The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-11

'WOulu you ike mo 10 Tell You just
what l think, plainly and honestlyY'
They said, Eyes, yes, yesi" said, "Do
you think you can stand 1t alp They
said, Eyes, yes, yesy' "Then,"l said.
''my opinion is that the curse of San
Francisco is not your Chinese quarter,
but your millionaire libertinesl'
And two Of them sat right before me
Felix and Drusilla. And so it is in all
the cities. Inever swear, but when see
a man go unwhipped of justice, laugh
ing over his shame and calling his da,nna.
BILE deeds gallantry and peccadillo, am
tempted to hurl redhot anathema and
to conclude that II, according to some
peoples theology, there is no hell, there
ought to bel
THE WICKED, voLUPTUoUs CITY.
There is enough out and out licentious-
ness in American cities today to bring
down upon them the wrath of that God
who on the Gath of August, 70, buried
Herculsneum and Pompeii so deep in
the ashes that the eighteen hundred and
thirteen subsequent years have not been
able to complete the elimination. There
are in some of the American cities to-
day whole blocks of houses which the
authorities know to be Infamous, and
yet by purchase they are silenced-by
hush money-so that such places are rs
much under the defense Of government
as public libraries and asylums of mercy.
These ulcers on the body polite bleed
and gangrene away the life of the ma
ton, and public authority in many of
the cities looks the other way. You
cannot cure such wounds as these
with a silken bandage. You will
have to cure them by putting deep in
the lancet of moral surgery and burn
ing them out with the caustic of holy
wrath, and with most decisive amputa-
ton cutting off the scabrous and putre-
flying denominations. AS the Romans
were after the Celts, and as the Nor
mans were after the Britons, so there
are evils after this nation which will at
tend its obsequies unless we first attend
theirs.
Superstition tells Of a marine reptile
the cephaloptera-which embodied and
crushed ship of war; but it is no super
stition when tell you that the history
of many of the dead nations proclaims
to us the fart that our ship of state is in
danger of being crushed by the cepha-
loptera of national depravity. Where
is the Hercules to slay this hydrap 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 Crnsus is said to have
been dumb, and to have never uttered a
word until he saw his father being put
to DEATH Then he broke the shackles
of his silence and cried out, Kill not
my father, Cresus!' When l see the
cheatery, and the wantonness, and the
manifold crime of this country attempt
ing to commit patricide-yea, matricide
upon our institutions, it seems to me
that lips that heretofore have been dumb
ought to break the silence with canorous
tones of fiery protest.
NE hAf d GOODLt dERlIAGE.
want to put all Of the matter before
you, so that every honest man and wom-
an 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 nation is not going to perish. Alex
ander, when he heard Of the wealth of
the Indies, divided Macedonia among his
soldiers. Some one asked him what he
had kept for himself, and he replied, II
am keeping hopel' And that jewel l
keep bright and shining in my soul,
whatever else l shall surrender. Hope
thou in God. He will set back these oce-
anic tides of moral devastation.
Do you know what is the prize for
which contention is made today? It is
the prize of this continent. Never since,
according to John Milton, when "satan
was hurled headlong flaming from the
ethereal skies in hideous rum and COM
bustion down." have the powers of dark
ness been 80 determined to win this con-
tinent as they are now. What jewel
it is-a jewel carved in relief, the cameo
of this planetl On one side of us the At
lantic ocean, dividing us from the worn
out governments of 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
continent 10000 miles long, 100000
square miles, and all Of 1t but about one
seventh capable of rich cultivation.
One hundred millions of population on
this continent of North and South Amer
ica-one hundred millions, and room for
many hundred millions more. All fora,
and all fauna, all metals, and all pre-
cious woods, and all grains, and all fruits.
The Appalachian range the backbone,
and the rivers the ganglia carrying life
all through and out to the extremities.
Isthmus of Darien, the narrow waist of
a giant continent, all to be under one
government, and all free and all Chris
tan, and the scene Of Christ's personal
reign on earth if, according to the ex-
pectation Of many good 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 Ne
vadas; the gold of her Colorados; the
telescopes Of her observateries; the brain
of her universities; the wheat of her
prairies; the rice of her savannahs; the
two great ocean beaches-the one reach.
ing from Baffin's bay to Terra del Fuego
and the other from Behring straits tc
Cape Horn-and all the moral and tenn
poral and spiritual and everlasting in
terests of population vast beyond all
computation save by him with whom q
thousand years are as one day? Who
shall have the hemisphere? You and
will decide that, or help to decide it
by conscientious vote, by earnest prayer
by maintenance of Christian institutions
by support Of great philanthropies, BY
putting body, mind and soul on the righ
sight of all moral, religious and nationa
movements.
All, 1t will not be long before it viii
not make any difference to you or to IN,
what becomes of this continent, so fa
as earthly comfort is concerned. All w,
will want of it will be seven feet b,
three, and that will take in the largest
and there will be room and to snare