The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10


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times and In an smessenciss 10 help pro
tect the interests and sustain the laws Of
the land In which they have an interest
equal to that Of any and every other
person. Yea, my friend " Prsddent
Of the United States has ~ greater in
terest, rights or privileges nndss that Dag
than the humblest citissn here. Do you
know any other nation on latb that b a
senerous7 But let me stop here upon
this subject, I win not insult you by pre-.
Stunning that there il one among us who
would fail or hesitate for moment to
protect the family and property Of the
household into which he had been re-.
ceived u an honored guest, kindly treat.
ed, and freely given equal privileges,
rights and interests with I'll the others,
nourished, nursed and cared for through
sickness. and under I'LL circumstances.
All! indeed he would not forget it. but
rather would he defend that household
and family against every attack, nor
would he stand idle even though it were
his own father who made the attack.
Taking the oath Of allegiance to our
adopted land does not mean that we will
hate our native land. But we cannot
serve two masters hence we promise that
as long as we live under the flag and en-
joy its protection of our lives, liberty and
property we will acknowledge no other
allegiance. But when that promised
allegiance becomes irksome We can throw
it off by Withdrawing our persons, goods
and cllattles from the circle of it's pro.
lection; and ceasing to ask any hvors,
can unite our interests and promise ai-
legiance to the king of Siam il We wish
80 to do.
Yet it is perfectly natural that the love
for your native land, which began in
childhood, increased with your growth
and turned itself around your hearts,
should, in measure, smother the tender
sentiments of regard for your adopted
land that must spring up from time to
time in your hearts.
The speaker referred to the importance
of diligently instructing the youth in
regard to the institutions of our country
and ofteaching young men the intelli-
gent use of the right of suffrage.
Do the Office seekers of the day come
before the people quietly and with dig
nifty. simply say, II will serve you to the
best of my ability if you elect me-" or do
they rush from place to place, seeking
by every means in their power, by the
use of schemes, money, falsehood. whis-
key, anything to carry the vote? Do
they come to you in candor and manli-
ness, and say give me your vote if you
think me worthy and possessing requisite
ability?
Suppose you were operating large
farm and had your every dollar invested
in the business, had raised crop, your
fields were golden with the waving
grain, the harvest was ready and all that
was needed was to safely harvest the
immense crop. 70 effect this you employ
an agent to 60 out and buy for you the
best machines to be found, and also in
struct him to employ sufficient number
of steady industrious and skilful men.
You give him your money to invest for
the purpose, all now depends upon his
getting good men and good machines.
Business in another part of the country
calls you away, but you intrust all to your
agent A month passes; you return
home to find the crop harvested, .th1esh-
ed and conyerted.into crisp bauk notes or
shining gold. You are repaid for the
weary hours of toll and anxiety. You
have the means with which to clothe
your family, to buy the winters supply,
to provide every needed comfort for the
coming winter and money left to provide
luxuries and all the world seems bright.
This is what you expect as you near your
home and your heart is light. At last,
you are in sight of home, but what a
sight meets your eyes; there lies the
golden field of grain you left, now crink-
led. discolored, unharvested and rotting
in the field. Your bright picture has
vanished, you are ruined, poverty
stricken man. You seek your trusted
agent and ask him to explain. Why. he
is maudlin drunk. But he finds words
to tell you that the machine he bought
was worthless and wouldn't work.
He shows YOU the machine, you ask: OF
whom did you buy it. "Bot it (hic) of
Smith, he's bully fellow (hic) set EN- up
for the boys like a man, he did, (hic,)
spent more'n $50 one night-tell you old
(hic) he's brick-bo't machine of him
course I did! "But didn't you know it |
was northeast" "Course I did, but
don't I tell you he set 'em up for the |
boys like a man." But wasn't il
selling good machine?" eyes, (hic)
best in market" "Why didn't you buy |
of him then and save my crop7" "see
here, old man your off your base, didn't |
I tell you Smith set 'em up-Jones
wouldn't even treat. SAID he'd make a |
good discount but he's got no sand,
wouldn't set EN- up-tfink I'd buy of
him! Why old man your not up to the
times! You'll never succeed till you
liberalize your IDEAS" "Well, what
kind ofmen did you hile?" "Oh, bully
boys.eyery one;(hic) They're daisies and
don't you forget it." ibid they work
well?" "Work well! Now / should
smile. Work! No, they wouldn't even cut
the wood to cook their meals" "Well
why did you hire them?" "Why did 1 |
hire them! Why they set 'em up too"
swell why didn't you discharge them
when you found they wouldn't work."
"Why didn't discharge 'em? Well, you
see l thought maybe I'd want good
tat job some time and they might help |
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