St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-23


ness; and the mother of energy, need.
made them look for better circumstances
in new lands. The age of steam was at
hand: George Stephenson was by his
inventions lessening distances and in
creaSlng possibilities of change of loca-
ton, not known till then. The mighty
West, rich in prospect, was unsurveyed.
West OF Michigan was wilderness. A
few men made for America. At home
they had heard of the dreadful persons
who made Boston tea parties and who
repudiated the rule of the king. News
papers cost 20 cents each in many cases,
and a letter postage cost as much
more; everything was taxed from the
cradle to the graye-glasS, soap, sugar.
Darkness, dirt, squalor, in large degree
held carnival. 1t was the high tide of
superstition and ignorance. Those
who could get here found welcome, free
land, new liberty. They sent home re-
ports such as made the eyes of those
who heard them look in an astouiSh-
ment which could not find expression
in words. They heard of the fertility of
the valleys, the expanse of the plains,
The beauty of the mountains, the depth.
breadth and clearness of the.
rivers. and to cap all, the letter
said II own a farm" To the
continental Europe was as far out of
reach as the absolute ownership of the
crown Jewels. The most adventurous.
the persons most full of life
and hope, men who were the
richest in resource, made the effort
or their lives to gain a landing OIL our
beloved shores, only TO repeat i'll turn
the wOnder-working take of hard but
surely won liberty, prosperity. and often
wealth. This 1t was which made our
people Increase i'll geOmetrical ratio.
BACK OF 1t all was our land, boundlesS
above the power of the mind to conceive
Alright. The three acres and cow
which had been looked forward to as
earthly paradise, gave place to a hum
dred and sixty acres, herds and horses,
with smiling plenty. In tens of thou
sands of Instances, strong in heart,
hand and native power, these horny
handed SONS of toll, with their snn-
burned faces, children of freedom. their
new prosperity made wide and deep
Impression upon their children. The
carpet meant an organ. that in its turn
music culture: the school was a neceS-
slty, 1t became a fact, and the school
teacher was not the least of all the pow
erful Influences which has made this
nation the marvel OF the educated
oppressed. But, as no great advantage
can ever be had without a kind of COM
Elementary disadvantage, SO heIe, along
with the industrious Door who heard the
news, the worthless, the wicked, the
desperate men, ready for any enOrmity,
men who had no character, no cash. no
name or place, came here to see what
could be done in their own interest;
with no regpect for law, or for those
who made it; anarchists, whose hand is
against every honest man, who came in
answer 10 a principle the wise man saw
at work IN his day, when he wrote:
where the body is there will the
eagles be gathered" 1t is these men
who made the murder of chief of police
possible and cOrruptlng of juries to free
IawleSS men needful. This miscarriage
OF Justice led to the Staying of prisoners
IN cold blood. Lhe evil may be des-
perate One-lt probably is-but the rem
edy of mob law is not for an instant to
be thought of, much less encouraged, by
law-loving people. When, in calm
moments, they look upon the killing of
these men, New Orleans people will
see its error and its sin. If such
thing had been done in France to Ger
mans or in Greece to EngliShmen it
might have deluged Europe in blood.
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will be good thing if this trouble shall
lead to the reform Of our emigration
laws. We need every man who is true
and industrious who can by wealth or
service add to the common store of good.
All such ought to be welcome. And
they are. Others ought not to be let
come. To the church of God this sad
event should speak in clear sound to
restrain vice, to curb passion, to edu-
cate. to evangelize the masses who have
come and who yet come. If the church
does not do her duty this nation will
suffer like fate with the mighty nations
OF yore. We need to remember that it
Is not the number of people in repub-
lie which determines its state. for we
must weigh as well as number the peo-
pie II we will judge righteous judg-
ment. John Ruskin has said that
in the days when Greek art
attained its highest place there did not
live $4,000 men. We must see to it that
the persons who come to the United
States to stay intend to be good citizens
and increase the public veal. OF the
other kind there is large supply al
ready here. Baxter said the Lord has
nothing out of which to make saints ex-
cept sinners. The material, then, is
nigh at hand for the church. in her
patriotic zeal and Christian love. to do
distinguished service for man and lofty
service for God. Every instinct of
patriotism, every element of love of
home. ask that we double our diligence
to win this land for Christ and for
an exalted service. Amongst the
nations of the earth, no time in
all the year could be more fitting than
Holy week, the week which peculiarly.
and with all the emphasis of the death
of Christ, calls 10 self-sacrIfice for the
good of others. for the blessing of the
world. Who will do this doctrine let
him know this truth and he shall be
wise, and mighty nation, pure. holy
and permanent, shall be the result of
applied Christianity in our generation.