The record-union., 1899-12-01

ties of the Aryan race will produce
on American soil a finer type of man
than has hitherto existed in the world.
type of man more plastic, more
adaptable, more capable of undergoing
the modification needful for complete
social life."
I think whatever difficulties Ameri-
cans may have to pass through they
may reasonably look forward to a time
when they will have produced a civil
ization grander than any the world has
yet known. At all events it is to be
hoped that our beloved republic may be
able to digest and assimilate the ar
ticles taken in.
Longfellow, in speaking Of our Union
as a ship, says I'VE have nothing to
fear from sunken reefs or wild storms
without. Her danger comes from enc
mics within. Ignorance that cannot
read her chart or box her compass or
tell the meaning of her ensign has
boarded her and would take a hand IN
sailing her. Vice and crime have
climbed up her sides and are seeking
to corrupt her crew. Already her deck
is stained with blood. Anarchy, too,
is there, melting to mutiny and seeking
to tear down her flag"
But the children Of the Puritans are
there, and the descendants of the
cavaliers of Virginia are there also; and
the North and the South reunited in
loving devotion to the ship have Joined
hands with those who come of the best
blood of Germany, Scandinavia and the
British Isles. These have taken an
oath, God helping them, that the oEi-
GERS shall be sustained and the Flag
of Liberty shall never come down. Ii
we preserve the ship she will save u.s.
If we let them sink her we shall go
down with her.
Our illustrious ancestry and marve'-
Gus destiny will avail but little If We
their children, are untitled to carry
them out or to perpetuate the gooc.
AS Americans may we never forget our
origin at Plymouth Rock and Saxon
ancestry.
Wonderful have been the discoveries
of the century just closing. Though we
are reaping the benefits of them, YET
they cost others much toll and sacrI-
flee, and we have entered into their
labors 1t would certainly be inter
esting to enter into detail as to how we
have been benefited by the labors OF
those who have preceded US in art,
science and in the improvements Of the
century, the facilities of education, the
nateria medica, navigation and travel
ETC., but we have only time to touch
upon them.
We have made more progress since
this century began then almost any
other nation in GOO years. We are rich,
although our riches are not as equally
distributed as some of US would like
We have a territory SO vast that We
could accommodate $50, 0U0,O00 of peo-
pie, and then be no more densely pop
lated than is the State OF Massacnu-
sets at the present time. Our products
of gold and silver, to say nothing OF
our other great resources, or Wnlcli
mention is so often made on occasions
like the present for the past fifty years,
have amounted to many millions an
nually, and the deposits of treasures IN
our borders bespeak the same returns
for many years to come. Thus far the
outlook seems favorable. l push aside
the curtain "a little and see the masses
bowling, and 1 ask, who is King? Avar-
ice lifts his head and says, Il am he
We Americans claim that we bow the
knee to no monarch: that we are
skilled in the art Of self-government
and are free. "a golden age Yes,
in more ways than one The King OF
which 1 speak ruled Rome and Car
thage until he was permitted to raise the
shout of victory over their graves. lie
has stepped across the waters, and Eas
raised his scepter over infant Amer
lea. He receives more respect to-day
from the masses than do the crowned
heads of Europe. Even many Of the
sons of life worship at his shrine
The cases are not few in which he has
control of the ballot-box, so that our
elections often are mere strife for the
spoil Do legislators ever do his bid
ding? Does it not sometimes happen
that he turns the eyes Of the Judges
from the words that arch their sitting:
Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum"? But we
believe there is salt enough in the body
polite to preserve it. The nation has
her safeguards-the Bible of God, the
word preached, the church and tne
schoolhouse on almost every corner.
A Government of, for and by the peo-
pie. where every wrong may be righted
by the ballot; where public conscience
is aroused; million and half OF
Christian teachers, 100000 Endeav-
orers and hosts of others. all pledged
to pure politics.
Our country shall be free; America
shall live. Many nations have risen IN
splendor and have gone down in dark
ness Was it necessary? No; vice and
crime put them in their graves.
Our country has been the scene OF
wonderful events both in war and In
peace. Patriotism has not been want
ing. In 1776 the Tories and Hessians
fairly melted before our patriot fathers,
whose fiintlocks were not only we'll
loaded, but they had a mighty moral
force back of them that rendered them
invincible at Lexington and Yorktown.
Why did they succeed? I answer: Our
country was Graded in prayer, bap-
tized in faith: their leaders were men
of God Our country has never known
defeat in the final results of war. The