The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-11

iron The land 50 contoured that extreme
weather. narQly ever lasts more tndn three
lays-eNtreme heat or extreme cold CT
mate FOR the most part bracing and IA
koraole for Drawn and brain. All fruits.
AZ minerals All harvests- Scenery dis
playing autumnaI pageantry that no land
On earth pretends 10 rival No South
American earthquake. No Scotch mists-
40 Enslsn logs. No Egyptian plaques
me people OF the United states are hap
pier than any people on earth II Is the
testimony OF every man that has Travelled
For the industrious more opportunity,
on now good God was 70 our fathers,
our cnlldren- To him-Dlessed be MS go
rious namei To him Of cross and tri-
umph be consecrated the United States
There are three great reasons why you
and / should DO our best for this country
three great reasons our fathers graves,
w nen l say your fathers graves. your
pulses run quickly. Whether they sleep
IN city cemetery or country graveyard,
lhelr DUST Is very precious TO you. l think
they lived we'll and that they died right
Never submit to have any government
over their tOmbs other than that govern
ment under which they lived and died
ana Jhen this country is our cradle. 1t
may nave rocked US very roughly, but
u was good cradle 20 be rocked in. Oh,
now much we owe TO 1t! Our boyhOOd
and girlhoOd. il was spent in this blessed
country. j never have any patience with
a man who talks against this country.
Jill ApA1 pace 10 De porn IN ana a ElO-
rlous place 10 live in. II has been our
cradle. Aye. 1t IS to be our children's
Dlrthrlght You and l will soon be
through. We will perhaps see a few more
spring blossoms, and we viii perhaps see
a rev more summer harvests. and we will
perhaps gather a few more autumnal
fruits; but we are TO hand this govern
ment TO our children as it was handed
TO us-a free land, a happy land, a Christ
ian land They are not to be trampled by
ueSpotsm. They are not to be lacerated
InnN
ened by anarchies. 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 de-
And thou, Lord God Almighty, We
put, with a thousand-armed prayer into
my protection this nation. Remember our
fathers bleeding feet at Valley Forge. Re
member Marion and KOsciusko. Remem-
Der the cold and the hunger and the
long march, and the fever hospital. Re
member the fearful charge a Bunker Hill.
Remember Lexington and Yorktown, and
Kings Mountain. and Gettysburg. Re
member Perry's battle on the lake. and
Hampton Roads, where the Cumberland
went down. Remember Washington's
prayer by the campfire. Remember Ply
mouth Rock, and the landing amid the
SaVageS. Remember Independence hall
and how much it cost our fathers to sign
their names. Remember all the blood and
tears OF three wars-l776, 1872, 1862. And
AAAoAN man air EtilellutI the BIOdn lnaL
was mightter than all other grOans, and
the thirst that stung worse than all other
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, God protect this ma
ton! And whosover would blot It out
and whosoever would strike 1t down, and
whosoever would turn his back, let him
be accursedl
Go home to-day in high hopes Of the fu-
ture. The Eternal God is on the side of
this nation. Our brightest days are yet to
come.
He hath sounded forth the trumpet that
will never call retreat,
He is sitting out the hearts Of men be-
fore the judgment seat
BE swift my soul, to answer him: be ju-
bilant my feet: Our God is marching
on.