Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-06-29
Nye's Fourth OF July Speech.

! hrSt got @ toothCld in this country
And we are now to celebrate that
day. | say that on that day Tireny
and uzurpation will never recover
from. We have paved the way for
the poor, oppressed foreigner, so that
he could come to our shores and take
liberties with our form of govern
ment. To be a foreigner here in
America to-day is one of the sweetes,
boons If l could be just what
would like to be, l would be an op.
pressed foreigner, landing on our
shores. free from the taxation and re
sponsibility of government, with nc
social demands made on me, with
nothing in my possession but hear
| ty Godspeed from both political par.
ties and strong yearning for free.
dom. Oh, why was | not born an
alien, that both parties wouldn't dast
10 reproach: an alien that can come
here and find government already
established, with no flies on to it; a
government of the people, by the peo.
pie and for the people? Fire-crack-
ers and applause.
Goa the day that Button Gwinnett
put his name to the statement that
all men were created more or less
equal, the spot on which we now
stand was bowling wilderness,
Where yonder lemonade stand now
stands and realizes q clean profit of
SAT 35 on an investment of Sc so, the
rank thistle nodded in the wind and
the wild fox dug his hole unscared
If you do not believe this, refer you
to the principal of our public school,
who is to-day assist ng in the band
and who is now in the act oi
upending his alto horn to pour out q
teacupful of liquid melody that he
had left over from the last tune,
"And why is this? Why are we
to-day free people, with surplus
in the treasury that nobody can get
at? Loud applause and squeal
from grass fed horse tied to tree
who is being kicked by red 2-year
old owned by the Pathmaster of Road
District No. 3.
"Why are our resources so great
that they almost equal our liabilities?
Why is it every thing is done 10 make
it pleasant for the rich man aud
every inducemeat held out for the
poor man to accumulate more and
more poverty? Why is i. that so
much is said about the tariff by men
who do not support their families?
Why is it that when we vote for a
President of the United States we
have to take our choice between q
statesmanlike candidate with great
ability and proclivities for grand lar
ceny-why is it that we are given
our choice between this kind of q
man and what Virgil refers to in his
'Chide Harold as cnump? Cheers
and cries of That's 80" from man
who is riveted to the spot by means
of new pitch plank on which he is
sitting, and which will not permit
him to move out of the sun.
| Il WOuiu IdbuCI HdNO my iiS II
hand cleave to the roof of my mouth
than to utter sentiment that | would
regret, but say that as people, as
a nation, or as an inalienable righ,
which no man eau gainsay or success
fully controvert, not for political pur
poses, and yet | am often led to in
quire whether we are drifting, not on
ly as people and as nation, but as
country and as joint School Dis
trict No. 6, where we now stand anc
when we are paying a school-teachel
this summer $22 amonth to teach the
children, little prattling children
during the hot summer weather, how
many feet of intestines there are IL
the human body aad what is tho best
to do for it? Last winter we PAID
$34 to o man who opened the school,
with prayer and then made a picture
of the digestive organs on the black
board. And we will wonder that pol
itics is corrupt
II tell you that the seeds of vice
| anu WlChcuuCcs 10 Oitcu cO"Ou :"
school in the minds of the young by
teachers who are paid largo salary
to do far different. What do you thinl
of man who would open school
with prayer aud then converse freely
about the alimentary canal? Such
u man would lead life of tho deepest
| infamy if he had the least encourage
| ment.
al know that this is regarded as a
queer doctrine by what is called oul
moro Advanced Thinkers, but | say
let every man who pants for fame So
lect his own style of want and e
ahead. | bid him most hearty God
speed and hope he will do well.
"But what makes me mad is for 0
man to come to me and dictate what
| shall pant for This is called intol
erance by people who can afford tt
use words of that size. intolerance
is u thing that makes me feel tired
Whether it's religious, political or 50
cial intolerance,I dislike it very much
$50 | say, fellow-citizons. that WI
must guard against the iniue noes o
the public schools as nation. for tn
| people, Of the people and hy the peo
pie. Education is often a bl essing il
disguise, but we should not pry int
things that the finite mind has NJ
business with. How much was Gal
ileo ahead in the long run for going
out of his sphere? He was boycottet
from morning to night and died poor
Look ut Demosthenes. Look at Dl
ogones. They pried into science, anc
both of them was poor providers anC
hayo since died. OF course their names
are frequently used by debating
schools, and some claim that this is
big pay for what they went through
but say give me high stepping
horse, the bright smile Of dear ones
who are not related to me in any
way, the approval of the admirine
throng, large woody dog that will
do az | tell him, modest little home
and unlimited credit at the store and
| do not care how much Ii. will have
to use of from the diameter OF Civ
en- grindstone for which he paid al
undivided one fifteenth
"But again. In closing, let m'
say that we owe it our common coun