The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-07

In the name of the ascendant people
Of that time, it WAS sure to make the
circuit of the world, passing every
where through the despotic countries
Of Europe, and the astonished nations,
as they read that all men are created
equal, started out Of a lethargy like
those who have been exiles from
childhood when they suddenly hear
the dimly remembered accents OF
their mother tongue"
We must not dwell on the past too
long. This anniversary to us should
be something more than glorifying
the past We know what the corner
stone in the foundation Of this repub-
lie was, and what it cost to place it
in position. We know what we're the
efforts Of the great, good and wise
statesmen to secure to posterity the
blessings of liberty that was won by
their valor when they formed and
adopted our constitutional form Of
government, without which, and the
grand superstructure created by it
upon the foundation of this bill OF
rights that has been read to you, their
work would have been incomplete.
Many regarded the government by
the people, created by the constitution,
mere experiment. Thus far two
points are settled: it was successfully
established and has been successfully
administered in the past. Thus far
the American union has been sue
cess. After a hundred and sixteen
years we witness the grand super
structure; like our eternal hills, il
stands firmly and securely on Its base.
Will it endure? If not, what will
destroy it? Is it in danger? Ii so,
what is necessary to be done for its
protection? 1t is a truism that ''eter
nal vigilance is the price OF liberty. :"
We turn our eyes upon the scroll OF
time and we discover all along the
scattered wrecks and fragments OF
lost empires. We are told that after
, all our struggles and efforts this, too,
is to be the fate of our republic. We
are warned day by day through the
press, periodicals and current litera-
ture, that we are surrounded by i'm
/ pending dangers that are ready tc
r destroy us. AS we read these things
a and hear the reverberating echoes o.
the warning voice, Macaulay's CLEAN
s ing picture of the New Zealander
g musing upon the broken arch Of Lon
J. don bridge, hangs in the air befor
Il our vision. Not all these warning
come to us from mere presentiment
}, but they are brought home to us b.
Y sober minded men. They come TEEN
is ing and eloquent with facts which dc
l. mand and hold our attention. The
r point to the fact that with all the &C
re vancement and growth Of this GER
b. tury; that with all the accumulate
N wealth in this broad land that wit
Id all the splendor and glitter of the ag'
70 that all these things in greater mal
r nitude have existed in--ttasee past, b'
d. have vanished for naught No.witI
I'd standing all our advances in scienc'
ry wit and literature; Notwithstanding
" the wonderful new inventions an
e. labor saving machines that have bee
be devised by the creative power and il
at genuity of our people, and which q
he the wonders of the age, humanity ar
re the world at large are practically I
us better. Poverty, crime and misel
he are stalking through tue land. Ov
he one-ffth Of our people are gatherir
,at into the cities, the majority Of who
nd only sustain life at starvation wage
ID while thousands of others have |
ais work, and can get none, wherewitb
ne support life. Prisons, insane as
at lums, aims houses and poor hous
ID. are on the increase. These thin
its are held up to US rs proof positi
,se that all our boasted civilization is
of failure.
OF If, with our production and abu
OF dance in the land, want, destitute
an and crime, with all the accompany
err misery they bring, are increasin
lit there must be an error somewhe
,ne existing that we should discover. '
the have railway kings, manufacture
Of kings and land spectators who C
ta- excel the royalty Of Europe in {
lew lavishment of their expenditure
,ng while the toiling millions exist
led starvation wages. This. is certain
un- not what the founders Of our repub
md expected. l shall not attempt
in solve this problem, but it is son
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