, 1874-07-06


Or national Government Is tho suu, and ii,
stntos arc tho rRuets, and tho lave Of col
tripotal aud centrifugal motion hold tliom t
their orbits, Each Slate has tho freedom or
them, all. We car hnrd1y ovor-ostimsto til
benefits OF si,oh syatom Unler Hn Working
territory larger than TINT over which moi
taaa = dozeu European Governments hav
away Ia ruled by ono administration. Lool;
Of national taxes. Look abroad. aud Hoo tlo OK
penses Ut othor countrios Tho Gear Of Nussi
receives aunuatly 5s.2500u0, Or s35, ,0O
por dayi tie shah Of Turkey, ag.0O0.o0s
Or Go Sl9,eoo pcr pc day. Napoleon III: got $4,000,
tria, receives annually @ t,00o0o or q, 600 POI
day, md King William, Of dermauy, a30N0,6 BOO
Tho American Congeeba costa about 81 ,006, ,0Ut
per session Of Bix months. Tl,o Gar of 1tuusll
fecolves a. mucl, n two days aa Cen, arant got.
| m one year. wish aueh q uoyornmont, atii
with suoh pooplo, and tho generaf feeling for
neaco among tnon. 1t would SOON THAT there il lit
tlo danger Of homo robolllons.
Tho love Of our foreign follow-citizons for
M their adopted lantl WAS shown in CIR lato War.
Tllcro was not Gorlnau rebol iu ali tho NORTH.
Thoy paid down in warm blood tho price Of q
good name anu o natiol,'s love. The Irish,
tlioueh somewhat divided turned out regiments
OF tho blavest and bost OF soltliors. Our collu-
litlehl corruption md tho tlocllne OF morals.
As long as Legislatures cau DO bought nnd sold,
aud tho National Congress allows ltsolf to 60
,nto tito market for Eaiu, no arc not safo. ~
witt, tho ballot III their hand. and unBcrupulpus
domagoGues ready 10 uso them for unworthy
ends, there ia danger. ANY Weakening of' tho
public conscience M to tho Inv OF right, or any
lowering Of tho standard Of moraB., In hbnor,
ana truth, and justice, md purity among
n,ou forebo<les owl. Tho romody is at ha.td. Il
s in wise syatom Of public schools, freq pross,
and = living Church. II llna always bYen hold
that tho ruling clnsseB should be elucat3a; hero
You cannot ong maintain hopubllo In ignorance.
Look ut South Amaroa. Wo tnuBt statld to tlo
last by onr own ftoo schools.
Wo must maintain Tho liberty OF the press. II
the lives OF public men caunot stand tho light,
lot them give place for mon Of purer lnoru!B
party press is maintained for tho party's cause
and must dcfond II, whe.her 1t bo right or wrong
4 frco press belongs to humanity. It
is hopeful Sign tint all Tho
depenlent. The country noetls for it's s.foty
and highest good living Church. Tho morality
OF nation IL typed By ta religion. Ii wo hayo
chnrchos that send Iuen to Congress on bribos,
nnd to l1eavon On faith churches that 10; saa
people TO all tho shining, aud Christ do oil tile
world with good mon, but to build up some f,l-
Lure paratiBo of saints II our country have
such curchos, tho tono Of its moraI1ty will bo
ow. II through MI this land could bs heard
Baptist, 1t. would be like lightning to
nlrify tho sick mir Of our social lito It ia a
'heering sight to tic people rising, to SEQ the
ministry waking. and to hoar tho uoiBo and str
II forward marcA all along tho lines OF tho
worlds great bntEloiield.
The outlook IL bright and tho future aopcfu1.
INT tho work is not yot done. God Aas given us
Ereat country, aud our tathorB havo loft lis tho |
'est system OF government OIL which tho sun cy- |
= shone, Tho foundations arc laid, but tho |
trnctule IN all Its grandeur is rot to DO reared
)ur untold resoutcus Of woaltL are to DO devel- |
ped. The vast md complicated insor-
Sta Of capital and lnbor are to
@ adjusted and harmonized. Tho {
atxod peoples and races Of all lands, nnootipg
od ulagltng on these shores, ore to 90 moded
lto ono Ereat nation. Il IL 4 singular fact In
istory that wp hayo hero face to faoe tho three
representative types Of tho human family--the
allcaatan, tue MongolIan aud tho African al
70 rehgions Of tho world, all tho PHILOSOPHERS
tho void, all tho social customs Of mankind,
nd I'LL shades Of political prejudice uro Aero
lrown together. From a1 this mixing and
'inglins Of the old and the now. the good
nd tho bad, our future Ia to be nude,
Gro tho bnttos, not Of swords, but Of idaas
I'd prInciples, arc to bo fought. It would SOON
ew world for tho lust mud groatest experiments
al the ages that here tho lines aud lesaona
all tho past should moet that here tho golden
% Of the pootH might be realzed. The uations
~ boFcAbA4ut4ta VI tAo IA6t HAI LuGlF feDre. |
ntntiro e1collences. Greece hMd culture aud
auty Hume Ind law, md vast donuin, aud
,wer; Germany has pationce, endurance. mud
ilolaiahip; England has practical Bouse and
st commercial territorial intcteats. Wo can
arcoy bs said to have "a yet established a |
tional character. Wo arc yet In formative
ate. Out Of all our vast possbilitios ne pro |
t 70 build the great nat!on or tho future, To
this wisely aud we'll, we noed much patience.
d plGty. and patriotism; much working ani
tfnE for results. We must guard agni1Yt ali 1
;tloual interests aud strlfes This country
lst DO ono. Wo must not by any lueaus pro- t
TO joalousies Or strife betwson people of tile /
ferent nationalitieB. We must bo one people: |
Gornans, nor Irish, nor Yankees, but |
loricaus Ono lnnn is just AZ good lit another, |
10 be Il nnn. We need pAtionca aud forhoar-
70 as to social customs and religious views. t
ono should seek to obtrude llis manners upon i,
other, nor dictate to another, 10 long t
tue common welfare IL not eudan- y
ed. No Que should nut bis religious t.
to upon .anotho. Wo neotl to build up 4 ro- II
on. not OF lsonnnism nor of Professionalism. d
OF Mcthodists nor Dap.iBts, but religion c
love to God aud man. I have lofty ideal, q Il
dou dream OF, the future OF this land, that T
y my soul on 4iGh In thAt idoaI nut oil tho I,
lkeos, aud MI tho Euglish, aud ali the Iriyh. Il
ail tho Germa,B and all the Protestauts. +.
, all the llotunuistH, and every one else who II
les to come, an1 then, not for q ~ thousand tt
ri only. but l. r 10, 600 years. shall all these d
pv mllions live beneath tho dag OF our coun- it
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