Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-07-13
Aud Yet We Are Not Happy.

n. Y. Press.
There never was upon earth an
other country like this in which il is
our privilege to live, and i'm the
very nature of things there never
can be again such another country
For there is no compact body OF
land upon the surface of the globe
with such ample and diversified re.
sources. Other lands may have
SUMMER skies and greener fields;
there may be finer garden patches
and more inviting scenes, but there
is not, and there was not, and there
never will be, all things considered,
such country as this. This land
is Gods best gift; mans greateat
opportunity.
II would seem as If an all seeing
Providence, away back i'm the ages,
foreseeing the necessities of later
times, held back this continent, con.
ccaling il from human avarice, that
in the fullncss of time it might be
bestowed as Gods best gift to the
children Of men. Here are mighty
lakes that are vcritablc inland seas:
great rivers that, like the foundation
of our government, arc broad and
deep; vast mountain chains bursting
with their wealth of minerals, and
farming lands capable of feeding
the people of the whole wide world
soils that are rich and incxhaustible,
and climate so diversified that sun
shine suited to mans various likes,
calls from the soil every product of
the vegetable kingdom essential to
human life.
Here the best races Of Europe,
fleeing from the rule of their op-
pressors, found congenial home.
Here cane the hardy Hugucnot
hungering for liberty Of conscience,
and here came the prosecuted Puri-
tan across the trackless ocean, seek
ing the religious liberty denied to him
at his home. Here came the Span.
lard in quest of gold and Of glory;
here came the Scandinavian, the
Teuton and the Celt to build with
their strong arms the edificcs of our
material greatness.
And all these, united in their wis.
dom and their strength, founded a
system Of government stronger than
the rock Of Gibraltar, yet mildcr
than a mothers love. And out of
he earth's 'sabundance and under the
fostering hand Of government men
lived aud prospered as men never
lived before. So great was thei
prosperity, so liberal their liberty
and happiness that crowds Of their
relatives followed them.
And in time there grew and
hourished vast organization
known TO men as the Republican
party, and il glorified God Tor the
wealth of His beneficence, IL bent
its great energy toward material
development, called into its service
every art and every science, built
railways and factories in every sec.
ton Of the country, drew literally
from the agricultural resources and
fed and clothed the people in style
so substantial and elegant that a
traveller from a distant land should
be unable TO distinguish the mechan-
ic from the millionaire.
Yet still so inserutable are the
ways and works Of Providence that
IN the midst Of this abundance and
these advantages there arose among
the people q singular sect styling
themselves free trddeTs or tariff
reformers, who were not completely
happy. They complained Of dys-
pepsia and too much warmth, and
the burden Of their wall was cheap
blankets, lower wages and a return
to European conditions.
Yielding to the syren song and
vulgar wiles Of the false prophets
called political economists, the weep.
ing sect would leave the solid land
Of accomplished fact aud face the
bitter, binding storm Of chance up
on the unknown sea Of theory.
May a merciful Providence save
the American people from harkcn-
ing 10 their wall.
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