Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-09

Its surface can Z snake IL out oil shape, or tufu |
IL from its track. l believe and live. Be-
hold, We despisers and wonder, and perish
"And there is the common school system
that have been laboring for until II is att
fairly on foot See that you keep IL alive |
and make It the glorious purpose CT its estso.
lishment Don't clip 1t down TO nothing by
your beggarly economy. l wish TO tue bofu
that you Understood thinking ss well as you
do eating, and could feel an empty head as
painfully as an empty stomach. Can't you
understand that keeping money IN your
pocket Is not saving IL ? A dollar in a buck
skin purse won't breed IN 10 the
vice OF soul or body 1t will bless the one and
glorIiy the other. Ii you can't see the policy
OF education, make religion OF 1t Ihe
world OF ideasis the world ofspirits Intro. |
duce your children there, for every good
thought is a guardian angel to the dear little
lambs. And don't stop just where reading,
writing and arithmetic can be worked into
dollars and dimes. Carry them through and
over this sordid world into Gods world-up
to the circle of the heavens, where he sits
governing the universe by his laws Every
discovery in the truths of nature is so far into
the counsel aud confidence of the supreme |
ruler. Only the man that has the mind of
God is godiike. Now, for heavens sweet |
sake, educate your children. You may talk
stupidities about the salaries ofpublic officers |
as you did against me for voting a gentle |
manly per diem to the members of Congress; |
but don't cheaper your schoolnaslers till no. |
body but bankrupt cobolers, habitusl drunk |
ards, cripples, consumptives and such
other ugly iucapables can be got 10 serve You
| for very shsbbiness OF the salary. Buy cneap
| store goods, il you like, for when they wear
| out you will know IL, and can replace them;
| buy cheap provisions, and eat the less oi
them: buy anything cheap but cheap talents
Don't venture upon that speculation, for you
are no judges OF the article, and the only
| way for you TO insure the excellence OF the
| quality is by the liberality OF the premium
| which you will offer Tor 1t; that will bring
| the n iptn mark at and the hpEnS
will toe clearly exposed by the difference OF
the ring, weight and shine.
81 go in, ye see, for the arts of peace, the
prosperity of the people and all that blesses
| and embellishes the life OF man: but would
not forget on this great Sabbath day OF the
| nation, the glory our country has won In the
| field and ON the wave. 1t isn't the pluck of
| the bull dog or the game.cock In a soldier
which / admire, but the high 'souled heroism
that chooses liberty above life, and knows
how to make liberty blessing 10 the world.
ain the Revolution and IN the late war
against Great Britain, we fought against foes
who were, only generation or two back,
bone OF our bone, and flesh OF our flesh ::
| born brothers, they were, of course, our
, | equals In all qualities Of manhood. They had
the advants Is in numbers, arms, and all the
, | appointments of war; but the strength Of the
| cause was ours: we had the right and the
! | Lord of Hosts was with us. But, If We had
, | been unworthy and incapaole-if we had
! | been poor in faith or feeling, poor in heart or
| nope, we would not nave hten elected 10 the
office OF banner bearer in the army OF univer-
! sal freedom. The covenants of Heaven are
, made with faithful men; and people
! that falls away from its worthness is rejected
,, at last, though still beloved for the fathers
sakes. While We think ye stand, lake heed
: lest ye fall.
!, "This is great country, and it isn't all
: fenced in yet. Very little of IL, in fact, is
so far finished as to be ready for the first coat
| of paint All the wilderness of the new
| Vcnrlt il " al can nv Tba
!. dwarted provinciaiism north and south of US
!, have no expansive growth in them.
: : French and spanish haven't the right
! kick in their gallop TO match US in the
: race of empire. / have no contempt for
, | any of Gods creatures they'll all weave
into the web of existence somewhere, or
: they will do for selyedge and fringes but
? snowy and shabby is a bad mixture to make
: | up by themselves. They are not OF the right
stripe for Democrats; ; they don't come up 10
!, the iull measure of the American pattern.
! IL tell ye, my dear fellows, we have the
2 | wool pulled over our eyes 10y the European
| writers which We are all the time reading
{ OF course they know no better than to call
, | Bonaparte a hero, and Wellington another
: | for conquerlng him. That Will do Tor tother
y | side of the water. tor everything is great or
/, | small by comparison. But comparing them
| selves with themselves they are not wise,
T. | and they don't know enough 10 discern the
true standard. Heaven help them 10 better
doctrine and diet They will have such gen.
| erals As W d>nlLGIDn anu JACKSON Wnen tlty
. have the same occasion for them and when
: | they go to lighting for progress instead Of
. | power, ana organize their civil institutions
# | IN the faith OF the peoples honesty and ca.
r | pacity for selt.goyernment fully, fairly and
; faithfully, they may put their achievements
Q down upon the page OF history in parallel
A | columns with US.
s snow, / have few words to say that l
). don't want you to forget Turnpikes, canals
= and railroads must be made, whether they
run in front OF your cabin doors or not.
o | These mountains must be tunneled, those
4 | valleys must be paved: must be, and will be.
: So, don't let any OF these miserables who
i | sometimes get themselves into your legisla.
[ | ture, set you against the necessity which is
e | upon you; making tools OF you and scoun-
: drels of themselves, by pretending that they
: Will tighten your taxes aud reduce the state
q | debt.
a Final lly-until every man Is as wise as
1 his neighDor, and as good as he ought TO be,
| you must be governed by the majority, and
= that necessity will divide you into parties
l | two parties, mind ye, or one and a parcel OF
| fragments. Now, the greatest of these will
i | have the power i'll its hands, OF course. How
: Will you mend 1t when it goes wrong? BY
drawing oil into as many little squads as
! there may happen to be differences of Opin-
8 | ion among you This will only strengthen
, | the party that you are trying to control. The
r | mountain sp ings refresh the lakes by flow
ing into them, not by running Oft into a mul-
| tltude oil puddles 10 stagnate in the sun
| Parties must he built upon general views
/ and broad policies Organize as you may
Q | upon transient and trivial contingencies it is
? | all fuss and foolery. party with any thin z
| positive in it Will OutlIve its own abuses and
| your grumbling; or II the real majority OF
| the nation Is too correct to purify itself, it
will not be improved by changing its chan
| mel. The judgment day divides the world
Q | INTO two classes only, one right and one
T | wrong. Do you thipk you can make better
: or more accurate division My dear fellow
= citizens, don't be caught starting aside after
I | every VagabOnd fancy that inspired idiots
| can scare up. Within the proper party OF
| truth and progress will be found all the avail
able means OF reform that political agencies
a | can ever ell ct. Jonah Withdrew in a lit of
3 | disgust because the Lord would not destroy
| Niueveh for its corruption, and sheltered his
} | indignant head under gourd that grew IN
| in single night, and OF course perished In a
night; whereupon he wished himself dead
and tainted outright Better bear your small
| percentage OF your nelghbOrs' sins and blum
ders till they are cured, than curse the world
and quit it in passion. 1t Is good enough
Tor you to do your duty in, and to) good
TO he condemned as long as it Is getting
| better
SIN done, for don't jump off the stage or
stump, like the pony in a travelling menap-
} erie, through blazing hoop; and wouldn't
} whine dying doxolOgy to my speech, if |
| knew that it was the last / should ever nake
to you in the flesh. l will speak to you from
my grave. My voice will echo from these
hills, as long as the truth OF my life is of apy
| TO and worthy of