The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-09-19

pole.star of the DemOcra tic party is c
the Constitution of the U Dited States. #
| Applause, Do not my fellow q
citizens, in the heat Of this arduous a
contest, do not forget that great les
son. The republican party believe
they can amend it, tn at they can
change it and make tia better cOnsti-
tuition than our fathers made it in the
Idays of old. ["NWer-, never" and
shouts of applause. | charge itup-
on you, Democrats who are here to
night, never to consent either to its
abandonment Or its degradation. Do
not seek to amend it, d o not seek to
change it; do not seek to evade it.
Obey it. Immense applause. a til
was good enough for 20 ur fathers. 1t
is good enough for you. If you
obey it, it wi,l be good enough for
your children for HUNDRED years to
.e come. Study It, undersH and it. Carry
it about with you, asa living presence
in all the walks Of your daily life.
Take it to your home read it your
wife, teach it to your children; put
'' it upon your family alGar that when
you bow your head in uPPIicatiug
a prayer it may be there next to the
image of God himse II. Immense
applaus. Do this, and then in His
own good time you win be able to
raise it up to that place and power to
. which the brazen serpe Mt in the viii.
derness was raised in 0 rider that The
no plague might be stryed Do this
and you will be able to- rear 1t up to
that high place of ho nor to which
the Ark of the CoUyen ant was reared
round which the unseen legiOns o
the Almighty kept ward and guard
"0 that he who touched it with impiou
hands should die IRenewed ap
plause. Remember, fellow citizen
ng that the Constitution contains With
by itself all that is good in the exPeri
no. ences of the past, au d all that
hopeful in the prospects Of the future
, 1t is the ark of safety in the midst
Ine the food which is upon US. 1t ma
nd be tossed in the baCkn ess Of darkness
'Gai' upon the weary waters for III any day
Ine but it will rtst upon tine mountain tt
IL at last the sun will $ hiue the doy
lelr will leave it never to return, aud, nc
10 as then emblems " purity liber
Ell, , and peace, she will seek to rebuild b
VIII habitations amidst the scenes Of h
VIII former life. [Cheers. lido not de
,Op> pair. 1 have hopeim the aspira ito
hey of men. I have faith in t
t OF providence of God. I know that t
10 pathway of history is streWn wi
qua the wrecks of empires and peopl
ID a and constitutions and liberty and
'oth may be in the proVidenCo Of God ii
ana this country Of ours will follow
tax the wake of all the u atoms that ha
ny gone before. If itsAaall be so, lei
gen not be owing to the faults or mist
ding tunes of the DernoCratiC par
con rGreat ohoering.] IF itmust be
now let it be known that 1t was the pa
mons of our love that stood to the Ii
cot with heroic virtue to the principles
the civil liberty. If it nust be so let
is 10 my fellOw.citizens, cake cOusOlat
per in the thought that in the eteI
loO,- circles of God death is but the |
crest cursor of resurrection; and tfat
years same principles Whic b hasten natl
ears to decay contain wathn themse
|. on Sne the spark of living 6re which sec
gUV'' JIJI undying youth to our immortal +
.; why Great applase.
49,, Time writes no wrinkle on its fair "
- q W brow,
forty Such as creations dawn beheld, it sees
have now"
nous "Amidst the wr ecks of time
come progress still onward and gpw
toll higher and still higtEer
J "And from the sky serene and far
cans A voice falls like Eallng star,
richer Ezclesorl"
ta~a' ou"' "Higher; as the eagle when
'"" tIo takes his flight in the face of the
h. I Ia Higher as the stars, when in
,iI nlot% l courses they encirCle the footsto
o'o'T = IT, the i'm mortal thrO ne Higher
- ;,1a the soul of man VIII en- it puts
dGoII lI.J this tenement of clay, and s
.1""r o"o throughout all the ages the hor
daily ''s TL ra'nea n1a;n anH a. - so,tonoo. ol
instant ~" - ,ootol w;,b
night PerO;a'toa .; oSaa,i,s %o,S SM oO5 N, Pc
1'I cnn ton took his seat amid prolC
ocLis applause.