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The News and Observer.
VOL. LI. NO. 133.
Leads all Mopth Carolina Dailies in News and Circulation
A MAO DOG’S BITE
THREATENS LIVES
Two Lads from Statesville at
Pasteur Institute.
THE RABIES ARE FEARED
Statesville Citizens Sent the Bitten
Boys to Baltimore.
HAS ISSUED CALL TOR ASSISTANCE
Mr. J- W. Avent From Wake County is Also
at Pasteur Institute Being Treated
Because Bitten by a
Dog.
(Special to Nows and Observer.}
Baltimore, Md., Fob. 14.—There arc.
two most distressing cases in the Pas.
tour Institute liotv, where they are being
treated for fear of hydrophobia from a
dog’s bite.
Tvvo boys from Stai< svillo, X. 0., have
readied hero this week for treatment, and
their case is considered a severe one.
Air. J. W. Avent, of Raleigh, is also at
the institute for treatment.
Ton it at it is reported that the condi
tion of the two boys is critical and that
die nfl.ies are threatened.
These boys are the two little soii3 of
-Mr. Tim Warren and Sydney Patterson,
of Statesville, X. C. They were brought
here Tuesday aud they had been bitten
badly in the face by a supposed rabid
d«.g last Sunday. The developments to
day indicate that the dog was mau and
death from hylrophobia is feared, unless
the boy* rally undir the treatment they
are undergoing.
BITUN AT STATESVILLE.
Statesville, X. Feb. 14.—The two lit.
tlo Patterson and Warren boys were bit
ten by a sup]K>sed rabid dog on Sunday,
mid with Mr. Sydney Patterson wen sent j
to Baltimore on Tuesday. The cas*. is
a distressing one, as the pare nts of tin*
children are too poor to have borno the
«xpense of the trip and the cost of treat
ment at Pasteur Institute.
There was needed for this S2S(T, being
SIOO apiece for the boys’ treatment and
fs'. for travelling expenses, but some
money has been contributed and an ap
peal to the citiz* ns has b°en made for
•he stitn still needed, which will bt con
tributed.
Information from Baltimore is that the
wounds made bv the dog are considered
i eve re, but that ?vci y attention will b t >
given them.
Mr. J. W. Avent, referred to in the
telegram. lives near Crabtree Creek,
three and a half miles rerth of Raleigh.
He was bitten Friday a week ago by a
gaunt, starved looking dotr. who fought
him lie reel v until Mr. Avent killed him
with a slat. The dog bit Mr. Avent on
the leg, but only scraped oil a small
piece of the skin, 'the wcuud was cau
terized by Dr. J. R. Rogers, but out of
rl smdar.ee of catition Mr. Avent went to
Baltimore to Pas.eur institute for treat
ment
in a letter o: the 12th Mr. Avent writes
from Baltimore that he look the' first
treatment on Wednesday of this week,
and expected to bo in Baltimore three
weeks longer in bis letter he stated
that two small boys had reached the in
stitute that day ftv.m Statesville and that
they had been bitten very badly.
THE CRAWFISH ACT WON’T TO
Hon W E iftocre Replies to Congressman
Moody’s Attack.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, X. C. Feb. 11.—Hon. W. E.
Moore says of Congressman Moody’s at
tack upon him anl the Demovratii par
ty “Moody appears to think his actions
at the party caucus al Washington should
r.ot ho known or criticized by his con
-1 stltuenU, but his crawfish act will not
satisfy his; constituents at home.”
Confirming the interview Mr. Moore
ays, “I would like very much to know
v hat M.ij. Moody m-saua by his attempt
to magnify his efforts to prevent North
Carolina from being made a province by
vim reduction of its representation. Can
U In- possible that ho is engaged In a ,
struggle with his own party to keep it;
lrom converting the sovereign Slate ol-
North Carolina into a province like Porto
Itico and the Philippines?'’
A Haywood county Jury y aterdny gave
It. if. E. Edwards 5132 damages against
the Southern Railway for killing one
mule and disabling another.
Cullohoo Copper Company has begun
mining on properties in Jackson county.
SALISBURY VERY LOW.
Captain .Salisbury’s mother, wife and
child have arrived here, but the patient's
-audition is so serious that none of bis
closest relatives are permitted tc 3eo him.
CBARGEB OF EXTRAVAGANCE
Ciay Makes a Vigorous FroteM Against Ad
ditional Employes in Ssnato
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 1 i.—A little flurry
was created in the Senate today over '
•he employment since the beginning or
tho session, of a score or more of extra
clerks ar.d tueasengera to committee*. I
The charges of extravagance made in- !
duced the reference of the whole sub-
jeet of clerical employment to a commit
tee for investigation and report.
The matter was brought up by Mr. Clay
(Ga.), who made a vigorous protest
against a report from the Committee on
Contingent Expenses authorizing udd?-
tional employes. He pointed out that
during the past thirty days more than
twenty extra messengers and clerks had
been employed at a salaiy of $1,440 each
per year. He had been informed, he said,
that nine of 'hese employes were for
eoihtr fit tees that had not had a meeting
in eight or ten years.
The hill creating a permanent census
office was under consideration for a
time, but was not disposed of finally. An
effort to cut down the salary of the
Director of the Census was defeated. Af
ter the passage of a large number of
private pension hills the Senate eulogized
the life and character of the late Repre
sentative Brosius, of Pennsylvania.
HEAVY SNOW IN THE WEST
Street Car Traffic Interrupted at Asheville.
The Snow Still Falling
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, X. 0,, Feb. 11. —The heaviest
snowfall of the winter is now prevailing
in the mountains. On tho Murphy branch
-of the Southern Railway the snow is re
ported eleven Inches deep. Street car
traffic here is interrupted. Snow still
falling
TRADE EXHIBIT CALLED OFF.
T \
Because the Order Granting Reduced Railroad
Rates is Revoked.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, X. C., Feb. It. —The South
eastern Passenger Association having re
'uked the order granting reduced rates
to the Trade Exhibit, which was to have
been held here next week, the affair has
been called off.
THE RANSOM IS PAID
Delivery of Miss Stone and
Companion to Our Agents
Expected Hourly.
(By the Associated Press.)
Constantinople, Feb. 14. —4:15 p. m-
I The ransom of Miss Ellen Stone and her
companion, Mine. Tsilka, has been paid-
The limit of time allowed for the release
of the captives has not yet expired, but
their delivery to the American agents is
expected hourly.
REPLY TO SCHLEY’S AFFEAL.
.
By Middle of Next Week the President May
Announce His Conclusion.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Fob. 14.—One of the prin
cipal subjects discussed at the Cabinet
meeting today was tho reply which the
President will make to the appeal of Ad
miral Schley. The President has given a
good deal of attention to the matter, and
it is understood that lu tho course of a
few clays, probably by the middle of next
week, he will be ready to announce Ids i
conclusion. Members of the Cabinet are
extremely reticent as to what the Presi
dent’s views beyond tile statement that
his decision undoubtedly will clear the 1
r.tmoaphere somewhat upon many of the
involved questions. ;
The Pr< sklent outlined his views on
the Schley case by reading the first draft
of his decision. Some modifications were
made in it today, and in view of the. fact
that it is subject to further ami possi
bly Important changes in text, members
of the Cabinet back their indisposition
to discuss it by the a-sertion that It s
unsafe at this time to predict what its
exact effect will be. It is a long docu
ment, and one of its features is the clear
and concise presentation of the facts re
garding the Santiago light as given the
President by the captains engaged in that
battle who rwecently were summoned to
tho White House to confer with him.
The decision if couched In the President's
characteristic and vigorous .tone.
Mrs. Davis at Jackson
(By the Associated Press ) *
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 14.—Mrs- Jeffer
son Davis, wife, of ex-President of the
Confederacy, arrived today. She was es
corted by Governor Longino and a legis- |
lative committee to the Executive Man- j
sion, where she will be the guest of the j
State for two days, and will appear be- ;
foie the General Assembly tomorrow as- >
ternoon to offer for sale “Beauvoir,” the
old Davis some Biloxi, for SIO,OOO
to be used for a home for indigent Con- I
federate veterans.
Fire in McAdoo House Kitchen
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, X. €., Feb. 14.—Fire broke
out in tlie kitchen at the McAdoo House
shortly before four o’clock this morning,
aud but for the prompt and vigorous work
would have resulted disastrously. Tit
firemen confined the blaze to the kitchen
autl soon had it under control. Break
fast was served oc time, tho fii< no* se
riously interfering with the service of tho
hotel.
Entertained at Asheville,
(By tho Associated Frees.)
Ashwille. X. Feb. 14.—The Business
ucu'.- League f Cincinnati «a route to
("huifizston, si. C.. were entertained here
inlay as gu-sta of the Vanderbilts. The
party wre taken for a drive over the j
fiitmere estate. Tho visitors left this 1
ufternoiis for Charleston. »
KALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 13. 1902.
10 LOYAL IY 111 THE
NATIVE SOLDIERS
Taft Couldn’t Trust Ihem
Under Native Officers.
WOULD UNDER OUR OWN
An Army of 15,000 Americans May
Soon be Sufficient.
WHEN ALL THE PROVINCES ARE PACIFIED
Under Existing Law the People Are Not at
Liberty to Advocate an Independent
or a Separate Form of
Government.
(By tho Associated Press )
Washington, D. C., Feb. 14.—Governor
Taft, of the Philippines, today continued
his statement before the Senate Com
mittee on the Philippines, concerning the
conditions in that archipelago with tho
intention of discussing the degree of
tranquility in the pacified province#,
which, he said, included all tho province
except Tabayas, Samar and Batangas.
Senator Lodge asked as to the means
■ used for maintaining tranquility. The
j reply Involved a review of the legal sys
tem of the islands at present as under
the military government, and also uucler
the Spanish rule.
Governor Taft said that in June of last
j year the commission had passed an act
organizing a system of judiciary for the
entire archipelago, creating a Supreme
Court of seven justices and creating
fourteen districts. There is no provis
ion for a Jury, nor would a jury system
be feasible, because, said the witness,
the people are too ignorant to Uit on. s
jury.
j Senator Culberson asked whether
there is any part of the archipelago the
control of which could be trusted to na
tive troops and the witness replied that
he did not think it wculd be advisable.
”1 should not like to have the responsi
bility of recommending such a course,”
j ho said.
j Senator Burrow*: "Do you mean to
! say that the attachment of the natives
J for America is so slender that it would
not be safe to entrust the control of any
section to native troops with native of
ficers?”
Governor Taft: "The presence of ana
tive regiment under the control of na
tive officers would, in my opinion, give
rite to Importunities to the commander
to lead the tribes kite, ladronism or in
surrection and would therefore he un
wise.”
“Mo wwould it be with native troops
under American officers?”
| “I have not N the slightest doubt that
with American officers the native troops
would be entirely loyal.”
j Senator Culberson questioned the wit
ness as to the necessity of keeping as
■ many as 30,000 American troops in the is
| lands and the latter replied th.it Captain
Allen estimates that with all the prov
inces pacified 15,000 American troop's
would be sufficient. For himself he
thought it would bo desirable to continue
small detachments of troops at convenient
points all over the islands for the pur
pose of preventing disorder and violence
and .silting as a moral restraint. Senator
Lodge stated that the Secretary of War
had informed him that when the present
general orders are carried Into effect
there will be left In the islands 1,125 offi
cers and 26 234 enlisted men.
Shaking of the general condition of
the pacified provinces Governor Tuft 4ahl
that in all those provinces the people aro
, going about their usual avocations. In
! ‘me province net a hostile shot had been
I fired for two years.
Senator Culberson—"ls it true that un
der existing law they are not at liberty
j to advocate an independent or a separate
j form of govt rnment ?”
”Xo, they are not.”
"Are the American troop* in the islands
i being used,” Senator Burrows inquired,
i "to prevent the people from rising for in
| dependence or to preserve order?"
| "They are not used at all,” replied the
J witness, "and a-.: we regard the situation
i * hey are not necessary. Their presence
'for the preservation of order was ciigl
nally required but is uot now the case
j and they are being withdrawn and the.
civil constabulary substituted.”
TO PL&Y OUR UNIVERSITY
The Cornell Baseball Team Will Cress Bats
With Her April 5
(By the Associated Press.)
Ithaca, N r . Y.. Fob. 11.—Manager J. A.
Kinney, of the Cornell baseball team, to
day announced tho schedule of the games
ofr the y t >ar. it includes the following:
April ?—damson College, at Chum on,
S. C..
April 4 —Furman University at Green
ville, S. C.
April ,j —l nivrfrsity nf North Carolina,
at Chapel Hill, X. C.
total Bank Clearings.
(By ihe Associated Frees.)
New Vork, Feb. 14.— Total bank clear
ings week ending February 13, * 1.925,-
1021,662. decrease 1.-l per cent; outside
; New York $700,550,546. increase 6.2 per
I coni.
"ELUHKEYISM" TO
FOBEICH COUNTRIES
A Target For Hot Shot From
Mr. Wheeler.
THE AIR GETS FEVERISH
Bonttll, Grosveoor and Other Republi
cans Take Him to Task.
WHEELER IS ESPECIALLY SEVERE ON HAY
The Disgraceful Sycophancy of the Republic's
Rppresentatives to Great Britair, He
Declarer, Makes Us a Laughing
Stock to All Europe.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 14. —The monotony of
a private pension day in the House was
enlivened today by a very sensational
ncnciation of what h* denominated
"fiunkeylsm” to foreign countries,
tries.
He took the recent statements emanat
ing fiom continental cabinets regarding
the attitude of Great Britain during the
Spanish War as a text for a wholesale
attack upon the (rand of our recent dip
j lomncy. In the course of his remarks
Ihe severely scored Secretary Hay and
declared that !f Lord Pauncefote had
sought, as was alleged, to circumvent
us during the war of 1898 ihc t-oouer he
was shipped across the seas the better.
He also took occasion to criticise the
President for his reported intention to
send 1)1r daughter to the coronation of
King Edward and to protest against tho*
official reception of Prince Henry.
His speech aroused the Kouso to a
high pitch of excitement and elicited from
Mr. Bout el l (Ills.), a spirited defense cf
j Secretary Hay whom he eulogized in high
j terms. Several other members of the
I Republican side took a hand and later
In the afternoon Mr. Grosvenor (O.), In a
twenty minute spe-c-oh took Mr. Wheeler to
task for his "inopportune protest” and
I rehearsed the history of tho* visit of the
i 1 finite of Wales to this country in iB6O
and his reception by President Buch
anan.
A PITIABLE SPECTACLE.
Mi. Wheeler said:
"Until the inauguration of the Presi
dent in 1897 there never was any divis
ion of sentiment upon one great question
and that was the splendid isolation of the
republic and its fixed determination to
hold aloof from all entangling alliances
with foreign powers. Less than five
I years ago the most sacred trad it lona of
the republic wera disregarded.* For tho
first time wo witnessed a President of
the United States egged on by a pitiable
' flunkey In tho Stale Department, stretch-
In his arms across the water to embrace
the historic enemies of the American peo
ple? From that good hour until now we
have made ourselves a laughing stock
at every court in Europe because of our
flunkevisin, and Uno disgraceful syco
phancy of tho representatives of the re
public at the feet of Great Britain, aud
now when ii servos the purpose of some
other great nation, the pitiable spectacle
is presented not only to the liberty-lov
ing people of the republic, but to the
world that we have been hugging to our
or sow. during tho last five years a na
tion that has systematically and per
sistently attempted to destroy the liber
ties of the American people since the
battle of Ycrktown.
"It is being heralded abroad that in
1898 when we were seeking to strike
the °hac«)es of serfdom from off the heels
of Cuba, that nation was then secretly
in our own capital attempting to form
a coalition of the great powers of the j
world to prevent that interposition. 1
have a respect for the present occupant
of the White House, I frankly avow; I
think he Is too honest to be palatable
to the average Republican partisan. A
little quixotic, ii is true, hasty-ti mport'd,
full-blooded and not exactly desirable to
many of our citizens; and I indulge the
hope that that lingering element of
Americanism will induce hint at the first
opportunity tc boot out ‘.hat man in the
State Department who. in my judgment,
has brought us to this humiliating con
dition.
AID TO GREAT BRITAIN.
"England, a friend of the United States?
I would to God she were, but what a
spectacle have we presented in order to
be able to boast *ha: we have tin* friend
ship of Great Britain and have become
a world power. Never before in the his
tory »f the republic has there been a
struggle for freedom on the part of any
j-eople, that representatives in this cham
ber did nut hasten to-declare that we re
garded with solicitude the endeavors aud
efforts of a people to obtain their own
liberty. For more tl.au four years we
have witnessed Great Britain maintain
ing military stations inside the borders
of the republic. \Ve have even her
agents going up and down this country
enlist tug men aud buying materials of
war.
"Afraid of shocking the delicate sensi
bilities cf Groat "Britain wanting to be
a world power, wanting to inaugurate
titis new system of diplomacy iu
cf.urtry’ 1 want the people of the Uni
ted States to understand distinctly
who is responsible for the deep humilia
tion and disgrace ‘Jiat hav* been brought
to the American .atopic. The Republican,
patty has sanetlut'd and dees sanction!
the attitude not only of this, but of
the previous admiulst.ratlou in its con
duct of -our foreign affairs. We
have swung further away from demo
cratic traditions, from republican ideas
und from republican principles in the last
live years than In the previous hundred
years. Things are now accepted as a
matter of course that -would have tested
the patriotism and shocked* the Intelli
gence of our fore lathers beyond indur
ance, all growing out of this striving to
lock arms with the great European pow
ers and become a world power, to foster
this new idea of diplomacy, sitting quiet
ly by and allowing a representative of
one great -power to assemble in his resi
dence In the Capital of the Republic the
representatives of every other great
uatiou, and make the cold-blooded and
deliberate demand or request that they
join with him in a determination arbi
trarly and with force to prevent the
American people from accomplishing what
they hud determined to accomplish. It
may be well enough to treat the repre
sentatives of foreign powers with courtesy
and consideration. I do declare that if
the publication in the press is true, this
man Pauncefote ought to be ordered to
- take the first ship to cross the waters.
We want no such man in the republic.
If he comes here to represent his Gov
ernment, well and good, but if he comes
here to hatch conspiracies, to attempt to
force Lis wishes and his ideas upon the
American people, the sooner we aro rid
. of him the be tter it will be.
A DIG AT ROOSEVELT.
"And, another thing, Mr. Chairman, I
am only restrained from discussion of
what 1 regard as the most unfortunate
Incident by the ordinary amenities which
should obtain between one gentleman and
another, I allude to the fact of the op
portunity seized by the chief citizen of
the repubic to send a member of his
family across the water for the purpose
of participating In tlio coronation of a
(Continued on Page Second.)
TOWN JN FLAMES
Twenty-Five Buildings at
South Mills Swept Away
By Fire.
(By the Associated Press.)
Elizabeth City. N. C., Fob. 14.A lamp
explosion in the house of Wiley Taylor,
colored, today caused a lire at South
Mills, fourteen miles north of here,
which swept the main business and resi
dential portions of the town-
The lire raged for four hours before
iit was uotten under control. Thenty-flve
buildings were destroyed* The loss is
estimated at $40,000; insurance $15,000.
There was no loss of life.
Hester's Cotton Statement.
(By *he Associated Press )
New Orleans, La., Feb. 14.—Secrotary
Hester’s weekly cotton statement issued
today shows for the fourteen days of
February a decrease under lust year of
10,000 aud a decrease under the same
j period year before last of 114,000.
For the 107 days of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of
jth same days last year, 353,000, apd
ahead of the same days year before lust
| of 043.000.
The amount brought iuto sight during
i the past week has been 108,439 bales
against 167,975 for the same seven days
last year and 222.260 year before lust.
The movement since September 1 shows
receipts at all United States ports to by
6,145,849 against 5,614,073 last year; over
land across the Mississippi, Ohio and
Potomac Rivers to Northern mills and
Canada 776,356 against 865,353 last year;
Interior stocks in excess of those held at
I the close of the commercial year 420,949
' against 622,352 and Southern mill-takings
917,000 against 803,522 last year.
The total movement since September
|l, is 8,260,154 against 7,907,600 last yoar
and 7,316,732 year before last
j Foreign exports for the week have been
184,533 against 90,813 last year, making
th total thus far for the season 4,843,086
against 4,147,495 last year.
Secretary Heater’s statement of tha
world’s visible supply of cotton issued
today shows the total visible to be 4,-
454,168, against 4,451,718 last week and
j 4,095,821 last. year.
Os this the total of American cotton is
2,509,168 bales,> against 3,541,718 bales last
week and 3,168,821 last year anil of nil
other kinds including Egypt, Brazil, India,
etc., 915.000, against 910,000 last week and
927,000 last year.
Os the world’s visible supply of cotton
there is now afloat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Kuroi>e 2,364,000,
against 1,811,000 last year; in Egypt 217,-
000, against 186,000 last year; In India
432.000, against 455,000 und in the United
States 1,112,000, against 1,644,000 last year.
The total takings of American mill**.
North and South and Camida thus far
for the season have been 2,305,410, as&inst
2,269,034 last season.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
leading Southern interior centres have
decreased during the week 71,209 bales
against a decrease during the correspond
ing period last season of 25.027.
Ineluding stocks left over at ports and
interior towus from the last crop aud
the number of bales brought iuto sight
thus far for the crop the supply to dat'*
is 8,619,841, against 8,030,131 for the same
period last ycqr.
Fire Feeds on 1,400 Bales of Cotton.
(By tho Associated Press.)
Jefferson. Texas, Feb. 14.—Rivee’ cot
ton arehcvisc, containing 1,400 baler, of
I cotton in.l 2<h> Hr.tcrs, burned lost night.
LASS $60,000. |
iIRICE FIVK CENTS.
ELOQUENT ORATORS
ST WAKE FOREST
Greeted by a Most Brilliant
Audience.
SOCIETIES’ ANNIVERSARY
Phi’s and Eu’s Meet in the Arena of
Debate.
TWO STRONG ORATIONS APPLAUDED
Subject of Debate Was Resolved -That Labor
Organizations in America and England
Have Been More Beneficial
Than Itjurious.
j(Staft Correspondence.)
Wake Forest, X. 0., Feb. 14. —The neg
ative won in the debate this afternoon
aud a groat crowd heard two excellent
orations by Messrs.’ \Y. A. Dunn and A.
J. Bethea.
j Wake Forest College was thronged yes
terday afternoon and last night. Within
its halls were gathered ntuny visitors,
and the ?cenp was one that inspires.
The occasion was the sixty-seventh
anniversary tel eh cat ion of the Fhiloma
thesian and Euzelian Societies. This an
nual event draws great crowds and yes
terday saw even a greater attendance
than usual.
The debate between representatives of
the two societies began at two o’clock.
This was presid -.1 over by Mr. Freder
ick Q. Barbee, with Mr. li. F. Stafford
us secretary.
The query of the debate was: "Resolved
•--That Labor Organizations in America
;m-J England have been more Beneficial
than Injurious.” For the Phi's the de
bater on the affirmative was Mr. Delos
W. Sorrell, while Mr. James Royall vas
ou the affirmative for the Eu’s. The
negative side of the debate was conduct
ed by Mr. Oscar P. Dickinson for tho
Phi's and Mr. Charles M. Beach for the
Hu’s.
■ The marshals for the afternoon and
! night managed tho occasion admirably.
| For the Bit's these were Messrs. James
C. Little, chief; U>hn C. Cuddell, William
C. ISl'cns. while the Phi society was rep
resented by Tlobe.T H. Bums, chief; Ben
jamin W. Parham and William E. Mid-t
dleton.
In the evening cane the erations. The
hall was crowded and the interest was
great. The Eu orator was Mr. William
\lbien Dunn, the Phi being represented
oy Mr. Andrew Jackson Bethea.
MR. DUNN’S ORATION.
Tin- subject ol Mr. Dunn’s oration waa
“Backward Glances, Present Tenets and
Future Possibilities." He spoke iu part
as follows:
j "The history of the past is behind U 3.
The experience of the present Is with us.
The future, that visionary and unexplored
space is before us. It is not my purpose
to take up the pessimistic cry of (he
I calamity howlers who mistake ‘the mur
* mur of their little for the great
wave that echoes round the world,’ but to
look with, an unprejudiced eye upon the
past, th<r experience of the present,
and point with pride to our National
prosperity and to the future of a gov
ernment, rocked in the cradle of free
dom, which lias for Its foundation Chris
tianity, and for its motto, "In God we
Trust.”
| “The men who founded our government
were liberty-loving soldiers of the cross.
They left their homes in a civilized
country and ennie in to the wfilds of an
I unknown continent that they might wor
ship their God according to the dictates
of their own conscience. And when they
I felt the hand of English oppression
weighing heavily upon them with such
leaders as Patrick Henry, Thomas Jeffer
son and John Adams, they met in Indu-
I peudence Hall in Philadelphia, aud in-
I spired by the words, "Give us Liberty, or
Give us Death,” the embattled farmers
j stood and fired the shot hoar around the
I world.” .
"Freedom gained, the colonists formed
, a uuion upon foundations of equality
and self government. The war of 1812
was the tic that hound the States in a
firmer union. The forty years that fol
lowed were years of paper money, in-
I dated values aud delusion. As early as
I 1860 America was a land of wonders, in
| which everything was In constant move
j ment. Dotted over the land were mag
nificent cities where only a few years
before wore wildernesses. Our flag was
respected throughout the confines of the
world. Our trade was competing with
that of England, and our untold resouroes
made us sure of a lasting and ever pres
ent place in the roll call of nations.
Abraham Lincoln had asserted that our
streugth w f as invisible: that only through
our owu acts would destruction be our
lot. Those words were hardly uttered
when the muffled thunder of war, so
long rolling iu the distance, came nearer
and nearer. Driven ou by the cruel
winds of destiuy the storm burst iu all
its fury upon our old ship of state, tore
it from Its moorings, drove It upon th**
bleak rock of dis-union, ar.d plunged the
American nation into four long years of
blood and strife. But this same calamity
has proved our salvation, for the war
was to maintain tho Uuion. The sword
once aheatbed was abeatSed forever. The
South come back with tho determination
to make ‘the American Union what our
I fathers intended it to be; the glory of
1 America, and a blessing to Immunity. To
j (Continued ou Page Fivo.)