Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-22

HOOPS PILLS DO hoe o..
Digestion and tone the stomach AZ ''''-
growth.
The Mayaower, with the Pilgrims,
and Dutch ship laden with AFRICAN
slaves were on the ocean at the same
time, the one sailing for Massachusetts,
and the other for Virginia. This com
pany of saints and first cargo OF slaves
represented the forces which were to
peril and rescue free government. Inc
SLAYER was the product OF the com
mercial spirit Of Great Britain,
and the greed OF the times 70
stimulate the production in the colo
MES. The men who wrote in the cabin
Of the Maylower the first charter OF
freedom, a government Of just and
equal laws, were little band OF prot
estants against every form OF injustice
and tyranny. The leaven OF their prin.
ciples made possible the Declaration Of
Independence, liberated the slaves and
founded the free commemorative which
form the republic Of the United states.
Platforms Of principles, by petition,
or protest, or statement, have been as
frequent as revOlts against established
authority. They arc part of the po-
litical literature OF all nations. The
declaration OF independence, pro-
claimed at Philadelphia July 4, l77d, is
the only one Of them which arrested
the attention Of the world when it was
published, and has held its undivided
interest ever since. The vocabulary Of
the equality OF man has been
in familiar use by philosophers and
statesmen for ages. II expressed noble
sentiments, but their application was
limited to classes or conditions. The
masses cared little for them or
remembered them long. Jefferson s
superb capitalization Of the popular
opinion, that AL men are created
equal that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty and
the pursuit OF happiness had its force
and effect in being the deliberate utter
ance of the people. 1t swept away in
q single sentence kings and mobiles,
peers and prelates 10 was
Magma Charta and the petition Of
Rights planted in the virgin soil Of the
American wilderness, and bearing
richer and ripper fruit. Under its vi
taltzing influence upon the individual,
the farmer left his pillow in the furrow,
the lawyer his books and briefs.
the merchant his shop and the work.
man his bench 10 enlist in the patriot
army. They were fighting for them
selves and their children. They en-
bodied tho idea in their constitution,
in the immortal words with which that
great instrument OF liberty and order
began: I'VE, the people Of the United
States, do ordain.n
The scope and limitations of this idea
of freedom have neither been misinter-
preted nor misunderstood. The laws
OF nature in their application to the
rise and recognition OF men according
TO their mental, moral, spiritual and
physical endowments are left undis-
turbed. But the accident of birth
gives no rank and oonfers no privilege.
Equal rights and common opportunity
for all have been the spurs Of ambf-
ton and the motors OF progress.
They have established the
common schools, and built the public
libraries. A sovereign people have
learned and enforced the lesson OF free
education. The practice OF govern.
ment is itself a liberal education. Peo-
pie who make their own laws, need no
law-givers. After a century Of success.
full trial, the system has passed tho
period OF experiment, and Its demons
strated permanency and power are rev.
the governments Of the
world. IL has raised the largest armies
of modern times for self preser-
walton, and ut the success
full termination of the war returned the
soldiers to the pursuits OF peace. II has
so adjusted itself to the pride and
patriotism Of the defeated, that thew
vie with the victors in their support
and enthusiasm for the old flag and our
common country. Imported anarchists
have preached their baleful doctrines.
but have made no converts. They have
tried to inaugurate a reign Of terror
under the banner OF the violent seizure
and distribution of property, only
to be defeated, imprisoned and eT-
eeuted by the law made bv
the people and enforced nv
juries selected from the people, and
Judges and prosecuting officers elected
by the people. Socialism finds dIsoin.
line only among those who We're its yot-
aries before they were forced TO Hy
from their native land, but it does not
take root upon American soil. The
state neither supports nor permits tax.
atlon to maintain the church. The
eilzen can worship God according to
ms belief and conscience, or he may
neither reverence nor recognize the Al
mighty. Aud yet religion has -four
lshed, churches abound, the ministry
Is sustained, and millions OF dollars are
contributed annually for the eyangeliza-
tion Of the world. The United States
Is Christian country and living and
practical Christianity is the character
istio of its people.
Benjamin Franklin, philosopher and
patriot amused tho jaded courtiers Of
Louls XVI, by his talk about liberty.
ana entertained the scientists Of France
py bringing lightning from the clouds
In the reckoning Of time, the period
from frauklin To Morse, and from
Morse TO Edison is but as pan, and yet il
marks a material development As mar
Velious as Il has been benefcent. The
world has been brought into contact
ana sympathy. The electric current
y lhrlilsand unities the people Of the globe.
rover and production, highways and
transports have been so multiplied and
improved by inventive genius, that
wllhln the century OF our Independence
slNty-iour millions OF people have happv
Monies and Improved conditions within
our borders. We have accumulated
wealth Tar beyond the visions OF the
athay Of Columbus, or the Fl Dorado
'l De SOTO, But the farmers and frse-