The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-30

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BISHOP SIMPSONS LECTURE.-The
audience at the Trinity Church last
night to hear Bishop Simpson on the
Future of the Country. was.quite
large and highly Intelligent and APP
preciatiTe. But there was not as full
house, as we had expected tq, see. or,
as the well merited reputation Of the
lecturer would have, yarrap ted. Af.
ter an appropriate anthem by the
choir, accompanied by the organ, and
| "a short invocation of the Divine
blessing BY ReyaMr Hays. Rev. c. N.
Sims, the Pastor Of Trinity Church,
introduced the4 BiFhon1nq brief
sketch of his identity with The edu-.
| cational and ecclcsiasticaf history of
Indiana. IA = ~ 4, !, = = tslsz yss
z Bishop Simpson issf6ut by stating
that the inquiry 6fb every patriotic
heart is, "Whatistdbe ths4hsufe his
tory Of, the coaatry?'4i IA This Inquiry
was right and natural > 1Evcry one
had a desire to iftfhe Veil OF futuri-
Ety, and many deyices1Were yresortea to
for that parposes7sThe future could
be judged by the past, on fixed prina.
ciples established in the wise economy
of the Sovereign Of the" Universe.
He spoke of the, extraordinary at
tachment Of the people of the United
States tQ their eoYntFy hog our7insti7,
tutions attracted the sympathy of the
masses of all civilized nations, illus
trating the fact byaincidents in his ex=
perlence. Hi " 81 L HID
+ He asserted the.sispifcant faetIthat
no great nation hadD existed south of
25' north latitude. That from 255g''tte.ii
600 was the belt of power around the
globe. and thaetAelu uied lStatss lies
in that belt, He illgstgste1 its vast,
extent and its vast capacities, capa
bic of containing the entire popula-
ton of the earth, giving 10 each fam
lily of five persons a. farm Of seven
acres, and thai the population would
not be as dense as that !oflBelgiums
and that Illinois and Indiana with 30
100000 would not be more densely 4
ypopufated than the most sparsely
populate "a Districts Of India We
have every variety of climate, soil and
produetion--surpassing. the banks of
tine Nile In fertility, as we surpassed all
other countries in the sources of COM 4
MERGE He detailed the great re-
sources of the country, in all the eleu1
ments of weaHh3,in minerals, agficul-
ture and manufacture. Contrasted
our coal fields, mines, rivers, sea
coasts and agricultural resources of
our country with those of the old
world. With the Pacific Rail |
road completed we should carry
the commerce of the world.
He also portrayed the character of
our people; their origin and history.
The intelligence of our people was
source of hope and confidence, and
the rapid development Of liberal
ideas-the extensionof suffrage, &c
as well as the superior education of
the women of America, who in turn
trains. the young minds. of our child
rem. He painted the incentive to be
intelligent, Industrious and useful
placed before the youths Of the |
United States. Our inventions sur
passed those of all the nations of
the earth-all useful and labor saw
Ing. We have a race of men educated
not to fear any wilderness, or dread
any sea. We need fear no future re-
bellion. With universal equality and
the rights of all secured and protect
ed, removes all cause for future out
break. There are but two stable theoS
ries of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and |
Repu blicanism. Z No republic such as |
ours had ever existed The right of
suffrage had ever been safely and |
could still be safely extended, as
could also be the territory of our
couutry-as with equal rights to all
securedll AN local 9 Dissatisfaction y
would be readily overcome q We had
no danger of foreign interference to
dread, and had ample resources to
pay our National debt. i@' .ia@9sl y
After giving some attention to those
professional politicians who have