The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31
THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA.

lie remarks MADE Dy the eOltOr Oh
the ADVANCE on the 4th of July, dur
ing the exercises in the park, were the
subject of adverse criticism by persons
who object to everything, good. bad
and Indifferent, which emanates from
the ADVANCE man. These remarks
were called ''sacriligeous'' by some.
Others thought the remarks were
Democratic speech.'' We therefore
wrote out an abstract Of what was said,
sufficient to convey the ideas, and we
make our appeal to the larger audience
of ADVANCE readers, who will not be
influenced by any local criticism. The
report was laid aside to give place to
more pressing matter, and We offer no
other apology than the above explana-
tion for presenting them a few weeks
late.
PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE AMER
ICAN CONTINENT.
A good many years ago took up an
old Book and read it tArouglls-~,~\tAat
is more singular, took it up again and
read it through from Genesis to Reve-
lation. 1 found that this old Book
consisted of number OF books, and
that many Of them bore the names OF
the parties 10y whom they were said to
have been written. Some Of these titles
were ''Isaiah," Jeremiah" ''Daniel''
and ''Ezekial," and found that these
men were called prophets. Well, read
these books through several times with
out discovering what I discovered years
after, VIZ: That the American Conti-
nent was described and the American
Republic foretold by these old prophets
with singular accuracy.
They predicted that some day in the
far future the ''People of God" would
be gathered together in 4 great land
They said it would he a land of great
rivers and great mountains, like the
Mississippi River and the Rocky Noun
tains; that it would have a great sea on
each side of it, like the Atlantic on one
side of us and the Pacific on the other.
They said that all the people of the
earth would come up to this land, just
as the people of other nations have
been coming to America for the past
hundred years or more. And one of
these prophets went SO far as to name
OAc VI IHo IdCtS wLlCu SllOulu COile
He said "Slnim shall come" Sinim
was the ancient name for China, and
the Chinese question is one Of the very
questions with which we are wrestling
to-day.
Now, the general teaching is that the
"People of God" meant the Jews, and
that the predictions referred to their
being gathered together again in Pal
estine. But neither the descriptions
nor the EropheSies can be applied to
Palestine. while they will apply with
remarkable accuracy to the American
continent. The ''People of God" IS the
human race and the everlasting govern
ment which they are to found and
which is to rule the world is the Great
Republic.
THE REPUBLICAN, IDEA.
Let us see now how this Republican
leaven is working. It has been said
that the very existence Of the American
Republic is Il menace to all tho Old
World monarchies. Ihis is true. The
the Idea OF Republic, is keeping the
monarclies of the world in continual
agitation. And when you hear Of the
Nih!ists. and tie Red Republicans.
and the Socialists Of Europe. don't
blame the men. bnt blame the Idea, for
/ tell you that if these men kept still
the very stones in the streets would
explode. The result will be, and some
Of you may live to see it, the overthrow
of the MOnarchical principle in Europe
and the establishment in its place Of the
Republican principle.
THE UNITED STATES IDEA.
And this brings us to consider an
other effect of our Republic upon the
world. The very name UNITED States
Of America" was itself an inspiration
and prOphesy. The fact that thirteen,
or thirty-six, or forty States. can unite
for general purposes, and yet be free to
conduct their local affairs in their own
way. has been demonstrated. Men
were not long in seeing that this idea
might be applied on Il broader scale.
Hence we hear Of the "United States of
the World" of the settlementsof differ
ences by arbitration, and of Union Of
the nations, similar to the Union of our
States, When that is realized, we may
expect to see each nation send one
judge, or three judges, as the case may
be, and these judges will come together
and constitute the Supreme Court Of
the world, and national differences will
be adjusted in this court. as differences
among our States are now settled by
the Supreme Court of the United States.
prephesies realized, that ''every man
shall sit under his own vine and fig
tree with none to molest or to make
him afraid,'' and that the nations
''shall beat their swords into pruning
S-to
shares' and shall "learn war no more. -
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
But this wonderful Republic of Amer
ica. is still far frem being Il perfect
government. 1t will undergo many
changes, as it should, and rs its foun-
ders contemplated by making the fund
amental law subject to change.
One OF the changes now pressing
upon us is that of minority representa-
tion. Majority rule is the best we have
now, but in some respects it is unjust
and unfair. Minority representation
would be fair to all and will in time be
adopted because it is just. AS simple
illustration take the State of Minne-
sofa, which polls large minority vote
that has no representation in Con-
gress. Under minority representation.
IT three dtthS of the voters were Repub-
ican and two -fifths Democratic. Mimi
esOta would have three Republicans
and two Democrats in the lower house
of Congress.
LIMITATION OF MAJORITY RULE.
These thoughts concerning the rights
of the majority and the minority lead
to anothe: viz: how far the rule of the
majority rightfully extends. We are
now in the midst of one OF our greatest
dangers, and the r,le of the majority
must be defined and limited. 1t must
be kept where the founders of the gov.
ern nent put it when adopted. You
will sea' ch in vain through the discus
sions OF that time for any opinion
among the great founders of the gov
ernment that the majority should rule
in anything but political questions. If
we go step beyond this, then the ma
jority can rule US in religious matters,
and if in religious matters, why not in
u ii cnoio0 coinrfiEn