The Columbus journal., 1885-07-29
THE STATUE.

Mr.. Nye Talks About the Bronze Goddess
Whose Mission 1t Is to Eaii.hten the
World.
When Patrick Henry put his Old Cast
iron spectacle; bac!: Oh the top of his
head and whooped for Liberty. he did
not know that some day We woi!d have
more Of it than we know what t" do
with. He lttlc dreamed that the time
wOu.d come when we would have
more liberty than we could paw for.
Whea MIR. Henry sawed the air and
shouted for liberty or death. do not
believe that he knew that the time
would one day come when l. berry would
stand knee deep in the mud Of Bcdloe's
Island and yearn for a solid place to
stand upOh.
1t seems ID mt that we have too much
liberty in this country in some WAYS.
We have more liberty than We have
money. We gnarates that every man
in America shall I'LL himself UP full OF
liberty ut our expense. and the less OF
an American he is the more liberty he
can have. If he desires to enjoy him.
self. all he needs ia a slight foreign
accent and a willingness to mix up with
politics a> soon rs he can get his bag
gage of the steamer. The more | study
American institutions, the more | regret
that ! was not born a foreigner. SO that
! could have something to say about the
management OF our great land. Ii I
cOnld not be a foreigner. l believe l
would pref = to be i Mormon or an
Indian not tt II.
/ am oftr 'r'''ah in the language
of the poet. ! =. II asian played
QUIZ Mos! .,':.i,ir can have q good
deal OF fun la to colatry except the
American. IL. SENS to be SD busy
paving his taxes all the time that he
has very little time to mingle in the
giidy whirl with the alien. That is the
reason that the alien who rides across
the United States on the Limited Mall
and writes a book about us before
breakfast wonders why we are always
in Il hurry. That is the reason we have
to throw our meals into ourselves with
a dull thud. and hardly have time to
maintain a 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 4 bunch of freedom to every
man, woman or child who comes to
our shores, and we are going to deliver
the goods. whether we have any left for
ourselves or not. What would the
great world beyond the seas say t o us
if some day the blue-eyed Mormon, with
hsS hnart frn rs Lava fne m f,1,
seminaries and oar old woinen's homes,
should land upon our coasts and find
that we were using all the liberty our
selves?
What do we wan of liberty. anyhow?
What could we TO with j; if we had il?
1t takes Il man OF leisure to enjoy
liberty. and we have no leisure what
ever 1t is Z good thing ~ keep in the
house 'fOr the Use of "usS:S only" but
we don't need it for ourselves.
Therefore. ! am iii favor Of Il statue
of Liberty Enlightcning the World. be.
cause it VII show that we keep il on
tap winter and summer. We want the
whole broad world to remember that
whcn il gets tired of oppression It can
on here to America and Cypress us.
VIZ ."S tS'i w IL. ANU w IttflcF liNc
it. If W. doI't like it we can get on the
steamer and 90 abroad. where W. NAV
visit the effetc mOnarchies and have q
high old time.
The sight Of the Goddess of Liberty
standing there in New York Harbor
night and day. bathing der feet in the
ripping sea. will be a gs'Od thing. 1t
will be iir>t-ratc. 1t NAV also be pro-
dnctive of good in direction that many
have not thought Of. As she stands
there. day after day, bathing her feet
in the broad Atlantic. perhaps some
mOsS-grOwn Mormon moving toward the
far West, 4 confirmed victim of the mat
rimOnial habit. may fix the bright pict-
ure in his ~so-called mind. and remem
bering how. on his arrival in New York.
he saw Liberty bathing her feet with
impunily. he may be led in after years
TO try it on himself. Bill NVe. IN Dos
ton Ueekig GIObe.