The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-31
CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA.

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fruition and of promise. Our material
prosperity is the first, though perhaps
the lowest, proof of the truth of the
statements We have emerged from a
period Of five years of business depression
from 1873 to 1878. The characteristics
of that period we need not recall. 1t
has passed away, and we firmly believe
that most, if not all of it's causes, have
passed away, with it. The sun shines
down upon us this Christmas-tide from
sky over which scarcely a cloud is
drifting. We can afford to sing our
most thankful songs, and ring upon
our bells their merriest peal Nowhere
throughout the land does honest labor
languish for lack of something to do.
Everywhere there is a demand for hands
and brains. The wheels of our manu-
1 factories are humming. night and day,
and the fires of the great forges of the
J iron districts light up the heavens like
beacons telling which way lies the road
to wealth.
Our crops the past year have not
only been great, but unexampled
The earth has brought forth plentifully
e and yielded her increase far beyond
: the needs of our people. We have
: enough and to spare. Ships laden
! with grain are leaving our ports daily
: for foreign lands We are making a
e business of the arts of Peace. Over
}. this vast continent our railroad system
d is daily extending. Almost every i'm
S portant point upon it cali now be reach
e ed by rail, and new and profitable rail
t road enterprises are constantly taking
form. Money is abundant for all legit-
IL innate uses. With the return Of public
j: confidence, and the funding of the
g public debt at lower rate Of interest
H. :, than was dreamed of by the must san
a guine few years ago, our credit is
g established at home and abroad, anC
is the cash that was boarded during th'
"A "A hard times by the timed and prudent
" has found it's way back into circulation
t. and thickened the life blood Of trade.
to The stream Of emigration tend
o, .u steadily to our shores from Europe
IN For the past year the number of emi
in grants who have arrived here has beer
n, unprecedented. They come from Eng
y land, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland
ar and the Scandinavian peninsula, ant
y are, almost without exception, a des
he rable addition to our population. SThe
IN IN are not adventures. The day for en-
ed ed igration of that kind has passed.
aa 'n' The fact that the old world is CON
he PEELED, by political and social event
ill now as never before, to contribute it
brains and muscle to building up tn
la new, is by no means among the leas
ne of the reasons for our selfcongratulatio
no this wonderful Christmas Day.
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M No one will dispute that for tt
ne crowning blessings which mark tt
ad closing year our thanks are due to Hi
ven in whose hands are all human dest
IRE MES, whether of individuals or nation
Ter No better time nor place to rend
'nt them can be indicated than on Chris
me mas day, and around our happy hous
wn hold fires. Peace dwells on all Of
- borders. We have on hand no qua
ISIS rel with any foreign power to mar tt
Ia; JUNCTION with which we can extend
de- our neighbours the compliments Of t
the season. Those who have had an g
md perience of war know best how mu
all this means. We celebrate this bir
OF of the one Man who came on earth
IN teach men the definition of the wo
zee, brotherhood. 1t had never been u
all derstood before His time. Men HI
been savages at heart and in practit
cen The law of the strongest was that
way the highest civilizations theretofo
the known. America was revealed tn
the this idea might have room for expe
mental recognition. Nowhere ell
,lly despite all our faults, has it sprung
ded into so wide and rich harvest.
to honor Him., then, best by doing as
Mr., says doing unto Others as we wou
and they should do unto us. At the Ii
analysis this is the basis and test of t
gnt highest and most lasting prosperity.
is DaaviHe Tribune.
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