The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-07-03

telegraph they can be guided much
easier than one might suppose; but still
there are Increased resp0nalbllltie
Three-fOurths OF this century has been
taken up with sectional strife. Now lot
us have twenty years OF something else.
Let the political orators get out their
old speeches that discussed dead Issues,
and send them to the paper mill and
have them changed into white sheets,
ON which they aball write one good,roua-
Ing speech about the moral or CONNER
clal or Industrial interests that are now
about 10 burst upon ua. DO not lot the
deSpOtism OF politics make you believe
there are only a few men who can save
the nation. There are hundreds who
can save ".
The old Ship of State has got into
calm waters, and does not require any
skillful navigation. The flowers OF this
summer have covered up the Northern
and Southern graves, and lot no hoof OF
contention tramp the lowers. In pull
pit, on rOatTum lot US plan amity. Why
do we want TO fight any longerY Ia life
40 long we are In hurry TO get rid OF q
surplus Of itY IN the sword better than
the wheat cradleY Can we not raise
rich pastnTage without the m0lderlng
human bones AMI the red rain OF hui
man carnageY | pray God there may
be no more use for the musket In this
country except for holidays. ] pray
God the time may hasten on when your
navy yards will be museums, contain
Ing ships that were used IN barbarian
ages, when nations settled their quar-
rels by slaughter.
pray the time may come when the
eagle shall be taken of our coin, and
and the dove be substituted, the bird OF
blood giving way for the olive branch.
Peace once established, let II forever be
established. | give you, my friends, as
n panacea for all political Ills, and u
preventive OF all national calamltles,
the ChristIanizatiOn Of the people, Get
their hearts right and they Will vote
right,
Have you any idea the professional
politicians OF this day will llft our ma
tion TO its high destinyY They never
did anything but get office and make
trouble. The masses Of the people rose
up again and again and commanded
national reformation. Pr0fessed pOliti'
clans got ns into the four years war.
Did they get us outY No. The people
came and fought out the fight and then
commanded peace. PROGRESSED polite
ians again and again have ruined our
American commerce. Did they ever re-
store itg No. The people rose and with
hard handed and besweated Industry
oyercame the financial calamities. To
the people, then, we look, praying God
for their eyangellzati0n. Let prac'
tlcal Christianity take possession OF the
ballot box and that will settle Illegal
voting. Let practical Christianity take
possession OF the primaries aud caucuses
aud that will give us righteous nomi'
nees.
Let Christian apology like that which
william II. Gladstone u few years ago
sent 10 the Austrian Government, be
the keynote for the settlement OF all diff
llculties between men, and States, and
Nations. | know some denounced NJ
the time that ap0logetlcal letter OF Mr..
Gladstone as weak minded aud imbecile
pronounce II sublimely Christian. II
men can settle their difficulties by Np0l-
ogy, why not nationsY Inst, nd OF bull
lets, and gun carriages, and ciiiea on
fire, and national massacre, lot us have
explanation, and treaty, and forgive
ness and apology. Rather compromise
than fight. Oh, my frienda, believe
God has grand things for this nation,
Never was the prospect 10 bright as II Is
this Sabbath morning. The churches
OF God, instead OF being o select car for
q few passengers with tender feet on
soft ottomans to ride 10 heaven In, Will
be thronged by the great masses, the
people. The Mississippi, the Ohio, the
Hudson, rolling on from source 10 cut
lot, will not and, after while, m over
tasked workman or single waste place.
Rather ease and luxuriance. The morn.
Ing laughing on the eastern coast Will
give glad salutatiOn TO evening, wa
Wing its red banner on the western
coast. And agriculture shall bring all
its sheayes and products, and mining
all its precious metals, and manufac.
turing all its adroit fabrics, aud art all
its pencils and chisele and literature
all its printing presses, aud commerce
all Its ships and masts, aud religion all
its altars and towers, and put them
down at the feet OF Him on whose yes.
ture, and on whose thigh Is written.
king OF king and Lord OF lords" In
the highest, deepest, grandest, might.
lest sense let us cultivate Christian pa
triotism, Paul commands us and Christ
commands us TO the exercise OF this yir
tue.
Oh, my frlen g, you and | ought to do
our best for this country. There are
three reasons why. Our fathers graves.
our own cradle, our children's birth
right. When say your father graves,
your pulses run quicker, whether
they sleep In city cemetery or village
grave yard, their ashes are precious 10
you. They lived we'll and they died
right You will not submit 10 have
their tOmhs dishonored by the r0ign Of
any other Government than that under
which they lived and died. Then this
land has been our cradle, II may have
rocked us roughly, but II was good
cradle TO be rocked In. Oh, how much
we owe III Dear land Of our boyhood
and glrlh0od days. And IL Ia 10 be
our chlldren's birthright We will
soon be through with II. Wo will only
zee few more Of the blossoms OF the
spring. We will gather only few
more Of the harvests OF the summer.
We will pluck onlya little more OF the
fruits OF the autumn; but our children,
they must get II through us as we got
II from our fathers--a free land, u happy
land, n Christian land. We cannot have
them trodden Of despotisms or lashed OF
cruelties or afirlghted Of anarchy. We
must hand this country to them over the
ballot box, over the school desk, over
tho church altar, and charge them TO
put their lives between IL and any keen
stroke that would destroy II. And thou,
Lord God Almighty, we lay hold OF thee
TO-DAY In u thousand armed prayer: Re.
member our fathers bleeding feet ut
Valley Forge. Remember Marion and
Kosciosko. Remember the hunger aud
the cod and the thirst, the long march