Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-10-07

en- God Is the best OF all paymasters.
and for those who do their whole duty
To him and the world the pension award
ed is an everlasting heaven.
Debt We owe the Navy.
Sometimes of the coast of England the
royal family have inspected the British
navy. unanswered before them for that
purpose. la the Baltic sea the ear and
ezarina have reviewed the Russian navy.
To bring before the American people the
debt they owe Ia the navy 20 out with
you ON the Atlantic ocean. where there is
plenty OF ROOM and IN imagination re-
view the war shipping of our four great
conilicts-l71G. ISL. 1860 and lS.lS.
Swing into line all We frigates. irouclads.
fire RATS. gunbonts and menof war,
There they come. all sail set and all fur
nacc> in full blast, sheaves of crystal
tossing from their cutting prows. That
is the Delaware. an old Revolutionary
craft. commanded 10y Commodore Deca-
tur. Wonder goes the Constitution. Com
modorc Hull commanding. There is the
Chesapeake. commanded 10y Captain
Lawrence. whose dying words were.
Don't give up the ship and the Nigga
ra of 1872. commanded by Commodore
Perry. who wrote on the back OF an old
letter. resting on his navy cap. We have
met the enemy. and they are ours" Yon-
der is the flagship Wabash. Admiral Du-
pont commanding; yondcr. the flagship
Minnesota. ADMIRAL Goldsborough com
manding: yunuer the flagship Philadel-
phia. Admiral Dnhlgrcn commanding:
yonder. the flagship San Jacinto. Admiral
Ia.
Black Hawk. Admiral Porter command
ing yonder. The flag steamer Benton. Ad-
miral Fooir commanding: yonder. the
flagship Hartford. David q. Farragut
commanding: yonder. the Brooklyn. Rear
Admiral Schlry commanding; yonder, the
Olympia. Admiral Dewey commanding:
yonder. the Oregon. Captain Clark COM
nlanding. yonder. the Texas. Captain
Philip commanding: yonder. the New
York. Rear Admiral Sampson command
ius: yonder. the Iowa. Captain Robley ID.
Evans commanding.
And now all the squadrons of all de-
partments. from smallest tugboat 10
mightiest man-of-war. are in procession.
decks and rigging filed with men VINO on
the sea fought for the old flag ever since
we were n nation. Grandest fleet the
world ever saw. Sail on before all agesi
Run up all the colors. Ring all the bells.
Yea. open all the portfolios, Unlimber
the guns and load and fire one great
broadside that shall make the continents
in honor OF peace and the eternity of the
American Union. But lift my hand.
and the scene has vanished. Many OF
the ships have dropped under the crystal
pavement of the deep. sea monsters
swimming in and out the forsaken cabin.
and other old craft have swung into the
navy yards. and many of the brave spir-
its who trod their decks are gone up TO
the Eternal fortress. from whose case
ments and embrasurcs may we not hope
they look down today with JOY upon a
nation in reunited brotherhood!
All those OF you who were in the naval
service during the war of 1860 are now in
the ftcrnoon or evening of life. With some
of you il is . o'clock. 3 O'Clock. o'clock,
O'Clock. and il will soon be- shutdown.
IL you were OF age when the war broke
out. you are now at least 10. Many OF
you have passed into the seventies. While
in our Cuban war there were more Chris
tian commanders on sea and land than in
any previous conflict. | would revive in
your minds the fact that NJ least two
great admirals of the civil war were
Christians, Foote and Farragut. Had
the Christian religion been a cowardly
thing they would have had nothing TO do
with il. In its faith they lived and died.
In Brooklyn navy yard Admiral Foote
held prayer meetings and conducted re-
yival on the receiving ship North Caro-
lima and on Sabbaths. far out at sea. fol-
lowed the chaplain with religious exhor-
tation. In early life. aboard the sloop-
81 IL.
of n Christian sailor. he gave his spare
time for Two weeks TO the Bible and ut
the end ~ that declared openly. Hence
forth. under all circumstances. | will act
for God" His last words while dying at
the Astor House. New York. were: Il
thank God for all his goodness to me. He
has been very good TO me-" When he
entered heaven. he did not have TO run a
blockade. for it was amid the cheers OF
great welcome. The other Christian ad-
miral will be honorcd on earth until the
day when the fires from above shall lick
up the waters from beneath and there
shall be no more sea.
Oh. while old oceans breast
Bears white sail
And Gods soft stars 10 rest
Guide through the gale.
Men will him ne'cr forget.
Old heart Of oak
FaTragut. Faragui-
Thunderbot stroke.
Farragut's New Life.
According TO his own statement. Far
ragut was very loose in his morals in
early manhood and practiced all kinds OF
sin. One day he was called into the cab
in of his father. who was a shipmaster
His father said. David. what are you
going TO be- anyhow" He answered. Il
am going TO follow the sea" Follow
the sea-. said the father. "and be kicked
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