Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-18
4 GOOD THING.
DsssA = the Barthoidi Siat.e, u the Este.
ss,ation Of Nr. William Nye.


ssssA = the Rartholai siat"e, q the Este
nation Of Nr. William Nye.
When Patrick Henry put his old
cast-iron spectacles back Oh the top OF
his head and whooped for liberty, he
did not know that some day we would
have more Of it than we know what te
do with, writes the great humorist, Bill
Nye, in the Boston Globe He little
dreamed that the time would come
when we would have more liberty than
we could pay for. When MIR. Henry
sawed the air and shouted For liberty
OF death, 1 do not believe that he knew
that the time would come when liberty
would stand knee-deep in the mud OF
Bedloe's Island. and yearn for SOLD
place to stand upon.
It seems to mo that we have too
much liberty in this country, in some
ways. We have more liberty than We
have money. We guarantee that every
man in America shall fill himself up
full of liberty at our expense, and ill.,
less of an American he is the mors
liberty he can have. If he desir"s TO
enjoy himself all he needs is q slight
foreign accent and willingness to mix
up with politics as soon as he Cal. s.:
his baggage off the steamer. Tho
more lstudy American institutions the
more regret that I was not born q
foreigner, so that could have some
thing to say about the management OF
our great land. If I could not 10
foreigner, believe I would prefer tc
be Mormon or an Indian, nos taxed.
lam often led to ask, in the Language
ofthe poet, "Is the Caucasian pl.yet'
ort?" Most everybody can have coed
deal of fun in this country except the
American. He scer-s to be SO bre7
paying his taxes all the tine that i.
has very little time to ming'e in the
giddy whirl with the alien. That III
the reason We have 10 throw our meals
into ourselves with dull thud and
hardly have time to maintain warn
personal friendship with our families
We do not care much for wealth, but
ve must have freedom, and freedom
costs money. We have advertl:el to
furnish bunch of freedoans.to e7er,e
man, woman, or child that comes t.
our shores, and We arc going 70 deliver
| the goods whether VIC l.:,vo any leit fc,
| ourselves or moi. What VIA tie
great world beyond ..4o sees sly to III
if some day the b,,cc-cyod 2Ioraon,
: with his heart full Ct love fcr ogr is:
male sem:navies md OR slaswon,el's
homes, should land urop our shores
and find that we were us'ng asl lAg
liberty ourselves?
| What do We wait o: liberty, any.
how? What could wa Go With it i: ",
had it? It takes . n,sn Of leisure to
enjoy liberty, and We hsvo no le ura
whatever. 1t is ~ good thing to kcc7
in tho house "ror tie use o. cue ! 4
only" but We do;.'t ncal it 81. c.r,
eelves ;
Therefore ar, in favor 81 st,.;; ..s !.
Liberty Inlightcn.Eg tie World, 10.
cause it will show tha5 we keep It O.,
tap winter and summer. We want tho
whole broad wo..... 70 1e:.,s-e-i. ',,- .:.t
Wien it gais t:iel c; cc.:,r-ssss..-:: :: ;: Il
come to America and opi ross ~. va
are used 10 it, and We rather L.. :.
If we don't like it We can {. s on toe
steamer and go abroad, w!:o,e VIC iaa-
visit the eaete monsvcliios and ...y j
high old t:na.
The sight Of :he Co arss o. 1.iI,e:t,
standing there in New York iIarh,.
night and day. bathing her fsrt in t,,
ripping seq, Will he Il &, oil t],;.ly ls
will be tirst-ra:e. 1t may also ba pro-
ductive of good in t!iScctio, that
many have not thought o. Az sis
stands there day after day 1,athing her
feet in the Atlantic, perhaps some moss
grown Mormon moving toward !,, far
West, . confirmed victsE of ;Ila ,natri.
monial habit, may fix the bright ,.icf1,-a
in his so-calied mind, ns,l 1e.lne,nl!ei.
ing how, on his srriva! in ,,os ok, In,
saw Liberty bathing her tc,t III, i'm.
punity, he may l,c le<i ~ a:tes y.lrs to
~ it ON himself.
WHAT THE NETSPdPER Does
Rev. John Riley Thompson, Of New
York: The crowz.>ing marvel Of our
modern civilization is tie printing
press. 1t is impossible to ovcrestimate
its vast power. 1t propagates and d.
fuses information. It gives wings 10
knowledge, so that on " breath Q;
morning it flies everywhere to bless
and elevate. stand in growing won
der in the presence oil the printing
press. It lays its hands upon the tole-
graph and speedily gathers news from
al parts of the world, and acute editors
and ubiquitous reporters AMI rapid
co,npositors and flying steam presses
commit to paper a faithful photograph
of what is going on in the world. And
| wonder stands tho iron horse vrtl,