petition praying the Governor to release a colored citizen of Indiana now confined in the penitentiary for marrying a white women. We would advocate his release on the ground that the Taw under which he was imprisoned, found in tbe statutes of Indiana, is a relic of pro-alavery legislation and at variance with onr ideas ot freedom and religious liberty. Marrying be governed alone as a matter of taste.

A more encouraging responce to the hopes of patriotic people could not have been given than that ottered at the polls in tbe northern States. The too impatient policy of the southerners fashioned after the old antebellnm methods of forcing the north into submission, has bees rebuked by the north with terriblfe emphasis. Notice has been given that the sooth cannot elcet and control the next president, nor can it retain tbe control of congress after the new members elected thi4 year have taken their seats. The Republican confidence for next year’s canvass expected from the elections this*year has all been more than realized and the rejoicing is general. We have gathered a great harvest.

The Police Gazette, Police New*, nnd papers of a similar ilk, published in the United States, are forbidden circulation in Canada. By the request of the Dominion authorities Postmaster-general Key has issued an opder declaring such periodicals to be unmailable natter. If the circulation of these obscene jouruals arc so damaging to- Canadian society, are they not equally de. grading to the youth ,of this country? And if our postal authourties can prevent their being transmitted -through the U. S. mails to our foreign borders, qan they not as well stop their circulation here? Evidently they do more in the way of disseminating vice and the cultivation of evil habits among the yonng than any other branch of wickedness found in the catalogue of human indulgence. v L* — l ' A strong word was spoken for the . Bible iii the public schools at the meeting of the evangelical alliance in-St. Louis on Wednesday night. Mr. King argued powerfully for the retention of Bible reading in American schools on the ground that it contains so many great and valuable moral truths, the vitality and force of which have survived the vicissitudes of ages, during which everything has changed, as Macaulay puts it, except the general features of nature and the heart of man. Mr. King made no plea in iavor of Protestantism or for any sectarian advantage; he did not even deny that some of the same froths might be eoliected from other sonrees. Bat there they are in the -Bible which is more convenient to the people than the koran, the talraud, sankrit morality or the teachings of Confucius. The religion in the Bible, as it relates to salvation, need oenvert or bnrt anybody if parents do not want tbeir children to accept it, any more than anybody need be affected by wbat they deem objectionable aentiinents in any other good book read. But in he Bible are collected a vast num. er of eternal troths inculoating honesty, virtue and diligence, which are of practial importance in every ife. Every ' child should learn these truths, because they are an changeable. They oan gel them out of no book as atUhoritative-and comprehensive aa the Bible. We think Mr. Adams struck a strong blow for the Bible as a book of instruction.