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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 16; 1887 CONCERNING BIGOTS. Pr. Talmage’a Vacation Sermon at The Hamptons. •THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM, SAY K.n.SliibbolHIii And Ho Raid tfbbol.th, J'or Ha Could Not Frame to Fro- no'unco It Bight." Tn« Hamttoxs, August 14.—[RpecUI.]— Today the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage's sermon fath« Want*” {ht !?:f, •Then said they unto him, Bay now Shibbo leth ; and he laid Sibboleth; for he coaid not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took Urn, and slew him at the peonages of Jordan." —Judges 12:0. 1)0 you notice the difference of‘pronuncia tion between ahibboleth and sibboleth? A ycry smkl) and unimportant difference, yon •ay. And yet, that difference was the differ ence between life and death for a great many people. The Lord's people, Gilead and Sphratm, got into a great fight, and Ephraim was worsted, and on the retreat came to the fords of the river Jordan to cross. Order was given that all Ephraimites coming there be •lain. Rut bow could it bo found out who were Ephraimites? They were detected by their pronunciation. Hhibbolcth was a word that stood for river. The Epliraimitcs had a brogue •f their own, and when they tried to say shib boleth, always left out tho sound of the "h." When it was asked that they say shibboleth they said sibboleth and wera slain. “Then laid they nnto him, say now shibboleth; and be said sibboleth, for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and •lew him at tho passaro of Jordan." A very •mall difference, you say, between Gilead and Ephraim, and yet how much Intolerance about that small difference! Tho Lord's tribes in our times—by which I mean the different denoinl- nations of Christians—sometimes magnify a very small difference, and the only difference between scores of denominations today is the difference bet ween shibboleth and slbbpleth. The church of God is divided into a great number of denominations. Time would fail & e to tell of tho Calvinists, and tho Arinln- ns, and the Kabbatarians, and tho Baxter- fans, and the Drunker*, and the Shakers, and the Quakers, and the Mothodlsts and the Rap- tists, and the Episcopalians, and the Luther ans, and tho Congrcgations) 1st*, and the Presbyterians, and tho Spiritualists, and a •core of other denominations of religionists, some of them founded by very good men, some of them founded by very egotistic men, and * * * tided r creeds. Bn* since we may make mistakes in regard to things of the world, do not let us be egotistic, and so puffed up as to have an idea that we cannot make any mistake in re gard to religious theories. And then I think wo will do a great deal to overthrow tho secta rianism from our heart and the sectarianism from the world by chiefly enlarging upon those thfugs in which we agree rather than those on which we differ. Now, here Is a great gospel platform. A man comes up on this side the platform and* sayi; “1 don’t believo in baby sprinkling." Shall I shove him off ? Hen u a man coming up on till* side the platform, and he says, “X don't believe in the perseverance of the saints." . and when they were fn the very heat of the controversy a more intelligent traveller came, and said; "Gentlemen, I nave seen that obelisk, and you are all right, and you are all wronj£^Why didn't you wajk all around the Jxjok out for the man who sees only one side of a religious truth. Look out for the man who never walks around these great theories of God and eternity and the dead. He will be a bigot inevitably—the man who only sees one side. There is no rasn more to be pitied than he who haa In bis head just one idea—no more, no leas. More light, less sectarianism. There is nothing thst will so soon kill bigotry as sunshlns—God’s sunshine. 'J. Sol have set before you what I consider to be the causes of bigotry. I hare set before you the origin of this great evil. What are some of the baleful effects? First of all it cripples investigation. You are wrong, aud I am right, and that ends it. No taste for ex ploration, no spiritof Investigation. From the glorious realm of God's truth, over which nn very bad men. Hut as 1 demand fot myself & of conscience, 2 must give that same liberty,to every other « snan, roracrabrrhijr tjiat ho no more differs from me than j differ from him. I advocate * tho largest llhffWirt all religious belief and ‘! farm of worship*! In art, in politics, In morals, and In rcllglctafla* them ho no gag law, no moving of the previous question, no pcrsccu- *• tion, no intolerance. You know that ths air and th'a water keep ■ __jh pro posed to make people thJnk aright by prohib iting discussion and by stropg censorship of the press, aud by rack, aud gibbet, and hot lead down tho throat, tried to mako people orthodox; hut it was discovered thst you can pot change a man's belief by twisting off his head, ana that yon cannot mako a man see thing* differently by putting an awl through his eyes. There Is something in a man's con- •eicnco which will hurl off the mountln that C u threw upon it. and, unsinged of the Are, tof tho flame will make red wings on which the martyr will mount to glory. In that time of which X speak, between the fourth and sixteenth centuries, people went from the house of God into tho most appalling iniquity, and right along liy consecrated altars iliero wore tides of drunkenness and licentious- •oss such as ths world nover heard of, and tho ▼cry rowers of perdition broke loose and till ed tho chrtreft. After awhile tho printing was freed, and it broke the shackles or press (be I _____ •umber of bud lx man hostllo to were twenty men ready ,to advocKS It; so I have not any nervousness in regard to this • mulls going ojkbetwood ttpUyUBll orw. The truth will conquer Just as certainly as that God Is stronger than the dovil. Let Error fun If you only let Truth run along with it, Urged on by skeptic's shout and transcendent- illst's spur, let It run. God's angels of wrath are In hot pursuit, ami qufr*~“ “ beak clutchos out a hawk's franco will tear it to piece*. I proposo this morning to apeak to you of K arianUm—Its origin,its evils aud Its cum*. re are those who would make us think that Uiis monster, with horns and hoof*, is re ligion. I shall cUase it to itatyiidlug place, and drag it out gf the aaverp* of darkncM, and rip off Its hide, llnrt want to niaka a distinction between bigotry and the lawful fondness for peculiar religious beliefs and forms of worship. X have no admiration fbr a nothingarian. In a world of such tremendous vicissitude and temptation, and with a soul that must after a while stand befoto a tlirono of insuffer able brightness, In a day whan tho rocking of the mountaius and the flaming of the heavens and the upheaval of tho sea shall bo among tho least of the excitoments, to give account for every thought, w ord, action, proferenco and dislike—that man is mad who lias no re- ligimis prefenmv. B<tt our early education. Our physical temperament, our mental consti tution, will very much decldo our form of k trotshlp. displease you. Homo wouL minister iu gown, and bauds, and surplice, and others prefer to have a minister In plain Glu ten's apparel. Koiue aro most impressed when • little child Is presented at tho altar and apriukledof the waters of a holy benediction •’In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghostand others are more Impressed when the penitent come* up out of the river, his garments dripping with ths wa- tern of a t»ptUin which aiguille* the washing away of aiu. tat either liavo his own way. One man like* no md*e in prayer, not a word, not a whisper. Another man just aagood, pre- istlcur-" o thr^msh the long-drawn aisle, and an angel fLoifc heaven-in tho pulpit, if thero be no Christ in the chancel, and no Christ in tho robes. Bigotry is often the child of Ignorance. You seldom find a man with Urge intellect who.it a bigot. It to the man who thinks he knows a great deal, but does not. That man is almost always a bigot. The whole tendency of education and civilization is to bring a man out of that kind of suto of mind ana heart. Thera waa in tho far east a great obelisk, and one side of the obelisk was white, another side of ths obelisk was green, another side of the obelisk was blue, and travelers went and looked at that obelisk, but they did not walk around it. One man looked at ono side,. another at another aide, and they came tihall I shove him off 9 No. I will say. “Do bom*, #*ch <«!e locking At c;.!y huu you beiieve in the Lord Jesus as your Saviour? i, and they do you trust Him for time and for eternity?" . ... . jj o >>j) 0 y mx 1^0 Christ for time and for eternity?" “Yes." I say, “Come on, brother; one in time aud one In eternity; brother now; brother forever." Blessed be God for a gospel platform so large that all who receive Christ may stand on It. I think we may overthrow tho severe secta rianism and bigotry in our hearts, and in the church also, by realizing that all the denomi nation of Christians have yielded noble insti tutions and noble men. There is nothing that so stirs my soul ss this thought. One denomi nation yielded a Robert Hall and an Adonlram Jtulson; another yielded a Latimer and a Melville; another yielded John Wesley and the blessed Suinmerfield, while our own de nomination yielded John Knox and the Alex anders—men of whom the world was not worthy. Now, I say, If we are honest and fair minded men, when we cornu up fn tho presence of such churches and such denominations, although they may bo different from our own, we O ' J1 — * * them, aud we ought to love am Churches which can produce such men, and such large-hearted charity, and such magnifi cent martyrdom, ought to win our affection— at any rate, our respect. Bo come or hundred thousand Episcopalians in try, and ye eight hundred thousand Presbyte rians, and ye two and a half million Baptists, and ye nearly three and three-quarter million Methodists—com© on, shoulder to shoulder, we will inarch for tho world’s conquest; for all nations are to be saved, and God demands that you and I help do it. Forward, the wbolo line. 3forever, we may also overthrow the feeling or severe sectarianism by joining other de nominations in Christian work. I like when the sprlugHime comes and the anniversary oc casions begin, and all the denominations come upon tho same platform. That pverthroirs sectarianism. In the Young Men's Christian Je each denomination of Christians is to present all the truths of the Bible, it seems to me that God lias given to each denomination an especial mission to give particular empha sis to some one doctrine; and so the Ctlvlnis- tlc churches must present the sovereignty of God, and tho Armlnlan churches mast prevent man’s free agency, and the Episcopal churches must present the Importance of order anil solemn ceremony, and the Bap tist churches must present tlic| necessity of or- dinuuccs. and tbo Congregational church must present the responsibility of the Individual member, and the Methodist church must show what holy euthusJosm, hearty congregational singing can accomplish. While each denonM nation of Christians must set forth ail the doc trines of the Bible. I feel it is especially In cumbent upon each denomination to put par ticular emphasis on some one doctrino. Another great damage done by the sectarian ism and bigotry of the church isthat it dis gusts people with the Christian religion. Now, my friends, tho church of God was nover in tended for a war barrack. People aro afraid of a riot. You go down the street and you see an excitement, and missiles flying through the air, and you hear the shock of fire-arms Do you, the peaceful and industri ous citizen, go through that street? Oh, no! you will soy: "I'll go around the block." Now, men colne and look upon this narrow path to heaven, and sometimes see tho eccle siastical brickbats flying every wlilther, and they say, "Well, I guess I’ll take the brood road; If It is so rough, and there is so much sltarpshootinc on tho narrow road, I guess I'll try the broad rood." Francis I. so hated tho Lutherans that he said If ho thought thero was one drop of Lutheran blood In his veins be would puncture thorn and let that drop out. Just as long as there Is so much hostility between denomina tion and denomination, or between one pro fessed Christian and another, or between ono church and another, just so long men will bo disgusted with the Christian religion, and ssy, "It that Is rollglon, I want none of it." Again, bigotry and sectarianism do great damago in the fact that they binder tho tri umph of tho gospel. Oh, how much wasted ammunition, how many men of spleudld In tellect have given their wholo life to contro versial disputes, when, if they had given their lifo to tomothlng practical, thoy might have * —lafull Hupix >sn thi* mum in. were* common ‘orrem coining up tho bay through the narrows, am. all the forts aiaand New York began to fire into each ol her—you would cry out, "National kuiddel why don’t those forts blaze away In ono directlonj curries it. Out with tho _ _ _J religious sent!' , _ 1 the Quaker said: "George, I am •s thou art; I am for bringing all men to the * hope ol the gospel: therefore, if thou will not quarrel with me about my broad brim, I will not quarrel with thee about thy black gowu. Cleon*, give me thy hand." 1. In tracing out tho religion of sectarian- Is.n, or bigotry, 1 find that a great deal of it •omea from wrong education in tho homo cir cle. There are parents who do not think It Wrong to caricature and jeer the peculiar forms of religion in the world, and denounce other and other denominations. It Is very tho case that that kind of education K st opposite to what was expected, children grow up, and, after awhile, fR> aud see for themsqrvos; and looking in the**churches, and finding that tho peoplo •re good there, and they love Clod and keep His commandment*, by natural reaction they go and join those very churches. 1 could men- Uoo the names of promiuent ministers of tho gospel who spent their whole life bombarding . Other denomination* and who lived to soo their Children preach the gospel in those very de nomination*. But U la often the case that big otry starts in a household, and that the subject of it never recovers. There are teas of thou- •and* of bigot* ten years old. I think sectarianism and bigotry also rise from too great pmmmcuco of any one denomi nation iu a community. All the other denomi- matins are wrong, atiditls denomination is right, because his iteuoatinaUon it tho most Wealthy, or the most popular, or the moat In fluential, and it U “our" church, “our" rcligiou*ontauhation. and “our" choir, and M our ’ minister, and the nun tosses his head. *®d wants otln r «!< nominations to know thefe Maceu. It i« a great deal better la any common- Jty when thejruat denominations of Christiana g about equal in poeer, marching able by for the world's conquest. Mere outside parity, mere worldly power, is no ovidenoo tire church Is ocoeptohlo to God. Bettor abarn with Christ in the ^manger than a ca thedral with magnificent konMWito roiling •WW l/m/.O HUP/ IU WIIO UIRVUVU. and that against the common enemy?" And *'ot I sometimes sco In the church of the Lord fesu* Christ a strange thing going on: church against church, minister against minister, de nomination against denomination, flriug away into their owu fort, or the fort which ought to bo on tho satuo side, instead of concentrat ing their enemy aud giving ono mighty and overhutlng volley against the navies of dark- ues* riding up through the bay! I go out sometimes In the summer, and I find two beehives, and these two hives aro in a quarrel. J come near enough, not to be slung, but I cotno just near enough to hear tho con troversy, and ono beehive says, "That field of clover is the sweetest," and another beehive says, "That field of clover is the sweetest." I come in between them, and I say, "Stop this quarrel; If you like that field of clover best, go tlioro; if you like that field ol clover brut, go there; but let mo tell you that hive which goto tho most honey le the best hive." Ho 1 come out between tho churches of the Lord Jesus Christ. One denomination of Christians says, "That field of Christian doc trine is beat," and another says, "Tills field of Christian doctrine is best." well, I say, "Go where you get the most honey." That Is the bo*t church which cots the most honey of Christian gmeo for the heart, and the most honey of Christian usefulness for the life. Beside that, if you want to build up any de nomination, you will never build it up by try ing to pull some other down. Intolerance nover put anything down. How much has In- tolorsnco accomplished, for instance, against ministry were forbhlded tho pulpOTHH Britain. Why was it that so many of them prcuchcd in the fields? Hlmply because they I could not get in thfechnrches. And the name of the church was given in derision and as a sar casm. The critics of the church said: "They havo no order, they have no method in their I worship;" and the critic*, therefore, iu irouy [called them "Methodists." rr, New York, kept jven hundred and seven hooks and pamphlets against Method ism. Did intolerance stop that church? No; it is either first or second amid the denomina tions of Christendom, her missionary stations in all parts of the world, her men not only im portant in religious trust*, but important alio in secular trusts. Church marching on, and the more intolerance against it, tho faster it marched. SVhat did Intolemnce accomplish against the Baptist church? It laughing scorn and tirade could havo destroyed the church it would not have today a disciple left. ■The Baptiste were hurlcu out of Boston In otdon times. Those who sympathjrod with them were confined, and when a petition was offered asking leniency in their behalf, all tho men who signed it were indicted. Has intol erance stopped the Baptist church f The last statistics In regard to it showed about thirty thousand churches and two and a half million [communicants. Intolerance never put down iv tiling. In England a law wa* tnado again*t tho Jew. England thrust back the Jew and thrust I down the Jew, and declared that no Jew should hold ofllciaI position. What came of it? Were the Jews destroyed? Was their religion overthrown? No. Who becamo prime minister of England years ago? Who waa next to tho throuo? who wa* higher than the throne because he was counsellor and ad viser? The descendant of a Jew. What were we celebrating in oil our churches as well as synagogues a few yean ago? The cue hundredth birthday anniversary uf Monte- Ifiore, the great Jewish philanthropist. Intol erance never yet put dowiwmything. mUI. But now, my friends, having shown K h the origin of bigotry or sectarianism, and ^■ing shown you the damage it does, I want | ung Men’s association, In the Bible society, in tho Tract society. In the For shoulder to shoulder eijm . _ all denominations. Perhaps I might more forcibly Illustrate this truth by calling your attention to an incident which took tdooe fourteen or fifteen years ago. Ono Monday morning at about two o'clock, while her niuo hundred passengers were sound asleep in her berths dreaming of home, the steamer Atlantic crashed iuto Mura Head. Fire hundred souls fu ten minutes landed in eternity I Oh, what a scene 1 Ago nized men and women running np and down the gangways, and clutching for the rigging, and the plunge of the helpless steamer, and the clapping of the hands of the merciless sea over the drown ing and the dead, threw two continents into Uirrtr. But ‘ logout with . rock;andseo „ . the shiprocked, and taking them into the cabins, aud wrapping thorn in tho flannels snug and warm; and soe that minister of tho Gospel, with three other men, getting into a life-bout, and pushing out for tho wreck, pull ing away across the surf, aud pulling away until they saved Ono more man, and then getting bock with him to tho shore. Can those men ever forget that night? And can they ever forget tlioir companionship in peril, companionship in struggle, companionship in awful catastrophe and rescuo? Nover! Never! In whatever part of the earth tiiey meet, they will be friends when thoy mention the story of that awful night when the Atlantlo struck Mar's Well, my friends, eur world has gone Into a worso shipwreck. Bin drove it on the rocks. The old ship bos lurched and tossed in tho tempests of six thousand years. Out with the life-lino I Ido not earn what dcnominatloiL —“ - “ ‘ IdonSr care what denomination rows It. Sfdo by aide, in the memory of common hardships, and common trials, and common prayers, and com mon tears, lot us be *—* k *“ *— must be. We must be. mistakes in the common affairs of life, Is __ not possible that we may moke mistakes in regard to our religious affairs? 8holl we take a man by the throat or by the collar because he cannot seo religious truths just os we dot Iu the light of eternity it will be found out, I think, there was something wrong in ell our creeds and sosuethlng right iu all our we bow; l*srt of the ho-t have crossed the flood, And part aro crowing now." "And I expect to see the day when all denominations of Christians shall join hands around Itho cross of Christ and recite the creed: "Ibelieve in God the Father Al mighty. Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, and in the communion of saints, and in the life everlasting." May God inspire us all with tho largest-hearted Christian charity. _ Greatest Discovery Since 140S, For conglis, colds, eoro throat, bronchitis, laryngitis and consumption in its early stages, nothing equals Dr, Fierce's "Golden Medical Discovery." It is also a great blood purifier aud strength restorer, or tonic, and for liver complaint and costive condition of the bowels it has no equal. Bold by druggists. VOIXMKH'S NOVEL INVENTION. From an Indianapolis Sped*!. Daniel Volliuer, a chicken fancier near here, alter condderahle mfftrlng from tho depredations of chicken thiens turned Ids ingenuity to devising a scheme to entrap the rubber*, lie did not rig a gnu that would go off when anybody opened the door of the chicken yard, an i thus lose Ids life through forgetting that the gun wa* loaded and set. He put tip a system of strings tunning our pulleys hum tho poultry yurd and connecting with a weight that hung suspended over his person while ho slept, llo lay awake for several uights wailing for the weight to drop. fast night he fell rsleep from exhaustion and had just got to breathing long breaths when the weight struck him with a dull thud. He thought at lint that a burglar had hit him with a sand club, but the next moment he remembered the contrivance ho had Invented and he ran to the door, shotgun Iu baud. ▲ thief waa making tracks from tho chick- ••Hair, or I’ll shoot," yelled Vollmer. Tbo thief did not bolt Vollmer fired end tho fugitive fell, badly peppered with blnlahot, of which a doctor sula-’qt ontly picked out thirty. Tho thiof proved to bo a woman. Mrs. Sarah Oil. Nn. Ott!« now under arnM In the city hoap'til, accused of la n vny. The doctor says the Is seriously wounded. Vollmer was arrested on the charge of attempted mnrdcr. both will have a bearing on the loots lnrt. Mrs. Ott is forty years oM. The shooting l* re- gnnlcd a* wholly without Justification, as Vollmer could lastly have captured her. Women with pale colorless facet who fee %rcak and discouraged, will receive both menta aud bodily vigor by using Carter's Iron Pills which aro made for tho blood, nerves and com plexion. _ Too Accommodating. From the Philadelphia News. Bob Impulsivo is a traveling salesman In tho employ of llood. Bonbrlght Si Co. He U noted for Hie promptness and decision with which ho always acts in cases ot emergent y. A few weeks ago while on his way to Pittsburg, the train stopped at Uncar ter os tnual. In the seat across the aisle sat a re- spcctabD, middle aged man. As the train stopped the respectable man peered out of the w indow. and then made a sudden dart for the door of the car. He bad H-arcely passed out of sight before the energetic drummer noticed a grlpraek and umbrella lyiug on the scat pal vacated. The train started. Hastily com hiding that tbo tear octabio man had left tbem in bis burry to get out of tho car. U 0 adesnum rushed acn*» the able and pitched umbrella and valise out or tho window. A moment or two later the respectable man returned. Ho had only gone out to »ivak to a friend on the p?gift ran Developed at the Inquest. Nkw Oulkm*, August 13.—A special ilia* pitch from Franklin. La., my*: A »p vial coroner ■ Inquest hold co the body ot the colored girl, Jane toUm*. found dead Wednesday In tho thickets four miles above Franklin, developed tho fret that her throat had beau cut. and that she had received sot- •ml stabs on her inly. Hm stepfrlher.DanHaas- auis, was suspected. Be bed taken to the hashes, and was hunted out by white and colored people, lie CMfomad to the murder and aeked tote hangrd TOOMBS'S DEBI T. From the Louisville Courier Journal. Tho first evidence of the coming power of this remarkable man was exhibited at.WllUngton, a small village te Atlx-vllle district (as tbc intent counties were theli rolled), nth Carolina. General George McDuffie, the only representative of Demos thenes In this country since latre'c Henry, lived near thero. McDuffie was 1 anie>Mxl lightning He forged the chain of logic at a white heat. He was the most nervous, impassioned and thrilling tribune of tiie people ot that day, He <k mount rated the political probUm: as Euclid did geometry, while foaminr at the mouth and creaming like a painted Creek Indian.’ He had married the only daughter of Dick fcimrieton. the eedehrated mlllWiatr* turf man and rice planter, aud he owned four hundred slaves and made eight hundred bales of cotton a year. He bad been a member of congress, governor of South Carolina, and wa* afterwardi United States senator. The people, befo.# making np their minds on any political question, wi.nld say “Mr. McruTIo is tO'ng to speck at Morrow's old field two week* from now, and I will trail t.ll I Lear him:” and them they would come forty and fifty miles, and camp out the night before to hear him, and his Kpcccb would decide the politics of the entire coun try onct a year. On tbit WIDington oeoedon it was said that ••the everlasting-mouthed Bob Tombs was coming over to meet him." Four thousand people were there when that rash young Georgian crossed the Savannah to meet the lion in his den, to beard the Douglas in his halls. Toombs rode a horse, and it was remarked that his shirt bosom was stained with tobacco Juice. Yet he was one of tlifc hand somest men that ever had the seal of genius on his brow. His bead was round astbe ceha ial globe. His abundant, atra/gbt, black hair hung in profusion over his ample, marble forehead. He had as many teeth as a shark, and they were whiter than ivory. His eyes were black as death and bigger than an ox's. His step was as graceful ei the wildcat'^ and yet ho weighed two hundred pounds. His prcscnco capti vated even the idolaters of George McDuffie. Jlc bounded Into the arena like a black-maned Xumid- ian lion from tbo unknown desert! of middle Geor gia, to reply to tho Olympian Jupiter of the up- country of the proud Palmetto state. It w a* the most memorable overthrow that McDuffie ever sus tained. This was in the Harrison-Van Burcn elec tion of DM0. HI* argument, his invective, hia over bearing torrent of Irreverent denunciation, 1* a tra dition In that country even now. McDuffie raid: “I have heard John Randolph, of Roanoke, and met Tristam Burgess, of Rhode I»land, but this wild Georgian is the Mlrabcau of this age." After that South Carolina admitted that Georgia was some thing more than the reftige of 8ottth Carolina fugi tives from Justice. This wa* the beginning of Toombs's Immortal southern fame. since tho recent death of ex-8cnator R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, Senator Reagan, of Texas, ai d ex-Govemor T. H. Watts, of Alabama, are tho only surviving members of Mr, Davis's cabinet Reagan wa* postmaster general and Watts attorney general. At Montg mcry, Ala., there was a secret session of the cabinet to seo whether we should bomlianl Fort Sumter. Toombs was then secretary of state and n gar*led a* the most nub, headstrong and vio- raan in tte confederacy. \t hflo in the pres- ! of Mr. Davis, the balance of the cabinet gave their opinions In favor of the bombardment, Mr. Toombs was, os was bis custom, pacing the floor. When it came his turn to express his opinion, to the amazement of all he vehemently opposed the sitick, and made ono of tbo most remarkable speeches of all his lifo In opposition to it. Ho raid it would bo the doom of the confodent- He said: “lot Charleston go. Give up’Humtcr. lot it be provisioned, but never explode the volcano Is under our feet." He said it was suicide and nmdncm and would loso us every friend in all tho north, and exhibited all hi* magnificent powers in opposition to the attack, lie said: "Mr. President, you will wantonly strike a hornet s nest that fills the north from ocean to octan, and legions, now quiet, w ill swarm out to sting us to death. It ifl unneces sary: H put* us In the w rong: It I* fatal.” And so Ethan Allen’s Pluck, roultnay, Vt., Correspondence In Troy Times. While Ethan Allen was a prisoner on his pasrage to England clooely confined to his cabin he discovered that a pin or wire that fastenod ono of bla handcuflk was broken. Extricating the pieces with his teeth he was enabled to losen the bolt and set onq bind at liberty, by the aid of which and his teeth be soon had both at liberty, ami he was not long In liberating hia feet But fearing a dis covery might lead to worse treatment, ho replacod his Irons, bolts and pins before the arrival of his keeper. It soon becamo a recreation for tho gen eral te take off and put on his irons at pleasure. One day the captain wishing to afford tho crew sorao merriment ordered that Alton bo brought on deck. Hoping to frighten him tho captain said: “There is a probability that the ship will founder; If so what will become of m, especially you, Mr. Al len. a rebel against the king?" “Why," said Allen, “that would be very much like our dinner hour." “Why so?” said the captain, not reflecting that Allen was allowed to come on deck only when tho captain went down into hi* cabin to dine. "Well, you see," answered Allen, “I’d be on my way ftp Just as you would be going below." This answer did not please tho cap tain, and he began a regular tirade of abttro against the American people. “In a short time,” said the captain, “all the rebels will be In the same situation as yourself." This was too much for Allen, and raising bis band* to his teeth, ho soon snaj p_*J the bolt* and pin-*, took off his Irons and throw them overboard, seized the panic stricken captain by the collar and threw hint headtorg upon tho deck. Then fuming to tho affrighted crew, be exclaimed In a voice of thunder, “ir I am insulted again dur ing the voyage I'll sink the ship aud swim ashore." This exploit nod such an effect on the captain and crew that no ftirther Insult was offered to the gen eral during the passage. Francis Murphy on Texas. From the New York Special Mr. Francis Murphy, of Pittsburg, tho tem perance lecturer, was at tbc Sturtcvant heu e today, enroute to Brooklyn te see his daughter, Mia Trask, who it seriously ill. A reporter asked him what he thought of the prohibition defeat in Texas. He said: “It (a merely the leaven coming to the surface. The south is going at the temperance question in the right way—from a moral point of view. It is the new south waking up. But heroin the north prohibition is mixed with politic*, aud ha* no effect whatever. We want high license, it would reduce the number of saloons In this city, and save many a workingman from destruction. “The prohibitionists are always fighting the re publican party. If I had to take my chances for doiug good In a political way for the temperance cause, l would Join the republican party. I do not think the prohlbittonlsts will ever elect a president. No; a man must first prohibit himself, hi* appetite, for alt the laws in the land can not do that fur him. s sold right along In prohibition slates. power that can save a drunkard Is toe gospel, tnat power is sq«clenL and with Its old the temperance sentiment is steadily growing, so that now'-a-day* all large twine**i concern! ahro utely require habits of aobrlety on the part of their cm -i- ' Hood’s Sarsaparilla GomttoM, In a manner peenllu to lUelf, th. h«*t blood-portfyln, and .trentfhenlnfrcmo- dlc, ot tb. T.RtUble kingdom. You will end tula wonderful remedy effective where other medicine, have filled. Try U now. It wU purify your blood, rcgulato th. dlfferflon, and atv. new life and rigor to tb* entire body. “Hood'. Sarsaparilla did m* peat food. I waa tired out from overwork, and It toned me up.” Wan. O. X. Sncnoxa, Cohoe,, K Y. i suffered three yean from blood poleon. I took Hood'. 8aruparllla and think I am cured.” Mua. St. J. Davil, Brockport, Ji. Y. 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