Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-24
GAZETTE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, DELAY

are not come upon us because God has |
deserted US, but because, like Israel of |
old, we have deserted Him. What,
then, is the remedyY
/. Let us have vigorous and heroic
application of our laws that are intended
to suppress lawlessncss and crime.
Every interest of American society de-
mands that good order shall be main
tanned. "Coxeyism" and every other
ism Of kindred sort must go. We have
no sort of sympathy with that sickly
sentimentalism that gloritles set OF
outlaws who forage on the community,
stealing railroad trains and threatening
the peace and order OF society, and
whose tilthiness renders them pesti-
lential nuisance. For all such "armics"
that may invade our commonwealth
would recommend that the county issue
them rations for 30 days and furnish
them employment at the stone pile, each
with good ten-pound steel sledge.
Let the law assert its majesty and sup.
press this spirit of lawlessness that dis
organizes society and threatens every
industry and every social institution of
American life.
2. For our financial and industrial
troubles let our national legislators rise
above the level of partisan politicians to
the plane of craftsmanship. Let Demo-
Gratis quit political jobbing, and let
Republicans stop filibustering. Let
party aud self sink out of sight. The
times demand serious, thoughtful action.
Let the men who hold the reins of
government stop gambling in Wall
street and redeem the pledges under
which they accepted their Offices. A
"Senate Syndicate" is as much to
be deplored as is Coxey's army. 1t
| is all right for Senators TO buy stocks
il they choose; they have as good right to
buy stocks as has anybody else, and they
have as good right to buy stocks, in a
bona iidc way, as to buy anything else,
but public officer has no right to use
his position to control stock gambling
speculations that dread the light of day,
or quash unceremoniously motion to
| investigate his actions in such matters
1t is said that "Nero fiddled while Rome
was burning" and that was bad enough,
but for those in whose hands are the
destinies of this nation TO gamble, indif-
I ferent to their oath and the demands of
the people while the nation is being
bankrupted and thousands are starving,
is infinitely worse. stand here to-day,
not as the champion of any political
| party, but as the representative of the
gospel of Christ, gospel that has to do
with everything that pertains to time as
well as to eternity, to earth as well as
heaven, with political affairs as we'll as
everything else, and l am intensely in
terested in everything that interests this
nation, and in the name of the 50 900, 900
| g,F / IF N
men at Washington, who control the
affairs of this nation, l care not
of what political faith they be, chat they
hear the voice of the nation and give us
relief by turning their attention seriously
TO business and give us such legislation,
and that without further delay as will
furnish safe business basis, and restore
confidence, and light our furnace fires
and start the machinery in our factories
and put to work our unemployed thou.
sands of working men, and such tidal
wave of prosperity as this nation has
seldom seen will be ours.
g. AS good citizens and as Christian
men and women let US seek to promote
everything that will contribute to the
public welfare whether in the CONNER
cial, the social, or the religious phase Of
| our AllOTlCdn llle. lJVl US uO us lSIuel Nlt
under the leadership of Gideon, breal
down and destroy the new and straugt
affairs and turn with all our hearts L
our God, for He will hclp us, and, ii WI
do our part, He will deliver US. TheI
shall the departed glory OF the natioI
return and our peace and prosperity
shall be as widespread as the breadth
of our netional domain, and unitet
, and happy nation shall go forward
toward the goal of our highest am
bition, and of Gods highest purpose il
, our national existence, and from ever.
valley where rich haryests smile, ant
from every busy hamlet or crowded cit.
where spindles hum and anvils ring t
the stroke of reviving industry, our un
interrupted, happy song of joyful prais
| shall rise, and, as it was said of lsrae
long ago, so shall it be said Of us, ether
/ is no strange God with them"
Mr.. Terry was publicly compliments
! by Joseph Pyle and other members Q
! the church and asked to repeat tn
: sermon in the near future, which re
) quest he promised to consider.