The Cecil Whig., 1881-12-10

water from earth i, filling the springs.
Again: sometimes Ne get frightened at
the tide Of emigration to our country:
800. Coz came last year. and probably
600, ,001 will come this year. WHO are
they? Trampso Not at all. One, on
good authority, says many passed through
Kansas with means averaging from $500
to $1,000. others from $1,000 to $1,000:
twenty families arr we'd AT Castle Garden.
bringing with them $S5. Geo. There are
among them tradcsmen OF all kinds; they
come seeking homes in the midst Of our
broad acres. Some of them, doubtless.
are outcasts and miserable wretchcs.
Bnt many. en- the other hand. are good.
earnest Christians. bringing with them
the Bible and hymn; book: and with these
they move away into our far West. to
turn our Territories into StateS-the will
dcrrcss into garden. With the church.
the school, and the preached word. they
| will be blessing 20 our nation. DO we
vel! 20 be scared, because SO many are
coming? The one State Of Texas is far
larger than the Austrian empire; yet it
Supports thirty-tive millions. France
supports thirtv-Slx millions: the German
empire forty one millions. We have a
little more than fifty millions; You can
put every man, woman. and child in this
Land in Texas. and We will rot be crowd
e.i. and we will get from her our sup
port. Let our land he given to God. and
we will welcome all whu come and conse-
crate them to Christ.
We ought, also. 10 be very thankful 10
God for the general peace and prosperity
of the past year. We were ritying poor
Russia in tie midst Of her troubles. and
the killing Of her Car. We thought Of
the trouble in poor old ireland. and won
dered if she would ever be at peace. We
noticed that nearly all the countries III
the Old World were i'll the midst of con
! iiict: and we were congratulatins OUT
selves on the peace. the order. the quiet
ness of our OWN land. We learn that
the Turkish empire has lost half Of Ar
menia, all of Bosnia, Herzegovina. and
| Cypress. The pending step was to take
| Thessaly and part O. Epirus and trans
! fer them TO Greece: and Tunis is passing
over into the hands Of France. and the
question comes UP. Is this the drying up
of the Euphratcs, Of which prophetical
writers discourse? And we were glad
| that we were still 4 united people. We
! had passed through an exciting aud in
tenscly earnest Presidential campaign.
! All were satisfied that the man elevated
was the choice of the people. His inaugu-
| ration day vas gala one al the National
| Capital, the candidate of the other party
gracing the day and the occasion by his
| presence. And let me say here. that
General Hancock proved himself that
. day, and in the dark days that soon fol-
lowed, rs true friend as true a patriot,
and as noble gentleman, as he has ever
been the gallant soldier We felt our
I selves honored over all nations. Pros
perity was blessing us. and rich and poor
alike were satisfied. But, like the thun-
der clap from the clear sky, came the
fatal report of The assassins pistol on the
2nd of July, and our nations head. our
beloved President, lay mortally wounded.
We will not try 10 live over again those
weeks of anguish and suspense. in which
the dutiful son, the aficctionate husband,
the loving father the pride of the nation
.l | l., VI ! uiy 20 trcS
this providence would teach in the lin-
guage Of the venerable poet Whittier.
"lt seems to me that the occasion IS one
of thankfulness rs well as grief. Through
all the stages OF the solemn tragedy which
has just closed with the death Of our
nobest and best. I have felt that Di-
vine Providence was overrGling the at1iic-
ton: that the patient sufferer al Wash
ington was drawing with cords of SYM
pathy ali sections and parties nearer TO
each other. And now. when South and
Democrat, Republican. radical
and conservatvc--lift their voices in one
nnbroken accord of lamentation: when |
see how, iii spite Of the greed Of gain,
the lust of office. the strileS and mean
ness Of party politics, the great heart Of
the nation proves sound and loyal, | feel
a new hope for the Republic have a
, trmer faith in its stability. Ii is said no
man liveth to himself and no man dieth
to himself. and the pure and noble life
: OF Garfield and his slow. long martyr
dom, so braveIy borne i'll the view Of all,
, are. | believe, bearing ?Gr us the peace
able fruits of righteousness. We are
stronger, wiser, better fer them. With
him it is well. Ills mission fulfilled. he
gses to his grave by the lake side. holI-
orGl and lamented rs man never was be-
fore. The world muurnS him. The hand
ers on his casket.' There is no speech
OF language where the voice of his praise
is not heard. Aboat his grave gathers.
-, with heads uncovered. the vast brother
hood of man. And yet, mark YOU, there
: is; scarcely 4 ripple in the affairs of the
government. We have new President.
, who is acting wisely. judiciously, accord
;, ing to the expressed wishes of the peo-
pie, and so we are united and happy. Oh
! for this quiet ending Of such fearful
crime. We give God praise. for surely
His hand was i'll it. This helped to stay
the rain, for clouds over us from the !no
:, of July to Sept. 1?ti were not rain clouds
. But the nation on its knees has touched
g the heart of the Father, and is still bless
ing us. May justice be meted out TO the
=, piece of fallen mortality, who in such {
time, ior such q reason, and to such q
man. could find it i'll his heart to do sucI
:, wicked act. and may God have mercy
;, upon his soul. And then, if we wan
-, the continual favor Of God. we must cast
=. of the sins tolerated in tue past. Time
a will not permit us to dwell upon them
! but we will bring to your notice three o
the prominent sins or evils that threatel
the very life OF the nation.
| You must have noticed that Mormon
" ism is lifting its head of evil, and Will
+ eyes of c0vetouEneSS would claim all tn,
l. land IS its own. 1t is 4 deadly foe u
" our government. And you know tha
,c from the 2nd Of July until the 18th o
n September, daily prayer was made il
ID Utah that our President might die
F. Their government they claim came drcc
!. from heaven, and their leaders stand o1
N this earth the direct viccgerents of tn