The New York herald., 1869-03-08

administration bring ~ TO new oct In our national
drama ana now scenes IN our life. We have Preat-
dent who \ more han politician, who knows and
feels his aeponnbnif1ea whom good men o. ~
prescner 70 Welcome the now era and consider what
shall be required Of % IN the next thirty year,.
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. population o. one hundred million souls. mark
this ngure than consider the increase Of our cultt
schools ana churches the products OF our mines ana
quarriee. the proRress Of our arts and Inventions
teleeraphs to bring ali the world to our doors ana
think what nation we may be in 1900 How tne
continent win bloom with its gardens, shine with
joyful congratulations and throb with its one hum
dred million hearts, and some Of N will live to see
sn Ssn
lights are beaming the new voices calling and what
5s sse9ss sa beat rs their aSd .roT sTs:
into ploughshares and their spears into
on our hands, But let us give the energies we gave
to the sword to the moral plough-share and plough
up this love OF idleness and contempt OF labor we
see growing like darnel all over the fields, and plant
the love OF manly work. The love OF deness 10 botn
baleful ana perll0us 1t has brought our republic
into jeopardy II threatens liberties and letters
our hopes. No nation ever prospered long or was
honor labor Our happIest days were when our
people were most in0nslrious nad the fewest wants
and took in the good and simple Frank
Inns lnaxims were each OF them worth TO US more
than each OF Goethes bon nOts which cost that poet
purse OF gold. They made the nation rich and
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should put intelligent moral purpose into ALL use all
The machines we can; increase the number OF pro-
save time for culture ana socla. enjoyment. The
gospel OF Heaven to this nation now Is ths:-sHOnor
SSaanG make aDor a anS
to another noxious weed--the love OF Caste Plough
that deeply UNDER and plant the love OF social equal
more SO to republics. BY equality mean that in
which one man or woman shall be hOn0red for man.
hood or wo4anhood ana held as equal TO another
who Is no better or more capable than they; which
leaves the way open from the humblest to the
highest stations for merit and service to RISE One
road is open nom the Woodsman's shanty to the
Presidents house, and merit can walk over It,
Keep that road open. smoothly paved and free OF
plant the nation with more faith In God ana heaven
with more love for the Bible, the Sabbath the
love love and truth. Fourth-Pioueh bigotry under. De.
spse no man. nor taboo him because his doxy Ia not
your doxy, or his friends are few, or his
conscience Is deadly weed, sprnging ike
Uanada tnSs,e i " amoss every neid rongn
the right and pure. Before close would speak OF
the pruning required OF us. .They shall beat their
cut away Sins and vices and induce it to bear more
virtues and graces. Let US use the pruning hook
freely false tastes and false pride and false
ideas OF greatness and pleasure; and while seek
for the elegant and beautiful, well the simple,
let our tastes be pure and elevated The prophet In
another chapter says "the vine dresser shall
cut on the s2rigs OF sour grapes with his prun-
ing hook" There are many sprigs IN Ameri-
can society we can well dispense with-sprigs
OF vanity, folly and pr0digality. The con-
ceited fop, the pushing and haunting parvenu,
the quacK, the pedant, the gambler, the charlatan-
they are all sprigs worse than useless; they
f0us, they are thicker than freweeds on fall0w,
they cumDer our national life. Prune them away.
Then go TO work and train and develop the good
shoots and branches; bring out the pure and
noble and demand them Of all men. Such is our
future and such the poughing and pruning we must
do. What future for these young men and women
who inherit IL and will keep the grand New Years
of January !. 1901 What q work is required Of
them What intelligence, virtue and mastery o.
what task Is before them, and how they
should pray for the help Of God They are
to Danish wee and extravaganza from Ameri-
can life aud make 1t pure and noble. raise
amusements that call with syren voices false
notions Of greatness false ideas Of labor and leisure
false tastes In reading, false manners false Joys
to be cut away and bring our vines to purest and
richest fruits and lead US to the day when all will
have more beauty and elegance than now, more
luxury and pleasure. finer tastes grander society,
brighter minds; yet all win be manly and womanly,
PLAIN and simple