Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-05

ture. win a millionaire senate. buying high |
places of power ss they would goods IN the mar |
! kef. with reckless system OF taxation whi'h |
lnys up In the Treasury year by year surplus |
| OF millions, with prodieai Congress sinkins |
| mlnts Of treasure in rivers and harbors Whrh |
have no existence except on The map OF tnel' |
wicked schemes, with millions on nil
| lions voted as pensions, but really c!h-
vertng shlrks, who never received scrh+h |
| IN honorable warfare irtO respcctapie |
paupers and Withdrawing thom from ali pro- |
! dnctive Industry with ali these appalling ihSuo |
ever before Us now can any ciuleu, ask, WIN a /
spark Of love OF country IN his breast. fail 70 liti
! his hards In holy horror and cry aloud 90 heaven |
for reason and religion TO arrest these e'As Oh |
stupendous national prosperity
TurH N THE FUTURE.
Aud yoi dare hope for tho perpotuliy OF no |
great republic. Ny political faith may % /
| summed up In tho adsge Of statesman; Il |
! believe Ia God and IN tho American poo |
Pile Many Of our evils will correct 'hein,
selves Our own ba,sslidings VII heai |
long blinded by greed or inoxicaiei by |
tho prido OF unprecedented prospetltY, |
will risa to sober reflection and reiuvgorsie its |
powers by new ideal and a nooier purpose. |
| Moreover In the nroai acceptance OF that term |
! We are n Christian nation. While we nave no |
| national church with obligatory membci-hlp !
and no taxation for tho support and promulgh- |
ton OF auy creed, and while ciiizen6hip ana pp- /
/ liticai rights arc Independent OF church mem |
! bership. we gre not nation without reigion. |
/ Historically We aro q Christian nation. our e1- /
| pertinent has proved that religious freedom - 1
the best friend Of a genuine Christianity. and |
nlso that II ~ the best iOundatiOn for govern
uent "of tho people, by tho people eld /
| for tho people, Godmin Smith SAYS /
NO, democracy IN America but Tree chils.
tiaufty in America Is the rea key 70 the study OF
| the people and Their Institutions CLrisnanly /
f. here, Ike sat, 20 savc u.s. The chris ian con. /
I ceptiOns % God, Of mans duty toWsr u bod' oI |
| mans duty 10 man In politics and society, ana |
tho duties OF nations towards each other are the |
germs from which spring national perpetuiiy |
and safety.
OUR DAY or REST.
Out Sabbath abides. II s a physical boon: ii !
| enhances social and family lie; 1t saves many /
! from incessant groycllng IN low and depressing |
employment; IT breaks IN upon me snxiou., |
| restless, ambitions, aud rivalries OF nc IL |
tones down distinctions between rlch nnd poor, |
| capitalists and labOrers: u gives Dreaming /
timo. which, at the least, may be used arshi. |
| As q witness for God, a memorial of biss' ana /
| promise Of enduring rest provided by our heA- !
1 venly Father, the day Itself possesses universal
| power for good.
| thousand IN number, with ninoty thousand |
| roinisters, and twelve million COMMITMENTS, /
/ with Accommodations for twenty-five MIL on /
! people, aud with property VALUATION ol fW',-
! 0OOQ Religious newspapers aud perioilc@S |
| are horo-0yor seven hundred in mum ber clrcu- |
| latine over l-00000l0 copies annually. mo 1
| relative increase I'm iho circulation OF mo rei- |
gi0us press is an advance oi the secular press
SAVING FACTOR.
Education is n saving factor In the national |
| future. Ihe higher educational resources oil no |
, country are undor Christian control. There are /
/ SO colleges and universities In me UnueI
I States. with 3.0)) professors tnstructng 3o'Ouu |
students. About 20 per cont OF the students are /
/ iu dcnomnati0ngl colleges, and ~ per cen. OF /
tho students 10 denompational colleges are 1
I evangelical. There are I2V theologlcaI seWi- l
I naries OF evangelical churcnes IN the bhtel /
/ states with 1000 students soon 10 20 lorth ana /
publish the everlasting Gospel. after oil theTe -
| enough virtue and Intelligence left TO preserve /
our patrimony, 10 enlarge its bounds and bless I
ings and 20 make itthe crown and glory oi tne /
world. You have stood upon tho margin OF h' /
great sea watching mo lngresS or inc luc' i've /
/ and anon the wavelets would rush madly up the /
beach. but flow back again with accelerated re. /
[ coil leaving tncir tiny channels in tho ridged /
/ sand and you have said "surely the une II eO- |
bing." Blt far out on the ocean level your eye |
{ could detect the gradual submersl0n on |
the sand banks ana tho filling up OF the |
/ chasm along the coast and presently |
/ tie whole expanse Of the sandy bearh |
is covered with ths flashing waves. Emblem |
this Of the steady progress Of the grea' emetl- /
have been Witnessed. but these have only served /
20 enhance the onward now Of the great ocean OF /
triumph which IS yet 10 nash from GohunsI&t & 70 |
continent all over tho globe 10 the glory OF COZ |
the honor Of America, and the salvation oi 'he /
! world.
AMEEIcAs PAEr.
America occupies The very ridge Of the world's |
! history. Facing westward the immoDlle ana |
stationary civilization OF Asia. America Is 10 |
! teach her millions in the midst OF their idolhtiy |
aad superstition the doctrine OF the one COD. |
/ Facing eastward the Europe OF arr culture |
/ science. complex, and coniictng clVhnAtioh' /
America is "a i'm part 10 the fatherlands tho doc
| triuo OF tho brotherhood OF man untl IN the Iui-
/ nessOt time within our cOuntfys Oapltol hnh'l /
| gRther 10 celebrate an universal Jubhee, mo /
/ congress of tho nations, tho parliament oi mo /
world
CONCIUDTNG SERVICES.
At The conclusion Of DR.. Landrum.s g re- |
marks " God Bless our Native Land was /
sung. and Dr. Kerr pronounced the bene- |
/ dictiOn.
The services we're interesting through |
out and were greatly enjoyed.
Other Features OF the Celebration.
In keeping with the annual custom of |
/ the battery the Richmond HOwitZers ush- |
/ cred in the day with the firing OF me na- /
/ tional salute Of fOrty-twO guns. ms was /
! on a more elaborate scale than usual, the /
/ guns being stationed IN three different Sec
/ tiOus of the city instead OF AT one point.
About forty-6ve members OF the COM !
mand were on this duty, the details bCinS |
/ stationed ~ follows:
No. I and 2, Lieutenant Barret, capitol |
! Square. r,.,,
| No. 4. Lieutenant Starke, Libby hll /
! Marshall Park
The mn salute was fred from each point. /
! About half of themen detailed slept AT the /
! ArmOry, which was under tho charge OF OoI-
| poral Kellum. At o'clock recetIe was /
/ sounded. In a few minutes the men iell IN /
and were soon on the march to the destlna-
/ ton of tine respective detachmcnis. /
/ Promptly on the stroke OF the nrlng /
| began, and continued for about fifteen or |
! twenty minutes.
/ II was quite an improvement over tho |
| time-honored and very uncomfortable |
/ practice OF waking UP the citizens at sun /
/ rise-which occurs about $3.50 these morn
! ings.
| DEsERTED STREETS.
! Thousands of our citizens went out OF |
| town to spend the day. All the public |
Offices and many business places were |
! closed all day and the streets had desert
/ ed appearance. a.,
The Governor was about the only official |
| at the Capitol. He spent few hours III
/ MS oiice looking over his letters and then /
went back 10 the Mansion 10 spend the |
| dav quietly with his family. Most OF the /
clerks were out Of the city, and those who /
remained here rested from their labors.
! Some few of the officials at the City Hall /
/ were al their desks part OF their uaF' /
while others observed the occasion quietly
at their homes or went out with eAcur-
/ SONS or picnic parties
Y.M. C. A, FOURTH OF JULY OUTING.
| The second of the series of outings |
/ which the Outing Club of the Young |
/ Mems Christian Association propose 10 4
/ give during the summer was an al-day /
picnic given by the boys to their lazy /
! friends. 1t took place az " Shady spring, |
/ MIR. Howard Swlnet0rd's country resi-
/ dence, about eight miles from the city, on /
/ the Richmond and Petersburg railroad.
The party was met at the depot by a CON
/ vevance ana the ladies' were driven 70 the /
/ farm. the boys having decided 10 walk. \ I
most agreeable morning was spent, and /
! after dinner the boys decided 20 walk TO I
/ Falling creek and explore the old mill sit /
/ uated on its banks near the depot, whose 4
namo il taken from II.
4 The dav was one OF unslloyed pleasure, |
10 which Mr. Swineford and his family /
were liberal contributors.
SHAM BATTLE.
/ One Of the features of the day was the /
sham battle ut the Exposition Grounds IN /
tho afternoon about O'Clock, participated /
/ in by the negro soldiers. II caIpe of IN I
the big field just opposite the grand /
stand.
The opposing forces were divided as fol- /