The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-30

with such institutions? The United
| States. By their laws, invite the peo-
pie Of all lands to share in their bene-
! fits, and say there is room enough
and to spare. Bouutous nature yields
golden fruit to the thrifty. TIE Gov
ernment tenders to all home with
out money and without price, aud
protects each one in the possession Of
| such homesteads. Ii trained to other
industry than the cultivation Of the
soil, there is work aud plenty for all
ingenuity and industry are sure of
their reward. The citizens are the
Government, and they protect them
selves. Thst silent talisman, the
ballot box, rights all wrongs; aud
administrators of the Government,
becoming tyrannical, are hurled from
place, and power reYerts to the Deo-
pie, who will punish the objectionable
offeuse. Revolutions by the ballot
occur annually-quiet. peacesbl and
effeetual. No hereditary privileges
give to special classes the right to
live en- the toll Of others. Accidents
of birth do not create a ruler. The
laws and justice smile sqUaly upon
the poor man's ; cottage, and .he rich
MA II > VI NndAGh CA ktAE&AA6EA-
ties of position or fortune may exist
in this country, Its laws aud RstitU-
tions are not responsible. Cur IN
equalities are the result Of brain and
industry. They make manhood
its own master, aud master of
its situation. Are not these things
illustrated in this almost uumberiess
gathering of the masses of freemeu
on this occasion. Born in foreign
lands. you have sought homes IN this
republic, and here to-day bring back
fond remembrances Of the land Of
your birth from the home of your
fathers in the land Of William Tell
Your organization aud the training It
gave to every man, has enabled the re
public on the other side of the
ocean (Switzerland), TO resist the en-
croaehment of despotism. Their
citizens, trained from childhood to
manly sports and the use Of arms, and
aided BY her mountain fortresses.
are still free. The story of William
Tell, so gracefully illustrated in your
| procession to-day, has been studied
| by every American child. The strug-
giles against despotism called for such
organization in other countries, and
the kindred race of freedom loving
| Germans adopted it. You have
brought it to our shores, and We hail
its advent as of national importance
in training all in the manly arts
| which prepare men to defend
their liberties Organization IS
power. aud this sssemblage Is more
than a past time; its purposes, ser
vices and effects are good for the Re-
public. The manners. customs and
habits Of childhood and youth become
almost part Of nature They follow
the man to his home Ia foreign lands
aud their proper indulgence. is the
right of freemen. Becoming a eiti-
zen. he mingles with the native born
Ia the pursuit of business or pleasure,
and the manners, ha bits aud customs
of each operate upon the other, tend
ing TO soften, lnvigorate, consolidate.
and out Of ali to form a nationality
whose perfect development is found
in the union of the people Of differ
ent lands. From this mingling is
very rapidly being developed on
this continent the most complete
| type of the physical man and the best
! intellect, also a Government more
| free aud stable than has heretofore
besu given to man. All this depends
upon the citizen himself, and as he ex-
ercises the privileges, so will 1t result
| in the development named, or in the
| degeneracy of the people. do not
| overlook the existence Ia other lands
of physical development and intel
lectual culture in their highest
perfection. But these belong to
the privileged classes. In no
land out ours are these within
| the reach of the masses of the people
| Believing that this national assem-
| blage has higher and nobler purposes
| Ia view than mere pastime, aed that
it was the duty of the Government 60
| encourage The cultivation Of that
| which, IN its hour Of trial, may be
found useful By the freemen familiar
with the use of arms, | asked the
| House Of Representatives to accept
your invitation. My colleagues aud
myself are with you on this. occasion
as the representatives Of a part Of
the law making power of THIS Gov
ernment, the House Of Representa-
tives of the United States. Not as
! foreigners or foreign born are you
assembled to-day, but as American
| citizens. engaged in organizing
aud developing the power
for future usefulness, and if that
social enjoyment which softens the
asperities Of ife's contest IS Joined
with them instruction which teaches
self reliance and self defeRse, so much
the better WheR foreign countries
send delegates to greet you. and whea
| the rulers Of foreign countries con
] tribute their aid to make the meeting