The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-19


county and in my native tongue could
tell something of the glorious country
which We are 30 proud to call our own, Tor
these towering mountains and sweeping
valleys suggest the thought OF the great
meas Of Of our county Mention has oaen
grand state, wonderful in its splendid
mines. wonderful in it's grand and beautl-
ful scenery, its mountains, vast and snow
capped, towering heayenwnrd; and the
grandest thought Of all il that it Is n com
pon1.ent part of this grand, republic, this
indissoluble union of American states pro-
tected by tho broad aegis Of its great con-
stitution and its magnanimous laws. and
ready to fight for the freest flag that waves
under the dome of heaven-the glorious
stars and stripes. And, my friends, my
most fervent prayer dny by day. is that
from the broad Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the great lakes to the Gulf Of Mexico.
may be preserved in its entirety Tor
all the centuries of coming time,
and that our American people may
learn to venerate. TO love. cherish ana de-
fend the most glorious constitution ever
conceived by the wisdom of man. and to
pnrtake of the freedom born of the equality
of our laws, the most just and equitable ever
framed by any country under the sun. Inc
Catholic church knows no north, no south,
no east no west it knows no distinctions
within its bosom; let us all then alike study
the genius of our grand institutions, and
learn to cherish and protect, love and revere
the wisdom which framed them. ! was IN
the city of Atlanta said the speaker:
when President Garfield was shot, and !
speeches during the preceding campaign,
stricken with grief at his untimely
taking off; and 1 saw a populace
bowed in deepest woe. The people Of
Georgin had voted almost unanimously
against the martyred president; he was not
their choice, but he was their beloved chief.
and their feeling was SO uncomfortable that
had the assassin of the president appeared
among them at that moment it would not
have been we'll for him. 1t shows the ge-
MUS and the greatness OF our country" The
archbishop then told in humorous vein
the experience of French gentleman OF
means who had arrived in this country on
tour of pleasure and instruction, and who
went to great political meeting in Union
Square, in New York. shortly after his ar
rival. when two candidates, were running
for mayor. The Frenchman listened In
tently to the eloquent remarks of the
speakers who were exalting their candidate
Wood above the immortal Washington, and
Hoffman, to Benedict Arnold.'' The refer
ences to Wood were greeted with cheers
and yells of appreciation, for there was no
grip in those days to make men hoarse,.
said the speaker, 'and dampen thei1
ardor.o The references to Hoffman were
greeted with groans and cries Of down
with him. The Frenchman turned to hlE
friend aid with terror depicted upon his
countenance declared that there would be
revolution in New York that night. "Oh
no. said his friend laughingly. that:
said the Frenchman, .'they will break into
Hoffman's house tonight and murder him
for don't you hear them calling down with
him.''' 1.-The unsophisticated French
man was finally appensed by an ex.
planation Of the ways. Of Amerl-
forgot their good sense and their loye
Of humor, and declare tonight said the
archbishop, that if the flag of cur country
needed defense ON the field OF battle those
noble soldiers who wore the gray would bt
found fighting as Loyalty and desperately
by the side Of the boys in blue for the Has
of their own, their native land. as thell
strong arms and stout hearts would PER
mit.'
In the course of his remarks, which were
sparkling with wit and humor so origlna
and appropriate that the audience was CON
stantly kept III state OF merriment' tnt
speaker paid an eloquent tribute to woman
hood. and said that the bravery OF women
who face all the terrors of yellow fever IL
the hospitals of the south far transcendee
the bravery of the men who marched to the
field of battle and DEATH
In closing the archbishop referred to the
fact that this was his second visit to Helen'
and the march of progress since he first be-
held the spot had been SO marked and 81
marvellous that in the course OF few year,
VIXEN he hoped to return upon invltatlol
to witness the dedication of the great cathe
dral which he Was sure the enterprise o.
which he had seen so much, would accom-
plisl, it would not surprise him if he failet
to recognize the city as it now stood.
The archbishop and his party leave fo
the coast to-day.