The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-15
PENIS GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY. MAY Is. 1896

coming to this and OF bread-as to pronIolr
the people OF England, Ireland, Scotland,
Italy, Norway, Sweden and Germany work.
ing themselves TO death on small wages on
the other side the sea-from coming to this
land where there are the largest cOmpensa.
tons under the sun. Why did God spread
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 as the centrifugal
force OF foreign despotisms throws them of
lust so long will the centripetal 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 ~nationaitties, not circle intermarrY-
ing circle and nation intermarryinS nation.
: But 1t Is going to be Italian and Norwegian,
Russian and Celt, Scotch and French, Eng
lish aud American.
3 The American of 100 years from now i to b.
different from the American of to-day. Ger
man brain. Irish wit. French civility, Scotch
frmness. English loyalty, Italian aesthetics
packed into one man, and he an American!
1t is this intermarriage of nationalities hat
Ia going to make the American nation the
greatest nation of the ages. But what are We
doing for the moral and Intellectual culture
! of the 500, 900 foreigners who came in one
! year, and the 600, 900 who came in another
I year, and the 800. 900 who came in another
year, and the 100, 900 who are coming into
| our NuTlOuS htHbTlChu pOItSf hudt dTo Wo
> doing for themH Well. we are doing Il great
deal 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 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 OF
good citizenship Many of them never
saw 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 commanded by one
! political party or both political parties, give
to every immigrant who lands here a volume,
In good type and well 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 han 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 ~instructlng him in
the duties of good citizenship. There arc
thousands of foreigners in this land who
need to learn that the ballot box Is not a
footstool, but a t~hrone-not something to
put your foot on, but something to bow
before.
But whether members of the national leg
i~slature, 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 Il nation! Just open
the map OK the continent and soc how 1t is
shaped for Unreasonable properties. Nav
/ iyable rivers, more In number and greater
than Of any other land, rolling dow oil all
sides into the sea, prophesying large manu-
factories and easy commerce.. Look at the
-uank onVa1 Of mountains tinhAraH with
wealth on the top n sides and metalled
with wealth underneath. One hundred and
eighty thousand square miles of coal! One
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 d~ays-extreme
heat or extreme cold. Climate for the
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
0uakes. 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
Z sympathy For the industrious more oppor-
tunityl Oh, how good God was to our fathers
and how good God has been to us and our
I GullUTtns ~ bV A'S 5tohAcuo
namel 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, ourcradle,
our children's birthrlght. When l say your
fathers graves, your pulses run quickly.
Whether they sleep in city cemetery or couu-
try graveyard their dust is very precious to
YOU. think they lived well and that they
died right. Never submit to have any gov
eminent over their tombs other than that
government under which they lived and
died. And then this country is our cradle.
II NAV have rocked us very roughly, but II
was a good cradle to be rocked In. oh, how
much We owe to 1t! Our boyhood and girl
hood, it was spent in this blessed country. !
never nave any patience with a man who
talks against this country. Glorious
placs to be born in n a glorious
place to live In. II has been ouE
cradle. Aye! 1t Is TO be our children'i
birthright. You aud I will soon be through.
We will perhaps SEQ a few more spring
blossoms, and we will perhaps SEQ u lev
more summer harvests, aud we will perhaps
gather a few more autumnal fruits, but we
are to hand this government to our children
as 1t vas handed to us-a free land, a happy
land, a Christian land. They are not to bt
rampled by despotism. They are net to be
frightened by anarchists. We must hanC
this government to them over the ballot box
over the school desk, over the church altar
as we have received it and charge then
solemnly to put their life between it and an.
keen stroke that would destroy II.
And Thou, Lord God Almighty, We put
with a thousand armed prayer, into Thy pro
lection this nation! Remember our fathers
bleeding feet at Valley Forge. Remembe
Marion and KosciuskO. Remember the cold
and the hunger, and the long march, and tn
fever hospital. Remember the fearful charg
- n.b..a mn papnanahar r aNfDUtnn nm,
Yorktown, and Kings Mountain, and Gettys
burg. Remember Perry's battle on the lake
and Hampton Roads, where the CumberianI
went down. Remember Washington's praye
by the camp fire. Remember plymouth
Rock and the landing amid the savages. he
member Independence Halt and how muc
it cost our fathers to sign their lie
member all the blood and tears OF three wal
-l776. 1912, 1852. And more than al
remember the groan that was might
Ter b all other groans, and tn
thirst that stung worse thar all ON
er thirsts, and the death that was ghastlte
than all other deaths-the mount on whic
Jesus died to make all men happy and fre'
For the sake of all this human and divin
sacrifice, o God, protect this nation! An
whosoeVer would blot 1t out, and whosoeve
would strike It down, and whosoever woul
turn his back, let him be aceursed!
Go home to-day in high hopes OF th
future. The eternal God is on the side {
this nation. Our brightest days are yet I
come.
He hath sounded forth the trumpet that wi
never call retreat,
He is sitting out the hearts of men before Ii
Judgment seat.
ige swift, my soul, to answer Him, be lubilan
my feet Our God is marching on!
4. -
Colonel North, the Nitrate King,
died suddenly in his office IN London.