The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-28
WHAr IS TRUE PArRIorIsM?
Eloquent Sermon Preached Yesterday by |
 Rev. David Low.

Rev. David Levy.
 The Rev. David Levy, pastor of the Congregation Mishkan Israel, gave an able and eloquent address on the gen. eral subject of our country at the Church of the Messiah last evening. His plain and timely discussion of some of the questions which are agitating the country to-day were listened to with the closest attention by all pres- ent.
 He said in substances: Tt is no very easy thing to judge without prejudice of our own country. When times are good politicians are liable to attribute all the benefits to their own political party and when times are bad to at cal party. We will try to be free in our Judgment of our country from all polit- ical prejudice. The success or failure of an administration may be due to several causes. One administration may reap benefit or harm from the pre- ceding administration. Again so-called good times may not be the best thing for the country, but may show that the business and commerce is in diseased condition from which it will suffer se- verely in the future.
 Tt is safe to say that the present hard times are not the result of either tariff or free trade There is indeed much to be said in favor of free trade and commerce without restrictions. Under our government it is the object that the government should restrict the individual as little as possible and tariffs made for the benefit of the few are harmful. If all our legislative bodies would take vacation for ten or dozen years and leave the business and commerce of the country to take l care of itself we should probably be much better off than with such con- | stant legislative interference as we have been having in past years. Even | legislation to build up infant industries | has not proved, so beneficial as it might.fl Some of the infant industries | although they have grown large, re- | maining so long at the national breast l still they clamor for national assist ance.
 There is no doubt but that the ar- rival of so many foreigners to our shores has injured greatly our homeo- genousness of our people, and they do not comprehend the meaning of Amer 1 ican patriotism. The greatest lesson | which America teaches to the world is 1 that of equality. We have the advan- | tage of possessing a country that is compact in all it's territory from Maine to Texas, nor is 1t necessary for us to sustain large standing army to main tain peace as European countries are | compelled to do.
 ''The idea of patriotism which many have is of flying flags, beating drums and wild enthusiasm, but the true idea of patriotism is embodied in the man who alone withstands the tyrant of his country. Again some think of patriot ism as to be exhibited in war; But war is only one incident. We serve our country more by our hands than by our arms. That patriotism implies en- mity toward other nations is a popular fallacy. I should like to see Spanish injustice, Spanish pride and Spanish cruelty robbed of the despotic power and the fair isle of Cuba rendered free I should rejoice to see this American republic made the instrument of a | just God to accomplish this purpose not that I love Spain less, but that l love justice and freedom and if in this 1 crisis we should be forced to lose Amer ican blood it should be done, not for gain or for increase of power but in response to the demands of justice and the desire to free a down. trodden and oppressed people. In the difficulties which are looming up before the nation we can trust in that Almighty Power which decides the destinies of men and nations that we will be guided safely through.