The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-01

as deeply, perhaps, as finally staked on the
entrusted to the hands of the
American people. Having
thus impaired to you my sentiments, as
they have been awakened by the occasion
which brings us together, | shall take
my present leave, but not without resorting
once more to the benign parent of the human
race in humble supplication, that since he
has been pleased to favor the American
people with opportunities for deliberatiOn
in perfect tranquility, and dispositions for
deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a
form of government for the councils of
their union, and the advancement of their
happiness; so his divine blessings may be
equally conspicuous in the enlarged views,
the temperate consultation and the wise
measures on which the success of the gov
eminent must depend.
The choir then sang in unison, as was the
custom of the Germans, Luther's reyela-
ton hymn:
4 bright fortress is our God.
\ buwark never-failing:
Our helper He, amid the flood
Of NOTED ills prevailing.
HON. j. W. BLACKBURN,
of this city, was called on to discuss the
sentiment, ''Of all the dispositions and
habits which lead to political prosperity,
religion and morality are indispensable
supports being an extract from Washing
toms farewell address, delivered Septem-
Der II, 1896. The prosperous
smile OF heaven can never be ex-
pected by nation which disregards
the rule Of right which heaven itself hath
ordained" The speaker said: MY
friend, when we look back 100 years and
see the nation as it was then and then
see what it is now, the great truths handed
h. hi
consideration. He spoke to j, 0OO, 900 people,
while now we have 65,QOO.OOO Then there
were thirteen discordant states, and there
was nothing to make the people happy
The continental money was almost worth
less-it would take a whole basketful to
buy breakfast. Since the DAYS of Wash
ington prosperity has sprung into eXis-
tence and commerce has increased. The
men who formed our government were
probably not churchmen, but they were
pious men. You remember that in form
lug the constitution of the United States
there was deadlock for several days on
the formation Of the states. Franklin, now
supposed to be an intidel, arose and said
II move that He. who rules in Heaven, be
called on to aid uS!' at which they rose up
and appealed to God for assistance This
truth is as good for US 65,000,O00 as it was
for the 100000. Generations may
come and go, man may rise
and fall. but all goes on-He rcigns,
supreme. If time permitted, l could
prove to you that GOO does not smile on
those who disregard the right. as is shown
by the history of many ancient nations In
the days of the Roman empire, Julian, at
the head of "a great army, said he would 90
out and gather spOils to make the heather
temples Outshine those of the Christian
WHAT RFr,lIr or NM
His army was defeated, driven back and
slaughtered, and he died. Napoleon said
victory was always on the side of the man
who had the largest battalion, but he
equipped large army and started for Rus
sia but God sent winter two weeks earlier
than usual and he was defeated, finally
dying on st. Helena. The pages of history
are paved with the bones of overturned ma
lions. Look at our own people. What did
England pay for the corruption of her
dynasties. The revolution was not brought
to regain lost liberties, but to keep what we
already had. Slavery, previous to 1856,
was upheld by public sentiment, and be
tween then and 1860, public officers
had to bear out the idea that slavery
must be perpetuated. Those days illus
trate the idea of the ancient
maxim, Whom the gods would destroy
they first made mad The nation now
holds an entirely different sentiment re
garding slavery. You can't find man
anywhere now who says it is right to take
the labor of neighbor without paying him
for it. Public opinion has not yet solved
the problem of difference between the
white and colored races, but as we now
stand here in this centennial year every
Christian man should pledge himself to do
whatever he may be able to do for our indie
pendence We should no longer show the
white feather to larger nations that
threaten us. Let nation do right and God
will take care of the consequences
REV. W. s. HAWKES.
followed with remarks touching on the
sentiment from Washington's inaugural
address. 1.-The preservation of the sacred
fire of liberty and the destiny of the repub-
lican model of government, are justly con
sidered as deeply, perhaps, as finally staked
on the experiment entrusted to the hands
of the American people, corresponding
with the biblical question, land the nations
shall come to thy light and kings to thy
high altar
The American people no longer
work for the preservation of the
sacred fire of liberty, it is only a
development now. One hundred years ago
we were but the front rank of great col
y
prominent as possessOrs of liberty in one
form or another which emigrated from the
east. If we leave that great race we find
in central Earope tribes which love the
liberty so dear to us. The systems of three
X ngdoms were brought over the ocean fro m
the British Isles, and centered here. Our
Father planted the nObleSt instincts of the
American race into the English race. They
established free schools, and we find them
enjoying a higher plane of civilization. We
hope to make our own beautiful territory
like the others, as it ought to be. Since the
rebellion against the Stewart dynasty, free
churches, free schools and self-government
have increased. We find that our mother
country was stirred up by the reports that
came from New England. 1t was fore
runner, like John the Baptist. The people
of England at length reached the point of
self government, and decreed the throne
vacant, and the rule of kings was over
thrown, and the reign has steadily been
passing into the hands of the people.
America was not before slavery days a
free nation, spelled with big On" The
union at first consisted of eleven states.
North Carolina and Rhode Island were in
dependent states when the government
was set in order, and was
ALLOWED TO REMAIN FREE
If they so desired but they came into the
union in about year. When that great
current of liberty began to Cow and flow to
the westward, it turned to the east, and
soon followed the revolution of France, the
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