Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-10
THE BRONZE GODDESS.
Bill Nye DiscOurses at Length Upon the
BarthOldi Statue.
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When Patrick Henry put his old cast
iron spectacles back CD the top ofhis head
and whooped for liberty, he did not know
that some day we would have more of it
than we know what to do with. He little
dreamed That the time would come when
we would have more liberty than we
could pay for. When Mr.. Henry sawed
the air and shouted for liberty or death, |
DO not believe that he knew that the time
would come when liberty would stand
knee-deep in the mud oil BedlOe's Island
and yearn for a solid place TO stand upon.
1t seems TO me that we have too much
liberty in this country in some ways. We
have more liberty than we have money.
We guarantee that every man in America
shall ill himself up null Of liberty at our
expense. and the less Of an American be
is the more liberty he can have. If he
desires TO enjoy himself, all be needs IS a
slight foreign accent and willingness TO
mix with politics as soon as he can get
his baggage OF the steamer. The more !
study American institutions the more !
regret that | was not born foreigner, so
that / could have something 10 say about
the management OF our great land. II |
could not be "a foreigner, believe | would
prefer 10 be a Mormon or an Indian, not
taxed
am often led to ask, in the language
Of the poet, rs the Caucasian played
outY Most everybody can have a good
deal Of fun in this country except the
American. lie seems 10 be so busy pay
ing his taxes all the time that he has
very little time 10 mingle in the giddy
WLirl with the alien. That is the reason
that the allen who rides across the United
States on the Limited Nair and writes
book about as before breakfast wonders
why we are always in hurry. That is
the reason we have 10 throw our meals
into ourselves with dull thud, and hardly
baye time % maintain warm personal
friendship with our families.
We do not care much for wealth, but
we must have freedom, and freedom costs
money. We have advertised TO furnish a
bunch 81 freedom 10 every man, woman
or child who comes 10 our shores, and we
are going 90 deliver the goods, whether
we have any lett for ourselves or not.
What would the great world beyond the
seas say 70 US If some day the Oue-eyod
Mormon, with his heart full Of love for
our female seminnues aud our Old wo-
mems homes. should land upon our coasts
and find that we We're using all the liberty
ourselves?
What do we want OF liberty, anvhowg
w hat could We do with IL IL we had itg
10 takes "A man OF leisure 10 enjoy liberty,
anu va nave DO ltAbuIt ~ AdltNtls lA Us u
good thing tO keep I'm the house "fUr toe
use Of guests only" but we don't need it
for ourselves.
Therefore, ! am In favor Of Statue OF
Liberty EnllghtUning the World, because
% viii show that we keep IL on tap winter
and summer. We want thp whole broad
world so remember that when &c gets tired
of Impression 10 can come here 90 America
aud Cypress Ms. We are used to No., and
rather like &C.. 1--WE don'i like IL We can
got 0u a steamer aud go abroad, whore We
may visit the ellcte mOnarChies and have
/ high oid time.
The sight of the Goddess OF Liberty
standing there In New York harhnf night
ANA day, bathing her feet In the ripping
. sea, VIII Dc 90 good thing. 1t Will hc hfet-
rate. u may also Doe productive of good
. 300 q direction that many have not Thought
of. As She stands there day after day
bathing her feet iu the broad Atlantic,
perhaps some mos--groWn Mormon nov
D ing toward tine foe West, confirmed yic-
tim of tho matrimonial habit, may nX the
T BRIGHT picture in his so-called mind, aud
remembering how, on his arrival in New
I 1urk. he saw Liberty bathing her feet
win impuuny, hc may be led la after
years 70 ny " on himself.