The record-union., 1895-04-20
UNCLE SANS SICKNESS, AND CURE.
The Lecture by Rev. F. f. Jewell Last
Evening.
Americans Should Return to First
Principles, and Vote in the In
terest of Their Country.

A fair number attended Rev. F. F.
JewelPs lecture last night at the Method
list Central Church, under the auspices of
the Epworth League, on the subject:
Uncle Sans Sickness-Its Cause and
Cure"
If Uncle Sam is not sick, the speaker
said, he has good cause for being sick, and
there are plenty of doctors who are per-
fectly willing to prescribe for him Some
would prescribe the gold cure, some
silver solution, some q mixture of the
two; DIR. Mckinley would like to put
chest protector on him, and DIR. Cleve-
land would prescribe a free trade laxa-
tive.
There is a popular saying that Provi-
dence protects fools and idiots, and some
say that this is Gods country, and he can
take care OF IL. There are countries, how
ever apparently as well grounded and
prosperous as ours, which have gone down
TO decay, and it might be we'll to stop and
think whether we are not also deterlorat-
ing. Statistics show that within the
past generation the blind, the deaf and
the idiotic have increased largely in per-
Centage. Our country is a healthy one,
composed of hills and valleys that are
healthtul and life-giving. The great cpl
denies that have swept the world and
carried away millions have never origin
ated here, but have come from other
countries. 1t is clearly shown by sclen-
titic men, however, that nervous diseases
are largely on the ipcresse There are
unquestionably some localities in which
the climate IS so exciting that 1t greatly
increases nervous diseases
Beer and wine seem to excite US to
much greater degree than they do Euro
pean nations. Politics seem to excite US
much more than they do other nations,
and political discussions more often re-
suit IN homicides. In other countries
people marry and settle down. Ameri-
cans marry, but do not settle down. They
are always on the move, or wanting to be
on the move. One generation does not
live where the preceding one did. We
arc 90 restless. and our habits are lead
ID US into practices that develop into
Ious nervous diseases.
An experienced physician had told him
short time ago that our men are largely
suffering from blOod-poisoning, and with
the present trend of events our literary
and educational interests must soon fall
into the hands of women, as the young
men are having their blood poisoned by
nicotine from Notwithstanding, and
this is supplemented by the habit ofdrink-
ing. These causes are fastening the na-
ton to decay, and the end is rapidly
Fastening and is inevitable unless a
change comes soon.
Many years ago it was said that there
was no fertile land west Ofthe Connecticut
River, but since then considerable fertile
land has been found. The American
paople live better than other nations, in
better houses and on better carpets. Sta
tistics prove that the United States is the
richest nation in the world, aud vet there
Is more destltution and suffering in this
land than has ever been seen before since
it has been nation. We have inherited
some poverty from other lands, but on
the other hand many of our richest men
have come from other countries; so we
cannot claim that our poverty has been
brought to US from OutsiC 9.s
He wanted the young men to remem-
Der tIat there is no lesson so hard to
learn ar that the normal conditions of
lie must be subjected to methods Of SELL
control if they would succeed. We are
always expecting to 'strike it rich''
from lotteries or good luck of some
kind. We have not learned to economic.
and we call the people of the East stingv
who have learned to eConomiZe and take
care of their earnings. Il is a lesson
which we must learn, and the sooner we
learn 1t the better it will be for u.s. Then
again, we must learn to recognize an op-
portunlty when 1t comes to US, and grasp
1t as II goes by. He thought also that our
young men do not sufficiently estimate
the value of esta blished character and in
tegrlty as capital in starting life. The
young man who is not afraid he will do too
much for his employer and who does not
count the minutes to the end of his days
work Is the one who will render himself
Indispensable.
Too much wealth in our country is CEN
tered in few hands, and as wealth is
monarchiCal, and will control Legislatures
and even the Government and the courts.
unless there is a change our Government
must go to ruin. 1t Is seiZng upon the
industries Of the country, and spectators
are turning them 10 their own aggran-
diZement.
These are the causes of Uncle Sam's
sickness, and the gam blers of the stock
board, the wheat ring and other rings are
making him worse. Then, again, he has
invited too many guests to his banquet
board, and many of them have made
themselves so much at home that they
are croWdlng hlm out OF doors, and our
hag-the stars and stripes-is more often
Insulted In our own country than il is
elsewhere in che world. and we submit 10
It, Too many Of those who have made
fortunes here ape foreign customs until
they lose their Americanism. He was
even opposed to using the school funds
Tor teaching any language but our own.
Inc speaker was particularly severe on
those who do not think enough of their
privileges to go to the polls and vote in
the interests of good government, es-
poCldl4y LuOSe WHO D6lOnE 10 LDe educated
class. Thousands of our voters, he
said, are simply hitched to the machine,
and do not vote for the interests of Uncle
sam, but for the interests Of the party.
The remedy, he said, is with the rank
and hle, and is to go back to the first
principles on which the Government was
founded. The young men must take up
matters, scrutinize politics and vote and
act IN the interest of Uncle Sam.
SHOOTING TOURNAMENT.