The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-27

this union: never have a poo
pie been cured with ruch
curses as will follow its dissolution.
Surely it cannot be that all our endo~-
ments Of civil and religious liberty, Ot
peace and plenty, are 10 be saciiii ed by
the madness Of few men who make
war alike upon the Bible and the con
stitution, and who would involve ID
the same ruin the shrine OF religion
and the ark of liberty.
Surely it cannot be that as E1fope Is
slowly advancing in national freedom
by the light of our example. We shcuid
with our hands extinguish the bacon
fire which guides a world on It's weary
way. Did your footsteps ever wander
in foreign land. Doubtless many
grand and impressive object you taere
bcheld hallowed by the moss OF an
tiauity and wreathed with thousand
beautiful associations beneath the
solemn shades of Westminster Abbey.
on the immortal field Of Waterloo, al
the foot of st. Peters massive pile. upon
the plains of Marathon, you have bowed
your head in yeneratiOn Of genus.
learning, piety and valor. You have
beheld many gorgeous spectacles oi
wealth and greatness. power and pohp'
but tell me. among them all, dld you
ever behold sight that SO s,lrred t"e
dead foundation of your bsart. an1
sent the blood boiling with prouj eli2-
tiOn through every vein, as when, up ID
some lonely sea, you met one OF your
National vessels, the Stars and Stripes
Of your country flowing freely ouL
over the frowning battery and the
mountain waves
And shall the time ever arrive wheh
YOU must travel through the world ana
meet no more that flagl When neither
ON sea nor shore shall its meteor llO-
riesn fall upon the waDdsrer s eye,
when the American shall pass through
the world worse than an ofphan-d
man without a country Must ever
be condemned to feel that the national
structure in which dwell is 1ot the
one which was built by the apostles Ci
American freedom and cemented 10y tae
blood of its martyrs Not the one Ci
which Washington laid the corner
stone and of which Jefferson and hddl-
son were among the chief aiohs'
tects. Not the one when was
illumined by the wisdom ci MAR
shall. and echoed the thunder OF He1-
RVS eIoouence Not the first temple
which Stood upon the Mount Ilou o, oul
American Israel, its magnificent aiser
cleaning through clouds OF patilyH'
incense. and the heaveu-enkiniled tire
of freedom burning forever upon IL.
shrine. No. not this temple, but some
humber edifice without an altar OF Z
priest. like that in which tn'
disconsolats jew nouns lis Ios
Jerusalem, and hanging nls harp upoi
the willow, exclaimed. How can
sing the Lord S song in a strange ana
and must not only give my portion u
the flag and history of my country, bu
must | Weld my interest in any Of tn
, consecrated spots OF this loved iepnb
llicY Must stand on Bunker hhi au'
Lexington. and be known as a loi
/ eigner? Must the man OF the Noitl
nress the cod of Mount Vernon, ant
: mournfully exclaim. This Is no longe
> my country - Must the wofll rem
quish its only rallying ground oil Ire
principles : .
e A voice rises from the oppressed mil
T. lions of Europe: Take not away Iron
US our only city Of refuge
/. Prom dungeon vaults and from IT,
r ashes of holy martyrs comes cay: u.
/ stroy not the home Of religious liDei y
@ From the runs of ancient lepabi.C
a melancholy notes Of warning II at o
everv breeze. from the baitlements
i Heaven the spirits of our fathers M M
0 mourn, if grief can enter he.''n' 49, '-'
they have no human tongue 'o "''0
our mad career.