Smyrna times., 1886-07-07

pressing upon our shOTes-POlande rs
Bohemians, Russians, Germans, An
archists, Nihilists, Socialists, Cum
munists, whose principles are unliIni-
ted license to do as they please, and
make others do as they demand, to
abolish religion, domestic ties and the
rights of property, to rob, destroy and
murder, to carry out their devlish
ends. These iniquitOus gangs must be
put down by the strong arm of the
law or returned to their own lands to
be dealt with as hostile to all govern
-ment and enemies of mankind. The
time had come, he remarked, when
there should be a restriction placed on
immigration to this land, and espec-
tally prohibition of the spawn Of Eu-
rOpean society, else We would pay
more dearly than we have already
done for our generosity. Large as our
country is we want it for. our chill
dren, the generations yet to come
This land is for Christ and his king
dom, and for the development of the
great principles of enlightened civil
and religious liberty. He also hinted
at the dangerous character of the prin-
ciples of the Labor Unions, as destruc-
tive of mans individual rights, the pur-
suit of his own happiness so long as
he does not infringe upon the rights of
others and which is guaranteed to him
by the American Constitution. The
principles which underlie too many of
these institutions are contrary to the
secured rights of American citizens
and are calculated to overthrow any
government if generally prevalent and
acted upon. In closing his discourse,
of which this is scarcely Il synopsis, he
said, the goodness, the loving kind
ness of God has given US this favored
land and government of the most en-
larged freedom FOR public safety and
the encouragement and development
of all lawful pursuits and interests of
the individual as the heritage handed
down to US from a yirtuous and gOdly
ancestry
Our ancestry, gallant christian race,
Patterns of every virtue, every grace,
Confessed a God -
Let US not prove ourselves unworthy
of our sires, let us determine, under
the divine blessing and with the gra-
cious assistance from on high, to pre-
serve inViolable our free institutions
to our pOsterity, to resist every en-
crOachment upon them by misguided
men, to maintain the majesty of law,
the purity of morals, the sanctity Of
the domestic relations the hallowed-
ness of the Sabbath, the right observ-
ance of which is a real means of dsci-
pline and of grace for the people, a
safeguard of public morality and re-
religion, a bulwark against intidelity,
and a source of immeasurable blessing
to the church, the State and the fam
lily. Let US demand purity, integrity
and fitness for their trust, Of magis-
trates, judges and legislators and in
every department of government, gen.
eral, state and municipal; promote the
virtues of temperance, sObriety, up
rightness and honesty among the peo-
pie; diifuse education coupled with
religion abroad in the land, reaching
every hamlet and individual to the
uttermost line and horizon Of the en-
tire nation then shall our institutions
be safe, stand firm against the billOws
that may dash against them. God Of
our fathers, of our pious ancestry and
| our God we commit into thy hands the
destinies of our beloved country.
30 be thou still our guardian God,
Preserve these State, from every foe
/ From party rage from scenes of blood
From Sin and every cause of woe.
/ Here may the great Redeemer reign,
/ Display his grace, his saving power;
/ Here liberty and truth maintain.
/ Till empires fall to rise no more.
After the prayer the choir and con
gregatiOn united in singing the
national hymn, "God bless our native
land"