People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-16

such places are as much under the defens,
of government as public libraries and
asylums of mercy.
These ulcers on the body polite bleed anC
gangrene away the life Of the nation, anC
public authority in many of the cities looks
the other way. You cannot cure sucf
wounds as these with a silken bandage
You will have to cure them by putting
deep in the lancet of moral surgery, anC
burning them out with the caustic of holy
wrath, and with most decisive amputatior
cutting off the scabrous and putrefyine
denominations AS the Romans were after
the Celts, and as the Normans were after
the Britons, SO there are evils after thii
nation which will attend it's obsequies I'm
less we first attend theirs
NATIONAL ROT THREATENING.
Superstition tells of marine reptile, the
cephaloptera, which EMBODIED and crushed
a shipof war; but it is no superstition wher
/ tell you that the history of many of the
dead nations proclaims to US the fact that
our ship of state is in danger of being
crushed by the cephaloptera of nationa
depravity. Where is the Hercules to Stay
this hydra? Is it not time to speak by pen
by tongue, by ballot box, by the rolling Of
the prison door, by hangman's halter, by
earnest prayer, by Sinaitic defamation?
A son of King Croesus is said to have
been dumb and to have never uttered &
word until he saw his father being pat tt
death. Then he broke the shackles o.
silence and cried out, Kill not my father
CrpsusP' When I see the cheatery anC
the wantonness and the manifold crime Of
this country attempting to commit patri
cide-yea, matricide-upon our institu
tions, it seems to me that lips that here
tofOre have been dumb ought to break the
silence with canorOus 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, anG
what they ought to do if they vote, anG
what they ought to do if they pray. This
nation is not 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 fol
himself, and he replied, II am keeping
hopep' And that jewel keep bright anC
shining in my soul, whatever else | shall
surrender. Hope thou in God. He will
set back these oceanic tides Of moral dev
astation. Do you know what is the prize
for which contention is made today? 1t is
the prize of this continent.
ever Slice, dCCOGOluS 10 JODu
when satan was hurled headlong flaming
from the ethereal skies in hideous ruin and
combustion down." have the powers Of
darkness been so determined to win this
continent as they now are What Jewel
it is-a jewel carved in relief, the cameo Of
this planetl On one side of us the Atlantic
ocean, dividing us from the WORKOUT gov
ernments of Europe. On the other side the
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stitions of Asia. On the north of us the
Arctic sea, which is the gymnasium in
which the explorers and navigators develop
their courage. A continent 10000 miles
long, 100000 square miles, and all of it
but about one-seyenth capable of rich cul.
tivation.
THE GREAT NATION.
One hundred millions of population OF
this continent 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 Appa.
lachian range the backbone and the rivers
the ganglia, carrying life all through and
out TO the eXtremities Isthmus of Darien
the marrow waist of giant continent, all
to be under one government, and all free
and all Christian, and the scene of Christ's
personal reign on earth if, according to the
expectation of many people, he shall at last
set up his throne in this world.
Who shall have this hemisphere? Christ
or satan? Who shall have the shore OF
her inland seas, the silver of her Nevadas
the gold of her Colorados, the telescopes
of her observatories, the brain of her uni
versities, the wheat of her prairies the
rice of her saYannahs, the two great ocean
beaches-the one reaching from Baffin' s
bay to Terra del Fuego, and the other
from Behring straits to Cape Horn-and
all the moral and temporal and spiritual
and everlasting interests of population
vast beyond all computation save by him
with whom a thousand years are as one
day? Who shall have the hemisphere?
You and will decide that, or help to de-
eide it, by conscientious vote, by earnest
prayer, by maintenance of Christian insti-
tutions by support of great philanthro-
pies, by putting body, mind and soul on
the right side of all moral, religious and
national movements.
All, it 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 concerned 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 US.
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 find that our sepulcher, like the one
Joseph of Arimathea provided for Christ,
is in the midst of garden. BY that time
this country will be all paradise or all dry
tortugas. Eternal God, to thee we COM
NIT the destiny of this people!
Light from Celestial Bodies.
Light travels at the rate of 213,000 miles
a second, velocity which causes the rays