The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-10
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League entertainment at the NJ. Z. church at
Virginia February %, 169s.
1 believe we ara all willing to al
NIT that Washington was truly
great and good statesman. | believe
we are all willing to say he was, and
ls the greatest states man this coun-
try has ever produced. aud l Will go
still further and say that l believe
with all my heart that Warrington
was the greatest statesman the world
has ever known, except Moses, whom
l believe la his day was a greater
statesman and law giver No doubt
the question arises III the minds of
some of the young ones here to-
night, what was il that made Wash
ington SO great? To make the answer
short. 1 will just say that he was on
the side OF God and humanity, un-
selfish, had heart full of SYM a. by
and love for the human family. He
had the courage of his conviction to
fight for what he knew was right,
and to make no compromise in any
way with wrong In looking over
the life of Washington I find he
gives the American people some no.
BILE advice. He says proudly, pene-
trated with the idea that great and
good victory 70 mankind las won,
shall carry 1t to my grave He rays,
farther, may heaven smile upon you
and your union, brotherly love be
perpetual. LIST me stop here and
ask, has our union and brotherly
love been perpetusl7 Ths union has
been preserved in the letter bat not
in the spirit, as you all know that
since the late war there has existed
bitter feeling between the north
and south and that bitterness exists
to-day. It exists in the church in
the same degree that it does outside,
and the combined forces of England
and hell are working to perpetuate
that bitterness, and while IL exists
that same power which oppresEe ed
Washington and the principles he
was trying to establish, are preying
upon us and undermining the re
publican form Of government. Wash
ington says further. keep sacred the
Constitution. The III. E. church
has a constitution or rules laid down
by a noble, spiritual and Cody
class of men whom delight to
honor, and as an American govern
ment we are keeping sacred the con-
stitution just as the fashionable
church members are keeping the
rules of their church, where it says
not to adorn myself with gold,
pearls or costly array. Washington
says that his great desire WAS that
the American people would make a
success of the republican form of
government which was 50 nobly set
up that the people Of she whole
world might look upon it and see
its great benefits to man, and that
the republican form of government
might spread from nation to nation
until all mankind should enjoy its
blessings. Friends, do you think it
is working that way? No, you ell are
aware that there was a mighty pow
er in England which opposed Wash
ington and every principle OF freedom
which he established Let me say
that same power EXITS today, not
only in England, but in our own
country. It il a proud element of
mankind who consider labor q dis
grace and only the poor ought to
labor, and are determined to live
easy and grow rich off OF the toll of
others This is the power that OPP
posed Washington. Washington
says 10 the American people, watch
this liberty with jealous anxiety. Is
it not fact that Washington estab
lished a government where the peo-
pie, through their representatives
might always have the power to
make laws and govern themselves
Ia this IN harmony with the first res
olution adopted by oar national
monetary convention which met in
Indiana on the 27;h day of last
month. which reads. To remove at