Milford chronicle., 1896-05-15

Ood's Country.
Oh, you are "a stupid man II you do not
understand how God answered A braham
Lincoln's prayer in the White House, and
StOnewal JHckson's prayer in the saddle,
and answered all the prayers Of all the
cathedrals on both sides of Mason and
Dixon's line. Gods country all the way
past; Gods country row. Put his name
in your lronunciainentos; put his name ON
your ensigns; PUT his name o. your city
t.nd state and national enterprises; put his
name in your hearts. We cannot sleep
well the last sleep until wO are assured
that the God of our American institutions
in the past will be tie GCd Of cur Ameri-
can institutions in tho days that are to
come. Oh, when all tie rivers that empty
into Atlantic and Pacific seas shall pull on
factory bands; whCn all the great mines Of
gold and silver ard iron ard cusl shall he
laid bare for the nation; when the last
swamp shall be reclaimed, and the last
jungle cleared, and the last American des-
crt EdCnizCd and from sea to sea the con-
tinent shall lie occupied by more than
Loo, COZ, eco souls, may il be found that
moral and religious influences Were multi
piled in more lapid ratio than the popula-
ton. And then there shall Le four dox-
OlCgies coming from north and south and
cast and west, four dOXOlCgies rolling to-
ward each other and meeting mideontinent
with such dash of holy joy that they shall
mount to the throne.
And heavens high arch resound again
With peace on earth, good Will to men.
take step farther aad say that before
the gaVels Of our senate and house Of rep
resentGtives and our Political conventions
pound adjournment there ought to be
passed a law or adopted "a plank of intelli-
gent helpfulncss for the great foreign pop
ulations which are coming among us. 1t
is TOO late now to discuss whether VIC had
better let, them come. They are here.
They are coming this moment through the
Narruws They are this moment taking tn
first full inhalation Of the free air of Amere
icn. And they will continue TO come as
long as this country is the best place to
live in.
You might as well pass "A law prohibit
ing summer bees from alighting on field
Of blossOming buckwheat, you might as
well prohibit the stays of the mountain
from coming down to the derrick, as to
prohibit the hunger bitten nations of Eu-
rope from coming to this land Of bread, rs
to prohibit the People of England. Ireland,
Scotland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Ger
many. working themselves to death on
small wages on the other side the sea, from
coming to this land, where there are the
largest UOmpeEsations under the sun. Why
did God spread out the prairies of the Da-
kotus and roll lie precious ore into Colo
RADIO? 1t was That all the earth might
come and pillow and come and dig. just
as long as The centrifugal force Of foreign
despOtisms throw them of just so long
will the centripetal force Of American in
situations draw them here. And that is
what is going 10 make this the mightiest
cation on the caTsh. lntermarriage of ma
tionalitiosl Not circle intermarrying cir
Gle, and nation intermaTying nation.
But 1t is going to 10 Italian and NOrwe-
gian, Russian and Celt, Scotch and
French, English and American. The
American Of 100 years from now is to be
different from the American of today.
German brain, Irish wit, French civility,
Scotch hrmness, English loyalty, Italian
eesthetics. packed into one man, and he an
American! 1t is this internarriage of ma
tionalities that is going to make the Amer
lean ration the greatest nation of the ages.
But what are We doing for the moral ana
intellectual culture of the SEQ, 900 foreign
ers who came in enc yeur, and the 600, 900
who came in another year, and the $780,
who came in another year, and the 1,OOO,-
900 who are coming into our various
American ports? What are we doing for
them? Well, we are doing great deal for
Them We steal their baggage as soon as
they get here. We send them up to
boarding house where the least they lose Is
their money We swindle them within
ten minutes after they act ashore. We are
doing great deal for them. But what
are we doing to introduce them into the
duties of 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 &C
quaintanco with our laws.
Now, l say, let the government Of the
United States so commanded by one polit-
ical party or both political parties, give to
every immigrant who lands here volume,
in good type and well bound for long usage
IA 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
book on the shelf of every FREQ library in
America. While the American Bible sooi-
ETY. puts into the right hand Of every inn
migrant a copy Of the Holy Scriptures, let
the government Of the United States, COM
manded by some political party, put into
the left hand of every immigrant volume
him in the duties of good citi-
zenship. There are thousands Of foreigners
IN this land who need to learn that the bal
lot box is nut a foOtstool, but a throne-not
something to put your foot on, but some
thing to bow before.
Words of Hope.
But whether members Of the national
legislature or delegates to one of the ma
tional conventions or private citizens, let
US cultivate Christian patriotism. Oh, how
good God has been to us as nationl Just
open the map Of the continent and see how
it is shaped for immeasurable prOsperities,
NaVigable rivers, more in number and
greater than of any other lard, rolling
uOwn all sides into the sea, prGphesying
large manufactures and easy commerce
Look at tho great ranges Of mountains,
timbered with wealth on the top and sides
and metaled with wealth underneath. one
hundred and eighty thousand square
miles of oOall One hundred and eighty
thousand square miles of iron Thp iron
to pry out the coal. The coal TO forge and
smelt the iron. Tho land 50 contoured that
t&lTtlit MthlutI ldAhAe bNNA @-o'o +-''-N
than three days-extreme heat or extreme
cold Climate for the most part bracing
and favorable for Drawn and brain. All
fruits. All minerals. All harvests. Seen
cry displaying autumnal pageantry that
no land on earth pretends to rival. No
South American earthquakes. No Scotch
mists. No English fogs. No Egyptian
plaques. The people of the United States
pQTTn
is the testimony of every man that has
Travelled abroad Fer the poor more sym
pathyl For the industrious more oppor-
tuniiyl oh, how good God was to our
fathers, and how good God has been to us
and our childrenl To him blessed be his
glorious namel To him of cross and tri-
umph be consocrated the United States OF
Americal
There arc three great reasons why you
and / should do our best for this country
- three oraat reasons: Our fathers