Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-09
G. A.. r..

Rev. Mr Burdick Delivered An In.
teresting Lecture Last Evening-His
Theme-"Kings of America"
The lecture OF Rev. Mr.. Burdick at
Grand army hall last evening was both
pleasing and entertaining and wal at
tentlvely listened to throughout by an
appreciative audience. The speaker
handled his subject most happily. end
carried his hearers with him in wrapped
attention from first to last. His theme
the Kings of America-was handled
with a skill that eVinCed thoughtful con.
sideration and scholarly attalnments.
American Kings, the speaker declared,
were not such as commanded the respect
accorded to crowned heads in ancient
times, bat we're nevertheless of a class
that welded a powerful influence in the
political and social field OF this county.
France had broken down the barriers Of
kinely rule and established q republic,
and the spirit of American liberty was
felt t. roug out the civilized world.
After reviewing the political history Of
the old and new world at some length
the speaker proceeded to consider the
geographical and political reletions OF
North and South America Cuba
was q land of unsurpassed
fertility and RESOURCES, with q climate
OF eternal spring time. She had one
hundred n thirty.six harbors, and was
100 miles in len sih-s continent OF it
self-and was this worst governed
try in the world. It had cost Spain
seventy million dollars and eighty thou
sand soldiers to maintain her supremacy
over Cuba and hold in subsection the
liberty-loying people of that island.
The geographical position OF Cuba de-
msnded that che should be q part and
parcel o.. the United States, and if
Spain persisted in refusing to part with
her jurisdiction oyer the island for the
one hundred million dollars offered by
the United States, then tie Munroe
doctrine will eventually take it from her
for nothing. The speaker believed that
the whole North American continent
would eventually be governed from
Washington-thst such an event was
only a question OF time. There was no
reason why Canada should be governed
by a crowned head thousands of miles
away, and by. imported officials.
In this respect the provinces
OF Canada were like Dakota.
The peopi6 had no 7oi6e in the seisrticn
of their government officials. There wal q
strong bond Of union between north
Dakota and Manitoba. and there were
one hundred reason why Manitoba and
north Dakota should be united under
one state governments, than that Dakota
should remain as il now is. Like the
two personal enemies that were cast
away at sea in an open boat, Canada
and Dakota were likewise in the same
boat, and ought sc be friends, and both
should be under one fag-the stars and
stripes.
Mexico was then referred to and rea-
sons advanced why that country should
be made a part OF the United States.
The speaker then dwelt at some length
upon the text of his discourse, defining
money, monopolies, trust companies,
saloons, sectionalism and polite ss some
of the kings of America but that enlight-
ened manhood and an untrammeled.
ballot was the true king and ruler of
American freemen. Mr.. Burdick is an
easy and graceful speaker,and impressed
his heaers mo { favorably.
Oomrade Walter 81. Carr is booked for
the next lecture, and will give some In
teresting "reminiscences of the civil war.