Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-20

uOnS un0of the sun. why ulu tOu Spreau
out the prairies Of the Dakotas and roll the
precious ore into Colorado? 1t was that all
the earth might come and plow. and come
and dig. just az long rs the centrifugal
force of foreign despotisms throws them of
Just long will the centripetai force OF
American institutions draw them here. And
that Is what Is going to make this the
mightiest nation on the earth. Intermar-
riage OF nationalities, not circle intermarry-
ing circle and nation fntermarrying nation.
But 1t is going to be Italian and Norwegian,
Russian aud Celt, Scotch and French, Eng
lish and American.
The American Of 100 years from now is to b,
different from the American OF to-day Gar
man brain. Irish wit, French civility, Scotch
firmne.s. English loyalty, Italian seesthe.ics
packed into one man, and he an Amerirfn
1t is this intermarriage OF nationalities that
lS going to make the American nation the
greatest nation Of the ages. But what are Wa
doing for the moral and intellectual culture
Of the SOC, 900 foreigners who came in
year, and the 600 900 who came in another
year. and the 300 900 who came in another
year, and the l., 90 900 who are coming into
our various American ports? What We
doing for them? Well, we ara doing great
deal for them. We steal their baggage as
soon rs they get here. We send them up TO
q boarding house, where the least they lose
Is their money. We swindlethem 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 ot
good citizenship? Many of them never
saw a ballot 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 commando by one
political party or both political parties, give
to every immigrant who lands here volume.
In good type and we'll bouni 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 a copy of
the Holy Scriptures let the government of
the United States, commanded by some po-
litical party, put into the left hand of every
immigrant a volume instructng him in
the duties of good citizenship. There are
thousands OF foreigners in this land who
neet to learn that the ballot box is not n
footstooi, but a throne-not 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 nltional
conventions or private citizens, let us culti-
vate Christian patriotism. Oh, how good
Go has been to us as nation! just open
| the map OF the continent and see how 1t Is
shaped for immeasurable prosperities. Nav
igable rivers more In number and greater
| sides into the sea- prophesying large MANN
| factories and easy commerce. Look at the
| great ranges of mountains. timbered with
wealth on the top and sides and metalled
with wealth underneath. One hundred and
| eighty thousand square miles of coali One
\ hundred and eighty thousand square miles
| of iron! The iron to pry out the coal. The
coal to forge and smelt the iron. The land
| SO contoured that extreme weather hardly
ever lasts more than three dsys-ertrsms
hAAk nvNr nnld nnfA
most part bracing and favorable for
Drawn and brain. All fruits. All min
| erals. All harvests. Scenery displaying au-
tumnal pageantry that no land on earth pre-
tends to rival. No South American earth
uuakes. No Scotch mists. No English fogs.
No Egyptian plaques. The people of the
United States are happier than any people
on earth. 1t is the testimony Of every man
that has travelled abroad. For the poor more
sympathy! For the industrious more oppor-
tunityi Oh, how good God was to our fathers
and how good God has been to us and our
children! To Him-blessed be His glorious
name! To Him Of cross and triumph be 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, our cradle,
our children's birthright. When | say your
fathers graves, your pulses run quickly.
Whether they sleep in city cemetery or coun-
try graveyard their dust is very precious to
you. l think they lived we'll and that they
died right. Never submit to have any gov
srnment over their tombS other than that
government under which they lived and
died. And then this country is our cradle.
, 1t may have rocked us very roughly. but 1t
| was a good cradle to be rocked in. Oh, how
much we owe to 1t! Our boyhooi and girl
hood, II was spent In this blessed country. l
never have any patience with a man who
talks against this country. Glorious
place to be born in and glorious
place to live in. 1t has been our
cradle. Aye! II Is to be our children's
birthright. You and will soon be through.
We will perhaps see few more spring
blossoms, and We will perhaps 500 few
more summer harvests, and We will perhaps
| gather a few more autumnal fruits but We
are to hand this government TO our children
| as IL was handed to us-a free land, happy
land, a Christian land. They are not to be
trampled by despotism. They are not to be-
| frightened by anarchists. We must hand
this government to them over the ballot box,
! over the school desk over the church altar,
| as we have received 1t and charge them
! solemnly to put their life between II and any
| keen stroke that would destroy 1t.
And Thou, Lord God Almighty. put,
with a thousand armed prayer, into Thy pro-
lection this nationi Remember our fathers
bleeding feet at Valley Forge. Remember
| Marion and Kosciusko. RemombeT the cold,
| and the hunger, and the long marcn, and tina
| fever hospital. Remember the fearfu charge
at Bunker Hill. Remember Lexington, and
Yorktown, and Kings Mountain, and Gettys-
burg. Remember Perry's battle on the lake,
and Hampton Roads, where the Cumberland
went down. Remember Washington's prayer
by the camp fire. Remember Plymouth
Rock and the landing amid the savages Re-
member Independence Hall and how much
1t cost our fathers to sign their names. Re-
member all the blood and tears of three wars
| -l776 1912, 1862. And more than all
| phar he IN 4
ier than all other groans, and the
thirst that stung worse than all 9TH
| er thirsts, and the death that was ghastlier
| than all other deaths-the mount on which
| Jesus died to make all men happy and free.
| For the sake of all this human and divine
sacrifice, o God, project this nation! And
| whosoever would blot it out, and whosoever
would strike It down, and whosoever would
turn his back, let him be accursed!
Go home to-day in high hopes of the
| future The eternal God is on the side Of
this nation. Our brightest days are yet ia
\ come.
| He hath sounded forth the trumpet that viii
never call retreat,
He is sitting out the hearts of men before thu
judgment seat.
pe swift, my soul, to answer Him. be jubilant
my feetl Our God is marching oni
,
TIA. man is not poor vino has tn
use of things IL cesssry.
1t is IA good dIvine that follows LII
. own instructions.
3 When n man tries to avoid old er
ors, he usually falls into Lew ones.
Every crown man bestows has thorn
2 in it.
There are but three classes of M
the retrograde, the stationary an
the progressIve.
By divine instinct mems mind
, distTnst ensniDg danger; as by proc
we see the waters swell before a bon
: erous storm.
If piling up dollars is NIL that n u.a
, lives for, his soul shrinks with ever
. dollar he makes.