The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-29

Be his mighty name-to him Of cross and
triumph, to him who still semembers the
prayer Of tho Hugusnots and Holland
refugees and tie pilgrim fsth6[-to him
shall this land DO married. Oh, you Chris
tian patriots, by your contributions and
your prayers, hasten on the fulHllment Of
tho text.
We have been turning an important leaf
In the mighty tome of our national his
tory. One year at the gates Of this CONT.
neht over 500, 900 emigrants arrived. I
was told BY the commissioner Of emigra-
ton that tho probability was that In that
ono year 600, 900 smigrants would arrive
ct the different gates of commerce. Who
wore they' The paupers Of Europep No.
At Kansas City was told by q gentle
man, who had opportunity for largo In
vestigation, that great multitude had
gone through there, averaging In worldly
estate $500. was told by an officer Of
the government, who had opportunity for
authentic investigation, that thousands
and thousands had gone, averaging 81, 600
In possession each. was told by the COM
mission Of emigration that DO families that
had recently arrived brought S86, 900 with
them. Mark you, families, not tramps.
Additions to the national wealth, not sub
fractions therefroDl. i saw abms Of them
reading their Bibles and their hymnbooks,
thanking God for his kindness In helping
them cross the sea- Some of them had
Christ In the steerage all across the waves,
and they will have Christ In the rail trains
which at : o'clock every afternoon start
for the great west. They are being taken
by the commission Of emigration in New
York, taken from the vessels, protected
from the Shylocks and the sharpers, and,
In the name of God and humanity, passed
on to their destination, and there they
will turn your wilderness into gardens, II
you will build for them churches and e.
tablish for them schools and send to them
Christian missionaries.
Room For All.
Are you afraid this continent Is going to
be overcrowded with this population All,
that shows You have not been to CALI
fornia, that shows you have not been to
Oregon, that shows that you have not been
to Texas. A fishing smack today on Lake
Ontario might as well be afraid Of being
crowded BY other shipping before night as
for any one Of the next ten generations of
Americans to be afraid Of being over
crowded by foreign populations in this
country. The one state Of Texas is far
larger than all the Austrian empire, yet
the Austrian empire supports 6,000,0 900
people. The one state Of Texas Is larger
than all France, and France supports &c.
600, 900 people. The one state Of Texas
far surpasses in size the German empire,
yet the Gsrmanio empire supports 4l,00O,-
900 people. tell you the great want Of
the western states is more population.
While some people may stand at the
gates Of the oily saying, "stay back" to
foreign populations, press out as far be-
yond those gates as can press out beyond
them and beckon to foreign nations, say
ing, "Come, come, all ye people who are
honest and industrious and God lovingW
But soy you, II am SO afraid that they
will bring their prejudioes for foreign gov
ernments and plant them here" Absurd.
They are sick of the governments that
have oppressed them, and they want free
America! Give them the great gospel Of
welcome Throw around them all Chris
tian Inequalities. They will add their In
dustry and hard earned wages to this
country, and then we will dedicate all to
On1A0u huu bAy Auiiu ShhiA W AAhiIAeu.
But where shall the marriage altar be?
Let it be the Rocky mountains, when,
through artificial and mighty irrigation,
all their tops shall be covered, as they will
be, with vineyards and orchards and grain
fields. Then let the Bostons and the New
Yorks and the Charlestons Of the Pacific
coast come to the marriage altar on one
side, and then let the Bostons and the
New Yorks and the Charlestons of the At
lantio coast come to the marriage altar on
the other side, and there between them let
this bride Of nations kneel, and then If tho
organ of the loudest thunders that ever
shook the Sierra Neyadas on tho one side
or moved the fouhdations Of the AlleSha-
MES on tho other side should open full
liapason Of wedding maroh, that organ Of
thunders could not drown the voice Of
him who would take the hand Of, this bride
Of nations, saying, las bridegroom re-
joioeth over bride, 60 thy God rejoiceth
over thee" At that marriage banquet
The platters shall be Of Nevada silver, and
the ohslioes OF California gold and the
fruits Of northern orchards and the spices
Of southern groves and the tapestry Of
manufacture and the congratu-
Iations from all the free nations of earth
and from all the triumphant armies Of
heaven. And 80 thy land shall be mar.
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