Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-10-08

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land, and who, perhaps had been in more
wars b any other officer, and who
had been wounded AGAIN and again In behalf
OF our Government in battle against the In
dians, told me that all the wars that had
occurred between Indians and white
men had been provoked by white men. and
there was no exception to the rule.
While we are arbitrating with Christian Ma
let US toward barbarians carry our
in q manner ~unprovoca tive Of con-
test.
Let me put myself in their place: in
herit q large estate, aud the waters are rich
With fish, and the woods are songful with
birds, and my cornfelds are sllker and
golden. Here is my sisters grave. Out
under the large tree, my father died.
An invader comes, and proposes 10 DIVE ne
of and take possession Of my property. h
me back. he crowds mo on, and
crowds ne into n closer corner, until. after
a while, l say: "Stand back. don't crowd
me any more, or I'll strike. What right have
you 10 ONE here and drive me off my prem
lses! | got this farm from my father and he
got ii from his father. What right have YOU
to come here and nolest met" You bland
" say: "Oh, | know more than you do. I
belong to Il higher civilization. l cut my
hair shorter thar you do. l could put
this ground to a great deal better use
than You d." And you keep crowding me
back and crowdlng mo on into the closer
corner and closer corner, until one day |
look around upon my suffering family. and
fired by their hardships / hew you in twain.
Forthwith all the world comes 10 vour flu
neral to pronounce ~eulogium. comes TO my
execution TO mathematics me. You are the
hero, l am the culprit. Behold the United
States Government and the North American,
Indian. The red man has stood more
wrongs than I would, or you. We would
have struck sooner, deeper. That which
is right in defence of n Washington home
is right in defence OF a home on top
Of the Sierra Nevada. Before this dwindlinS
red race dies completely out, l wish that
this generation might by common justice
atone for the inhumanity of its predecessors.
In the day OF Gods judgment. | would
rather be q blood-smeared Modoc than a
swiniling United States officer on an Indian
reservation. One was a barbarian and a
savage, and never pretended to be anything
but IL barbarian aud a savage. The other
pretended to be q representative or a Chris
tian Nation. Notwithstanding all this. the
general disgust with war and the substitu-
ton Of diplomatic skill for the glittering
edge Of keen steel Is q sign unmistakable
that "the day is at hand"
/ find another ray of dawn in tho com
preston Of the worlds distances. What a
slow, snail-like, almost impossible thing
would have been the worlds rectItlcation
with fourteen hundred millions Of popula-
ton and no facial means OF communicated
but now. through telegraphy for the eye and
telephone intimacy for the ear. and through
steambOating aud railroadinG, the twenty
five thousand mics Of the worlds circuml
ference are shriveling up into insicnifant
brevitt' Hong Kong is nearer New YORK.
than Il few years ago New Haven was; BON
bay, Moscow, Madras. Melbourne. within
speaking distance. Purchase a teleSraphit
chart, and by the blue lines see the tele
.-.-I - - l. Ia-l 49, - a.. -aJ s-a. y.
cables under the ocean. You see what Op
portunity this is going to give for the fna
movements Of Christianity. A fortress ma,
be- months or years in building. but after 1
is constructed it may do al its work in TWEEN
" minutes. Christianity has beea pantin.
its batteries for nineteen centuries, and ma,
20 on IN the work through other centuries
but when those batteries are thorough.
planted. those fortreSses are fully built, the,
NAV all do their work in twenty-tonr hours
Suppose Christ SHOULD descend on tn
Nations-manv expect tnat Christ Will com
among the Nations ptrson;ily-suppose tina
tomorrow morning the Son OF God from
lowering cloud should descend upon thes
cities. Should not thatfact be known all tn
world over in twenty-four hours SuppOs
], He should present HIS Gospel in Il few wo.de
saving: II am the Son of tiOd;,I came t
pardsn all your sins and to heal all your sor
) Re , TO provo that l am a supernatlra
.ng, l have just descended from the clouds
20 you believe Me. and do You believe NJ
, now?' Why. all the telegraph stations Q
the earth wOuid be crowded as none of ther
were ever crowded just after Il Shipwreck.
tell you all these things to show you it is nc
among the impOSSibllitieS or even the i'm
prChab; lities that Christ will conquer tn
whole earth. and do it instanter, when tn
j time comes.
, There are forctokenings in the air. Some
thing great is going to happen. I DO nc
think that Jupiter Is going to run us down
| or that the axle OF the world is going I
break; but l mean something great for til
wurlt's blessing ana not for the world
( damage l. going to happen. l think tn
; world has had 1t hari enough. Enough, tn
. famincs and plaques. Enough. tie ASiati
Y ch0lrraS. Enongh. the was. Enough tn
g ShipWrecks. Elourh. the conflayratiOPs.
; think our world could stand right we'll
' procession OF prosperities and triumph,
Better be on the lookout. tier have You
! obs"rvitories open toward the heavens. an
Il the lenses or y0ur most powerful telescoIt
5 well polished. Better have all your Leyle
:. jars ready forsoyne new pulsation of might
| influence. Better have new fonts of type i
, Your printing offices to set up some astoun,
n Ing good news Better have some new ba.
Ter. that has never been carried, ready f
: sudden professions. Better have the bel
Z III Your church tower we'll hung, and rol
within reach. that You may ring out Il
:. marriage OF the Kings Son. Cleanse a
vonr court houses, for the Judge Of all Il
earth may appear. Let all your legisiati,
\ halls i" gildot. for the great Luwgiver N;
be about to come. Drive of the thrones
: depotism all the occupants. for the King
= heaven aud earth may he about to reicI
The darkness of the night is blooming an
whitening into the lilies Of morning cloud
Il and IL" lilies reddening into the roses
a stronger day-ft gar!andS. whether viii
t or rel. for Him on whose head are man
crowns. The day Is ~ hand.
-Oa" more ray of thu dawn [ see in fac
chronological and mathematical. Com
9 now. DO not let Us 10 another stroke Of wnI
= until We have settled one matter. What
going 10 be the final issue Of this great co
h test between s.n and righteousness? Viii,
Is going to prove himself the stronger. G.
: or Diabolus! i this world going to lie {
n garden or all desert? Now let us have Ia
l. matter settled. II We believe Isaiah. q,
r Ezekiel. and Hosea. and Micah, and Aiaiacl
and John. and Peter, and Paul, and The Lo
himself. we believe that il Is going to be
q garden. But let US have it settled. Let
kn0w whether we are working on toward
l. success or toward q dea / failure. II the
a i a child IN your house sick. and YOU a
sure he i, Soingto get well. YOU sym1athi
a with present pains. UUt all the forebaiinc