The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-12
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;. Just PRIDE.
Hence, we understand the Just
pride your people feel In the father
land. And remembering this. Il ID
not hard to understand that the
Swedish people coming here, are
moved, In Q measure, by the pros
} peet Of cheap homes, aud . desire to
) exchange q stingy soil and snow
clad hills for the more genial climate
and fruitful valleys Of Kansas, yet
still more by their love OF that lib
J erty whose sunshine brightens every
page Of cur hist0ry-that here they
may pursue happiness under cOndi-
lions impossible In the land whence
the came-conditiOns that give every
man n fair chance In the race Of life,
under q government Of laws self
imposed, "a government OF the pee
pie, for the people, by the people"
wherein the crown has been taken
from the head Of the king aud placed
on the head Of the people, wherein
the monstrous dogma OF divine right
to rule, or that any man was ever
born, booted and spurred, aud d.
| vinely commissioned to ride the
hacks of unwilling subjects, has
been forever repu dated.
POPULAR EDUCA TION.
/ This condition suggests the ALL
important fact that our plan Of gov
eminent depends ON popular educa-
ton. The people TO rule wisely and
we'll, in other words, must possess
virtue aud intelligence. Instead Of
confining education, as In Europe,
to the ruling classes, IL must be ex-
tended to the ruling masses. And
the schools maintained by your peo-
pie, crowned by this magnificent
institution Of learning-Bethany
college-gives gratifying ASSURANCES
Of this fact, that your people Ia
Kansas have q full appreciation OF
our free institutions.
Somebody has said that the Lord
winnOwed the old world to fluid seed
for the new. In the winnOwing pro-
cess, however, OF late years, Il would
seem that the chaf has not always
been separated from the wheat.
Some Of IL comes through in the
shape Of agitators aud disturbers Of
the public peace-men who decry
and defy the law, who mistake
license for liberty aud regard whole
some aud necessary restraints as
tyranny. Your president has hap
PLY said that anarchy Is the pro-
duet OF years Of tyranny, ignorance.
despOtism, atheism aud stale beer"
True enough. At any rate, auar-
chists made their appearance In our
great cities where they have raised
the red flag OF the commune. Few,
I Id a.
from sweden. While this 10 q land
OF liberty, Il isliberty under the law,
for where the law ends, rs has been
well said. anarchy begins and ty-
TanDy results. There Is no room In
this country for anarchy or auar-
chists-no room for the red fiag-nor
any flag other than the stars aud
stripes, the flag that shelters aud
protects all honest citizens, however
humble, native or foreign born, will
constitutional requirements Of the
country.
SHOULD BE AN AMERICAN.
No matter where q man was borne,
when he comes here to live and rear
his family under our flag, this
should be his fatherlAnd aud he
should be an Amer lean.
The Swedes do this. They bring
their ancient love Of liberty and
education with the IN, which accounts
for the fact that they are % readily
assImilated and Amerlcanized. This
IL vitality significant, for liberty and
education must 90 hand In hand In
popular governmental lesson
never 10 lie omitted.
IL has been said, by some one, that
the Swedss are unobtrusive In poll
ties. This may be true, 90 far as
office seeking IL concerned. But I
trust that by unobtrusive IL not
meant indifference. For under our
plan Of self government, right and
duty are correlative terms-oue i'm
plies the other. The right TO vote 10
the highest badge Of citiHenship, rf
freedom, and the duty to take live
ly interest In all matters Of public
concern, IL one never TO be neglected.
My observation II that your people
exercise this conscientiously, cast
ing their influence ever on the side |
Of law aud order, Of sobriety, NOR
ality and good government.
FOUGHT WITH WASHINGTON.
Sweden once We'd with PhPui- |
clans in the race for maritime sup
remacy. Her navigatOrs contest with |
Columbus In history the Immortal
honor Of American discovery, aud |
planted some Of the earliest settle
meuts In the new world. Swedes |
were among the siguers OF the de- |
claration OF our national indePen-
dence, and fought with Washington |
to vitaliEe that declaration Of human |
liberty while others shed their blood |
on the battle fields of the war for |
the union with Grant and Sherman,
that Kansas and the nation might |
be made free. Ericsson, q son Of /
sweden, gave u the Monitor, which /
revolutioniEed modern naval war
fare aud did much 10 keep the flag |
Of our union floating triunphantly /
on land and Sea. SWedes are In /
congress-. In our colleges, In our /
civil aud Industrial life throughout
the union. So you should feel that
this IL In fact your cOuutry-yOurs
to enjoy, yours 10 preserve. yOurs to
transmit This union, with all
Its fears, With all its hopes Of future
years." 10 yours.
STAND nv BETHANY.
Ana " you wouid impress Kansas,
and make u . goodly land for your
self and your children. you cannot
do it better than by rearing and sup
porting such institutions Of learning /
a. Bethany college. Therefore,
lmplore you, stand by IL, support 10,
make 10 strong, q monument TO COM /
mem orste your Intelligence, yoar
patri otism, your love Of humanity, |
Of fAtheriand aud Of your adopted
Of Kaaaas. Such monu-
ments tell Of the achlevemsBts Of /
peace, not Of var, nnd In building |
them vs baild nos alone for the pres
ent bat the future, not fog Q Tine
but Tor etsfnity. For.
Asersd tarisa = this lsfa ye bar.
Eank On u tn ~ hsar q s0lsmniy,
8l1nd IN and U4lk benan' h n SD nxlly. L
Esil nod fof sorrOe, faller not for sin.
8et oauafd, apsard. an ths eoAl - via |
RIa~.e a,a as~.zs.u. t.~.alss .wsfh