Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-06-28

When Patrick Henry put his old cast
iron spcctacIcs back on top of his head
and whoopcd for liberty he did not
know that some day we would have
more of it than we knew 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 knce-dcep
in the mud of Bcdloc's Island and
ycarn for 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 fill himself up
full OF liberty at our expense, and the
less OF an American he is the more lib
crty he can have. If he desires to en-
Joy himself all he needs is slight for
ci"n accent and willingness to mix up
with politics rs soon rs he can get his
baggage off the Steamer. The more |
study American institutions the more
| regret that | was not born a foreign
cr, so that could have something to
say about the management Of our great
land. If ! could not be foreigner, l
believe ! would prefer to be Mormon
or an Indian, not taxed.
] am often led TO ask, in the Ian
guagc Of the poet. 'Is the Caucasian
played out?' Most everybody can
have a good deal of fun in this country
except the American. He seems to be
so busy paying his taxes all the time
that he has very little time to minglc
in the giddy whIrl of the alien. That
is the reason that the alien who rides
across the United States on the "limit-
ed maiL' and writes Il book about us
before breakfast wonders why we are
always in hurry. That is the reason
We have to throw our meals into our
selves with a duh thud and have no time
to maintain warm personal friend
ship with our families.
We do not care much for wealth,
but We must have freedom, and free
dom costs money. We have advcr-
tscd to furnish bunch of freedom to
every man, woman, or child who comes
to our shores, and we are going to de-
liver the goods whether we have any
left for ourselves or not. What would
the great world beyond the seas say to
us ii some day the bIue-eycd Mormon,
with his heart full of love for our
female Scminaries and our old women s
homes, should land upon our shores
and lind that we were using all the
liberty ourselves?
What do we want of liberty, any
how? What could we do with it if we
had it? 1t takes a man of leisure to
whatever. 1t is a good thing to keep
| in the house 'for the use of guests
only" but we don't need it ourselves.
Therefore am in favor of statue
OF Liberty Enlightening the World, be-
cause II Will show that we keep it on
tap winter aud summer. We want the
whole broad world to remember that
when it gets tired of oppression it can
come here to America aud oppress us.
| We are used to it, and we rather like
it. II we don't like it we can get on
the steamer and 90 abroad, where We
may visit the ctletc monarchies and
have a high old time.
The sight of the Goddess of Liberty
| standing there in New York Harbor
night and day, bathing her feet in the
ripping sea, will be IL good thing. 1t
will be tirst-rate. 1t may also be pro,
ductIvc Of good in direction tina,
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 to.
ward the far West, confirmed victim
of the matrimonial habit, may fix the
bright picture in his so-callcd mind.
and remembering how, on his arrival
in New York, he saw Liberty bathing
her feet with impunity, he may DC led
in after years to try it on himself. --
BH Nye, IN boston GIote.