Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-29
A FAVORED NATION.
DR.. Talmaes Speaks Of Prosperity
Of American People.
Divine sie.siaEs showereJ Upon II
lie Draws Companions Re-
tween Our own and
other Cesesrte..

Of Christian patriotism and shows The
resources 81 our country Sad predict.
the time WHEN al the world VII have
the sane blessings his tso texts are
Revelation xxi. iss "on the south
three gates" Psalm cxlvii.; lac
hath not dealt 50 with any nation.
Among the greatest needs OF cur
country i more gratitude 90 God for
the unparalleled prosperity bestowed
upon u. One OF ny texts calls us
20 international comparison. What
nation on al the planet has CT late
had such enlargement Of commercial
opportunity as Is now opening before
THIS nats0nG Cuba snd Porto Rioc
and The Philippine islands brought
into close contocs With Us, ard
through steamship subsidy and Mic
erzEua canal. which vii surely IL
afforded by congress. al the republics
CT South America viii be brought into
most active trade with the JritCc
States. On the south three gates"
Wine our next-door neishbors. the
southern republics ard ncsFhbOring
colonies. imported from European
countries 5000 miles away 1913, 0oo. coo
worth Of goods IN a year. only Si26.-
o0o.Coo worth went from the United
Sfatcs-SI2 Is COO. eco out Of $4,000
GOO. only crc-ffth % the trade ours.
European nations taking the four kr-
rers and leaving rs the poor thumb.
New all this Is 20 be changed. There
IS nothing but \ comparative te-r.
between che islands which hsve re
gently come under our protection.
and only O ferry between rs and Bo-
iisia. Peru. Paraguay. Uruguay. Nene-
Tu-,s. Salvador. Nicaragua. Colombia
Costa Rica- Ecuadcr. Brazil while
there A. raging seas ard long vow
are between them Ard Europe. BY
tie mandate % the United States az
that viii be changed through new IA
cilifies CO transportation The bis
rs-c-hmcricsn congress sust closed
az Madrid a. fail "a its attempt g.
eirerf al the trade % south America
from us % Europe. What crcourEE-
ing symptoms thst our trade witt
Cubs ard Porte Rico has been quad
ruple6i But that IL oaiy = prophecy.
"On the south three vates"-yca. q
hundred gates,
IN antcipstio- % What Is sure q
come. Z LA-l OF f-t A4N-N A1AA - A-AA-
natter an advertisement:
Wanted - Ore hundred thousand
ren 20 build railroads through south
America AID the islands OF the eco
under our protection
Wsrted--A thousand telegraph oP-
e-afors-
wanted.-One hundred million dol
lars worth q dry goods frcn tn
great cities OF the United states
WEnte1.-Al The clocks you car
make az New haven and al the brains
you can spare from Boston and al
the bells you can mold az Troy and
e. the re&perz yea can fashion a.
ChiczEo ard su The hams you cHr
turn cut 80 Cincirneu AID al The
rallrcsd iron sou car send from Pitts
burrh and al the statesmen that you
can srsre from Washirgfon.
Wanted - Right zwsy. wanted by
new and swift steamers. wanted bY
rsli-train. lawyers 70 P.ese OUT
causes.
Wart-d.-Doctors 20 cure our sick
Wanted - Ministers 20 evsngelye
cur popu'ation.
Wanted Professors 20 estsblisA
cur universitses-
On the south three gases.~ yea. 6
thousand gates South America snc ST
the islands q the ga approximate are
rightfuily our commercial domain. and
The congress Of the United Sfetss vii
see 20 il that ne get what belong
20 Us
And then tides % travel wi!l be some
What diverted from Europe 20 our il
lanSE e. the south and 10 The and G.
the aztees- Much % the sI2s 900. oor
yearly expr1dsd By Americans 81 Eu
rope viii b expended N southern "a
plorafson. IN boxing a. some q ;hs
ruins OF the a. cifies which stephen,
found only Hffle way apart and ir
walking through fbe great doorway
and OYER the miracles q Mosaic an1
along By the monumental gloriss c.
smother civilization. and ancient
America VII With cod Fps Of stOns
kiss the warm lips of modern Americs
end 50 have SD the Andes ard Pope
cataprfI viii - deemed as IN port sn-
a. 70 have seen the Alpine and Baiksr
ranges. and there viii be fewer pecpls
Spoi.ec 5y foreign travel. and IN on
Midas lear II he poor and DsOseztixs
Initiation q the FreEch shrug and sks
Intentional brTifsncy Of a brainissi
foreign swell. The fact + that mans
ere made vain by European travel. end
thoH9h sensib.e when they embarked
they ref 1rn with collar and crava'
sad q shoe and a coat and a propuu
eistion and . contempt for Ameriesr
Institutions and bend OF the elbow
that make one believe In evolution
backward from Ran 20 ape. OF th'
many thoukzncr who nov cross the ses
aan1siiy thousands will. OF pieasur'
and business. visit southern lands. ans
40 tourists and merchants and ecf<r