Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-01-01
NO. 20.

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and tina be is d 20 carry sellt 10
diversified ia5er conntry. tive.
the pride, bel p ScRsh that hez
simple AID SUR fae nnHaoge0snla
oature o. hsr Pc steg her ciJizs1s
above party aDC eeerythipg. We
teach man that his DesJ guide is the con-
sciousness Of his sovereignty, and that his
strong arm and stout heart are the best evi
dsnces he can give to his State that he Is
able TO do for himself. That he may not
ask the national government for anything
the State can do for him, and not ask any.
thing of the State that he can do for him.
self. That he should stand up and be re
spectacle, loyal to the republic, earnest in
his allegiance, building at last his altar
above his own hearthstone, shrining his
own liberty in his own heart. [Applause. ]
What have spoken should not have been
afraid to speak last night, and yet it is
mighty good democratic doctrine. was
iu Washington the other day, and l stn VI
on Capitol Hill, and my heart beat quick as
saw the towering marble buildings of my
counLry's government. A mist gathered
before my eyes as thought of their trem-
endous significance. There were the build
ings of the treasury, the courts and judges.
of the President and of Congress. and, as
thought of what gathered there, felt the
sun in all its course could not look down
upon grander sight than the domestic
home of the republic-a republic that has
taught the world its bsst lessons of liberty
and patriotism. While there another vis-
ion came to ne Of a modest, qniet country
home. l. was just simple, unpretentious
house, set about with great big trees, en-
circled in meadow and field rich with the
promise of harvest The fragrance of the
pink and the hollyhock In the front yard
was mingled with the aroma of the orchard
and of the gardens and resonant With the
cluck OF poultry and the hum of bees. In
side was quiet, cleanliness, thrift and COM
fort. There was the old clock that had
welcomed in steady measure every new
conner 70 the family, that had ticked the
solemn requiem OF the dead, snd had kept
company with the watcher st the bedside.
There were the big, restful beds and the
old open fire place and the old family Bible,
thumbed with the fingers of hands long
since still, end stained with the tears of eyes
long since closed, oiding the simple annals
of the family aud the heart and conscience
of the home. Outside there stood my
pc ndent man, with no mortgage on his roof
no lien on his gro wing crops, master of Ps
land and master of himself. There wap his
old father; an aged. trembling mau aq1
happy in the heart and homa of b SON
And as they started to their home ~ oane
of the old man went down on re ySu
mans shoulder, laying there tt ur5p93
able blessing Of the honerel a1o ggstsf
father and ennobliug it vii ne knight
hood of the fifth commaul % spt. Aud as
they got to the door the 0'd mother cane
with the sunset falling 'ar face aud
lighting up her de- TThi's
with lips trembling 1y@e
her heart, she babe be rs4
son welcome to ther hanu IS
the house wife, bus With lOid
cares, clean of helFl and o5ns e the
buckler and >nelpmcet of Der aJsb4nd.
Down the lane CAN Lae chi 3iiorcu, 5voHpiGg
home after the COWS, seSyng. as 'rgaut
birds do, the quiet of their homo cesi. Aud
saw the night e1une down on that house;
falling gently IS from the wings of the un-
seen dove. And the Old man, while a start
led bird called from tho forest, and tho trees
were shtill with this cricket's cry and the
stars were swarming in the sky, got the
family around him. and, taking the old
biS'e tom the sso'e, c.ited mem 70 tne'r
kuees, the little oaoy n'aing IN sns inns OF
its mothers dress, while ne closed tne re-
cn'd OF toaS simple Gay oy calling oowo
3ods oenehlctioh on tnas iami'y anu tnae
nome. wy gaze iauso from tua' mafoie
Csp'tol; torgos5en were is treasures suu
majesty, ana SAD; mere iu tns MONIES o'
the psopie Is ioageu Iue sersng'a auu Ie-
sponsioiiitg % ehis goVernnenS,.oe scout
ty and promise OF 'o'S fepuorc; my irienus'
tna5 Is democracy, ana IN 1he ooo5a "e are
pfeach'ng tnse coosrloe' ano We @'.n 70
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