Telegram-herald., 1891-02-17


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fron q selfgoyeTning stock. they we're
Teasoas. nas ss are getting Hansas-
iass. Poles. Italians. - 10 have ~ con
preAensioa Il the sPiris u oar instssa-
tions. but ~ are a mighty power IA
oar elsles.
Il uoal,in't shat the gates ayains.
thea. b4t how shall ws asszIni.ats
them II we st4nd alOof snd bet oar
SELVES alyo BIC denatlonailzed from
above, i se take no pains u foster shs
spirit 81 AElsrieanisInT
~ hat Is that spiFlt?F
"Amerieanissn essentially is the re-
sponslbihsy Il the individual for the
Government. Il = the government Of
TIE peoP1s, for the people and ~ the
people. Many men shirk this responsi-
bllity. bat Prof James Bryce says ~
other country owes 50 much q its
women. and IL viii owe them yet more
II once they fully recognize the power
they aaisht exert in keeping the breath
OF hfe In the old faith ia American
hopes, aspirations and ideals.
You do not think that faith Is droop-
ing"
by no means; but sec how we leave
IL 10 foreigners % write and 10 appre-
eiate our history; think Of the candid.
critical and philOsophie estimate In
OF our side, 70 90 sure. John Fiske is .
strong name.
When was the National spirit strong
est In usp''
III YOU mean. when did We discuss
our Institutions most broadly and feel
the most Jealous and personal interest
in them, ia the formative period after
the Revolution"
And for what reason have we be-
come less Americana"
Il do not say that we have; i only
speak of a tendency. Our little boys 20
trotting about in sailor suits with the
names OF Queen Nictoria's warships let
tered on them. Our women find senti-
ment in European ruins. OF stone and OF
flesh and blood. and one hears that there
Is no perspective in American history.
III YOU look at il properly there is a
glorious perspective. for we are the re
suit of all that has been, the finest frui,
OF evolution.
The Europeans, whom we admire
always admire that in Us which is IN
herent and distinctive, not copied EN-
erSon says imitation Is suicide, and oul
American women may well take tht
Monroe doctrine that the United State,
shall not bc considered as subjects fol
future colonization by any foreign pow
ers,' and refuse to have their minds col
onized 10y foreign ideas"
rs American history taught with suf
ficient enthusiasm in our schools?"
Very seldom. Love of country ough
To be learned. as il is, for instance, IL
Saxony where they begin history will
Saxon story, In every classroom. Oul
boys ought to absorb the American
orations, our girls to grow up. con
sciously proud 20 have part In a conn
try that is wrestling SO gloriously Will
humanity's problems, and In who's,
struggles the ethical sense of women Il
so important a factor in deciding Tho
victory"
THAT do You give women TO read?"
For romance. the expeditions of L;
Sale, who took possession of New
France for Louis the Great, King o.
France and Navarro my rhetoric uset
TO say, This Is the narration of a grea
and glorious undertaking. There i.
romance in the planting OF every
State, and for human interest take ths
memoirs of Mrs. Madison and Mrs
Adams. the lives of the statesmen and the
anti-slavery movement. No country has
fuller or more thrilling story"
And you would have women-?"
appreciate, and that they may ap
prcciatc. know; study the history o
their own country as critically. loving
ly and intelligently as they study
+ browning: fit themselves TO discuss tn,
/ larger problems of politics with under
/ standing, and so realize and cause thei
~ ~ iutiiiS W ~
/ American citizens"
why haven't we National hymn?
81 wish | might say The Battl,
Hymn of the Republic held that pc
sition, because it was written by
woman"
an not going TO set down the colo
or the cut of Miss Welch's frocls, oil
though she herself admits there is I'm
precedent for our latter-day clothes dc
scriptioas, in that the suit was writer
up seam by seam in which Webste
made his reply 20 Hayne.
She talked - US to-day of the making
of the constitution, and there are man.
who say the fire OF her speech is lilS
Anna Dickinsons- She is going Z
bring our heads back TO Hamilton al.
jefferson. and if she aud Mrs. Cleveland
can bring orr hearts back 70 America
then viii not this Lent have started
reaction that may have bright results
that may make short work Of Angle
raaniaP And is not this better wort
-zi.ile than any amount of critical stud
OF Ibsen?