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February 11, 1891
The Fairfield News And Herald
Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina
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Bishop John P. Newman, in an interview in Fort Smith, Ark., on Feb. 6, opposes the force bill, arguing for intellectual and moral elevation in the South through religion and education rather than invoking the 'ghost of the war.' He critiques Republican party managers and calls for unified national legislation.
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The Ghost of the War.
FORT SMITH, Ark., Feb. 6.—Bishop John P. Newman (the great war Methodist) of the M. E. Church has just closed the session of the one hundredth annual Arkansas Conference in this city. In an interview to-day he expressed the following sentiments in regard to the force bill:
"I saw poor Windom a month ago. I was in his office in Washington. I told him that he could think of force from now until the end of time and that they would accomplish nothing. Public conscience is the energy of law. We must secure an intellectual and moral elevation to the masses through all these Southern States. Then the force bills would be unnecessary.
"I am opposed to invoking the ghost of the war." There are some of our old United States Senators who are always sitting at banquet with the spirits of departed heroes around them—it is the banquet of the dead.
"Everybody knows that I am a Republican, having been Chaplain of the United States Senate under the administration of Grant and Hayes, and that I am loyal to the last degree. At the same time my future as a Republican is before me, though her party managers act as if the future of the party was behind them. Religion and education are the great remedies for these political evils. Our national legislation is carried on as if we were two people, when it ought to be as if we were one. If a force bill is needed, it is needed as much in the North as it is in the South."
FORT SMITH, Ark., Feb. 6.—Bishop John P. Newman (the great war Methodist) of the M. E. Church has just closed the session of the one hundredth annual Arkansas Conference in this city. In an interview to-day he expressed the following sentiments in regard to the force bill:
"I saw poor Windom a month ago. I was in his office in Washington. I told him that he could think of force from now until the end of time and that they would accomplish nothing. Public conscience is the energy of law. We must secure an intellectual and moral elevation to the masses through all these Southern States. Then the force bills would be unnecessary.
"I am opposed to invoking the ghost of the war." There are some of our old United States Senators who are always sitting at banquet with the spirits of departed heroes around them—it is the banquet of the dead.
"Everybody knows that I am a Republican, having been Chaplain of the United States Senate under the administration of Grant and Hayes, and that I am loyal to the last degree. At the same time my future as a Republican is before me, though her party managers act as if the future of the party was behind them. Religion and education are the great remedies for these political evils. Our national legislation is carried on as if we were two people, when it ought to be as if we were one. If a force bill is needed, it is needed as much in the North as it is in the South."
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Force Bill
Ghost Of The War
Republican Politics
Religion Education
Southern States
What entities or persons were involved?
Bishop John P. Newman
Windom
Grant
Hayes
Where did it happen?
Fort Smith, Ark.
Story Details
Key Persons
Bishop John P. Newman
Windom
Grant
Hayes
Location
Fort Smith, Ark.
Event Date
Feb. 6.
Story Details
Bishop Newman, a Republican and former Senate chaplain, opposes the force bill in an interview, advocating moral and intellectual elevation via religion and education to unite North and South, rather than relitigating the Civil War.