The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-10
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wrong, II will neither protect us nor
allow us TO protect ourselves. ,t
Our continued exclusion from the
union is wrong, but IL is OF far less
moment than that we should yield to-
the belief that we are lawfully the serfs
of the general government and that IL
can lawfully admit us when it gets
ready OF never admit us.
Why do men talk about
WAR AND oUNPowDER
as some of our excellent men dor
What has gunpowder to do with us or
we to do with gunpowderp Aud IL
gunpowder has in any possible, un-
known way, anything to do with the
struggle of the people of Dakota for
Statehood, who is going to use it and
who is afraid Of it il it is used? The
government is not 10 be frightened In
that way, and il not, who is2 What
kind Of material is it supposed Dakota
men are'made OFF That talk might as
we'll be retired from public life and
kept for use i'm some other climate.
The war, OF which we still occasions
ally hear, settled the question that the
United States is one country which can
not be dissolved and that slavery can
never again exist under our flag. IT.
did not change the pledged faith or the
United States contained I'm the ordi-
nance of l7S7 or the treaty with France
Of 1903. 1t did not increase the disa-
bilities of the Territories or change the
constitution of the United States;
That war was manifestation OF the
tremendous physical power OF this gov
ernment. But what has that to do with
the admission OF Dakota into the ,lnionY
If the United States and Dakota should
get into fight we should get whipped
very quick. and Just as quick before the
war as after it. The sswar = did not
change the law or affect our rights.
Courts decide as they did before the
war. The habit OF exercising unac-
customed powers the dormant power
of waging war-has resulted in a ten
dency to usnrpation on the part OF the
general government i'm every depart
ment, and ii is this which justly excites
the alarm Of the citizens of the United
States who are loyal to the law and the
constitution. Ii is because OF this
usurpation on the part Of congress In
holding us under its power as Terri
tory at this time that we as citizens OF
the United States and of Dakota pro-
test and cry out, and will never hold
our peace until the wrong is righted.
This is matter in which the whole
country is interested--the east as well
as the west--that the limitations Of law
shall be carefully observed, and the
general government be brought back
from its .trespassing expedition into
forbidden fields, and that 1t shall not
by any vain glory liz It's transcendent
power pave the way for the ruin Of the
republic by overlapping the constitution
which bleathes into it the breath OF
life.
AS loyal men and women of Dakota
we ought to fill the newspapers and
periodicals of the east with our protests.
We should set out the salient facts 0f
our condition, of the law, and Of the
treatment we are receiving, and We
should especially do this before the peo-
pie of the States speak next November.
The State League with your support
will do something in this direction.
But have undnly prolonged my re-
marks.
Ladies' and gentlemen, you have in
your midst q fellow citizen who Is
everywhere recognized as the father Of
the Statehood movement. He presses
forward continually. Excelsior seems
to be his motto. Very few Of us keep
up with him, but last Sunday as I Was
reading my volume of Whittier, which
one of my boys gave me last Christmas,
| came upon this verse and immediately
in my own mind made an application
of the words.
Thank God for the tokenl one is stu freq.
One spirit tuntrammelPd Pd--unbending one kl1eot
Like the oak of the mountain. deep rooted
and Grm,
Erect when the multitude bends to the storm. II
will weary you no further. thank
my Yankton friends for their kind IN
yitation to address them.
Let us move steadily forward, yield
to no fear and never surrender.
"Prayerstrcngthene for the trial. come 20.
gether. Y
Put on the harness for the morai fight.
And with the blessings OF your heavenly
Maintain the right. Il