The Daily bulletin., 1890-07-05

'rs,r
uprising for the Union from 1851 10
l865--these had their origin In
patriotism which had been nurtursd
in American homes, schools, and
churches, and bot for these the
world would never have known of
the two great contests for liberty
and good government, which have
so lifted up America in tho eyes Of
men, and made her the continental
beacon-lght among the nations.
The orator spoke n panegyric on
the colossal fabric of The American
Republic; with its Federal Consti-
tuition, which the ripe3t statesmen
of the Old World pronounce the
most remarkable creation of human
wisdom known in all the ages; with
the admirably adjusted municipal,
state, and national institutions;
with its Supreme Court, the final
arbitrator of all questions between
the forty-two States--a complex,
yet practicable, system of govern
meRt, so elastic in its legal bands
and machinery rs TO readily adapt
itself to the fast increasing popula-
ton and varied interests of its i'm
mense domain, He spoke of the unpa-
ralleled wealth and prosperity of
the nation, and its impregnability
to successful foreign invasion. She
has the means of putting into the
field larger effective army than
has any other nation, and, possess
ing within her borders half of the
railroads of the world, she could
readily move it to the necessary
| points, and for home defense can
command the services of seven nil
lion citizen soldiers, She has the
money, iron, steel, coal, ship-yards,
skill, and men, to create a navy
more powerful than any which has
ever foated on the seas. Tier com
merciai allies can repose in security
aud have no fears as to their indie
pendence. The foes against which
America needs most to secure her
self are those within.
Thus they were brought to con
slider what patriotism demanded o
the Americans of to-day, and o
those III other lands who share thei
sympathias and hopes. They hat
10 right to insist on living by wha
their fathers did. Among Ameri
cas- dangers are the corruption
that spring from commercial gree
and concentrated wealth, and thos
which have their origin in the mass
ing together Of vast populations i
their cities, increasing in enormou
proportions and with rapidity with
out parallel in other nations. HoN
shall these be governed SO that the
bring not the same terrible conse
quences which were the fate Of th
great cities Of former centuries
True patriotism has its foundatio
ON the solid substratum OF Christia
ethics. 1t does not scorn the Bible
Itdoes not repudiate the Sabbath.
is sternly opposed to sweeping d
pands in the name Of amusemel
and roistering license. If the po,
, erful railroads were to be used
abolish the Sabbath and to destrc
Christian institutions, then tho
who own the fields and the worl
shops will think it expedient to {
= likewise. If the capitalists combil
!, to abolish the Sabbath and turn
into day of noise and tumult, th,
: the men of labor will have take
from them flfty-two days of Il
year, which. the laws and custor
), of Christian lands heretofore ha'
given them, for their physical We
y fare and for the moral and soci
Improvement of themselves and +
:. miles.
% Patriotism loves liberty with
H undying love, but it repudiates
If cense as a deadly foe to good go
,, ernment and to human welfar
America was founded and b
q achieved her greatness as chri
"a tian land, and her citizens have
right to be protected in their chr
If tian privileges and institution
ir Atheism is deadly foe of the gre
70 Republic, and agnosticism is cold
than the polar seas. The nation
. immediate duty is to strike do
- political and commercial corrupt
~ everywhere, to wage war of {
~ termination against Trusts, agail
y all unhallowed combinations whi
~ seek to control the food and mate
{ al comforts of the people. I
patriotic demand for the destr,
tion of these monstrosities is equa
$, strong for the removal of the liqr
e. saloons, which send forth deat
Gu malaria, moral pestllence, M
e. fatal to the nations life and to
n peace and welfare of human hem
ny than armed fortresses of treason
an the villages and cities Of the lal
n, Powerful and indispensable aids
ea these graf works are the G3,(
~, pulpits and churches, and the 81
lis 700 teachers OF the public schot
er Mr.. Stevens then looked outs
's- of the national bounds. At no {
d. tant day four national powers
as chiefly control the Pacific. 1'h
70 are the United States, the Aust
TO- lian Republic that is TO be, aud
Empires OF China and Jap
m Europe will be practically ou