, 1878-07-20

minated u last In ,hr immortal ins'u -
n,crt. which b. ,l,,iin,i. Nj bong ", truth
mi ,tIer appeal a. JIr human h,art. iu
fu v,,r, nJyhr in the sarrrl i,mp'y oi
. lirrty. ~ -lld the irtmrs ot iTr,'lum
through al ihr ages. anil Ia answer.
Nbtly time .hlll ruduT,. in lhr inurraost
r,y,l, OF every a,pirut 10 the IuaIenaile
. right oi scifownyrship and self rcprtscn
tntinn. FOt Crn,urics before the Dee
I lar,tiun of lnirprud nee was crystalizrd
. into word, aud s.nirnccs, il bad hrrn all
. uuconCiou,ly gathering materials unto
I itself. into whose EVERY invisible iihrr
the wurp and wpof ut human experience
and human need were woven. Genera
iiuns wee horn. grew ud and died /;
Kingdoms rose Rnd isfl; empires shook
and thrones tottcrcd, and all thr while
the
HALLowED PRINCIPLES "F CIVIL, RELIC
IbNN AND fbIiIltAis LiHti{If
We're gathering their forces To iced this
immortal child OF free America. The
precautions OF u Calico. of the Walden.
ses. of tue Ilugrnuts Of Michael Scrvctus
and of the Purtans, were hut iuei TO
iced the ti,mcs which nj last lighted the
way across the Atlantic i"r this yet un-
born hill ol rights. And when Vt last
its full time wss Come. and II startled
the earth with its first shriIl cry, the
whole world paused and wondered /:
"All men are creaicdsiree and equal; en-
lowed hy their Creator with certain
inaienahle rights. Among these are
lite, liIbyriy and pursuit of happiness" I"
Monnrchs listened and trcmblcd. The
mighty Moloch of war grinned ghastly
smiles, and shook his cmbattled front in
deadly defiance. Nothing dauntcd, the
new born bill of rights cried on: ITO
secure these rights, governments are in :
stituted among men, deriving their Just
pO,ceys from the consent Qfthe gOccinea."
For little while the potcntates of earth
were dazed with astonishment. They
did not kraw, they did not understand,
and they could not appreciate this young
child's proclamation.
And monarchs grew mad with amhi.
ti0n.y Cannon doomed, sabers CLEANED,
muskets ratified and swords were sheath
ed in human gore. But still the child
cried on: "Whcnever any form of gov
ernment becomes destructive OF these
ends II is the right of the people to alter
or abolish it, and to institute new
government, laying its foundation ins
such principles, and organizing itself in
such forms as shall most likely effect
their safety and hnppincss!'
Then the fathers of men hearkened to
tie cry of the child liberty, for oppres-
sion sought TO banish him from the
earth. And the mothers OF men titled
the fields and wove the homespan, and
guarded their brothers and sisters of
freedom, and protected their homes and
substance from the willy and cruel savage;
and strong men bit the dust and died in
defense of their lives, their hearthstones
and their sacred honor.
But | need not follow that sangulnary
struggle further. My constituents bid
me sey to you that frem their childhood
they have conned these lessons over
lessons which form an important part of
every schools text books. They could
not choosc but learn them it they would
And having learned the lessons, they
have caught the spirit of liberty; and
now they would fain ally themselves, as
individual sovereigns, with their fathers,
husbands, sons and brothers in the .,,
,s.a, NEW STATE OF WASHINGTON,
And be, like them, as they of right
ought to be ''free and independent" ;
Mr.. President, my constituents ask me
to call your attention and that of this
honorable body TO the mutual grievances
Of men and women, as set forth in their
orlgirsl bill OF rights that you may see,
as they do how exactly paralleithe com.
plants Of women run to day with those
Of men hundred years ago. They com
plnin, and ! aver with good reason, that
notwithstanding the significance of the
first clarion cry OF the child of
liberty, n cry which has been every.
where repeated and re-cchoed with a
larger utterance fur "a hundred years