The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29
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he wars Of the past have nearly all been
vars of races, because each nation thought
others had mo rights they were bound
to respect" We know the golden rule is
the only law that will ensure peace and
rosperity to people, yet no nation has
so applied it as this Our Government
from the first, staked its all on this
the equal rights of man. Our salvation
as a people, our hopeful future all turns
OF this under God. We must become
one. As different Municipalities we cannot
| exist very long.
1t is wonderful how soon all merge into
| one. l will not now speak Of the agencies
that produce this, but only say here, that
! [ perceive providence in distributing
those who emigrate here-not all in any
| one State, SO IL is possible for them to
| become americanized and even where
| there are many Of them as in this State,
| still somewhat divided as Lutheran,
| Romanists and others. So no one mo-
| nopolizes, but the balance of power is
held by the best elements Of all parties.
It is part Of the mission of the U.
s. to lead the world 0 that is Just like
| Americans! I believe it is true, we are
rather given to boasting, but | submit if
we have not some reason for so doing.
This nation does lead the world, although
James Watt Fl, st caught the idea of steam
power-the first application for impeling
| a boat by steam was by Robert Fulton,
on the Hudson River, in 1907 and the
American steam ship Savannah, the first
to cross the ocean in 1919. Prof. Morse,
Of Princeton, is still living, the inventor
of telegraph and principally are we in
| debted to Mr.. Fields for the Atlantic
Cable. need not speak of Agricultural
implements or skill in ship building, of
Hoes Press, or ltowes Machine and its
progeny, for in all those America has no
competitor. But | do not refer to mere
material advancement. [ speak of Free
dom, civil and religious liberty Never
before was there real Republic-shall
we call those shadows created by Napo-
leon Of France such? Or Rome under
her Tribunes and Consuls? when power
was nearly all in the hands Of Mobiles and
Plcbeians, constantly warning for inaliena-
| BILE rights; or Greece when security for
person and property was never really at
| tanned, 'one of the chief ends for which
Government is. or should be maintain
ed.
Also in every reform, not because we
are naturally better than other nations,
but because others have not our oppor-
tunity. 1t must be so from our very
| principles. With a Free Press, Free
| Speech and a Free Pulpit, reform must
be the order of the day. The right must
triumph. Agitation is the death of
wrong doing. These create and foster
| sentiment which enacts and enforces law
Hence, slavery had to die and here first,
no, you say England freed hers long ago.
But 1t was not the same. Hers were far
away, it did not peril everything to touch
it, as with rs. I say to lead in reform,
SO we see the Temperate cause now COM
| Ing on. No nation in the world is so far
advanced in this reform as the United
States. And it is progressing-even Po-
Htical Parties begin to bend before the
sentiment of multitudcs. It will sue
ceed-because it is right. Again this
nation has been educated by it's past
struggles and it cannot rest while any
great evil confronts it, As the Individual,
SO the nation can only be absorbed in on e
great subject at time. Slavery settled
the Union safe, the national conscience
seeks another object.
l said this nation is to lead the world
to be the model Republic. Our bat
ties were fought for the world and the
world knows it. Aristocrats of England
and France desired and designed our
dsunion and destruction. "ID fifty years
(said Napoleon) Europe will be al Cos
sack or Republican. They feared it
would soon be Republican. 1t was the
Yeomany of England. land to their great
honor be it said, though they suffered
deeply on account Of it, that prevented
war with the mother country They felt
our struggle was thiers Many millions
OF the old world look to our success as a
prelude to theirs, and our failure (if We
should f,in - n pracu~cor nj tba;r Joo,,
And wisely too. But for our success,
Europe would not be where it is to-day
What mighty revolutions followed our
late success. What rights conceded to
the people Of England, Ireland, Austria,
Spain, France aud Italy.
It is wonderful how the masses of
Europe turn to this land. Their admi-
ration of our institutions is unbounded.
An American is houored and almost
envied everywhere among the people.
Why, even old Rome, besotted as we
have supposed its oppressed people,
few years since when party called a
mob, was spreading terror through the
city and threatening everything before
them and the treasures of the Vatican
were in danger of destruction, as last
resort the Am erican Consul was begged
to place his countrys flag on it Cor protec-
ton. He did so and as the surging
mass Of men came on, they spied the
emblazoned flag and with hats in hands
and bowling low. they cheered with all
their hearts the Star Spanged Banner
and the Vatican was safe. They honored