The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-21

iNe same hilkANcr sNnu NAN'c nNi NNh
War we are all mixed up. Southern men
have married Northern wives, and North.
ern men have married Southern wives.
aud your children are hall Mlsslssippian
and hall New Englander and 20 make an
other division between the North and the
South pSs>ihlc YOU would have 60 do with
yoar child a solomon propoScd with the
child brought before him Tor Judgment
divide il with the sword giving hall 90
the North and half Co the South No;
there is nothing - hard 10 split As cra'
de. I'm other lands there is compulsory
marriage OF roval families, some bright
princess compelled TO marry some dlsa-
grecable foreign dign,tary in order to keep
the balance of political power IN Europe,
the Unmatched pair fighting ont ON a
small scale that which would have been
an international contest, sometimes the
husband having the balance of power and
sometimes the wife.
Resides this We have in our country
plenty of room. while the transatlantic ma
tions are crowded crowded cities. crowded
governments. crowded learned institutions;
the population crowded, packed IN I've.
tween the pyrences and the Alps, packed
IN between the English Channel and the
Adriatic. Yes, ON our continent plenty oi
room Eight million square miles m
North America and all but one seventh
capable OF rich cultivation, implying what
fertility and commerce. -Four basins pour
ing their waters into the Atlantic, Ia
cihc. Arctic and Gulf of Mexico.
An Fnghshman asked me in an English
rail train this question. How do YOU pco'
pie stand il in America with revolution
every four years. Would il not he better,
like ". to have a queen Tor lifetime aud
everything settled hut England changes
government as certainly as we do, At
some adverse vote n Parliament out goes
one party, and m comes another.
The majority of the pcople of the Uni
ted states are on their wav to fortunes.
They viii either br rlch themselves or
their children will be rich. II | shnl'd
put ta s,mc men the question, "Nould
YOU have a fortune and let your children
struggle an through their lives m the same
kind oi struggle that you have had TO
make" scores ui men would say: II am
willing 20 fight this battle all the way
through hut give my children chance.
| do not care 50 much about myself II IN
only Tor ten or twenty years, anyhow.
Give my children a chance
Ii there l. anything that stirs my al
mlraton il j. man without any cduca.
tlon himself sending his sons 60 college,
and without any opportunity for luxury
himself resolved that though hc shall have
Il hard all the days of his lie hls children
shall have a good start
Aud | tell YOU that though some of our
people may have great commercial strug
glcs there II going to bc great opening
for tnelr sons and daughters as they come
on TO take their places IN the world
Continuing this international comparison
| have 10 say To YOU that we have a bet.
ter climate than ~ To bc found IN any
/ fk -. 4 iY.p
thing like the Scotch mists or the English
iogs or the Russian ice blasts or the ty-
phus OF Soutncrn Europe or the Asiatlc
cholera Epidcmics IN America are cN
! Ccptioual, very exceptional. Plenty oi
wood and coal To make a roaring fire md
winter. Easy access 90 seaboach or mount
ain top when the ardors oi summer come
| down Michigan wheat for the bread,
! Long Island corn for the meal, Carolina
! rice for the quctl oi puddings, Louisiana
sugar 10 swcetcn our beverages, Georgia
| cotton 10 keep - warm, M our hand all
| products and all climates. Are your nerves
| weak Go north IL your throat dclicnte'
| Go south DO YOU feel crowded aud want
more room Go west.
| declare It, this ~ the best country ia
/ all the world 10 live IN. How do ! know
! ity ! have go 600 new reasons for saying
! IT, 6J0O 900 people m one year came from
! the other side of the Atlantic Ia live IN
! America. aud they came because Il is the
very best country TO live IN.
While making this international com
pnrison let us look forward 10 the time
which will surely come when AL nations
will have ~ great advantages as our own
| As surely as the Bible is true the whole
earth ~ to bc gardcnizcd aud set free
! Even the climates will change and the
heats be cooled aud the lrlgidity warmed.
Many years ago in this city ! gazcd upon
a scene which for calamity and grandeur
one seldom sees cquallcd. | mean the
/ burning Of the Smithsonian Institution.
| II was the pride of our country In II art
| had gathered rarcst specimens from all
! lands and countries
It was one Of those buildings which
seize YOU with enchantmcnt as YOU enter
/ aud al the rest of y ar life holds you
/ with a charm ! happened 10 see the first
/ glow Of the fires which ON that cold day
! looked ou' from the windows oi the costly
/ pile ! saw the angry elements roar aud
/ rave. The shout oi aGrightcd workman
| and the assault OF irc engines only seemed
! 10 madden the rage oi the monsters that
rose up 80 dcyOur an that camc within
reach OF their cham.
G'p along the walls and through the
/ doors were pushed hands that snatchcd
/ down all they could reach and hurled II
! into the abyss of flame beneath. The WIN
! dows Of the tower would light up Tor a
minute with a Wild glare and then darken.
as though hcnds with streaming locks of
! fire had come out 10 gazc on IN laughing
! mockery Of all human attempts and then
/ sunk again into their native darkness.
! With cracklc and roar and crash the
| floors tumbled
The roofs began here and there to bios.
som m wrcaths and vine. Oi flame. Up
! and down the pillars ran serpents Oi fire
| Out from the windOws great arms and
| fingers Of flames were extended. a. though
/ destroyed spirits were begging for deliver
| ance The tower put on q coronct oi hamc
and staggered and fell. the sparks flying,
/ the iremen escaping, the terror accumulat.
! ing.
! Books maps rare correspondence, auto
/ graphs Of kings. costly diagrams burned 10
| cindeT or scattered tor many a rood upon
! the wild wind ~ be picked up by the cx.
! cited multitude. Oh, u seemed like some
| great funeral pile IN which the wealth and
! glory ol our land had lcapcd TO burn with
! ~ consuming treasures. The hcavens
! were blackened with whirlwinds Of smoke,
| through which shot the long red shafts Of
| calamity.
Destruction waved ~ fiery banner from
| the remaining towers, and m the thunder
! of falling beams and m the roaring surge
| Of billowlng FIRE ! heard the spirits Of ruin
| and dcsolation and woe clapping their
/ hands and shouting Aha, aha"
| I turned and looked upon the white
dome Of yonder capitol, which ro1e
through the frosty air az imposing ~
! though all the white marble of the earth
| had come ~ resurrection and stood be
fore ~, reminding one of the great white
throne of heaven There u stood, un.
moved by the terrors which that day had
been kindled before II. No treJnOr IN ia
| mniestIc eolnmn.. no finch Of excitement