Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1874 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

Thursday. September 3, 1874.

The Independents of St. Joseph connty will nominate a ticket at South Bend Jay alter tomorrow. The State Agricultural College, Purdue University, will open on the 17th of September. Tuition free for all Indiana students. The Independents of Laporte county have a convention on Saturday to nominate a ticket. The Michigan City Enterprise (Republican) says; ‘‘lt’s hard to say whose ox will be gored if they set their squadrons afield.” Ex-Governor A. A. Hammond died at Denver, Colorado, last Thursday. He was sixty years of age and lor ten or twelve years had been i.fllicted jv’ith rheumatism the disease • which finally caused his death. lie was a half brother of Judge E. P. Haihmond, of this place. The Hartford City Aries says the Independents of Ad mis.county are having things pretty much their own way, so much so that the Democratic organ, the Decatur. Herald, died for want of support - — Bro. Hill, of the Eagle, is striking •strait from the shoulder for reform in Adams county and the result is .he now lias a clear field, having wiped out the organ of the opposition.

HON. GEORGE MAJOR.

A paper at Kentland called the Gazette is very busy at present throwing dirt at Mr. George Major, Independent candidate for State Senator, calling him a simon pure Bourbon Democrat, “and all which that may imply.” The fact is Mr. Major is a conservative man in his political views, having voted for Fremont and Lincoln for Presidents, and nearly always scratching local tickets. He was commissioner ot this strong Repubublican county for several ycais, and was supposed to have given general satisfaction. He is a representative man of the Independent Movement, being a farmer and in full sympathy with laboring men in their struggles against the encroachments of capital. If he is elected to the State Senate—and there is very small chance of his defeat, if there is any reliance to be placed.in the promises and statements of men—he will surely not vote for any man lor United States Senator who helped pass the “npwspapt-r gag law,” believing that to be one of the most insidious and dangerous thrusts at popular liberty and freedom of speech, ever made on American soil. But lie will be untrammeled by pledges to any mfin that may now be so forgetful of the dignity which should attach to that honorable position as to engage in a partizan scramble after the dollars, it will bring to his pockets; and without violation of the terms of any contract to any party or person, I direct or implied, Mr. Major will : be free to vote for that man for United States Senator whose views • upon the transportation, finance and : National revenue questions harmonize most fully with Western interests, irrespective of present or former political affibation. Incase of Mr. Major’s election he will favor of the pay of meifibeTs of the Legislature and; other public officers, where they are extravagant, in order O lessen tax-1 ation; he will favor consistent laws j for the regulation of railroad tariffs within the State and prohibit extortions by this great monopoly; upon the subject of temperance we presume be will advocate a law that shall be a modification of the two platforms which have taken issue upon the subject, as such a course seems to be preferable to the extreme policy -of either the Republicans or Democrats. No local option law - can give satisfaction without other restrictions with it, and no simple license law will be better. The Republican position is that liquor-selling is evil, therefore let evil be done in localities where a majority desires it; on the other hand Democrats advocate the permission of a demoralizing traffic when the public can share ip tin profits. Mr. Major is an intelligent farmer, a good neighbor, a man of strictly moral habits, and if elected will certainly look well after the interests of his constituents. He will make a thorough canvass of - the District—with his competitor should he desire—and his prospect of election is considered most flattering, although there was 734 Republican majority in the District al last election.

A TRIFLE.

Jetliro Ananias Judkins did not vote for the bill increasing the pay of Members of the Legislature, Winter before last, after being elected upon a platform making solemn promises of retrenchment; but Jethro Ananias Judkins did take and pocket his share of the grab with the gracious airs of a ~lal t yi‘ j ,res,ifined to suffer- for principle’s sake, when his presiding officer forced upon him a warrant for it; and, like an innocent lamb for the slaughter, he had n’t a word of protest. Simeon CyrenjML Scroggs did n’t steal a horse, but he was present w hen his friendsi led it from the stable, and, accept- I ing a share of the money for which i it was sold, made no complaint : against the thieves. Simeon Cy- i renus Scroggs wasn’t a horsethief,! but a barbarous jury sentenced him to the penitentiary for a year.

WHAT THE LAST LEGISLATURE DID.

The.last legislature of Indiana, was elected upon professions of retrenchment, and this is the way they accomplished it : They increased the pay of State officers—Senators, Representatives, etc.—Si 22,100. They raised the levy of State tax from five up to fifteen cents on the SIOO. They increased the valuation of real and personal property eighty per cent for taxable purposes. They used up a surplus of $763,000 which was in the treasury, and made a temporary loan of $710,000 additional. They increased court expenses $55,000. They passed t>law requiring the appraisement of real estate every two years, thereby more than doubling the expense of making such appraisement to the taxpayers. What political party was responsible for this kind of legislation? Will the people submit to such outrages and re-elect the same men ?

HE REPRESENTS US IN CONGRESS!

Hon. Jasper Packard, Member of Congress, is publishing a paper at LaPorte called the Chronicle ; he cultivates a feeling of personal animosity towards the editors of this paper to such intensity that he does not practice even the customary civilities of journalists by exchanging publications with us. However, ordinary enterprise demands that, we should keep posted on the political and other affairs of public interest transpiring in those counties connected with ours in civil districts, and therefore an editor of The Union is one of the cash-pay-ing patrons of Mr. Packard'spaper; consequently we are not reduced to the contemptible necessity of borrowing, or stealing from our neighbors. In last" Friday’s issue of the Chronicle we find the following article, which may serve to illustrate to our readers one phase of the character of the soul who now represents this- district in Congress has a voice in directing Uie destiny of a great, intelligent and refined people : Through the courtesy of the Valparaiso Messenger, which copied it, we have been enabled to read an article describing Major Calkins, which would disgrace anydecent newspaper, hence we knew at once that it came from the Rensselaer Union. We find in it, among other things, this sentence; We ‘rather like his frank statement that the last two nominations oj Gen Packard were fraudulently procured, as it coincides so well with the facts. That statement contains a double falsehood. When a postoffice soreI head butts against the entire party in ! the district, he is apt to conceal his disgusting presence in a refuge of lies, hence the assertion of “fraudulently proctired” nomirfations, when none know better or quite so well as the Rensselaer Union, that the only fraud present-on those occasions was his attempt, combined with a few others afflicted in like manner with himself, to ‘‘fraudulently” over-ride t he will of Hie people, ‘ aud the personified fraud of himsglf, a fraud on the party that nurtured him, a frauffjoh flie town I where he lives, and a. fraud on ordinary decency. It is morally impossible i for him to speak the truth, hence it is unnecessary to say that his assertion I is false also, so far as it affects Major Calkins. - The railing of a public robber is corroboration of the truthfulness of a statement which annoys him ; and the denunciations ot a knave are equivalent to an honest man’s praise. Not only did Major Calkins make, substantially, the truthful statement ascribed to him, but he said it to half a dozen persons, and added that Mr. Packard’s first nomination was an accident resulting from a chain of unexpected circumstances, and at no time was he the j choice ot the reputable portion of ■ the Republican party. We do not ; pretend to give his exact language, j but the impression conveyed was i this: Mr. Packard’s first nomination was accidental; his second nomination was by Mr. Morgan H. Wier’s mob of roughs; his last was procured through the influence and direct interference of Federal office-holders in the district; and that both the second and third ' nominations were fraudulent.

A. Sermon.

Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. — Matthew v. xii. * On tin- first page of the leading secular newspapers of the United States, and perhaps in all reading countries throughout the world, may be found these words: “the beecheb-tilton sc and a l,” which we take for the foundation of our remarks. It might be considered that the subject has been sufficiently noticed already, but it has been discussed mainly with reference to the guilt or innocence of the principal parties implicated. We expect to consider it chiefly in relation to its moral effect upon the world. For consideration we will divide the passage of scripture into three heads: Ist. The crime of adultery. 2d. Its cause and occasions, (which may be used for filling all through our discourse.) .. 3d. Its remedy. The passage of scripture we have selected is one which ministers of the gospel seldom preach from.— They have left it'uiitouclied. while the world, and the churches even, are full of adultery. There is no telling the exact extent of this crime; but considering the deceit and lying'connected with it, there is little doubt that it is the prvailing one of this age, if not of all past ages of the world. Adultery is defined as unlawful carnal intercourse between married persons, or between a married and an unmarTied person; According to the passage of scripture above cited it may exist far short of actual commerce or guilty taction. Barely looking upon a woman with evil desire is adultery. Under this view.. ot the subject how extensive and world-wide must be the crime! If it is a damning sin how important it is that men should control their wicked thoughts! There is every reason to believe that hundreds and thousands of persons are guilty of this wrong who inay not be sensible of it. Those who observe and study the OPERATIONS OF THE MIND can generally see who are guilty, even in the church where a most practical and searching sermon is being preached. If you will notice, some men in the church (he may be an elder or a deacon) always take the same seat —one where they can have a full view of the female portion of the congregation. / Some women, also, always sit where they can have a like view of the males. Eyes meet; perhaps little thought of at first; but they meet again and again for weeks and months; the parties become interested in these eye-passes; after a while they are spell-bound by - their influence; before they - are really aware of it they are enamored—-magnetized—-and here is the chief attraction.— The sermon and minister are unheeded; wife, husband, children and friends are forgotten dmtier the magic power of this pervading bewitchment. They look, they long, they lust, and are lost; yet they may not be sensible of their-condi-tion. They may not know what is the matter with them. The MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, of whom some women have been heard to say” “He seems like an angel of God standing in the pulpit—l dearly love that man,” appears to direct his discourse more particularly to some rather interesting female hearer. She is always looking at him, and he is I frequently looking at her; presently ■ he sepds a current of electricity or 1 magnetism into her bosom, which i melts or flattens down her heart; j she feels that something has hold i of her, but supposes it is the“powj er of the spirit” operating through j the sacred words falling from the i preacher’s mouth. God have mercy on the poor woman ! She may not yet be entirely free from danger. These are only illustrations of the different forms that this great evil assumes. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of similar cases no doubt might be witnessed every week in churches and other PROMISCUOUS ASSEMBLAGES, in the numerous sociables, and wherever males and females are brought together, if competent mental" philosophers were present to take notice of the conduct of i individuals, TheLContemplation of this subject in its actual extent is,., truly saddening, and not one in a thousand cases perhaps will ever be known. We will now for a few moments consider the cause.- To a large degree it is traceable, to general destitution of moral princple. In itself the amative propensity is not wrong, but when excessive ahd un-

controlled it eads to lust. Unlawfully indulgtd it leads to, or is, adultery. Great familiarity between the sex<B naturally leads to excesses in tris direction. The common sociades of the day, railroad excursiois, PICNICS, BALLS, ETC., ~ are frequent occasions of this crime. The running es the reels and the clasping of bands in the dance no doubt frequently excite pernicious passions. But it is needless to enumerate occasions of this wrong. They are numerous and can be seen by all who examine the subject.— So we will pass on to notice the remedy for this great evil. First, every individual should have a settled principle and fixed determination that he will never violate the laws of God or man in this or any other direction. The sure cure is prevention ; it is not to be sick. No man should suffer himself to be led away into evil ; he should not only shun evil, but “abstain from the very appearance of evil.”- Having this determination or principle in his mind, he can not be tempted above that he is able to bear. The man who is a Christian will not yield to lust or any other wrong. - “He that is born of God cannot Sin, because his seed remaineth in him;” that is, this principle of honesty, which a man should have, will rise up and sustain him under all the trials and TEMPTATIONS OF LIFE. We will now draw a few - inferences and bring this subject to a close.. Ist. We infer that free love as generally understood is a dangerous and pernicious doctrine, fruitful of lust and crime, and consequent unhappiness, in any community where it is tolerated, if indeed there is such a community. We cannot enlarge here, but simply remark that the law of nature, which must be the law of God, seems to indicate that every man should select the most amable and lovely - woman on earth for a companion, and they together should march on through the journey of lifeVgrowing more united and attached to each other as days and years and the joys and sorrows of life increase, till no agent but death Can dissolve the union. Does any one say this cannot be? It is the loveliness of truth; else there is little joy ami peace on this earth, and none can truly sing, “Home, Home; sweet, sweet Home.” No husband or wife can bear to hear a companion speak of another in tends that indicate great interest. The language of Mrs. Tilton would indicate that she had Beecher on the-brain, if not in the heart. It is a wonder that educated persons used to deceit and falsehood should not have learned to cover up such destructive weakness. 2d. What is wanting in honesty and true piet»y U frequently made up in religious cant and parade. Look at the concentrated or BOILED-DOWN PIETY mixed up with this whole scandal, and which seems to cement it all into one. grand conglomerate of holiness! The hypocritical aping of massive piety is sublimely ridiculous. The true charity of the gospel is modest and retiring, and whenever bloated, puffed up piety or excessive parade is seen you may suspect there is something wrong for which it is a mask. 3d. We infer from the testimony that Beecfier was perhaps guilty of aduH.ery.jin some form.; and that if he was ever converted he has clearly fallen away, and it will be impossible ever to reclaim him.— “He that hath tasted of the good Word of Life, and of the powers of the world to come, if he shall fall away it shall be impossible to restore again to righteousness.”— A more hopeful view of the case is that Mr. Beecher has never been renewed. No doubt many of the greatest preachers of the land have never themselves had religion.— We remarked at Indianapolis during the summer or fall ot ’6l, in the presence of some ladies, that Gen. McClellan and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Tire the two worst spoiled men in the United States. One of them answered “And they’hang better men than you are.” But the way may now foe open for him to receive that renewal of spirit and temper of mind, and haye that settled determination or principle ; established in his soul, that will : bear him above all the trials and temptations of earth. It is sorrowful that such a man should fall, because, the higher a man rises the farther he has to fall, and the surer he is to be »■ \ DASHED TO PIECES. He is talented and liberal. A few years since he said: “Aman makes his own heaven and his own hell.” His heaven has been a short am?

sorry one, and the hell which he has suffered for years we hope he will soon come out of, and that better days are for him to enjoy. sth. Pastoral visits do not always result in a growth of grace. When they occur very frequently in certain families, as two or three times aweek, while other families are neglected for months or years, and especially where they are made in absence of the husband and father of tte visited ones, it will be suspected that there are side issues, and that the salvation of souls is not the leading object. We knew a case in Indianapolis not long since where, after a few ordinary visits with singing and prayer, the minister was found lolling in the lady’s lap, mourning over the “desolations and waste places in Zion.” But who would suppose the end was yet? It might be fit to enquire If these visits are to be continued might it not be better to appoint a commission of elders or deiicons. to accompany the pastor, especially when the head of the family is known to be absent? ' Finally we remark that one great wrong in our country is, that children and adults are trained to venerate and almost, if not altogether, worship the minister as an angel sent from God, pure, and who can do no wrong. People must be brought to regard ministers as mere men, subject to like passions as Other men, but having greater opportunities to take advantage of the weak and ill-guarded.

Manufacturing in the West.

How to get more for the productions of the Western farm, will be answered surely and practically by building up manufactories in the West, and not so certainly other, wise. Every bushel of our surplus productions which are shipped to consumers in the East or to the seaboard for exportation, costs the Western producer a heavy tax for transportation. Suppose by buildings up’mannfacturing in the West by which we create a community of con suftiers, we are enable to sell a large part of our surplus at home; thus we save not only transportation on this, but on the manufactured articles we use, which at present we ship from the East. W hat we need to do is to manufacture to supply our own necessities, and feed the operatives in the mills and shops. We have the raw material in the greatest abundance for manufacturing, and we produce a great surplus to feed with. We want to take a more practical, common sense view of our troubles than we have, and that done we shall find that the fault lies more at our own doors than we had suspected. Every town in the West, suitably situated for some kind of manufacturing) should hold out every reasonable inducement for the location of the mills and shops of the operatives. If in every such town an additional thousand industrious consumers could thus be located, it would make a home market for many thousand, dollars’ worth of farm productions. We want to learn this lesson in the West as speedily as possible, for herein is a practical solution of the questions and troubles which beset us.— lndiana Farmer.

How the Office Seeks the Man.

The doubtful motto that “the office should seek the.man, and not the man the office,” needs a little explanation. It is a nice thing to have a good, fat office get after you, and as much sport in finally being gobbled up, as there is keeping out of the way of it for a season. But how is it done, says one? Well, we will tell you: You must be modest, for office, like death, loves a shining mark. You must tell one-half of your friends that the other half want you tor whatever office you think you will best fit, but you must tell them that you don’t want office, and that your business relations are such that you could hardly consent to become a candidate, and that you would not unless a very general demand was made in that direction. Then you must tell some of your most intimate friends that you presume that they will force the nominationMipon you, and you don’t know what to do about it. Under this state of affairs your name will certainly be presented, ami. then you will have a ohancp to give office a final shot by saying in open convention that you would rather not be a candidate, that you respect the party ana all that sort of a thing, but woiild rather be excused. You must make your speech short and indistinct, and wind up by declining

conditionally : That if you are nominated you will run, and if you arc not nominated you will be. forced to decline. If you follow this advice the office will get you, sure. —Delphi Journal.

County Fairs.

At thq County Fair should be gathered not only the agricultural and mechanical productions, but an exhibit of the mineral resources. The chief object of the Fair is to exhibit and advertise the resources of the county in which it is held, and a generous spirit of emulation should possess all, in gathering these up, and placing them before the public to the best advantage. All should strive to make the best show possible of the productions of the county, and the general management should bring to the front, in the amplest manner possible, the mineral resources, and the special advantages of their counties for this, or that enterprise. It is by this wide-awake course that capital and new enterprises are-secured to assist in building up and developing the .country. —lndiana Farmer.

Cook Stove and Dictionary.

No well regulated household is complete without a copy of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. We would as soon think of getting along without a cook-stove. Ono • young man in this vicinity bought two copies of Webster at a bookstore, within a few weeks. When he purchased the second one the proprietor asked him what he was going to do with two. “Why” said he “I have just got married and my folks won’t let me take away from the house the dictionary I first bought, so I am obliged to get another as I cannot get along without it;” and the young man was right.— Exchange.

Too Much Land.

In the West we are inclined all the time to farm too much land.— We spread out our efforts at farming on this scale till what we really do is so thin that we have small results for the outlay. A sensible writer says that eighty acres is a large farm for one man and team. Even if he has but a few acres in grain, he has too much to do, when farming another acre, if he farms right. This is a lesson that the small farmers must teach to the larger, for a fearful amount of shiftless farming is done by the latter.— lndiana Farmer.

Planting Forest Trees

Forest trees may bo planted in the fall, if the planting is delayed as late as possible, and the stems of the trees are protected by straw bands from the weather, and by stakes from swagging back and forth. But careless planting in the spring is more successful in general than more than usually careful planting in the fall. It is best then to plant in the spring. But the greatest part of work may be done in the fall, such as digging tbe holes. If the holes are dug in the fall, a good deal of planting may be done through the winter very safely.

The Chicago and South Atlantic Railroad Company has obtained the right of way through Illinois from the Indiana State line to the Chicago river in the city of Chicago, and will in a short time commence work upon this important link. It will be graded andxeady for the iron in the course of a few weeks. It is quite certain that witbin the next three or four months the Company will have between 40 and 50 miles of their road constructed and in operation.—Monticello Herald. The Spartanburg and Asheville Bailroad company and French Rroad Railroad have agreed to consolidate. Both of them will become a part of the Chicago <fc South Atlantic Railroad, and will probably soon be consolidated with it. From Southern reports we learn that work will be commenced on the Spartanburg and Asheville road this month.—J/imn'ceZ/o Herald. Send in something to your Countyj Fair of your own, for exhibition. — You wish to get the benefit of the year’s .operations of your neighbor, and he is. entitled to benefit also by your experience and industry. Take along something in the way of stock, farm or orchard productions, and do your part toward making your annual Fair interesting and inviting. — Indiana Farmer.

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