, 1875-02-01

what and how 10 to could 10 naaily answered.
No .hetter or moro uacful cilizcnR rcshle In Gilt
Int theao slon anti women know lust ar well ns
caKo slian sotno Of those wu woro foreign born.
ws that there ia 4 largo cloneut III this city. knA
Throughout tile Northwest who arc OF low brill !
who haYo narrow ttaas uf poraoih liberty I'll any
nll encroachnonts upon. tho manners, l'nb-
lis, and practices which thoy Brought
with them. CONNECTED will, this clara
of Germans and other Foreigners Of the like
Christian Church or euy otllor religious insstti-
alpn: WHO havo loose idcas il, regard to owner
ship in property IN regard to tho InoFringu rela-
t'oi,. ttntl to tho authority OF law. H. tno'n tho
commune and other hko vagnrlcs flHd tlter atl-
l,nreiits. What then ? Viii We forco these poo
Elo to far botter ylews? Nothing OF tho klus'.
Wc will treat then, with courtesy and forhear-
ance. But III all this wo Will remember our !i,l-
ty, aud ~ all things work towards 1t. Aud that
duty is nBt ranidly As possible to Hink tho for
eencr in tho natlre.- brenk down every line
of separation, md to mako Of The many contrib
nting streams tho ono steadily augmGnttng ruin
Of the nation. Aud with A conaderate policy,
the influence Of onr public schools, and tia OBJ
people will be lnss welded to foreign wash thar
their parents lvo been VIC n,ay homo that this
result is practicable. Moses kept tho 1sraeites
forty years In tue dcfart. nntl! now generation
was born before lo returned to lead tho
host into tho lnud lse desired them to
prosper. Forty years. ia n shurt period III
tho lifo OF a nation. No can afford 10
wait longer than that II 80 ha VIZ mist
But mark you tlllA NlosoA did not mako tho
mistake Of adopting id3iatrons customs ns nn
aid 10 tho enforcement OF the !lobrow FAITH.
IIe know bettcr tlan that. Iha Ten Command
ments show whit lie taught, md law Ito stoNdily
held up to the wandering host the great leaBunB
of moral obligation.
plead for tho Anorlcanzing OF all Foreigners
OIL two grounds /. It is tho only practicable
thing to do. Natoual characteristics cannot ut
will ho shifted frum ono people to auothcr.
knowB what. =. Any other courAs it practicable
would bo wrong i'll principle and 10 hal1n-
fnl. Lower tho good to tho level Of tho bad
for tho sake Of gsttng tho favor OF tho
bad, aud tho good always ioaeB, aud the bad
instead OF tcing lessoneh. il sAaao tho moro &C.
cnre. Icckv in bis naHterly work e. History Of
European Morals y sllows mort cloariy that the
tendency OF eyory high imFulao which 0t first
animates nation, aud Bar1s It OIL its career Of
usefulness, IL to deto1iora.o to conformity with
the lorel OF thought nud feeling nbout it so
TINT 1t becomes tho duty of nation fully 10
guard the cisadel OF ts life. -,-
Seo how thla IL illustrated in tho history Of tho
Christian Cuurcls. While Paul and James lived
and thusht tho faith Of Christ WIS preached in
lts purity but Wllon they had " nnisied tlIoir
Cause Christianity becanle corrupted ly unIon
with Pagan thought anl t.ssnn. until the allnrle
religion OF Jes,la WAS transformed into HI ill
| posing ecelnsiastieisnl.
Look ut thus country. How graEtlEy VIC COM
mencad nnr carcer; how pro,,ttly our ship Of
slato rides upon tho political billowB; and yot we
| knnw that the tune ut moral sentiment ami OF
| liisucss integrity IL lower than it wua. What in
| tho rsnlcdy? Solten our lsotal standards still
lnore7 l'ting ourselves down tu the Lowell ot
,huno wllo viii not adopt oar ways, but insist on
having ruon and opportunity to 90 as thoy
! please That would De simply suicidal. This
was thu substance of tic advice which Daniel
! Webster gavo to tho pcnple OF Now Engln:,a in q
cortnin exigenoy in tue slavery nsstat,on: "Co''.
| quer yuur Erejutcoa," Bad ho, anu ataseRclli1.
dices," sud what camo Of it, Mischief
| only mischief; tho record whereof IL stan
upon the history Of tho old bay State. And il
| always WAS 30 and always will bo 81. Co;nrrO
mise with principle Ia detaat. Too n gool mud
Cod ts jnst b1t llo ncvnr cun,nrolnlses with Ill
lQuity. or advises Ills children To oyotcuno tlon
prejudicos ngaiust s!n.
You muat not understand mo IN tliz, o,
in ANYTHING hero said even to intimate thai
my brother CoIlyer is opposed TO tho Amer
heart any wish essentially different from III,
OWN. There sre III bis addresses many strol,t
passages iu aid Of reasonable coucessions or
The pnrt OF Tho Gor1uat,s, md IL lo lae
| kept to his text there W0ulo have bcel, nd
discussion between ,,s. The man, | assume. il
right, and is working for tho lost, but lie scun,'
to mo utterly to set asiac hH counsel 10 the po
Hitons which AsBAil, nllll which, in lis sermon
4b so enphntlcalfy ren!lliin inh.
III this plea for tue integrity Of Lhe nation
and for American habits n'ld idesH, trust
hayo rot oyerlookcd tho sentt1nont OF the to4s
"Tbo Sabbath was made for man. not nnu To-
tho Sabbath" AZ already inttnated In this scr
mon, and M stated somewhat freely III th'
discourse al two wcokB ago, I huye III
sympathy with e4tretuo views. Puritan
etrlctnoHa nnlther recommend nor prac
tlco. Grcnt freedom should bo allowed III thu
Observance OF tho daY,, and to certain exten
the Hoclhl element may 10 proitnDly intol wovc'
with religious obseryauces. We sabbath wa
day Of rest to ovortuscd cncrgea al q Beaso,
Of meditation aud worship, calling his attention
at stated intervals from worldly cares, aud tixia,
1t npon moral and spiritual truths. Tho Sab
bath waa never designed to bind man, simply to
this mako Of the dag. Wo do not exist Tor th
Sabbath, but that exists for uH. In tue cas'
TO which tie text rofeEs, it was morl
conforulahle to tho pnrposo Of tile da
that tho disciples should pluck tho corn and Ell
OF it thau that thoy should sulfor hunger. cyc'
though physical inbor were necdfui to propar
tho GRIM for food. But wllilo the law OF I'll
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