The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-06-08


iions, mere obsolete manifestations o
pernicious partizanship.
There is an old story told by one Of on
orators that has slwa,s pleased me. I'll
some strange Ian l an1 time. for so the storj
runs. ;hey were about to found II bell for
n'idaignt tower. hollow, stcrleis heaven o.
iron. 1t should toi for dead nIonarchs-' Th,
King is dcad'--and make glad idings for tn,
new Priuco. Long 1.-Two the King II shoe
proclaim 20 grand passion or so great d
pride that either wouldbc worship or, waRt.
try these. forever holl it's pe7ce. Eow thi.
bell was not TO be dug out of the eell moun-
tains 1t was to he fsstioned out of some
thing hat had been warmed by human
teuch and loved with human love : and 50
the peope came like pilgrims 20 a shrine and
! caat their offerings into the furnace aud went
away. There were links of chains that bonds
men had worn bright, and fragments OF
swords broken in heroes hands there
| we're crosses and rings and bracelets OF 1ns
gold, trinkets of silver, and toys of poor red
copper. They even brought things thG.
were lcked up In an Instant by the tongues
of ilsmc good words they had written aud
flowers thcy had cherished, pcrisha . things
that could never be heard In the rich tones
and roiumc of tic bell Ind D5 ana by the
bell vas lons in is Cd, ,nber. and It's four
wfnutws Looked forth To thp four quar- erS
. heycn for msby aisY il hung dumb
The winds came uua went. but they only Sc d;
It silninr; the birds came nj sang und its
caves, but was an iron horizon OF dead mel
oily still. A Il the niolacr strii cs aR1 pussious
OF men rippled on below it thoy outgroped
the ants, and Outwrought the becsi and out
watched the Chaldean Z; bat tho cha dvlhers "
tho bell we're as dumb as the eaya of Nachf pc
lah.
Atlength there clmo time when men
shoulder to shoulder all oyar the lanl, ,l:ok ed
in tho graves of them chat slept and believed
that there WAS something nobler tnnn living;
glanced on into tho far future and discovered
tha there was 5, mcthinc bitteref thar dying;
AMI SO going dcwn like rep7ers t9 the harvest
of dsath they acquitted themselves lil,e men.
Then the bell awokc IN it's siumber auc the
great waves OF it's music rolled glOriously
onl, and broke Ike M anthem and every
tone il it was familiar rs "A s0usehoil to
somebody and he heard it and knew it with II
solemn 10y"
1--WE hank God" continues the ora or,
" in this our day, for the furnucc snd theflre.
for the offerings of golt! AMI tho links of iron
'9r the good sword and the true word, for
the great triumph and the little song"
Yes, We msy be thankful but that is near,
ell. The great pcaing hell oncp more hange
dumb a5 the t0inh--.t has been silcIi tllase 20
yours. Tide myria'ls OF carc-cncum mocrel
4, I'll Ia,
the bee nor do they ool, up even with anx-
Gus gaze if mayhap the bell may send once
n ore it's sonorous vibrations reverberating
through the lard. And so proper it is that
We should ba dulnb-foundad with shame in
the presence of YOU whose olrs have heard
Tie ringing Of the bell. whose hearts have
been stirred by its chnliug
But to be thankful and rcvorcnt is not all.
We may " It forever ana neVcr listen to the
toulsigriug oohoet but we may also guard
the tower of American liberty, In oar hand.
will he placed, as years roll on a sacred
charge and we should elevate our MINIS to
the dignity of the trust to which in The orde.
Of Providence we are called. ind in our
fooo.nn Is rl1cod net moroly the things foi
which our fathers and foro:ataera tuiled and
fought bun AZ. inhoritancc transmitted from
every age end eyr'\ lana,
Was it not forsur orlis atennont and sdia-
cation that u e. Greeks at Marathon turned
back the Persian no. It's that would have made
forever impossible that unequeled Psriclean
age OF intellectual brliancy? ? Ard wasn't it
thai we might not be Goths and Huns. barha.
rans that the Roman leaions planted their
eagles from the pillars OF Herculcs to tho Eu-
pirates ana brought the whole Of the known
world under the enduring domination Of Lat
in sulturc Was ii not that We might he
readi the Bible to lay in our schools and
churches Instead Of the NoraA, that Charles
Il Sricl luns himself in the g..iA at Teurund
, beat a-k the sutsin,; Tide of saracun ln,a-
sion?
Aud be II remembered that weare 10 cher
81 and protect not merely the glory of Amer.
I ican arms auN keep our flag from trailing ia
the dust cf di,astor. tut also something high
Grand more durable. Drilliancy of nnrts
achievement, extent of dcmirionf and snlsn
cor of wealth ID not constitute true national
greatness. Is it no. Lowell who has said
''rh9 garuer- ~ Silly are em9v now, bnt
the bees from every cline still gather honey
from tho Eth" garden plat OF Thoo,itus on
a u mp of the world you may cover Judea
with your thumb, Athens with L angey.tip.
ana neither + them figure IN Tho pricccur-
rent. But they sim lord IL in the life and tn a
Thought Of every civilized man. Did not
Dante cover with his hood all that was Italy
20? years ago. And If We 90 Ia ok hundred
years. whore was 60 many outside o: Wen
na:' In tie process OF evolution whereby
man Is beirg diHorenial ID from tho beast
of the neli, intle rterlgl battle march of hu
man progr IS, the Anglo saxon ruce has
planted nluering STANDARD on ihls conti-
ncnt. In this age OF matcrialism ana mcr-
cSant;lism. it is our dHty, our manifest des-
tiny" TO keep this standard froIn falling in
thc midst OF chaotic Gemo raization. Let il
ho ourain that though in ages to come. the
ui-ranped tower of our greatness. the
gorgeous palaces of our wealth. the solemn
temples OF ouE-faith, tho great Union itself,
"yea. AL which il inherit pass away like the
baseess fabric of vision. and leave rot n
rock behind. the American name may sii,i 10
q synonym for all that Il great IN the realm