Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-23
Aud heavens high arch resound agatp
With peace on eauE; food will to meh.

now to discuss whether we had better let
them come. They are here. They are coUIlUg
this moment through the Narrows. They are
this moment taking the first full inhalation
OF the lice sir IF America. And they will
continue to come Dis i9pg 20 rhjs country is the
best place to live in. ,
You might as we'll pass a law rrcpihTtinS
summer bees from alighting on a field q
poisoning buckwheat: you might as well
prohibit the stays Of the mountains from
coming down TO the deer lick. as to prohib't
the. hunger bitten nations Of Europe from
oomihs 70 this lard OF bread-as to prohibit
the people CT ENGLAND Ireland. Scotland,
Italy. Norway, Sweden ara 1errsnE 'ork-
ing themselves 70 daatf, 0r sma' wages ot
the other side IN Sea-tron coming I" thiS
land where there are the largest coJnpehsa.
tons under the sun. Why did God Spread
nut the prairies OF the Dakotas and rol' this
pfeciots ere into Colorado2 It was that all
the earth might come and plO., and come
and dig. Just az long Is the centrifugal
force Of foreign desposisms throw them on
just so long will the centripesas tntce o.
American institutions draw them here. hoa
that is what is going to make this the
mightiest nation on the earth. Intermar-
riage of nationalities, not circle intermarry'
ing circls eud ration, intermarryipS nation
But it is going to be ItaIiar aud Norwegian.
Russian and Celt, Scotch aid TIegcht Eng
l1sh and American.
Inc AMERICAN OF lUU years from now Is ~ ~
different from the American of to-day. Ger
man brain. Irish wit, French civiliay, Scotch
flrmrese, English legality; Italian aesthetics
packed into one man, and he an American
It is this intermarriage of natlOnal1ties shat
IS going to make the American nation the
greatest nation OF the ages. But what are we
lcirg fer ths moral and intellectual culture
of the 500 600 foreiErers who came in one
year, and the GOO. 900 who cantC in another
year, aud the 800, 900 who came in another
year. and the 1 coo. 900 who are coming into
our various American ports? What are we
doing for them? Well. we are doing a great
heal for them. We steal their baggage as
soon as they get here. We send them up to
a boarding house. where the least they lose
is their money. We swindIetheml within ten
minutes after they get ashore. We are doing
a great deal for them. But what are we do
ing to introduce them into the duties OF
good citizenship? Many OF them never
saH aballot box. Many of them never heard
Of the constitution Of the United States.
Many of them have no acquaintance with
our laws. Now. l say. let the government OF
the United States, so COMMANDED by 2
political party or both political parties, give
to every immigrant who lands here a volume,
in good type and we'll bound for long usage
"a Volume Containing the Declaration of
independence, the constitution Of the United
States and a chapter on the spirit of our
| government. Let there be such a book on
the shelf of every free library in America,
While the American Bible society puts into
the right hand Of every immigrant + copy OF
the Holy Scriptures, let tic government of
the United States. commanded by some po-
litical party, put into the left hand OF every
| immigrant a volume instructing him in
the duties of good citizenship. There are
thousands of foreigners in this land who
need To learn that the ballot box is not q
footstool, but a throne-rct something to
put your foot on, but something to bow
before.
But whether members Of the national Leg
~islature. or delegates to one OF the national
conventions. or private citizens. let US cultl-
vate Christian patriotism. Oh. how good
God has been to us as q nation. just open
tho map Of the continent and see how 1t IS
shaped for undesirable properties. Nav
igable rivers, more in number and greater
than of any other land. rolling down on all
sides into the sea, prophesying large manu-
factories and easy commerce. Look at the
great ranges Of mountains. timbered with
wealth on the top and sides and metalied
with wealth underneath. One hundred ana
eighty thousand square miles OF coal! One
hundred and eighty thousand square miles
of front The iron to pry out the coal. lie
coal to forge and smelt the iron. TIE land
so contoured that extreme weather hardly
ever lasts more than three day9-extreme
heat or extreme cold. Climate for the
inost part bracing and tavoraole lor
Drawn and brain. All fruits. All MN
erals. All harvests. Scenery displaying au,
tumnal pageautry that no land on earth pre-
tends TO rival. No South American earth
uuakes. No Scotch mists. No English foCs
No Egyptian plaques. The people OF the
United States are happier than any people
on earth. 1t is the testimony II every MAJ
that has travelled abroad. For the poor NOR
sympathy! For the industrious more oppor'
tunity. oh, how good God was to our father;
and how good God has been to Us and on
children! To Him-blessed be His gioriou:
name! To Him Of cross and triumph be con
secrated the United States Of America.
There are three great reasons why you an
I should do our best for this country-threF
great reasons: Oar fathers graves. our cradle
our children's birthrisht. When | say YOU
fathers graves. your pulses ran quickly
Whether they sleep in city cemetery or Q
try graveyard their dust is very precious t
YOU. think they lived we'll and that the
died right. Never submit 10 have any SoV
eminent over their tomhs other than ina
government under which they lived an
died. And then this country is our cradle
It may have rocked us very roughly. but
was a good cradle to be rocked in. Oh. no
much we owe to it. Our b~oyhood AMI sir
hood. it was spent in this blessed country:
never nave any patience with Il man WI
talks against this country. Giorto1
place to be born in and I sloriou
place to live in. 1t has BEEN OF
cradle. Aye. It is to be oar children
birthright. You and l will soon be through
We will perhaps see a few more spin
blossoms, and we vii! perhaps see a fe'
more summer harvests. and We will parnaf
:, gather: a few more autumnal fruits. but "
= are to hand this government to our chtldre
as it was handed to us-a free land, a happ
= land. a Christian land. They are not to |
trampled by de5potism. They ar" net to
} frightened by anarchists, We must han
f this government TO them over tne ballot be.
over the school desk. over the church alta
: as we have received ii and charge the
solemnly to put their life between II an az
) keen stroke that would destroy il.
And Thou. Lord God Almighty. w" pa
with thousand armed prayer. into I4y ~
lection this nation, Remember oar father
bleeding feet at Valley For-H Tnmemh-
Marion ana kosciusko Ven rE~thr col.
and the hunger. ana the long mara. aIi =
/ fever hospital. Remember the fearful char.
q at Bunker Hill. Remember Lexington. AT
Yorktown. and King Mountain. and Getty
). burg. Remember Perry battle On tn lax