Telegram-herald., 1888-11-05


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ancG2lly Interested II good government,
and be becomes cautious and ca1serx&-
i've. ] reply, Z property Qualification
would shut OF from the b1lIot box
grsSr annF Il the tsst ilen Ia THIS iand.
F Literary men are almost always poor. a
pea i = good implement Il make the
( world better, BAT !. Is a very poor triple
nlenI % get L livelihood ordinarily.
( have known scores u literary mea who
never owned foot of grouad and never
vii own = foot ct ground uEt.l they gei
under H. Professors OF colleges, teach
ers of schoois. editions of newsf& pers.
l ministers Of religion, qualified Ia every
I possible way 10 vote, vel 40 worldly cue
cess. There has b.en many nsn who
/ has not had house on earth ~so wiil
have a mansion in heaven.
There aTe many who through accidents
OF fortune have come 10 great success
while they are profound in their stu
pidity, as profound in their stupidity as a
man Of large fortune with whom | was
crossing the ocean, who told me he " as
going 10 $50 the dy kes of Scotland When
a member Of my family asked a lady on
her return from Europe II She had seen
Mont Dlanc, she replied: well, really,
don't know; is that in Europe" Ignor-
ance by the square foot Property quail
cation viii not do. The only way these
evils will be eradicated will be by more
thorough legal defense Of the ballot box
and more thorough moralization and
Christianization of the people. That ark
of the covenant was carried into cap
uvity 70 Kiriath- jearim. but one day
the people hooked oxen to n cart, and
| ~ Il . tea
cart was taken To Jerusalem the ark OF
the covenant 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 captivity by fraud and iniquity. and
spurious voting, | believe il viii be
brought back vet by prayer and by
Christian conservation. and viii be SCI
down in the midst OF the temple OF
Christian patriotism. Whose respon-
sibihty? Yours and mine
! charge you then as American citizen,
to remember your responsibility on the
first Tuesday Of November. 1t vii
begin early, the snow storm of suf
frages. 1t VIII snow all day-snow OF
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flakes will fall IN every town and villag,
and neighborhoOd, the white flakes. Th,
octogenarian viii come up, his ban,
trembling. and with spectacled eve h'
will scrutinize the vote and drop il anC
pass on. The young man who has beer
waiting for bis time viii come up anC
proudly and blushingly deposit his frs
vote and pass On. The capitalist vii
come up with bediamonded finger ant
the laborer with hard fst, and tn
one vote will be as good as tn
other. Snow storm Of sufTrages, an,
then these white flakes viii be gatheree
together and compacted into an ava
lsnche that viii slide down in expression
Of the will of the people. Stand out 0
the way of it! In the awful sweep o
this white avalanche let political frau'
go down thousand feet under.
You have not only vote, you have
prayer The prayer may be nightie
than the vote. Oh, as citizens OF thi
beautiful city, and OF this state. and O
this nation, let US do our whole duty
We cannot live under any other form o
government than that which God ha
given us in this country. The stars On
our flag are not tho stars Of a thsckeninl
night, bat the stars sprinkled ami,
the bars of morning cloud. W.
are going 10 have one govern
ment ON this entire continent
Let the despoisnls Of Asia keep thei
feet of the Pacific coast. and let the ty
rannies Of Europe keep their feet of tn
Atlantic coast. We are gong to bav
one government. Mexico viii follow
Texas into the Union. and Christianit,
and civilization will stand side by side il
the halls of the Montezumas. And /
not in our day, then IN the day Of on
children, Yucatan and Central AIneric'
| viii come IN dominion, while on th
, north Canada will BE ours. not by con
. | qusst-oh, no, American and Engisl
. ! swords may never clash blades-but "
VIII WOO our fair neighbor Of the north
and then England viii say to Canada
: You are old enough for the TnaTTisg
J | day" and then, f-fning. viii say
] Chant Of the West. - take your bride.
! | And then from Bsfdn's hay % tic Garth
bean there wil be one government unde
, one flag. with one destiny-a free, un
disputed. Christianized American cont;
: nent. God save the city of Brooklyn
| God save tie commonwealth Of hey