Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-06-10

proper function of government begins where
the social element ends. The speaker then
proceeded to make some application of these
principles to the present circumstances of
our country, in the tendency of this theory Of
government in its future developments, the
efforts that are made to exclude the bible
from our public schools and the gradual re-
Taxation of the wholesome restraints OF the
government of our fathers till the quiet of
the Sabbahs of the olden time is broken by
the hum and hustle OF business and recfea-
ton. How are we to meet these great neces-
stiles of the nation if the popular theory is
( rght, and the government simply rests upon
/ the will Of the people? Where, in such case,
has the government the right to tax, power
to introduce the bible, or TO protect publlc
worship? for the intdel and atheist may have
Ehis view ami his rhajorities may demand their
reinforcement Our position is that law is to
! be made whether people will or not, and the
| pleasure of no man can control it. We Will
! have the bible in our schools, not because 1t
is wlled by the people, but because it is
right, and Justify it by the higher law. Ger
| tain laws must be enforced, though the streets
run deep with blood. Men say that laws
must not be made in advance of public opin-
ion. If this he true, God made q fearful mis-
take at Sinai, and this mistake has stood
grandly out in all divine law to the present
! time. We see the relaxation of public NOR
ality in the haste of many to grow rich, in
the thirst for office, and the continued in
creasc Of improper and base appliances to Sc
cure the paltry advantages of wealth and
power What is individual right to partici
pate in government? The ruler has not the
right to put in his opinion as the law. The
judgment OF the people should be consid-
cred, and it should be the judgment Of the
Hl,fll2 Shtllt al NAV
law, he should indeed be careful yet consis-
tent. TO be otherwise, is to be reckless,
since for all his deeds he must render an ac-
count to his creator. In 1856 an obelisk was
brought from Egypt and was to be raised in
the square of st. Peters at Rome, under the
direction of Pope SeXtus V. To insure quiet
in the sast thr0ng an order was issued that
any man who should utter any cry while the
| obelisb was being raised, or speak aloud,
shonld be put to death Steadily the engines
were put in motion, the mighty mass rose in
its place. twenty degrees, thirty, yet forty
i, grces in height, the cable stretching to its
utmost tension faltered moved forward
little, halted and trembled at its base as if
| about to fall. - tef- q s-.-&
In the vast crowd locking upward, ignorant
where it might fall, should it come crushing
downward, faces were white with terror. In
the Suspension human voice rang out loud
and CLEAR "Wet the ropes" The crowd
looked about them and there in native maj
esty at the base of the obelisk stood simple
workman, his coat off, his face flushed. his
eyes flashing with the thought that filled him
and TIE know ledge of his duty. Acting at
once on the direction water was applied, the
cable shruuk again to its work and the huge
mass steadily and safely to its place and
stood still in its assigned position. SO, often
n nla r n
opposition to the popular will, and that voice
may he right. The great question of to-day
l., how shall we govern the great cities! to
save them from becoming what Paris now is
or New York from What she may be, if she
continues to sell justice for votes. Education
must protect us with these, or the time will
come when at the midnight hour the red
handed multitude shall make their skies red
V It'll ire and theirs streets muddy with blood.
The speaker closed with an eloquent appeal
for popular education.
The PoEM.
\ poem full Of genuine wit and humor, was
then delivered by Rev. Mark Trafton of Bos-
ton. we give one or two specimen bricks.
SAMPSON.
luther Sampson, see him now,
Ihat portly form. that smooth white brow,
That eye, calm, piercing, bright and blue,
That broad brimmed hat that ribboned queue,
With buckled knee OF olden day,
That yankee coat of holden gray,
Iis form TO stoop but just inclined,
Hands backward thrown and clasped behind;
Lip finely cut, nose high and thin
And showing WILL full double chin;
step short, but firm, as down the street
Or young or old. 1 see him there.
la church hning that old armed chair,
Close 10y The pulpit raised on high;
Facing the boys with half-closed eye, .
n faseN in the whole, and wo betide ?
-
Next day step upon the'star,
soft rap, then the shout who's there:'
The door swings open, day of DOOM
For Father SIMPSONS in the room
Though what was said, ne ,er pas sed the door;
That urchin plays in church no more.
Twas seventeen hundred ninety light said
The riddle still remains unread.
lis eighteen hundred twenty-then was heard
y cry from snmbering nations stirred.
6ror ric waters comes the wail,
Prom Afric'- shores, from midas vale
From Oceans Isle, from savage banks
The hungry cry, the outstreiched hands
We perish,-they for whom He she'd
Ills richest blood. O, send Us bread
And sampscn's ear the cry has caught
Shall ali he eny iyr COL goida rWii me- melt aWy
4 scant supply for brief day,
a drop, no spring, no flowing river,
sending It's rlcLuess out forever
What he had dreamed score of years,
In eighteen hundred twenty one appears.
\ school ofprophets III found, he said,
Who'll bear ahroad the lily ing bread;
Tnat da{ HI, anas, h is a. o yasfI'eni
NOW.
But an how changed some fairy hand
H., rubbed lam rnr waved a wand.
Nsai led tn old, see arise,
The~e sklcn,led structure 10 greet our eyes,
Genius and art couhintto lay
ON science paihii great Railway;
The old hill sinks, few dare to try,
While 81 po}ioi 20 laundering by.
We fear they risk who try their trains,
loss OF muscle Tor gain in brains.
In the old times Of much less noise,
The college suggested only boys;
As bonnet., corsets, bows and curls,
Killed highlander or girls.
-, MuWy! what were their surprise,
To see Il FEMALE COLLEGE rise.
Nomcn comes up and ia hes her grace,
Ia the front RAM with manly place.
We vet shan hear as TRUE as nlissal,
\ female locomotive whistle. >
To bench and bar she now aspres;
Led on by Claim female squires
What change we see, when long ago,
We conued that lesson, ho-hato;
six modest maidcns joined us there,
ANXIOUS our tolls and gains to share.
Thinking to know, they venture in,
In doubt twere not mortal sip, ~
Not claiming rights, just this no more
The crumbs that streWed the school-room floor.
Little dreamed the deep design,
The slow anuroach the covered mine,