The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-24
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iha - hooie heSNcnil SospNi ftrtet, 81 n.
exhoris to hospitality and declares that those who m
il share somsti'ass eaftsaei angels unarsrc. Hos.
y is for the stranger Tor the prosecuted for the opp
Bishop Horscly, 10 his great speech 10 England 49,
French revolution Of 1900, used these noble woras !.
cable in all respects TO the present condition Of or
happy country
My lords the storm ~ anti Christian persccaa, ~,
has ragged in France since her revolution has driva -
bsrs both of the secular clergy and persons Of both 80
the religious orders take shelter ia this hospitahs
the natural generosity Of Britonr and the infaenes Il
benevolent principles of the Protestant v,
sal asylum Of tho persecutsd aad the distressed"
THE hemisphere SET out before the nation, !, n
world dedicated to liberty and hospitality ID tt,r1
glory has been won by the sacrifices aud services
foreigners who fed here from The prescriptions Il 81
own lands, aud prepared the way for those who had
fered like themselves For long time the savage "a,
refused extend to the newcomers the blessings a 4
pitality. Thousands OF the early strangers who III
tons we're butehcred with their wives and families b, n
rude barberians who claimed the soil as thclr own n
it long before the infant colonies could make ~.
against their ioes But God was over all He salsv,
them the stormy deep, sheltered them on the sn
shore rolled backward the tide Of Indian war and r
ually built up their nation as beaconisht to IL N
nations of the earth, II like house Of res, ss
rescue in the midst OF a noisy and bigoed world M
that diamond in the midst Of the desert where the ,
pions Of opposing creeds could shake hands aaa \ \
peace; in word, II was As home haven, wha
could enter, with to MODEST and make them sra
Imagine who ia himself recovered from The .sss
OF winter and from the horrors of starvation from both
which he had been suffering, warmed and fed aud sna
made comfortable and riet--nlaginc such man hsrhs
his doors to the future wayfarers, and setting BID t
dogs npon all who mplorcd the shelter Of his roof WI
crumbs that fell from his table Would be not be scouo
an migrate and tyrant Would he no, be hold up a.
admonition to the young, and Stunned asa eptr By u
men 2
This prescription is the most scandaous inhoss
tality II is double crime II shuts the door 10 the tla
of the stranger, it admits him only to torture him
compeIs him to ahure his faith, or else to submit "
brand of interiority for adherng to it II marks bic u
who has been allowed to enter the household ska
1t supposed open to the oppressed, conai.
that he parts with his sc-respcct and his pride @
acter.
We say, also that when we give up our regard for a
sacred rite Of national hospitality discard also the m
tues that accompanied this noble element in the rno
erty of our loreathcrs II they had not been hospaht M
tolerant Indeed, without hospitality thsr professor
would have been cheat, their invitation TO The peops
other lands hollow hypocrisy, their whole political u
miserable show. How can those who would MI a
here themselves, but because OF these very VIRTUES Nr
venture TO select for sacrifice and for contempt cad,
nal and leading element OF our political aud social vaa
like this virtue Of hospitality? What is federation vaaiI
it, What is religion without IL? What is cvl ltrs
door because he does not worahip the shns Va
hmself--can he be tolerant Ia the minister Of Ga
truly pons man, sincere follower of the meek and s'
Jesus, who refuses TO sit at the table to shan
same duties, with the parah the disscner And W
kind Of patriot Is be who distinguishes between aa
differing naves, and regulates citizenship by des~~a
latitude, and not by the immortal qualities Of y
the known fitness for the duties Of meu,ber Of sgs
lican community?
St. Paul tells that the hospiable asomeimr .
tertans angels nnawares.s What picture Of The Asc
can pastl What q key to the American fulurl u
true that when the American people opened their arm
the brave foreigners these advocates of freedom wf
coined many angels Of deliverance. But who sno
how many Of those now sharing with us the blessing
liberty may in the future, become the champions "
perilied ihertcs2 Who knows that when such uss
as Arnold or as Burr shall threaten TO shake the a'S
tons Of our constitution, seek TO sell us to the s
foe, some other Lafayette may not come to us ifsa
agreat world beyond the sea- and rescue Us Ifoa
fangs Of internal trcason7 Who knows that amoas
foreigners sought to be degraded, and the cfns
sought TO be disfranchised, some spirit Ike Mon'saT
may not arise to give his life TO his adopted ooapH
Who knows that among the millions in distant Ap"n
now gazing through their tears upon this t'fa
refuge on Gods foo,stool, some koseiusko q =
De kab, may not be set apart for the ve'
defending eur happy repnblIc from the band
spoers7 And shall we MOI feel, ihsreioFs
apostle felt that the rite ~ national hcspiiahe
lead us to eatertaa ungsfs nawaresT Shall W. ~ -
TO it TO the last Shall we no, keep the heart ops
the laws open, for the poor and the sorrow-sF''ss
weary and the heavy-iaden; the stranger hunted Z
house aud home BY The wild beasts Of opprussoai
bold heart tcmpess-tossed on the Of life t
pion Of truth ,rampled nader foot by the maaT''S
the world the scsrcher after freedom who has y =
wbereon 10 lay his weary head, and who sees iss
Light Of our home cleaning through The m'sps"
OF oppressiou--a bright hope that bsckous ha V
whereon be may aycnee his wrongs asains tN
and serve God in aiding TO elevate and to mp
fellow-beings2 Remember, ~ doo,s b Ne dt,lssF =
are eiosed 20 the .ondeyps; and " they canH@ 49,
TREY must perisdff
The democratic convention which assembled ~ =
linton, North Carolina on the 18th Inst, % non'A