Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-12-03
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY AND COUNTY.


of one blood all nations" But Paul hat
SIMPLY repeated the idea taught to til
fishermen on the sea of Gallilee by tn
humble Nazarlne, for He said, "call nj
man an earth master for ye are al
brethren.''
American liberty says all men arr
brethren. 1t is this liberty that has beer
the midnight meditation of the peasant
the sage and this philosopher. 1t has
been the inspiration of poets for ages. II
has been the dream of statesmen. 1t il
the long prayed-for redeemer of the op.
pressed. Let us today thank God for
American liberty.
And yet there sometimes comes u
shadow oyer me. see how christianity,
nationally, Is conquerng the world; how
1t has joined hands with liberty and the
two are moving onward; how our nation
is growing in every way; how China, five
thousand years old, is bowlng down to
and asking protection of young America.
l see how christian nation excels a
heather nation, and believe that in the
future our republic will be the greatest
fighter of the centuries. Her bullets win
be printers types. Her war will be a
war of words, and beneath this white
conflict OF mind v.rsus matter, ignorance,
superstition and intempcrance will find
their final shroud. And yet this shadow
comes because our people lack moral
courage.
Our ancestors in '76 planted their feet
with such tirmness on the platform of
history that the nations trembled and
England rellnquished her grasp. If we
today would stand as firmly for the right
there is giant that would unclinch his
grasp from the vitals of sacred homes.
Samson, in olden times, was being tor
mented for the amusement of his enemies,
the Phllistlnes. In his blind desperation
he felt for the pillars Of the temple,
prayed for strength, arose and stood on
his feet, shook himself, and with one last
effort threw the building to the ground,
destroying his enemies. Three thousand
years after this the negro of the South
was the tortured Samson, who, with one
arm around the North and the other
around the South, hurled the two sections
together in mighty conflict, the result of
which was his liberation.
Today there IS another Samson being
tortured. He IS not only losing his eyes
but his mind i being shriveled with
flames; his heart burned with the iron of
despair; his soul scared with the light
mugs of satan: his children Stable l ,.ith
the knife of d,sgrace; his wife crushed
with the feet of the dragon. The cries
of this prisoner have started an idea that
IS sweeping this country like a cyclone.
Today this Samson IS rising and shaking
himself like the giant OF GAIA, and is
hurting III celestial combat the friends
and foes of lntenperance. 1t is the ques-
tion of the day. 1t Is causing the lips of
politicians to quiver and the cheek of our
nation to flush. 1t is agitatins the land
from the lakes to the gulf and from sea
to sea. There is no use for us to galnsay
it. All over this land from center to cir
cumference there is heard the omnipotent
voice rolling and reverberating, THUS
far thou shalt 60 and no farther, and here
shall thy proud waves be stayed" l do
not care how soon this temperance giant
bends over the earth, seizes the rims of
this nation in his hands and wrenches 1t
with such power that the river of lntem-
perance will foam, the ocean of crime
convulse, the sea of mormonism sink and
the black vulture Of ignorance be frig ght
ened away forever. Then monopoles
would not stamp their feet until legisla-
tors cannot read the Declaration Of In
dependence through the dust; then Gin
cinuati and Pittsburg riots would not
throttle our republic; then we would not
be called upon to listen to that strange
cry, "The Chinese must go.''
What is our duty then under such mo-
mentous circumstances as American clti-
zens? Is it not the duty of the parlor,
the police, the politics, the press and the
pulpit, the five great powers of the times,
to close the places of temptation, to enact
compulsory education and to refuse the
ballot to all who canrot read and write
in the English language? A new era
will dawn upon our country from the
time these principles become fixed.
God has given US the brightest and best
country the sun shines upon. Provi-
dence has so guided the American peo-
pie that they have grasped the lines of
national government so as to secure to
themselves the highest intelligence and
the greatest prosperity ever known in the
history of nations. There is neither ar
rogance nor luxury among the laborers,
but the rich and poor, the rulers and la
borers change places often, thus produc-
ing an equalization of intelligence, hap
piness and justice. America has for her
people peace, prosperity and intelligence:
for the good splendid welcome; for the
unfortunate an lnvlolable asylum; for the
exile an honorable home; for the lawless
a prison; for the assassin scaffold.
1t is true that our navy and standing
army are meager when compared with
those of other nations, but our people
wage a war that knows no truce. 1t at
tacks the immeasurable soil with pillow
and harrow. 1t Stays the army of golden
grain with swords that never rust or
tire. We use more powder and dyna-
mite than all Europe, but it Is employed