The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-14
And heavens high arch resound again
With peace on earth, good will 70 men

fulncss for the great foreign ponuIations
whlch arc coming among us. IL Is too late
now to discuss whether we had better 10,
,hem come. they are here. They are coming
this moment through the Narrows They aro
tnls moment taking the first full Inhalation
OF the free afr OF America. Aud they will
continue TO come rs long rs this country Is the
best place to live in.
You might as well pass n law prohibiting
summer bees from alighting on n field of
blossoming buckwheat; you might as we'll
prohibit tho stays OF the mountains from
coming down to the deer lick, as 10 prohibit
the hunger bitten nations OF Europe from
coming to this land Of bread-as TO prohibit
the people OF England. Ireland. Scotland,
italy, Norway, Sweden and Germany work.
ing themselves to death on small wages on
| tue other side the sea-from coming TO this
land where there are the largest compensa.
lions under the sun. Why did God spread
out the prairies OF the Dakotas and roll the
precious ore into Colorado2 II was that nll
the earth might come and plow. and come
and dig. just NJ long rs the centrifugal
! force OF foreign despotisms throws them of
Just so long will the centripetal force of
American institutions draw them hero. And
that Is what Is going 60 make this the
| mighttest nation on the earth. Intermar.
riage OF nationalities, not circle intermarry.
Ing circle and nation intermarrying nation.
| But IL Is going to be Italian and Norwegian
Russian and Celt, Scotch and French, Eng.
lish and American
The American of 100 years from now is to be
different from the American Of to-day. Ger.
man brain. Irish wit. French civiitv. Scotch
hrmness. English loyalty. Italian mcsthetics
packed into one man, and he m Americanl
IL Is this tntermarriago OF nationalitics that
Is going to make the American nation the
greatest nation OF the ages. But what aro we
doing for the moral and intellectual culture
OF the 100000 foreigners who came I'm ono
year. and the 600 600 who came in another
year, aud the 900. 900 who came I'm nuotbe,
year. and the 100000 who are coming into
our various American ports? What are we !
IolnG Tor themr Well. we arc doing a great
zeal Tor them. We steal their baggage ms
soon rs they get here We scnI them nm 10
boarding house where the least they iosp
Is their money. We swindlcthrm within ten
minutes after they get ashore. We are doing
great deal for them. But what are we do.
ing TO Introduce them into tho dutir. Of
good citizcnship2 MANY OF them nnvor
saw ballot box. Many OF them mover heard
ol the constitution Of tho United Statea.
Many OF them have NJ acquaintance with
our laws. Now. say. let the government of
the United states, 50 commanded by one
political party or both political parties e,iva
to every immigrant who lands here volume
In good type and well bound for long usage
"A volume containing tho Declaration of
Independence, the constitution Of the United
states and chapter on the spirit OF our
government. Let there be such a book on
the shelf OF every FREQ library I'm Americn
While the American Bible society nuts into
the right hand Of every immigrant a copv OF
the Holy Scriptures, let the government OF
the United States, commanded hy some no.
lltical party. put into the left hand OF every
Immigrant volume instructing him In
the duties OF good citizenship. There nro
thousands Of foreigners in this land who
need to learn that the ballo; box il not n
tootstool, but thronc-not something to
put your foot on, but something to bow
before
But whether members OF the national ler-
or delegates TO one OF the national
or private citizens, let us culti-
vate Christian patriotism. Oh. how good
Goa mas been 10 us ~ nation Just omen
the map OF the continent and see how IL H.
shaped for immeasurabo prosperities. Nav
igable rivers, more in number aud greater
than OF any other land. rolling down on all
sides into the 81" prophesyng large manu-.
factories aud '"sy commerce. Look at tn
-"--e- a. --..t.e 'l',h ,-a, wi't
wealth n the top and sides and metnlled
with wealth underneath. One hundred and
eighty thousand square miles o coal ono
hundred and eighty thousand square miles
OF iron! The iron TO pry out the coal. The
coal TO forge aud smelt the iron. The land
so contoured that extreme weather hardly
ever lasts more than three days-sxtremc
heat or extreme cold. Climate for tho
most part bra,ing and favorable for
Drawn and brain. All fruits. All min
erals. All harvests. Scenery displaying au-
tumnal pageautry that no land on earth pre-
tends to rival. No South American earth
1uakcs No Scotch mists. No English fogs.
No Egyptian plaques Tho people of tho
United States ARE happier than any people
on earth. IL IL the testimony 81 every man
that has Travelled abroad. For the poor moro
sympathy! For the industrious moro oppor-
a W. IL 70 fur fut
aud how good God has been 10 Us and our
children, To Him--blessei b. His glorious
name! To Him Of cross and triumph he con-
secrated the United States OF America
There are three great reasons why you and
should do our best for this country three
great reasons: Our fathers graves. ourcrldlc,
our childrens birthright. When say your
nthcrs graves, your pulses run quickly.
Whether they sleep in city cemetery or coun-
ny graveyard theit dus. is very precious to
YOU. think they lived well and that they
lied right. Never submit TO have any gov
,rnment over their tombs other than that
government under which they lived and
hei. And then this country Is our cradle.
L may have rocked us very roughly. but IL
vas good cradle TO he rocked in. Oh, how
much we owe to II! Our boyhood and girl
rood, II was spent In this blessed country.
never have any patience with man who
alks against this country. Glorious
)lacs 10 bo born In and n glorious
Ilace to live in. 1t has been our
'radlc. Aye! II Is TO bc our chldrens
,irthrleht. You and will soon be through.
We will perhaps ses II few more spring
blossoms, and we will perhaps see few
more summer harvests, and we will perhaps
gather few more autumnal fruits, but we
ire TO hand this government TO our children
Is II was handed TO us-a free land, happy
and n Christian land. They are not 10 be
rampled by despotsm. They are net 10 be-
frightened by anarchists. We must hand
his government tO them over the ballot box,
'ver the school desk, over tho church altar,
Is We have received 1t and charge them
olemnly to put their life between 1t and any
,een stroke that would destroy Il.
And Thou, Lord Col Almighty, we put,
With thousand armed prayer into Thy pro-
ection this nation! R'memDer our fathers
bleeding feet ut Valley Forge Remember
larion and KOscusko Remember the cold.
md the hunger, and the long march, and tha
ever hospital. Remember the fearful charge
L Bunker Hill Remember Lexington, aud
Yorktown and Kings Mountain and Gattvz-