The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-12-21

DIR. Talmage breaches a discourse
OF Christian patriotism and shows the
resources Of our country and predicts
the time when all the world will have
TIE same blessings. His two texts are
Revelation xxi. rs: ION the south
three gates Psalm exlsi.: lie
hath not dealt 80 with any nation
Among the greatest needs Of our
country il more gratitgde 20 God for
tho unparalleled prosperity bestowed
upon MA. One of my texts cans us
90 International comparison. What
nation ON all the planet has OF late
had such enlargement OF commercial
opportunity a. ia now opening before
this nution2 Cuba and Porto Rico
and the Philippine islands brought
into close contact with as and
through steamship subsidy and Mic
aragua canal. which will surely be
Afforded by congress, ali the republics
Of South America viii be brought into
most active trade with the United
States. ION the south three gates. +"
While our next-door neighbors. the
southern republics and ncighhoring
colonies. imported from European
countries 5000 miles away s675, 900
worth Of goods Ia a year. only $780,
100000 worth went from the United
States $3.50. 900 600 out Of S67s .0oo.-
600. only one-ffth Of the trade ours.
European nations taking the four fin
gers and leaving us the poor thumb.
Now all this u 20 be changed There
o. nothing but a comparative ferry
between the islands which have re-
Gently come under our protection.
and only ferry between us and Bo-
iisia, Peru, Paraguay. Uruguay. Nene-
Euela. Salvador Nicaragua, Colombia.
Costa Rica. Ecuador. Brazil, while
there are raging seas and long yoy-
eye between them and Europe. by
the mandate Of the United states all
that will be changed through new Ia
ciiities Of transportation. The His
pano-Amcrican congress just closed
ct Madrid will fail In its attempt 60
divert all the trade OF South America
from us 20 Europe What encourag-
ing symptoms that our trade with
Cuba and Porto Rico has been quad
rupledi But that Is only a prophecy.
-On the south three gates"-yea, a
hundred gatesi
In anticipation OF what IL sure 20
come. nail on the front door Of this
nation an advertisements
Wanted One hundred thousand
men 90 build railroads through South
America and the islands Of the sea
under our protection.
Wanted.--A thousand telegraph OPP
orators.
wanted.-Ons hundred million dol
lars worth Of dry goods from the
great cities Of the United States.
wanted.--Ai the clocks you can
make AZ New Haven and all the brains
you can spare from Boston and all
thu bells you can mold at Troy and
all the reapers you can fashion at
Chicago and all the hams you can
turn out at Cincinnati and all the
railroad iron you can send from Pitts
burgh and all the statesmen that you
can spare from Washington.
Wanted. - Right away. wanted by I
new and swift steamers. wanted by /.
rail-train. lawyers 20 plead our
causes.
Wanted Doctors TO cure our sick /
Wanted. 49, Ministers 20 esangelize /
our population.
Wanted. Professors TO establish I
our universities.
"On the south three gates" yea. a /
thousand gates. South America and all 4
The islands OF the sea approximate are 4
our commercial domain. and 2
the congress Of the United States will /
nee 10 Il that we get what belongs
TO as.
And then tides OF travel will be some
wha, diverted from Europe to our is
lands at the south and TO the hand OF
The Aziecs Much OF the $4,000 900
yearly expended by Americans in Eu-
rope viii be expended in southern ex-
Dioration. In looking al some OF the
'uins Of the a. cities which stephens
'ound only little way apart and Ia
walking through the great doorways
md over the miracles Of Mosaic and
Ilong by the monumental glories OF
mother civilization. and ancient
america will with cold lips OF stone
Iiss the warm lips OF modern America.
md 20 have seen the Andes and Popo-
atapetl win be deemed as important
IS to have seen the Alpine and Balkan
'anges. and there will be fewer people
poiled by foreign travel. and in our
nidst less Of the poor aud nauseating
Of the French shrug and the
Intentional hesitancy OF brainless
orns~ avail The fact is that many
re made vain by European travel. and.
hough sensible when they embarked.
hey return with n collar and crayat
nd shoe and = coat and pronun-
iation and a contempt for American
nstitutions and n bend OF the elbow
hat make one believe in evolution I
from man TO ape. or the 1
nany thousands who now cross the sea
nnually thousands will. on pleasure
nd business. visit southern lands. and
D tourists and merchants and scien- l
lists and capitalists will all help IN this {
ational development. ION the south |
lree gates" And what other nation G
as such openings for commercial en- I
Irgement as ours?
Again. in this international COM I
arison notice the happy condition Of 4