The Cecil Whig., 1881-12-10

d legation from Utah is cuMtcstcd. OF
the two claimants to the seat. Mr.. Can
II IN. the notorious ;rlN2ami't. holds the
/ celtifrato of the Secretary of State,
while his opponent. Mr.. Campbell. holds
| that ot the Governor. There is also Il
| dispute rs to the legality Of Mr.. Cannon 5
I naturalization papers" This will bring
| the whole subject before that body. Let
Us pray that this monster evil will be
! crushed. for if it is not oycTthrown soon,
| in a civil war it will cost us many pre-
! cious lives and millions Of money.
| Another great evil is monopoly. This
! is the overshaduwiug curse of the land
to-day. 1t Is; we'll known it puts its
i hand on every bushcl Of grain, upon
| every sack of salt upon every ton OF
coal. on every gallon Of Oil; and every
man, woman and child feels the touch OF
! this moneyed Gespo,lsm: ior it arranGes.
yea controls the markets. Men band to-
| gether. and with millions AT command.
/ lult lllt' li.it htS 'tii'i tti' iitNt- ''''''
one or two companies will own all the
railroads iE the land. and so Of the teie-
graph wires. and can fix the rates accord
ingiy. The interests OF the people Of
the nation demand that this evil cease
! and cease at once. We are glad /" know
that in twenty -four States anti-m0n0poly
I l., . l,.,,
soon be oEe n every state aud may its
! power soon be broken. Ii ii is not. God
will stretch out Ii $ hand over US and
diminish our ordinary food.
3. We must guard against NihiiiSm.
/ Think not this evil is confined to the Old
| Wcrli Rev. DR.. Prime. a distinguished
| Presbyterian divine. was riding III 4
| street Car in New York. not long since.
! Near him sat two men i'll earnest conVer-
| Satiun. One of them said. in tones loud
enough for all TO hear. Il am Nihilist.
! Whether DR.. Prime WAS known To them,
or showed his disgust in his face, We,
cannot say. but on leaving the car this
man. with his open hand, slapped the
| dear old man in the face. and cursed him
saving. You ought to have your old
neck broken and on reaching the plat
form. shook his fist al him through the
car window. such is Nihiiism. II
means death to all opposition. believe
our government is WRONG III allowing the
people to form land leagues in this coun-
try. Their aim is to overthrow govern
mcnt. and we ought iot to tolerate it.
And .ct here are meetings held from
time to time on the Lords day, and
money raised for the express purpose of
iniuring. if not overtmowing, the Eng
lish Government. Those III sympathy
with this movement are mostly, if net
entirely. of foreign birth. Let them re
cross the ocean and settle the matter
there. We ought to have 10 sympathy
or aid for such cause. | am glad the
English flag was si%nally honored at
Yorktown and OURS signally 50, a short
time ago in I.ondnn With all my heart
| say, God bless the sympathetic. noble
woman. Queen Victoria. We raise the
cry, and as you love liberty. and appre-
ciate life. beware Of Nihilism.
And then we have special reason, as 4
town and community, for gratitude.-
Our churches. schools, and Bibles still
| open. the general health Of the people
good, business 1iougishcs, about two
Thousand dollars circulating weekly from
the business places in our town. Every
one may be busy and have all the com
! forts of life. Local Option is 4 great
blessing to MS. bringing joy and happi-
ness into many hitherto darkcned and
sorrowful homes. We feel its power for
| good, and We want to retain it for all
| time to come as household treasure
May the tongue hc struck with du;nb-
ness and the arm paralyzed that w"uld
! dare speak or move for its overthrow
May God still continue t" us these mer-
cies and may our hearts be in his keep
! ing. Thus. i'll this temple. this Thanks
| giving day, We have thonght Of the low
ing Kindness uf The Lord ami confessed
our SINS before Him. and woulu sing III
our hearts, as we close the beautiful
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