Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-05-27

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throne and take the universal
butcher. In France II l. called coinmu-
nisn; in the United states IL is called on
archism: in Russia IL Is called nihilism,
but that last Is the most graz hic and de
scriptivc term. II means complete and
eternal smash up. II would make the
holding of property "a crime, and IL would
drive n dagger through your heart and
put torch 20 your dwelling and turn over
this whole land into the possession Of
theft and lust and rapinc and murder.
Where does this monster liver In all the
towns and cities of this land. IL offers its
hand TO this fair republic. 1t proposes to
tear 10 pieces the ballot box, the lcgisla
tive hall, the congressional assembly. II
would take this land and divide IL up, or
rather, divide it down. IL would give as
much Ia the idler as 10 the worker. To the
bad rs TO the good Nihilismi This
panther having provided across other lands
has set it's paw on our soil. and IL Is only
waiting for the time In which to spring
upon its prey. II was nihilism that burned
the railroad property ut Pittsburg during
the great riots: IL was nihilism that slew
black people In our northern cities during
the war; IL was nhilism that maulcd TO
death the Chinese immigrants years ago;
IL Is nihilism that glarcs out of the win
dows of the drunkerics upOn sober people
as they go by. All, its power has never
yet been tested. ! pray God its power may
never be fully tested. IL would. IL IL had
the power, leave every church, chapel,
cathedral, schoolhouse and college In ashes
Let me say IL Is the worst enemy Of the
laboring classes in any country. The hon
est cry for reform lifted by oppressed la
boring men Is drowned out by the vocifera-
ton for anarchy. The criminals and the
vagabonds who range through our cities
talking about their rights, when their
first right is the pcnitentiary-if they
could be hushed up, and the downtrodden
laboring men Of this country could be
heard there would be- more bread for
hungry children In this land, riot and
bloodshed never gained any wages for the
people or gathered up any prosperity. In
this land the best weapon Is not the club,
not the shillalah, not firearms, but the
ballot. Let not our oppressed laboring
men be beguiled to coming under the
bloody banner of nihilism II will make
your taxes heavier, your wages smaller,
your table scantier, your children hun
grier, your suffering greater. Yet this
nihilism, with feet red Of slaughter, comes
forth and offers its hand for this republic
Shall the banns be proclaimeds II SO,
where shall the marriage altar be! and
who will be- the officiating priests and
what will be the musics That altar will
have tn be white with blcached skulls, the
officiating priest must bc a dripping as
sassin, the music must be the smothered
groan " multitudinous victims, the gar
lands must H. twisted Of night shade, the
fruits must he apples Of Seldom. the wine
must he the blood Of IT. Bartholomew
massacre. No, IL Is not 60 nihiiism, the
sanguinary monster. that this land j. to
be married.
Iaadeitty's Threat.
Another suifor for the hand ~ this ma
tion Is infdelify When the midnight ruff
fans despoiletl the grave 81 A. r. stewart
In - Marks churchyari every body was
shocketl. but infldelity proysses snme-
thing worse than fhat--thc Rubbing 81 all
the graves ~ christendom 81 the hops ~
resurrection. IL PROPOSES 90 chis,l out
from the tomi'~fones ~ your Christian
dead the words Asleep In Jesus and
substitute the words. Ohliterstion-an-
utilization. - infideiiiy prup's.,s 60 take
the better frum tho worlds Father. invit-
AftK NbtF N0fsfMl~ VS. NtftttN anu HHNflAN~N.
and tear n up into fragments ~ small
that you cannut read word - H. II pro-
pss=ss 90 take the consolation frum the
hroksnhcarsod aud the sothing Pillow
from the dying iniidclity pro,nsss 60
swear In the prssislent ~ the United States
and thc supreme court. and the governors
~ states and the witnesses in the court
room with their right hand On painc's
Age ~ Rcaspn. ar Nultairc's Phi
lo<ophy - History" IL prupOs-s to take
away from this country the hook that
makes the difference between the United
States and the Kingdom - DaEomcy. L.
tween American civilization and Borne
sian cannihalism. II infideliiy could de-
etrsy the Scriptures. u would in 200 years
turn the civilized nations hack 60 scini
barhari~ill. and then frnm scimil,arbnrism
into midnight savaRery. until the morals
Of "a menaRrric II tigers. rRtilssnakcs and
chimpanzccs would Ia better than the
morals 81 the shipwn'ckel human rare
The only impulse In the right direction
that this world has ever had has come from
the Bible II was the mother ~ Roman
law and Of hcalthful Jurisprudence. That
book has been the mother Of all reforms
and all charities mother Of English mag
ma charta and American declaration Of in
that holy book I'm his hand. stood before
an infldcl club in Paris and read 10 them
out Of tho prophecies IL Habakkuk, and
the infidels. not knowing what book IL
was, declared IL was the best poetry they
had ever heard. That book brought George
Washington down on his knees In the
snow ut Valley Forge, and led the dying
Prince Albert TO ask some one "a sing
Rock of Ages
tell you that the worst attempted
crime Of the century Is the attempt Ia de
struy this book. Yet infldeliiy. loathsome
stenchful, lcprous, pcstifcrous, rotten
monster. stretches out its hand, ichorous
| with the second death, To take the hand
Of this republic. II stretches IL ont through
seductive magazines, and through ly-
ccum lectures. and through caricaturcs Of
religion. II asks for all that part 81 tho
continent already fully s,itlcd and the
two-thirds not yet occupied. IL says:
GIVE me all east Of the Mississippi. with
the keys Of the church and with the Chris
tian printing presses Then give me
Wyoming. give me Alaska, give me Mon
tana, give me Colorado, give mo all the
states west Of the Mississippi and will
take those places and keep them by right
Of possession long before the gospel can be
]
And this sutton presses his ease appail-
ingly. shall the banns 81 that marriage
be proclaimedg MOI say the home
missionaries Of the west. martyr band
OF whom the world Is not worthy. toiling
amid fatigues and malaria and starvation.
"No. not II we can help H. by what we
and our children have suffered we forbid
the banns 81 that marriagei" "Nor' say
oil patriotic voices. Our institutions
were bought at too dear price and were
defended Mt too great u sacrifce Ia DO 80
cheaply surrendered MOI says the
God 81 Bunker Hin and Independence
hall and Gettysburg II did not start
this nation for such n farce - moi" cry
10000 voices. ITO infidelity this land
shall not b. married."
Pledged 60 Christ.
But there Is another sutton That presents
his claim fer the hand ~ this republic.
He Is mentioned In the verse following
my text where IL says. AS the bride
groom rejoiceth over the bride, 80 shall
thy God rejoice over thee - IL Is not my
figure. IL Is the figure Of the Bible. Christ