The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

tell you that the history Of many of the
dead nations procleims to us the fact that
our ship of state Is in danger Of being
4 crushed by the cephaloptera of national de-
pravitv. Where is the Hercules to STAY this
hydra: Is II not time To speak by pen, by
/ tongue. by bal!ot-box, by the rolling Of the
/ prison door, by haDgman's halter, by
earnest prayer, by Sinaitic detonationl
A son or King Croesus is said to have
been dumb and to have never uttered a
| word until he saw his father being put to
I death. Then be broke the shackles of
silence, aud cried out: Kill not my father.
| CrOasus" When l see the cheatery and the
! wantonness and the manifold crime of this
! country attempting to commit patricide-
| yea, matrlcide upon our institutions, it
seems to me- that lips that heretofore have
| been dumb ought to break the silence with
thunderous tones Of fiery protest.
want TO put all Of the matter before
| you, so that every honest man and woman
| Will know just how matters stand, and
| what they ought to do if they vote and
! what they ought to do if they pray. This ma
ton Is UOU going TO perish. Alexander
when he heard of the wealth OF the Indies,
divided Macedonia among his soldiers
some one asked him what he had kept for
| himself, aud he replied: 81 am keeping
nope" And that Jewel l keep bright and
shining IN my soul, whatever else l shall sur
render. Hope thou in God. He will set back
you know what is the prize for which con-
tentlon Is made to-day. 1t is the prize
OF this continent Never since. &C
cording to John Milton, when satan was
hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal
skies In hideous ruin and combustion down.
nave the powers Of darkness been so deter
mined to win this continent as they are now
What Jewel II is-a jewel carved IN relief,
the cameo Of this planet On one side of us
the Atlantic ocean, dividing US from the
WORKOUT governments or Europe On the
other side the Pacific ocean, dividing us
from the superstitions of Asia. On the
north of us the Arctic sea- which is
the gymnasium in which the explorers and
navigators develop their courage. A CONT
nent ten thousand five hundred miles long
seventeen million square miles. snd all of 1t
but about One-seventh capable of rich culti-
walton. One hundred millions of population
on this cOntinet of North and South America
one hundred millions, and room for
many hundred millions more All fora
and all fauna, all metals, and all precious
woods, and all grains and all fruits The
appalachian range, the backbone and the
river, the ganglia, carrying life all through
ana out TO the extremities. 1sthmus of
Darien. the narrow waist of a giant, con-
tinent, all to be under one government, and
all free and all Christian, and the scene Of
Christ's personal reign on earth if, accord
ing to the expectation of many good people,
he stall at last set up his throne In this
world. Who shall have this hemisphere2
Christ or Satan9 Who shall have the shore
Of her inland seas, the silver of her Nevadas
the gold Of her Colorados, the telescopes of
her obserYatories, the brain OF her UNIVERSE
ties, the wheat Of her prairies, the rice of
her savannah5 the two great ocean beaches
the one reaching from Baffin's bay to
Terra del Fuego, and the other from
Boring straits to Cape Horn-and all the
moral, and temporal, and spiritual, and
everlasting interests of a population vast
beyond al computation save by him with
whom thousand years are as one day?
Who shall have the hemisphere You and
L shall decide that or help 70 decide it, by
conscientious vote, by earnest prayer, by
maintenance of Christian institutions, by
support of great philanthrophies, by putting
| body. mind and soul on the right side of all
moral. religious and national movements,
Ali 1t will not be long before it will not
make any difference to you or to me what
| becomes OF this continent, so far as earthly
| comfort is concerted. All we will want of
it will be seven feet by three, and that will
| take In the largest, and there will be room
| and TO spare. That is all of this country
| we will need very soon, the youngest of u.s.
| But we have an anxiety about the welfare
| and the happiness OF the generations that
are coming on, and it will be grand thing
| If, when the archangel's trumpet sounds
| we lind that our sepulcher, like the one
| Joseph of Arimathea provided for Christ,
| is in the midst of a garden. By that time
| this country will be all paradise, or all
| Dry Tortugas, Eternal God, to thee we
| commit the destiny of this people!