Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-05-09

But 1t is going 10 bc italian and Norwe-
ginn, Russian and Cclt scotch and
French, English and American The
American 81 100 years from Row is to be
different from the American OF today
German brain, Irish Wit French cNility.
Scotch hrmnoss, English loyalty, Italian
aesthetics. packed into one man, and he an
American 1t is this intermarriagc IL ua-
tiunalitics that j. going To make The Am,r.
lean nation the greatest nation Of thcagc~.
But what arc We doing fur Tie moral ana
intellectual culture Of Tie $50, eco foreign
crs who came In one year, and the coo, uO0
who came IN another year ANA the suO. 00U
who came in another year, and the .0O0
600 who are coming into our various
American ports: What are wo doing for
them; We'll, we are doing great deal for
them. We steal their baggage as soon as
they get here We send them mp to u
boarding house where the least they lose Is
their money. We swindlc them within
ten minutes after they get ashore. W. ara
doing Il great deal for them. But what
nre we doing To introduce them into the
duties Of good citizenship: Many Of them
never SAW - ballot box; many of them
never heard # the constitution Of the
United States; many Of them have no ne
quaintance with our laws.
Now, say, let The government Of the
United States 81 commanded by ono polit
ical party or both political parties, give to
every immigrant who lands here volume,
In good type and well bound for long usage
"A volume containing the Declaration Of
independence, iEc constitution OF the
United States and - chapter ON the spirit
If our government. Let there lie such
book ON the shelf Of every free library in
America. While the American Bible soci-
ETY. puts into the right hand Of every i'm
migrant II copy If the Holy Scriptures, let
the government Of the United States, com
mandcd hy some political party. put into
the left hand of every immigrant "a volume
inStructing him i'm the duties uf good ciii-
Zcnship. There are thousands of Foreigners
in this land wh o need 10 learn that the bal
lot box is rot :. footstuol. hut "a throne-not
something 10 put your foot on, but some
thing Ia bow before.
Words of Hope.
But whether members Of the national
legislature or delegates To one Of the ma
tiOnal conventions ar private citizens, let
us cultivate Christian patriotism. Oh, how
good God has been Ia Us rs nation! Just
open the maptf he continent and see how
IL Is shipped iur immcasurabe properties.
Naviglhlc rivers. more in number and
greater than of any other land, rolling
down all sides into the sea, prophesying
large manufactures and easy commerce..
Look mt the great ranges Of mountains,
timbered with wealth on the top and sides
mud ulat.ipsl with Ny,.rlf n npa
hundred and eighty thousand square
miles Of coal, one hundred and eighty
thousand square iailCs of front The iron
to pry out the coal The ccal to forge and
smelt the iron. The land SO contoured that
extreme weather hardly ever lasts more
than three days-extrcme heat or extreme
cold. Climate for the most part hracing
and favorable for Drawn and brain. All
fruits. All minerals All harycsts. Seen
cry displaying autumnal pngcaniry that
no land on earth prctcnds To rival. No
South American earthquakes. No Scotch
mistS. No English fegs No Egyptian
plaques. The people II the nitcd States
are happier than any people on earth. II
is the testimony Of every man that has
travelled abroad. For the poor more sym
pnthy! For the industrious more oppor-
tuni,y, Oh, Lew coed God was to our
fathers. and how good God has been To US
and our children IL. him-hcSsed 20 his
glorious namci To him ~ cross ard tri-
umph hc conSccratod the Unit,d States 81
America!
There nrc three great reasons WHY you
and should do our best for this country
three great reasons: our fathers
graves. our cradle. cur children's birth
right. when ! say your fathers graves,
your PULSES run quickly. Whether they
sleep In city cemetery or country grave
yard, their dust IS very precious ~ yun.
thini. they lived well and that thcy died
right. Never submit To hive any govern
mcnt over their tomls other than that
government under which they lived and
died And then this country Is our cradle
Ii mas have rocket! Us very roughly, but
II was good cradle 10 bc rocked IN. Oh,
how much we owe To it, Our boyhood and
girlhCud il WAS spent in in this blessed
county. ! never have any patience with u
man who talks against this country. Clio
rious place to he born in, and glorious
plncc 10 live IN II has been our cradle
AyCl 1t i To Ec cur childrcn'S birthright.
You and ! will soon be through. We will
perhaps see few moro spring blossoms,
and we will perhaps see few more sum
few more Hutumnal fruits, but we ARE
To hand this government 10 our children
as It was lundcd 10 us-a free land u hap
pv land, "a Christian land They are not 10
be tramplcd by Gcspoiism They are not To
be laccrnted by crueli.os. They are not to
be frightened by anarchics We must
hand this government to them over the
ballot box, over tho school desk, over the
church altar. as we have received il, and
charge them soitnnly to put their life be
tween il and any keen stroke that would
destroy il.
And thou. Lord God Almighty, we put,
with n thousand armed prayer, into thy
protection this. nation. Remember our
fathers bleeding feet mt Valley Forge; re-
member Marion and KoSciUsko; remember
the cold. andt the hunger and the long
march, and the fever hospital; remember
the fearful charge at Bunker Hills rcmcm-
| Der Lexington and Yorktown and Kings
Mountain and Getty shur9; remember
Pcrry's battle On the lake. and Hampton
Roads, where tho Cumberland went down;
remember Washingtnn's prayer by tho
campfire; remember Plymouth Rock, and
the landing amid the savagcs; remember
Independence hall, and how much il cost
our fathers to sign their names; rrmomhcr
all the blood and tears Of three wars 116,
1872, lS62-anG, more than all, remember
the groan that was mighti,r than all other
groans. and the thirst that stung worse
than all ether ihirsis. and the death that
was ghaStliCr 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 q God,
protect this nation, And whatsoever would