The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04

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| Bocsty, vs. II advanced. unfOlded gfadu.
ally through the aPes. In The earlier ages
the top and bottom were a. close together
NJ my two hands.
Continuing, Mr.. Beecher said
! recolloct In 1861 going down one night
10 Fulton ferry. In Brooklyn, and there
was regiment Just come from Maine,
made up largely from lumbermon-great
sialwart fellows, six feet and over. They
had been ordered TO cross the ferry, but no
other order had been given them, and
there they were likely to stand all
night. / marched them up to Plymouth
church. | threw open the building, |
threw open the lecture room, the Sunday
school room, the psrlors and the great au-
ditorium, and gave each man whole
cushioned seat, and with his knapsack UNI
der his head for pillow they all had very
good accommodations. / remember going
~ about midnight to see how they Jared.
never before or since have seen the whole
OF my audience asleep at one time. Oh
course we followed that regi nent with
great interest through the war, and there
went down from Pennsylvania just such
Others from the lumber districts, and when
they came back they found and received
aiterward from time to time regiments
raised in cities. Now, cities have u great
many disadvantages and a great many adj
vantages in the war oflife that the country
has not. 1t has continued excitement
that stimulates and acts upon the brain.
A great city turns like q grind-stone, and
every man IS sharpened uDOn 1t. Their
minds are developed with the constant
intercourse, the induced activity. the cor
ditions of social life. Men meet men and
rub one another bright. This exists in a
city where it cannot exist in the country.
Consequently our city regiments were made
up, not simply with the boys that run
| h. - hut ,;a, 30
younger sons. Young doctors who were
not ABSOLUTELY necessary in the practice in
the city, young lawyers who could leave
their business. [Laughter.l When
they first came to camp they were
called white faced dandy regiments They
did not look well by the side of those men
from the country; but they resisted camp
fellows. When they went into the hos
pltals it was found that they came out
sooner. When they wenS on march it
was found that they stood a days march
better than those great fellows. When
they went into battle they could run away
| twice as fast.
Now Europe has found this out, and we
have an illustrious instance of tn in the
German and French war recently. 1t was
the German school house that beat the
French down. The French army, as body,
were ignorant. The Germans were educat-
ed. And more than few of that army
had received an education which ranks with
a professional education, and nothing
could Withstand the impact of such
a body of men. Now the kings
want soldiers never more than to-day.
| If you have founded hopes that the millen-
mum was coming you had better make
your calculation over again. | do not
seem to see one single CLEAN of millennium.
| once did, but experience has taught me
| alI nh
80 years ago, and | preached that there
never would be any more wars in Christeh-
| dom; that we should hear the sound of Ia
| Dor abroad in the land, and that Christian
nations would have their difficulties set
| tied in peace congress.
| If the peace congress would prevent it
there never would be any more. wars in
Christendom. would say here that there
is no fear but that Christian nations will
have wars, Notwithstanding the force of ar
bitration and the peace congress. And
| since that proclamation there have been
five of the most terrific wars that have
afflicted the earth, and am done prophe-
sying
This is the reign of the common people.
begun, but far from contaminated yet In
our time. Well. we are looked upon with
great doubt abroad by wise and Observing
philosophers. They say this reign OF the
common people, this governments OF the
people, for the people, by the
people, may be a very good
thing so long as our population is not con-
densed, and land is cheap and food abund-
ant, but when we begin to be so crowded
that the struggle for existence shall be
in use, as it is in Europe, they say
these men-this government the people
will collapse. 1t is not strong enough for
it to hold against the passions of men.
This was very broadly declared, but our
zs..1 L. s.,aA. gt1A -
some things that perhaps could not have
SO soon been made known. They did not
believe that America, free democratic
peOlpe, and-as they thought--a kind of
organized vagabondism exiting among us;
they did not believe that We could make
soldiers like Europe's soldiers; but on a lire
OF battle extending over period Of from
three to five years, million and halt OF
men had been trained to the most efficient
soIdiery of ths globe. Then they opened
their eyes aJd admitted that democratic
men could make good soldiers. General
Sheridan says, on coming back from the
great battle of Sedan, that he saw no fight
ing equal to the fighting of American citi-
Zens.
Men say "0h, we are not an absolute
democracy; our sixty million people do not
vote directly on policy-they elect
captains; they pick out their most intelli-
gent citizens to vote for them.' Do the
sixty million people show democracy and
VISION in selecting Their representatives?
Do they show as much wisdom as in the
conduct of their business When q man
wants to act by an agent, he selects an
agent who is apt in the thing TO be done.
III my watch is ont Of order do not send n !
70 blacksmith; l take it to matchmaker. |
When mans health is out of order he
goes to see q doctor. When a man doesn't
know what he wants he goes to a minis |
ter.
Now, are men-in the selection of their |
agents who are TO think and act for them
are they as wise as in their own business7 |
Do they pick out the men best fitted among |
them TO represent them2
l should like 10 know what that little |
whitehead, bandy-looking fellow is doing |
in the LEGISLATURE Why, ms father was an /,
spect of the community, and the people |
thought IL would show a compliment TO |
the old gentleman to send his son 10 the |
legislature not because he knew anything, |
out because his father did. So be thinks for |
the people and sits to make laws. And that /
little measly-iaced, wrinKled. ierret-eyed |
lawyer, what does he do there? Gentlemen /
the commonwealth for their own selfish in.
terest, wanted q lawyer to wIiggle n, and /
they sent him up TO serve the common
wealth. This great heavy sides, what is be
doing there That man can kiss more
mothers and babies, and tell more funny
stories in a week, than any other candidate
can in six months, so they send him 10 make
laws. Did you ever look at q Legislature TO
see what sort Of looking fellows there are
there2 Do you know what the first duty
Of a Legislator isl Ii IL 10 see that he goes
back again next winter. What IL his sec
ond dutyi To put himself under the care
Of that providence which takes care Of q
Legislators salary. A man goes 10 the
legislature who has an income we
will ssy, OF $1,000 or 81 200. On that
be supports himself and family.
and so benign IL providence 10 him, though