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Show i J Di8rimii?atiu StyaisgiuigcJ. I SOME LESSONS SUGGESTED BY THAHK80IVIHQ DAY J f SERMOI BV RABM JACODSOS 1 1 J Today in tills Uo country, nil the i I churches, all Hie creed', oil llio con- i ? lesson, nil lh clergymen sink tliclr I i many variances nnl forRcttinij for the I ,,,. that they Imo righteous nnii sac ; 1 red differences, bind toRclhcr Into rata , 3 s-rctt nnd Intimate fraternity whose un 1 I divided heart pours out to the bene b i ficent 1 stlicr of all n generous tliatiks- r I divine; for the UcwIpb tint they are the Children of one good land ulileli l hi mothers them nit In nn equal love that I' i. knots s no distinction nor slc,;rcool , T preference nor favor, but vvith nnlinpar 1 tlM IndulRence, encouragement nnd i. nfTectlon (Ives them n I her natural i. ( benediction anil tctiiletly bhli llicm y -row In srncc nnd virtue, cndi nc.com 5 M fnc to tne requirement; of Ills oaii i' nature and the demands of Ills oij ' J nantlnc soul, the kindness of her all t it, embracing boiom Hordlim for nil or iy their diversities In disposition and me- i thod, and aspiration infinite, opportuni- i, ties and satisfactions - At Totlav. the waves or the Impetuous I i Tastern Sei, spccdlnt- with carolling i ' ' ( iiattlon Into tin. unwclconi'nz nrms ol , , I L'olnmbli, hlr and liuspil able, introduce Jl' turn of erateful praise which Is taken ' tip In a refrain whoso Joyous aoiurmi waics ever Multantly nihilitier until 2! avlicn the notes rcverlierato on lie Western shoro the cvcnint: w in its I J calm. thoiiEhlful veay, does not com- 1 mimical, item still further on. but by i, klsslne them lovingly back nain cum i f ii'clcs liberty s tranvportant sonr, in It stcisl of losfne Hull in th "' Is- HI tnncc. to rite unto the heights of God ; ?i nnd there become consecrated into the V j divine psalm of a free and mwnlfijer.1 people! vvhose happy brotherhood Is t I safe buv.Ic.1 by the; peaceful y tern ,1 whicl,b trcatho eentle commendation I from the North, nnd by the placid Riilf A S aciosswhoscsilrutinaln there riniM to if j J' these tranquil strands "' "' l'1"1"' iBv i I whisper oi boutliem broils t? , f The American whoso heattsiv ells not m i ' this UnnVjRlvhg anthem is even morr f ' i deed ofionl than he whose cslitcncc " vojM have surprise, and pained he " poet had ho to '! 'h'orlt '' """'J0',' L received the nnswer of nssurrance that I ' ilmmonstro.ltyho could deny and bo I wholly Indifferent to bis nitlve land Is ' by iX intuits audi n urily, for there Sus? be a con.psiI.ou In th s matter. K he Is "of soul to dead 'who bis np five for the lan.l of Ills birth In which tils a.plratlons miy hive '"" Ills convictions supprcst.d, bis exprcs ilons Milled, Ws results curtailed, bis f i '"' """hood ;lrled.f1r mofo 'so jjj,u mUjt be he who American b i extraction or adoption, has no iwponso l lor this patriotic occasion of Ute Hunks- E citing ol n country whither the p- ?' ( .ressU,lhelnmpcrcd,lheunpKrercd t, l i .ii i.,,.l. n.mn lo seek that which IS b , i lobehadbuthcrc.-falr ntidfjlloppor W ' i umty for nr lent worth, which must , ,' I , cqnlfibl conditions for all nnl k I whlcli ca find them only on this toll of I1 1 B, ouaxvheto no class Is privileged, w.ierc If i I' no possession of mind or me vis inhance J ' H ' or minis!, a man'a 'ogn.llon before if the law or In the franchise, whero no rai K i lias a ecniloi.y or n title, where nil 1 J men ore but men, and cwry man is cm- h 1 j phatlcally n man. ij'l But the thinkfulncss of this diy must r be of such n nituro Hut all Americans I'll can enter Into It without disparll) H ;' ' l.ether It Is became the pulpit is imiz. 1 ' j tkd In this regard and must confine J t ! Itself to a lino of rurmks which will if ; l,urc u, complcto bnrmlessncss, or f vbethcr that harmlessncssbodno ton I native simplicity inherent In n rouduess that Is all too good-whatLVcrtnt cause f the mlnlstirs of rcbRlon nro to blmie i for llio current ross mlsconceiitlons or this day. TluuURltliiK sermons ore 1 nplcto wlUi cxprctslons of cMlIlude ii for ,c1Hh, for food lor ri Iment, for J enlightenment, for peace, for the unlyer- 3 lnrnn.rill of tllL WOrld 1 lierC IUO ;, ', proper ccnslilcrallons for prvale nnd I i iellslous thanks, but not for the f pecia 1 thanksgivini- of a nation. Unhcrsnl 1 prosperity is n fiRment, a pious dccep- J, lion. Niitlonil crime Is as incessant ns 5i J Indltlduil crime There Is not a eir, ( ' . not a day, but that somewhere n this 1 wide world h weaker I eoplo is sullLtl is Ii ' i Irom the usurpation or a stronrer o lc U 1 Shall we tlntik God tint they whose ft ' superior cnlljilinment ues them ike- 1 wlie the auvintaRe, of power have II, 1r obly used tbtlr ditlne l.lesshiRS to I ' I ' nourisft at the expciuo of those hose ' darkness ouBht to Insplro us with pits? Or Is It the pence of the i.nvagc.the IcEitlmato prey of llio nnlnnlitni that Is f; lmntln ell llliatlon-lstl.o Innocence of ' t tho sivigo less dear to the Deity be- cw3e lilt KUllelcss heart Is not n .juiiii-1 .juiiii-1 ) ' ted with more refined Iniquity' And ( t ,at concern lias tinlvus.il prosperity , f - , in distinctively n natioinl dianksdvlnsf 1 l'esco Is not such in unmltlgntid bless- Inc. They who for it nre SLiitlmentilly Liiteful would have It nt tbo expense of : Soort itself, , While I think God that with the lull honor of our principles I e bat o these lito ) cars maintained nn nlmost pcrlcct nmity with the world 1 of nations it is more of a inattir of coiiKmlulatlon tn llicm than It Is to tn that wlntctir Ihilr misdeeds, thesj. lnve not been o U ulng ns to call fortli the rebuke of a peopto who while I liiversicklnK.uni.vcrpujillatilrnousy nv old n righttoua encounter. And w Into lam upon this sulject.it miy not be i out of til ice to miiitloii lure that in-cer- ) i fin instances piace is altogether our bull, while we nre extremely sensitive to any nl'ront to our flag or unlu rm As I I wisoemoiittrated list yeirluour afTalr I ' vit!i Chili, wi nro not so over nico i nhout tho dignity nnd ntpect of our , 1 cltizeni, so that wo allow almost with , Impunity at Icust one nition to deter. I mine to which of our ci'lrens It w I ucccrd Its tolerance nnd to which it will I not. Today's Ihanksglvlrc enn not be too i dchcitcly discrhnlnnlvi.. It must lo such that we all cm siy 1 or this mo wo whol y thmkful, nnd tint , I without nujlit of rcscrvi. It Is for tliis reuon that 1 1 an not t olco the gratefulness grate-fulness which some of 5011 nny h.i.1 for j our enjoyment of lieilth, of plent), nnd of enliRhtenmeiit Tliose nru blessings bles-sings which nto not Lquilly distribulLd, nnd gratitude for them ccmntiho most be merely relillve A relative ibinkf I'nets Implies a certain di grce of tlnnkfulncss. In order lo make Ihu measure of t, nil tudo full for nil, we me wont, is we glvo Mtcrince lo the Ihanl s ot these who have enough for nil their wants, who nre free from nehes nn I pnlns nnd I gloomy forebodings who lnve been 1 blessed with those ndvantares tint 61.- euro them n uulficlcnt education, to , recommend anil urge an actlvu charity 4 nnd tntcrrsttov;iru those not so for-I for-I tunatc. Hut, while I sintlment to God 1 the happy acknowledgments of you, 5 t the more prosperous nn 1 implore the f v sympathy orourheirlsnndyourelfjrW , ( 1J4 f' i auJ v our purses for ihoe less fat ond, whit must lie the feelings of tint poor wight, an American too. who may per haps be listening to me in yonder bash ful comer nnd lindj in my speech no word or thanks for him lor with regard to these things he ins no oeeislon for thanks finds pcrinps that lieforo his God ho is represented only by a discordant dis-cordant note which, ami 1st the liar-monies liar-monies or thanksgiving hurriedly ns a memory best to be isseil over, men lions Ills misery with n hollow petition for the Divine meicy, and then Intrudes. him upon the notice of limn in clnrity win h, howsoever lot Int. and geniti, must to hlni be most ungratefully galling? lie thankful for whit j ou Ii ivr, nnd for whit JoU havo attained This is )Ourpiinte concern At times it Is nn i propilite tlKin", likewise for ro lljious expression however not on nil American tlnnksglvlng ns long nt there Is one worthy Amerlr ill who Is sick, who starves, who Is ignorant Uniity can not bo urged too olten, nnd I too wouli press )ou to it on ctciy excuse of nil occasion Comfort the sick, feed the hungr), clot! c the naked, make work ft r tleuncmplojed bring light an 1 kuuwl-cdun kuuwl-cdun to the uneducated. Open the fountains of your hearts Into generous streams of kindness nnd let your Kill' be ns lavish nsv our smpathlcs Let your thinks to God Lo evidenced by the sierificcs you bring In the splnt of Ills command l)utwiile chmity may tvi iknce.lt does not )ct articulate (.rati-tude (.rati-tude Tobe thankful that we nre good men and women, thit wo hnvc a blisrful moral consciousness, may likewise give rise til Invidious comparison 1 if fortune, fur none of us can even ipproxinntely estimate in how dr in irality is a string, the resu'i of circumstance Instrictl) national conditions we can notltrd much cjne for thanksgiving if we lnve n less bitter dashing of the classes w 0 must nccount for it, not in mir tupeilor form of government, hut lit the 11 t tint ns a new country our population is as ) et coninaratlv ely light and we must confess that the dishing th it does exist Ii only too bitter ns it is, resulting liimanyalilgliliaudprocidiire, nn I but too often in most cruel cam ice Uur courts, conslinll) engaged with ciimes mid criminils, must force us to the ndmissiou that while most cfliclcnt in the punishment, jet equally with nil others Is also our legislation utterly ile-liclcnt ile-liclcnt in the prevention ol crime. Ihen, too, whatever advnUageS we may possets In these nnd similar respects the rcpeatirg accusations of ofliciil and of legil corruption, nnd also the frequent rcctrrenco if crmnutltics taking tne law in their own hnuils in abuse which nil efforts to stay or to punish prove alike Ailile in nil parts of the couulri mnkeittiry in nlfest tint we too nre Ihble to our own peculiar sins nnd objections. It thus being found tint Intranational rc'allons nnd universal conditions, rlgidlytakcn, linvu no place in a instinctively ins-tinctively national celebration, tint private circumstances of health, means, knowledge or even of morals occasion nn unequal gratitude which a literally Interpreted American liolldiy cm not righteously coimtennncc, nnd tint the staloof national nPhirs does not i,tve special warrnnt to n day for speclil Ainerlcm congratulation, therefore the President of this country, nnd the kotcrnors nf the vnrious .States nnd territories in officially recommending adcvotlonill!iinksglvhi.,nud tho congregations con-gregations throughout the land in acceding ac-ceding to tint rcconimcndvion by instituting thanksgiving services In which the) require of their preachers tliinksciviiig sermons nnd ntldrcsscs, force Into the pulpits and upon tliu ministers tliu only one topic in whlcli America lias her dlstlnctlvii I, lory, nnd in which nil Amerienns without exception excep-tion nnd without differences of Interest can feel a full nnd cquil pride and satisfaction, satis-faction, for it concerns tint in which one American Is no more nor less than un-other, un-other, through vvhUh every Amerlcm, whatever bis degree or circumstance, is made nn espial prince among tha irluces of the earth, through which lie iccomes vetted with the full dignity of 1111 nliood and wields n scepter of manly power, moto than which woul I be usurp itlon and less than which woull be vissalagc. lhe only apprnprluto topic fr thanksgiving nnd congratulations congratula-tions this day is, therefore, the American franchise. It is generally deprecated In a minister minis-ter to speak upon mis theme Hut this Is all tint is left 10 him 1111 n Dianksgiv jng Day Ka, even too generally, while I hold Hint n minister should never tako advmtuf.0 of bis sacred ofilce to influencu purely polillril results, jet after they hav e onco become results it Is not only lilt prcrogntive, but even his boundeii duty, lo comment upon them. Orshoulllie forever tike his illustrations illustra-tions and suppoi Is from the mummified relics of Ancient Greece nnd Koine nnd Israel or from the enibilmed circi.scs of foreign events and concerns which even all spices cinnot save from putreicence on their long passages over tholinds and seis? Aie not Ihirpir and Alma sweeter than nil the w iters of Israel? Must we draw our inspiration, if we would siy a word lor Instance, to or in belnlf of I ibor, merely from the w hlsk-crrd hlsk-crrd agitations of Gracchi, nnd not give religious utterances the force of praphlc lessons Irom the living events nnd dis elusions about us, in our very midst? May the minister hsmmcr away forever 1t the nneleiit public in efwhom sejreo even his primeval dust remains, nnd net er be permitted a w ord for or ngnlnst bis direct heir nnd olT.priug the modern tax collector or the assessor? Whit my manhood nnd the oci isiou compel 1 clilin privilege to talk upon nnd impress unto Amaru. ins what Americans this iliv should be thankful for. mill what I toons an Ameilcan, which Is nil that 1 light now propose to represent, feel mv 1 ntrlotic gratitude in I nm thankful for the franchise and for the healthful manner of its exercise in this our countr In it I see the guirunteo 'f lasting greatness anil Llory for excelling thit of any otlar nation na-tion that his jet cinwncd Itself with Immortal credit It is Ihe sift guard of our liberties nnd nf our republican I11-stlliitiois, I11-stlliitiois, which first taught mankind the villi 1 and importance of n mall, tl ti raising the proud consciousness of 1 1 Inilivldiiil eunohlmi- his stand ird of mmals and motives, hiving keemr im pulse to his aspirations nnd tlus ton sending humanity Itself by the as vet mightiest boun I in nil history far forward for-ward on lu rral of dtsllny to t irtunl Inppiness nn 1 perfection The rnilllen-Ilium rnilllen-Ilium which It lis Introduced promises to be more (.loiious than any religious heated fancy Ins ever jet inclined ns attending the advent of nny Messiah. In fact, this universal franchiic In America Is a glorious Me s ah In Itself, an I even now Is performing most astonishing w onders of salv ation, T - p rly Hut for so long a time lias, been the sole exponent or tnllonalism, whietiitre tilted in such 11 magnificent iisniui n isltssj tem of flninee, which Itnssfrtslnsiicharilrlcsofcrccil as Ihe nallouil saleguarding of native industry and the control ol national elections hy federal ruprrvislon. an I which, further mote, it Ins ever timely maintained on sticli occas ons, (cr Instance, ns tint re-ccntcirergencv re-ccntcirergencv when thn plague ttood at our gites, nnd the Government Im-mcdlatelj Im-mcdlatelj placed its officers In thargo of local parts, is u pail) with a priiid) le cf which It may well be Jrouik Its birth too was an heroic one, nmid tho painful throes of n noble cme maintained but by the most unselfish sacrifices of prosperity pros-perity and serv Ice, nnd even of life itself it-self And it was a wonder child Its y lung thought and energy raised n dc-v dc-v astnted and Impoverish i! country from n st ate of nlmost total wreckage to n( proud position of pro pcrlty nnd credit' thtt Is searce seeond to lint or any other niiionin Ih" world And jet ngtlust this party the polls have dcclircd with nn emphasis that precludes the uiu il nr-rnption nr-rnption to Irregular methods and that is to lie explained only In the free and wholesome exercise 01 Hint sole saving power of our repubilethe Irecmana vo e, and trough tho result be against my own nthllnloiis I am still thankful for II. I leir not for the principles Thoy nro American nnd nre in America Ii mini to triumph It Is not they that have suffered defeat. Them is not a Stale, not nlocabtj.Tjiit what demands and petitions the national defense of Its special Interests over against the in-cursive in-cursive foreigner, nnd if cich thusvvants the governmental safeguard for its individual in-dividual rrsounes, all will sooner or liter recognlro He neecsslty of a like and proportionate defense ol this nature for nil. In Hie theory of thitlani unable to detect nn j lltw, nnd that which Is right in theory trust be so too in practice prac-tice Pills measure ought therefore to foster native industiy, increase the demand de-mand for tabor, enl ance the laborer's cmolum-nts, make money more current nnd by thus cheapening it over ngmnst farm 1 roducts bring to the firmer, who is the Aims of civilization, ever lircr returns fur I is iieroic sweat. That it prictictlly falls or such w orklng cm nut ho due to some inhert nt error, but is nppllcible to cert tin evils that have grown up tlmult meotisly with It from special tendencies of this ate totards gigintlc corporations nnd towards more and more extensive speculation It is herein where thopiity of correct theory h is failed of proper practice. It was not cueigellc nnd sincere enough in its legislation ogainst their evils and partly for this dereliction it his been so set erelj rebukid. Tho country which on a squaro issue, but four J ears ngo declared ovtruhclmlnRly In favor of Its principle, lias not now tacillatlngly so soon repudiated that principle, has but scored a class of concomltti l evils which its oncllustce luting failed to seize the ollercd opportunity to correct them, it not commissions for collection to another. an-other. It is thus tint our franchlso corrects cor-rects Hie inequitablenes3 of our institutions and enactments, and securex our material progress, whiehit promotes ina spirit ot true Ki ublictnlsni. Apll) it a nromlncnt Lluctcu iournahst hi Month) 's dispatches quoted as nttitbu-ting nttitbu-ting the result of the late election to a f rawing tendency towards socialism lut the socialism Is not of the rapid nnd distinctive nature. It is merely such a soclihsm which is ever Jealous of equitab'e com! tlons such as 1 republic must ever preserve, nnd which even in a republic nre in danger of becoming unb danced when a few wax unduly mijjity In wealth Tho rich mtn'spariy has been defeitcd, the poor mm s party has triumphed, and though the result imperil the imniedlato krowtlt of principles prin-ciples which seem to me righteous mid urgent, I stilt ball the accomplished fict as an cvidencu of our national health and of our Amerlcm manhood In another respect, too, my party ills-applntment ills-applntment yields to national congratulation congra-tulation Though righteous are iu tenets, this part j's alliances have been strangely tmnolt It tent itself to lireju dice. It appealed to memories of passion. pas-sion. It I ept perpetua ly fanning life Into the djing embers of n war even, whoso ashes should lnve long ago been lmrli.d to fertilize n refuvetlalint- land It made chlcllj soldiers its candid ilcs nnd aspersed as citizens opposing cindidntcs who chanced not to be soldiers, ns If even In war the citlr-u who furnishes the service Is not equally nsnccejsarj nsthc soldier who directs the blows 'lo keep tho embers burning burn-ing for pjrolcclinlc ellect, this party cniptojcilmenntthe bellows nnd paid them in the form of pensions which being be-ing public disbursements nro in Hie end hut privite burdens Our pension list which, rm these two deca les after tho war should commence to grow less nnd less, nppeers however but steadily to increase, and the suspicion seems warranted war-ranted thit much ol this is but a bid for patronage. Hut even this imposition with basis nnd purport in political prijudlcols jet ver innocent when compared with other nbuscs this party his been guilty of It has time nnd again Identified itself w Ith church pol ties In tome states It has been out nrd out n prohlbi tlon part), mid Just from those states nnd movements where nnd with whlcli it Ins so del itcd itself has come tho im iietus to the third party whlcli lit the latn campaign contributed so largely to add stall nnd rompastlon to its defeat, it will not do forn government to become be-come n moral mentor. Tho free spirit of mm even in a monarch) will relet nt,lnst such governmental resumption which when lor a time successful inn republic ciu tend best to undermine res peet for the llw and cm breed but pietism, h j pocilsy nnd prejudice. The inrty that his just be 11 overwhelmed Ins only too strongly verified nil this Not content with prohibition it h is In many imtialpiblo wiys ever moro closely nllled itself with tho church It look special pride by n thousand little tricks of advertisement to Inform the country nf tho exact denomlnitlounl complexion ol its leading candidates It Is cumuli) thought Hint 0110 or two of Its most btllli mt leaders have failed of noninittun nnd election to llio highest office within Its gift beciuso either tney themselves or soma one in their families were not religiously ell glide, it is tliu common observation thit its non protestant cand dales I ave. alike in trccss on I defeat, ever f illcn Mow the rtst of tho t'eket Is mostly f-om this party that such movements move-ments ns llio Amerlcin protective associations as-sociations lnve been resisted It capped the clmnx of its Iniquity in this regard when Its senate pissed nnd its religious president signed the I Hi for the Sunday closln ; cf II 0 orld a l'alr, lien this Is remembered. Hie result in Illinois is fir from enigmatical, and for this ngiin though I proudly claim to be with the defeated I jet this day as nn American pour forth my thinkstflvlng Hut the frni chlso Ins so Uorioudy demonstrated how mighty It Is nnd how nlert It is iu that mlj lit to maintain on 1 American soil Amerlcin piinclplo pure nnd undented All the little bigots who I now no other icllglous argument than religious prejudice, who to convince mtut ever havo tccourse to force, to legislative rompul ten, nnd whose sole inowtedxa of Amen an polili s I sumned up In the one sentence ' rh 1 Is a Christian county ' lnve met with a deserved disaster in this last result at the polls Cnpltil nnd religion, the men 01 monorevlynnd the men of ecLirlanlim the giants nnd Hie dwnfs, llily of long bends nnd they of petty spirit, have nliko been rebuked nnd the franchlso Ins asserted the nortial, the lieilthful man the American pressure mid prejudice pre-judice havo been alike without avail, Tho American billot Ins t Indicated Its purity at least on its Invest nnd mightiest mighti-est occasion In its nail mal opportunity And for this can we- welt be proudly and itrofoundly rrilcful this national Thanksgiving bay. , , Hut wehnvospcclalcausetobolocilly so olso The corporition which wo thought through Its potter of wctltli and religion would exert an undue political fnlliience In our territory In behalf be-half of a favorite sin lias proven itseir cither not so formidable or not so illiberal il-liberal nnd fanatical as we were inclined to credit It Willi be ng It may be true thit the majority of the successful candidate can-didate Ins been' less thin that of his only here hitherto, lut when It Is known Hi it Irolcstants will scratch for Protestant", mid Call ohes for Catholics, and Jews for Je.ws is lint whlc 1 Is reprehensible in all to be punished only In Mormons? As long ns It Is evidenced tint tho Mormon Church Itself Is cleansed from the sin of direct auihotl tttlve political Interference If not its patriotism jet nt least Its nlhclal deda ration of political ueutralitj can net fairly be questioned And this test it his honorably stood 1 rjm Ihli ob jcctlon alone Its ilc,ht to a lull franchise can therefore no longer be honestly gainsaid While the moral ol jcctlon, an wholly untenable, private theories and religious convictions ought not to bo legislative considerations Practice atone concerns olTcial notice nnd Hie Iirnclico of Moimontsm that Ins hitherto iren open to moral objeellon lias been almost completely routed bj rjovern-mental rjovern-mental measures and energj buch mlsdcmeinor or crime Is no mote prevalent pre-valent here thin it Is elsewhere. To deny a people their rights to the franchise fran-chise for wlntmay happen In the future Is the most outrageous of injustice If our numbers hero entitle us on precedent pre-cedent to admission to si tchnod, and If Ultra be here no overt lawlessness to mil e such admission nnadvlsnblc, op position to tin reception of this boon which mutt be the detlro of cverj patriotic community nnd of every Individual In-dividual AuiTicnn I enn ascribe under present conditions best to dcmngoijuciy nnii fanaticism. Tho Imagined danger if tlcprcclttloti In values is ivtntid but nn Imnelncd one Hit were it real, should monetarv coi criHons prompt us to forego that whlcli nlono constitutes our proud distinctive title to the nime American nnd bcmirsulliclent reison for refusing that without which virtually nn Ameilcan Is not an American? Ameri-can? 1 hcrcforo that tl e prospect dawns tint wo too shall soon be enrolled lu the sisterhood of stiles with tho lull control or our own affairs, and with our propor-tlonnte propor-tlonnte voice in u tionil millers, Is another reison why I not inly ns nn Amerlcm but as an Amerlcin denizen of Utah rejoice ill the glorious showing of the lite election and thank God this rhtnksglvini Daj for having In Ills providence so sgnnlly blessed and secured our republic both 11 itioinlly nnd locally tvitli tint wisest, noblest, man llest nnd freest of institutions, aunlver sal nnd equal franchise lu whose health-ltd health-ltd exercise, ns Illustrated in the list election, I feci convinced of America's ever increasing; glorj and prosperity, nml f never by it 111.1v she thus be site-guarded, site-guarded, so that with her pure Mrcngtlt and rectitude, self conscious In iter every son, shenny surmount her own Imniclhte concerns nndsct lierself directly di-rectly and vigorously to her larger mission ot emancipating humanity, whose every hope of universal nnii eternal liberty ind of unconstrained splriluallzntlon turns wlUi feverish expectancy ex-pectancy and jet ever wttli implicit confidence but toher. |
