News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14

people of England, Ireland, Scotland,
Italy, Norway, Sweden and Germany
working themselves to death ON small
wages ON the other side thu sea-from
coming to this land where there are the
largest compensatiOns 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 pillow, and come
and dig. Just as long as the centrifugal
force of foreign despotisms throws them
off just 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. Intermarriage of nationai-
ties, not circle intermarrying circle
and nation intermarrying nation. But
it is going to be Italian and Norwegian,
Russian and Celt, Scotch and French,
English and American.
Greatest Nations of the Age.
The American of 100 years from now
is to be different from the American of
today German brain, Irish wit, French
tivility, Scotch 1irmness, English loyal
ty, italian aesthetics packed into one
man, and he an American! 1t is this
intermarriage of nationalities that is
going to make the American nation the
greatest nation Of the ages. But what
are we doing for the moral and intel
lectual culture Of the 500, 900 foreign
ers who came in one year, and the
600, 600 who came in another year, and
the 500, 600 who came i'll another year,
and the 1000, 900 who are coming into
our various American ports? What are
we doing for them? Well, we are doing
a 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 get 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 ballot box. Many of them never
heard Of the constitution of the United
States. Many CT them have no acquaint.
ance with cur laws. Now, l say, let the
government Ct the United States, so
commanded by enc political party or
both political parties, give to every i'm
migrant who lands here volume, i'll
good type AID well bound for long usage
"a volume containing the Declaration
of Independence, the constitution Of the
United States and a chapter on the spir-
it of our government. Let there be such
a book on Il e shelf Of every free library
in America While the American Bible
society puts into the right hand of every
immigrant a copy of the Holy Scrip
| lures, let the government Of the United
States, commanded by some political
| party, put into the left hand Of every
immigrant a volume instructing him
in the duties Of good citizenship. There
are thousands Of foreigners i'll this land
who need to learn that the ballot box is
not footstool, but throne-not some.
thing to put your foot on, but some
thing to bow before.
n Christian Patriotism.
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 gccd God has been to us as {
nation! just open the map of the cont
nent and see how it is shaped fer i'm
measurable properties. Navigable riv
ers, more i'll number and greater than Of
any other land, rolling down on all side.
into the sea, prCphesying large manu-
factories and easy commerce. Look al
the great ranges Of mountains, timberet
with wealth on the top and sides an(
metaled with wealth underneath. One
hundred and eighty thousand square
miles Of coal! One hundred and eighty
thousand square miles of iron The ir0l
to pry out the coal. The coal to forge
and smelt the iron. The land 50 con
toured that extreme weather hardly ever
lasts more than three days-extremc
heat or extreme cold. Climate for thu
most part bracing and favorable fol
Drawn and brain. All fruits All min
erals. All harvests. Scenery displaying
autumnal pageantry that 10 land Oh
earth pretends to rival. No South Amer
lean earthquakes. No Scotch mists. NJ
English fogs. No Egyptian plaques
The people Of the United States ar,
happier than any people on earth. 1t i
the testimony of every man that ha
Travelled abroad For the poor NOR,
sympathy For the industrious more op
portunity! Oh, how good God was tt
our fathers and how good God has beer
to US and our childreni To him-blesseC
be his glorious namel To him of eros
and triumph be consecrated the United
States Of Americal
There are three great reasons VIII,
you and l should do our best for thi
country-three great reasons: Our fa
TIERS graves, our cradle, our children
birthright. When l say your fathers
graves, your pulses run quickly. Wheth
er they sleep in city cemetery or coun
try graveyard their dust is very preciou
to you. l think tSey lived well ant
that they died right. Never submit t,
have any government over their tomb
other than that government under whicl
they lived and died. And then thi
country is our cradle. 1t may have rocket
us very roughly, but it was a goot
cradle to be rocked in. Oh, how mucl
we owe to il! Our boyhood and girl
hood, it was spent in this blessed coun
try. / never have any patience with
man who talks against this country
Glorious place to be born in and u Clio