The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-24

sanctity OF our Sabbath, they stand a
constant mennCc to the stability OF our
government and the future OF the ma
tion.
What will you do with the vast
number OF foreigners coming To Am.
erica?
answer this question as in the
other Instance educate, elevate aud
evangeliZe them or they will degrade
us and destroy the nation rs far rs
they may be able rs citizens.
What will YOU do with the pro-
blem OF itliteracy This condition
pertains, more especially to the two
ciasscs | have named.
There are three elcmcnts rs al.
ready intimatcd, that make up the
population Of the States the native
whites, the foreign born whites and
the negroes. BY far the smallest per
cent. OF iIliteracy belongs to the ma
tive whites and the greatest TO tho ne
gr0es.
One more problem affecting the
three just named, in Itself diilicult Of
solution, and in connection with the
others, the more so, Is the saloon.
will not discuss the horrors OF
its details, the vsstness OF its ruins
and tho wreck OF it's presence among
our people. God help tho young peo.
pie OF the thirteenth century, the
Christian young people, 10 wipe il
early from the face Of the earth.
The saloon goes out OF the nine
tccnLh century into the twentieth
through the wreck OF manhood, the
ruin OF homes. the rags Of children,
the destruction OF communities and
the shame OF the nation.
a. i,E
aud power and place, it has, largely
brought the ballot that has made the
corruption OF government through the
very lowest methods In politics.
adJure you, by oil means that are
legal, sacred and right, in the name
OF our civilization, in the name OF the
State aud IN the name OF our living
Christ, wipe this blot from the glory
OF the nation and do not delay a day tt
begin the masteriul work.
There is still another class Of clLi.
Zens, even more dangerous to the
spirit and perpetuity Of our institu
tions than the classes already consider
ed. refer to the class that makes
monOpolies.
am not conc GINNING corporations
Corporations are as necessary for the
| development aud security Of the ma
tlon as are individuals. Corporation.
arc but the AggregationS Of in1ivi
| dualS. They have their rights, a<
such, and they should Eo protected ir
ell their Legitimate purposes.
- reter, specially, in those comb
nations, OF capital that absorb to them
| selves the rights OF the people an,
Cypress, without mercy, the submerg.
cd and helpless Of our citizenship
What will the twentieth century dc
with trusts
Ono monopoly has Just declared n
quarterly dividend Of twenty million
dollars, being an annual dividend O
eighty million dollars, on a capitalize
tiOn Of only 100000, 600. Tno q ar
turly dividend thus declared is near! J
four times the amount Of the q uu..rterl,
interest on our national deht. Wha'
is to DO the limit Of this putocratit
giants swing ana sway:
| Lot US repeat
The security OF our government i
based upon public opinion.
If public opinion is Intelligent
conservative anc virtuous, the country
is safe and the people will bo prosper
Gus and happy.
II public opinion is dominated b,
ignorance and made purchaaeabl
through drunkenness ana vice, tn,
country is doomed TO misrulc, anarch,
and death.
Monopolistic opinion, monOpolisti,
capital and monopolstc power are al
antagOnistic to tie genius Of our in
stitutiOn3 and destructive Of the fun
dnmental principles OF our govern
| mcnt.
Finally, let me Impress you with
the great TACT that Righteousness;
exalteth d nation
The problem Of all problems fo
the twentieth and Ill succeeding cen
turies will BE- 'What will you do with
| Christ p
Whatever else may be said, tn
stability Of our government must res
upon tho virtue and Christian intclll
gence OF tho people. Tho supreme
idea OF llfe-all life, both indivlduu
and national. is tho sovereignty ant
over-ruiing power Of God.
Christianity is the solution an
the only solution Of all the ills and al
tho problems the people and the ma
tiOn arc to consider.
charge you, now, with all tb
force and earnestnGss / c8n command
W hnteyer else you do for the pros
/. pority OF the nation in the twentloti
cuatury, dofend tho inspiration,
purity and power OF tho Bible. Kuc
1T as the embodiment OF Gods ever
i6sIlnB truIh lor tno upOuliulnB Ol tn
individual ana tho peace and pro5pcrit,
OF the republic.
with all the force OF Nelson, o
, the morning OF tho memorable battl
, OF Trafalgar, lot me say: America eX
poets every man, Of Whatever class o
calling, TO do his full duty by til,
, State.
"'Who saves his country saves him
self; saves al things, aud all thing
, saved bless him"
| Who lets his country die, lets al
, things die: dies himself ignObly, ant
, all things dying curse him."
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