Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-10-05

My theme Isl, America for God /!

on the map, was q few yards across,
ridge of land on which one must
walk cautiously lest he hit his head
against the Sierra Nevada on one
side or slip off into the Pacific wa.
tiers on the other-California have
found to be larger than all the states
of New England aud all New York
States and Pennsylvania added to.
gether. - ~
North and South Dakota, Mon.
tana and Washington Territory, to
be launched next Winter into state.
hood, win be giants at their birth.
Let the CengEessaofs United
States strain a point aud soon ad.
NIT also Idaho and, Wyoming and
New Mexico. What is the use keep.
ing them out in the cold any longer !?
Let us have the whole continent d.
vided into states and senatorial and
congressional representatives and
we VIII all be happy. Ii some OF
Them have not quite the requisite
mum Der OF people, nix up the Constr
tuition to suit these cases. Even
Utah VIII, by dropping polygamy,
soon De ready to enter. Monogamy
has trlumphed in parts OF Utah and
VIII probably triumph at this Fall
electlon IN Salt Lake CITY. Turn all
the territories into states and II some
oil the sisters are smaller than the
elder sisters, give them time aud
they VIII soon be as large as any OF
them. Among the dying utteranees
OF our good friend, the wise states
man and great author, the brilliant
orator and magnificent soul, 5. 5.
Cox, it was the expressed determin-
alton to move next Winter IN Con-
gress for the transferrence OF other
territories into states.
Utah is an object lesson. Some
parts of that territory which were SO
barren that a spear of grass could
not have been raised there in a hun.
dred years are now as rich as Ian
caster County farms of Penn sylvania
or Westchester farms OF New York
or Somerset County farms of New
Jersey.
This continent is not more remark
able for its magnitude that for it's
wonders of construction. What
pity the United States Government
did not take possession Of Yosemite,
California, ash has OF Yellowstone,
wyoming, and OF Niagara FAN. New
York !! Yosemite and the adjoining
California regions! who that has
seen them can think OF them without
having his blood tinglef Treesnow
standing there that were old when
Christ lived. These Monarchs OF
foliage relgned before Caesar or Alex
ander, and the next lO0O years VIII
not shatter their sceptre. They are
the mastS OF the continent, their
canvas spread on the winds while
Ihe oio SHIPS oears vi IT'S way
through Tue ages. lhe'r SIZE, VI
"nicn 'ra'e'eis q''cn SPEAK, uoes
ho1 eneco he 30 uiucu DO One'f iuh'
ge'lCy' Ahousn 80 o'o now .ho
orancnes oisonie Vi 'nen WIN oiacA!o
III 'he iasC conhtasaVioi' Vi 'ho Pia"e''
That valley OF the Yosemite is
eight miles long and a hall mile wide
and 300O feet deep. ltsseems as IL
it had been the meaning oil Omnipo'
tence TO crowd into as shlail a pace
as possible some OF the most stapeh-
dous scenery oil the world. Some OF
the cliffs you do not stop 10 measure
by feet, for they are literally a mile
high. Steep, so that neither loot
OF man nor beasts ever scaled them,
they stand in everlasting defiance
If Jehovah has a. throne on earth
these are Its white pillars.
But the most wonderful part of
this American continent is the Vel
lowstone Park. My visit there last
month made upon me an impression
that will last forever. After all poet
try has exhausted ltseit ana al Tue
Morgans and Bierstadts and tue
other enchanting artists have COM
pleted their canvas, tnere VIII oe
other revelations TO make ana othef
stories OF its beauty and wraIh,
splendor and agony, TO De recited.
The Yellowstone farK Is tue taeoio'
piSt'S DaradiSe. BY Cheapenlng oil