South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-01-18

north will be committed to n violent
/ policy. j believe i'm the good fsitt
and fair play Of the American poo
pie. These noisy insects of the hour
will perish with the beat that warmed
them into life, and whom their pest
lent cries have ceased, tue great clock
of the republic will strike tue slow
Z moving aud tranquil hours, and TIE
watohmeu from the streets will cry
"Alrs wrll-all's wellr' Great
cheers. thank God that through
the mists Of passion that already
cloud our northern horizon comes the
clear, strong voice of President Har-
risou declaring that the south shall
not suffe-. but shall prosper. in his
election Happy will i, be for us =
/ happy for this country, and happy
/ Tor Ifs name and fame, ii be has the
courage 10 withstand the demagogues
who clamor for our cruc'dxion. aud
the wisdom to establish path In
! mich voters OF all parties and of all
sections may walk together in peace
and prosperity.
Should the president yield TO the
demands of the pestilent, the coun-
try will appeal from his decision. In
ILdiana and New York moro than two
million votes were cast. By less
than 10000 majority these states
were given to Harrison, and his cleo.
ton thereby secutei. A change of
less than ten thousand in this enor,
Z roll xrnnfl
cratic party TO power. If President
Harrison permits this unrighteous
crusade on the peace of the south, and
the prosperity of the people, this
change, and more will be made add
the democratic parry restored to
power.
In Ter Industrial growth The soath
! is daily making new alliances aud
winning new friends. Every do lar
of northern money invested In tue
south gives US a new friend in that
sec ion. Every settler among u
rails S up new witnesses 10 our fair
ness, sinceri v and loyalty We Shall
secure rom the north more ftiendi-
oss and sympathy, more champions
snd friends, through the influence of
our industrial growth, than through
political aspiration or achievement.
Few men can comprchr nd-Would
that | had the time TO dwell on this
point t. day--how vast has been the
development, how swift the growth.
and how deep and enduring ~ la d
the basis OF even greater growth in
the future. Compani IS Of immigrants
sent down from the sturdy settlers
OF the north will solve the southern
problem, and bring this section int O
full and harmonious relations with
the north quicker than all the ba,tal.
ions that could be armed and mar
tailed could do.
The iide of immigration is already
springiug this way. Let us encour-
age 1t. But let us see that these i'm +
migrants come in well ordered pro.
cession, and not pell NELL. That they
come as friends and neighbors-.o
mingle their blood with ours, to build
their homes on our fields, TO plan,
their Christian faith on these rcd bills.
end not seeking to plant strange here.
sizes Of government and faith, but, hon.
oring our constitution and reveren
cling our God, TO confirm, and noi es-
TRANCE. the simple faith in which we
have been reared, and which we should
transmit unsul'ied to our children.
1t may be that the last hope of sa-
wing the old.fashioned on this CONT,
nent will be lodged in the South
Strange admixtures have brought
strange results in the North. The
anarchist and the atheist walk abroad
in the cities. and, defying govern
ment. deny God. Culture has re-
fined for itself new and strange re-
ligions from the strong old crccds.
THE OLD TIME SOUTH
is fading from observance, anil tho
mellow church bells that called thc
people to the temples of God, are
being taboOed and silenccd. Let u.s.
my country men, hero to. day-yet a
homogeneous AMI God.fearing PEG.
ple-le! US highly resolve that we
| will carry untainted, the straight and
simple fli h that we will give our.
selves to tbs saving Of the old-fash-
Toned, that we will wear in our hearts
the prayers we learned OF our moth
er's knee, and seek TO better faith
than that which fortified her life
through diversity, and led her serene
and smiling through the valley Of the
shadow.
Let us keep sacred The Sabbath OF
God in its purity, and have no city 90
great, or village so small, that every
Sunday morning, shall not stream
forth over towns and meadows the
golden bensdiction Of the bells, az
they summon the people TO the chur-
ches Of their fathers, and ring out in
pra Of God and the power Of His
might. Though other people arc led
into the bitterness Of unbelief or In.
TO the stagnation Of apathy and neg.
lect-let us keep these two states in
the current CT the sweet old-fash q
Toned, that the swift rushing water
may lap their sides. and everywhere
from their coil grow the tee, The leaf
whereof shall not fade, and the fruit
whereof shall not die. but too fruit
whereof shall be meat, and the leaf
whereof shall be bealing.
In working out our political, civil
and religious salvation everything
4 depends ON the union Of our pcop'e.