Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-11-18


thorities know to be Infamous and vet by
purchase they are siiencad by hush money.
SO that such places ara as much under the
defense OF government as pubic libraries
and asylums OF mercy.
These ulcers on the body politic bleed and
gaugrene away the life OF the Nation. 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
burning them out with the caustic OF holy
wrath, and with most decisive amputation
cutting off the scabrous and putrefying
denominations. As the Romans were after
the Celts, and as the Normans were after
TIE Britons SO there are evils after this
Nation which will attend its obsequies un-
less we first attend theirs.
Superstition tells of marine reptile, the
cephaloptera, which EMBODIED and crushed a
ship OF war; but it is no superstition when I
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
crushe by the cephaloptera of National de-
pravitv. Where is the Hercules to slay 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 earn
est prayer. by Sinaitic detonation?
A son OF King Cree sus is said to have been
dumb and to have never uttered word uu-
til he saw his father being put to death.
hch Lie DiDhS Lib sudCAIcS OIL silence ana
cried cut, Kill not my father, Crcesus" -
When l see the cheatery and wantonness
and the manifold crime Of this country at
tempting to commit patricide--yea. matri-
clde-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.
| want to put all of the matter before
you, 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 il they pray. This
Nation is not going to perish. Alexander,
when he heard CT the wealth OF the Indies,
divided Macedonia among his soldiers.
Some one asked him what he had kept for
himself. and he replied, 'I am keeping
hope" And that jewel l keep bright and
shining in my soul, whatever else I shall
surrender. Hope thou in God. He will set
back these oceanic tides Of moral devasta-
ton. Do you know what is the prizs for
which contention is made to-day? 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 ruin and
combustion down." have the powers of
darkness been SO determined to win this
continent as they now are. What a jewel
it is-a jewel carved in relief, the cameo of
this planet On one side OF us the Atlantic
Ocean, dividing us from the WORKOUT Gov
ernments of Europe. On the other side the
Pacific Ocean, dividing from the super
stitions of Asia. On the north of us the
Arctic Sea, which is the gymnasium in which
the explorers and navigators develop their
courage. continent l0,50) miles long,
II, 100000 square miles, and all of it but
about one-seventh capable Of rich cultiva-
ton.
One hundred millions Of population on
this continent Of North and South Am erica
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 ganglla, carrying life all through and
out to the extremities. lsthmus of Darien
the narrow waist of a giant continent,
all to be under one government, and all free.
and all Christian. and the scene of Christs
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 Nevadaa,
the gold Of her Colorados. the telescopes Of
her observatories the brain Of her universe
ties, the wheat OF her prairies. the rice OF her
savannahs, the two great ocean oeacnes,
the one reaching from Battin's Bay to
Terra del Fuego, and the other from
Behring Straits to Cape Horn-and all
the moral and temporal and sp ritual
ana everlasting 4nlSEoSCS OA d pOPOAoGtOA
vast beyond all computation save by Him
with whom thousand years ara as one day?
Who snall have the hemisphere? You andl
will decide that, or help to decide it. by con-
scientious vote by earnest prayer. oy main
tenance Of Christian institutions. by support
of great philanthrophies, by putting oo1y.
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 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 anxiety about the welfare
and the happiness of the generations that
are coming on, and it will be grand thing
if, when the archangeps trumpet sounds,
we find that our sepulcaer, like the one
Joseph of Arimathea provided for Christ.
is in the midst of garden. By that titze
this country will be all paradise or all dry
tortugas Eternal God, to Thee We commit
the destiny OF this people!