Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-11-10
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Oft from the ballot.box grea; many.of,hc
best men In this land. Literary men are
almost always poor. A pen IL good i'm
plemcnt to make the world better. but il
Is a very poor implement to &C, - livcli.
hood ordinarily. have known scores Of
literary men who never owned u foot Of
ground and never will own foot Of
ground until they get underit. Professors
of colleges, teachers of schools, editors Of
newspapers, ministers OF religion. quail.
fled In every possible way TO vote, yet no
worldly success. There has beenmany a.
man who has no, had a house on earth
who will have q mansion In Heaven.
There are many who through accidents
of fortune have come to great success
while they are profound in their stupidi.
~, as profound in their stupidity as
man Of large fortune with whom ! was
crossing the ocean. who told me he was
going TO see the dykes of Scotland. When
Q member Of my family asked lady ON
her return from Europe II she had seen
Mont Blanc she replied "Well. really,
don't know is that In Europe!" Igno-
rance by the square foot. Property quail.
iication will no, do The only way these
evils will be eradicatcd will be by more
thorough legal defense of the ballot.box
and more thorough moraliza,ion and
Chris,ianization Of the people. That ark
Of the covenant was carried In TO capti-
witty TO kirjath.jcarim. but one day the
people hooked oxen to cart, and they
put this ark on the cart, and the cart was
taken 10 Jerusalcm-ihe ark Of the cove.
nant coming with the shouting and
Thanksgiving of the people. And though
the American ballot.box. the ark Of the
American covenant, our sacred chest. has
been carried again and again into capti.
witty by fraud and iniqu:ty, and spurious
voting. believe it will be brought back
yet by prayer and by Christian cOnsecra-
tion. and will BE- sc, down in the midst
OF the temple Of Christian patriotism.
Whose responsibility: Yours and mine.
4 poor soldier wen, 10 hairdresser In
London. lie wanted to get back to the
army lie had Overrun his furlough, and
he wanted some help to get back in quick
transit, The money was given TO the
poor soldier, who said to the man who
had offered the kindness II have moth.
ing to give you in rc,,sn but this little
WORKOUT receipt for making backing
lie gave ii. not thinking there was any
value in |, especially. and the man who
took 1, did not suppose there was any
special value IN II, bu, II yielded the man
who took il $2,50OO 900. and was the
Foundation ofonc of the greatest estates
in England And that little vote, that
insignificant vote which you take ont of
your pocket--insigniiIcant in your sight
and insignificant in the sight Of others
may start m influence that will last all
through the progress of this government.
VOTE ASD PRAY.
| charge YOU, then, as American citi.
1ens 10 remember your responsibility on
the first Tuesday Of Eovcmbcr. II will be.
gin early, the snow storm Of suiIrages. II
will snow Nil day-snow on until noon.
snow On until night The ilak will fall
in every town and village and neighbor.
hood, the white flakes. The octogenarian
will COME up. his hand trembling. aud
with spec,aclcd eye he will scruiinizc the
vote and drop II and pass on. The young
man who has been waiting tor his time
viii come up, and proudly and blushingly
deposit his first vote and pass on. The
capitalist will come up with bc.dianond.
ell finger and the laborcr with hard fist.
and the one vote will be MS good as the
other. Snowstorm of sufrrages, and then
these while flakes will be gathered ,ogeih.
cr and compacted into an avalanche that
will slide down in expression of the will
of the people. Stand out OF the way of il!
In the awful sweep OF this white avalanche
let political fraud go down a thousand feet
under
ion have not only vote--you have
prayer. The prayer may be mightier than
the vote. oh as citizens OF this beauti.
fn! city and ofihis state and of this nation.
let us do our whole duty We cannot live
under any other form of government than
that which God has given us in this coun.
Try The stars ON our flag are not the stars
of 'hickenng night, but the stars sprink.
led amid the bars of morning cloud. We
are going To have one government on this
entire continent. Let the despotisms of
Asia keep their fee, Off the Pacific coast
and let the tyrannies Of Europe keep their
feet oil the Atlantic coast. We are going
"a have one government Mexico will
follow Texas into the Union, and Christ.
ianiiy and Civilization will stand side by
side in the halls Of the Montezunos. And
il not In our day, then in the day of our
children. Yucaian and Central America
will come in dominion. while on the north
Canada will he ours, not by c0nqucst-oh.
no, American and English swords NAV
never clash hlades--hut we will WOO our
fair ncighhor Of the North. and then Eng.
land will say 10 Canada; "YOu are old
enough for the marriage day" and then,
turning, will say "Gianl of the West, go
take your bride" And then from Baflins
hay To the Caribbean there will I've one
government under one flag, with one dcs.
uny-a free, undispuicd Chrisiianized
American continent God save the city
Of Brooklyn God save the Common.
wealth of New York God save the
Union,
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