Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-14


CLEVELAND, o., May 1S.-Nearly 400
| of the leading business and professional
men of the city attended the annual BAN
| quet of the Chamber of Commerce at the
Hollenden this evening The guest Of the
! evening was Archbishop Ireland all the
Others in attendance being members. AZ
ter the banquet President w. r. Warner
made a neat speech outlining the achieve
ments and prospects of the chamber
| Senator NJ, \. Hanna responded to the
toast. cleveland Industrial and CONNER
| clal."
Archbishop Ireland spoke upon THE
Sure Foundations of Good Citizenship"
He spoke in part as follows:
The greatness Of America is her democ-
racy. America, as no other nation. hon
| ors manhood, consecrates It's rights and
gives it the freedom to develop its powers
! and satisfy its ambitions. America is the
nation of the people, governed for the peo-
| pie, by the people, and to become one of
the people of America it suflices to be a
man.
The peril of America IS in her democ-
racy l have myself the fullest faith in
the Democracy of America. because
| have faith in the people of America and
because the Democracy of this country
has amid terrific trials proven its right
and power to live. / have faith. too. i'm the
future democracy of the world. because
the manifest evolution of humanity is to-
wards it, and the Being who moves hui
manity makes no mistake.
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and constant care and that its safety will
| be the reward only of never ceasing vigi-
lance.
Whence viii come to democracy the po-
| tency of immortality? With reverence
pronounce the sacred conscience.
| Conscience ruling. Americans will be law
! abiding people, for Righteousness COM
mands obedience to law and proclGms
/ that the law of the nation IS the law of the
supreme governor of man-Almshty God.
4 nation without conscience is a nation
| without a soul. The sooner the earth is
rid of it the better 1t is for humanity;
nothing good or great can come from it,.
! Conscience led Americans three score
years ago to r5dden with their blood hum
dreds Of battlehelds TO preserve Amt rcs.
one and irdivisible and 10 make her ban
ner the banner Of freedom for all the chill
dren Of her soil. Conscience will lead
| Americans to-day and tomorrow to watch
! jealousy over the life and veal of their
! country; to spread through the land So
cal peace and happiness, 10 make Amer
lea the fairest and the best of the nations
of the earth.
Whatever the differences Of conditions
arising from inequality Of talents and op-
portunitics al men, and all classes Of
men must be allowed their own: else all is
chaos and death. Take away conscience
on election day: let voters like the popu-
lace of old Rome scramble for food and
pleasure; democracy will have given up
the ghost and either an ''imperator' wilt
trample upon American liberties or an
archy will light over the land its lurid
fires. Americans, fear not Conscience
is on guard. Lord MacAuley imagines a
crisis in America. "The peril from which
democracy cannot escape" he writes, will
befall IT in a season Of hard times, when
the masses Of the people will make use
of their political power 70 despoil the rich
and disrupt society" Americans. fear not.
MacAuley did not know the people of
America: Americt IS safe; cons .ience is
on guard
What will foster conscience ir the citi-
zers of America? l answer. rolision-the
sense of a Supreme legislator ruling the
whole universe. from the tinicst flower to
the mightiest sun, ruling men and aggre-
cations of men, rewardjue and Furnishing.
Patriotism is never SO potent "a when it
IS identified with religion The crisis for
democracy viii come when comes the cri-
sis for religion. Fortunately for America.
deep in the hearts of Americans lies the
instinct of religion; Americans will never
believe that an infinite intelligence does
not rule the universe. The enemies Of re-
ngion are the enemies of country and de-
mocracy.
After making plea for the moral educa-
ton of the youth and condemnng sensa-
tional Journalism, the archbishop closed as
follows:
Americans. we love America; we fain
would make her great: our hearts prayer
is NAV she be immortal to bless during
ages our sons and their sons. and those
that will be born to them; to bless during
ages all people who may strive in their
own land for civil and political liberty
AROUND THE GLOBE.