Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
special - the Gazette.

n ~ MA < pounded some pas
~ %l& = sages Of scripture
-sS,Sy.. aoout sncient p oli-
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W. awake; pus on thy
Ill., II strength,the nations
|>aNJ ehske." The Doc
tor's text was: "Two cu6its and half
YVES the length OF ii, and cIhit aud hslt
the bresdth OF il, aud cabit sgd a half
the height CT II "-EXoGue xZxyii: l. He
said:
Look st 1.-THE sscFed chest Of the sn-
clients Il was shout five feet long, three
feet wide, End three FEET high Il vas
within and ont OF pure gold. o she top
Ct 1t atood two Angels isciug each other
with outspresd wings. In thst sacred
box WAS the isT, End there ware 10 it q
great many precious stones. VITA that
box went the tate OF the nation, Carried
il front OF the host, the waters Of the
Jordan psrted Divlneiy charged, costly,
precious, momentous Dox. no unholY
hands nigh. lay held Of it. II WAS called
the ark of the covenant. But you will
understand II was q box, the most pre-
cious box Of The sges. Where ls 1t now?
Gone forever. Mt crypt Of church or
museum of the world has fragment OF it..
But Is not this nation Gods chosen
people? Have we not passed through the
Red Saa? Have we not been Led with o
pillar Of FIRE by night. Hos this nation
no ark Of the covenant? Yes, the bsllot
box, the sacred chest Of the nation, the
ark Of the American covenant.
Tn 10 hc La n II IA fivinn RI
the human will, in it ia the fate CT the MS
ton. Carried in front Of our hest again
and sgain the waters OF national trouble
have parted. Mighty ark of the covenant,
the American bSllot-boX! 1t ia very
Old box.
In Athens, long before the art CT print
ing, the people dropped pebbles into u 70
give expression 20 their sentiments. After
bean for the sffi.mstive, blsck bean for
the negative. After that, when they
wished to vote man cut OF citizenship,
they would write. his name upon shell
and drop ths. into the bux.
Macsulay and Gladstone foug1. gres.
battles in the Introduction OF tie
BALLOT BoxKs IN ENGLAND,
and to- day it Is one Ct the Businesses OF
that nation. II Is Che eli the corner
stones OF orr government. Il is cider
than the conJtitutiol. In it Is our
national safety. Tell me what will be the
fate OF the American ballot. bar, ire ark
OF American covenant, and / will tell you
what Will De The fste OF this nation. Give
the people once year or once in four
years 81 opportunity &c express their po-
litical sentiments, ard you practically
avoid instruction and revolution.
Ether give them the ballot Or they will
tEke the sword. Withcut t5e ballot boz
there cen be no free republican ipstitu-
tons. M.lson visiting Il Isa!y noticed
thst on the sides Ct Vesuvius gardeners
ana farmers were at Woyk while the VOL
canC WAS in eruption, and ne asked them
if they were safe. "Yes," said tne
farmers and the gardeners, 'i5 is safe;
Sill the danger Is before tie eruption,
then comes earthquake enc Gerroy; oaI
! Just az socn IS the volcano begins TO pour
forth lsvs We Gil feel st rest" It is the
suppression OF political seGttueG', She
suppression OF pubic opinion, tns5 m.kes
moral earthquake snG Ratiural earth
quake. Let pu0lic opinion pour ?orth,
tad (hst gives satisfaction, AID that giv6s
peace, and that gives permanercy 20 good
government. And vet, though the ballot
! box is the sacred chest AID the ark Of the
American covenant, you know IS well as
l know il has its sworn antagonists, and
propose this morning n Gc0's name,
and IS Christian patriot, to set before
you the Names OF some of the sworn
enemies Of thls sacred chest, tie SIX Of
The American covenant, the ballot bcx.
First, remark, ignorance 10 mighty
fee. . her things being equal, the more
intelligence man has the better he is
qualified TO sxsrcise the right Of suffrage.
You have been ten, 8fieen, tHeGty, thirty
years studying
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS,
you hsve calvsssed sll ths great ques-
tons about tariff ard home Iule aud all
the educational questions, and everything
in American politics you are we'll &C.
qualnsed with. you consider yourself
competent 10 csst g vote in November,
and yoc are competent. You will take
your position in the line of electors, you
will visit for your turn TO come, the
Judge of election will announce your
name, YOU will cast your vote ard pass
out. Well done.
nat LSuipu 1Su WALL IOLaS q
| msn who csnnot spell the Dsms OF comp
troller, or attorney or mayor. BE cannot
write, or II ne csn write he uses small
"I" for the personal pronoun. Re could
not tell Gu which side Of the Allegheny
mountains Ohio is. Ejuckted canary
birds, educated horses know more than
be. He will cast his vote sud
it win balance your vote. His
| ignorance is as mighty as your
Intelligence. That is not right
All men Of fair mind will acknowledge the.
that is not right. Unfil man can Tesd
the Declaration OF Independence and the
Constitution Of the United States, and
calculate the interest on the American
debt, and know the difference between q
republican form Of government: srd 6
monarchy OR despotism, he Is unit TO
exercise the right Of suftage At any Dol
lot-ooX between Key West and Alaska
In 1872, in England, there were 8, $780,, e.
600 children who ought 10 have been il
school. There were only 1885, goo, il
othe, words about so per cent; and Of
the 80 per cent, NOT more
than 5 per cant, got any
thing WORTH the name Of 81 educition
Now, take the foreign ignorance and add
1t TO our
AMERICAN IGNORANCE,
| and there will be in November thousands
AID thousands Of people VINO are 70 more
qualified to exercise the right of suTisge
than to lecture on astronomy. How are
these things to be corrected? By laws Of
compulsory education we'll executed. !
| 90 in for a Isy which altar giving fair