The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-07
ADDRESS OF FRANK HARRIS.
CONTINUED from first page.)

our system Of free schools and universal
education we may have faith in the fu-
ture. From time to time new stars are to
be added to our republican constellation,
and il We are true to the principles OF
justice the freemen of the world will salute
our triumph. The great heart Of the ma
ton is moral, animated by moral princi-
ples and moved by and with moral forces.
Our work cannot be the work Of day, but
must be the accomplishment OF years, yea
centuries.
The first century broke the shackles off
from three millions OF slaves and made
them free citizens. II was said before it
was done that the south could not exist
without free labor, and it demanded the
protection Of the government, in principle
the same as our manufacturing monopo-
lies and corporations do now But the
work of emancipation was completed and
the south exists better and is more pros
porous than ever before.
The work Of to-day is to emancipate
commerce and labor. Give them freedom
and equal liberty. All liberties cling to-
gether. These works OF freedom accom-
plished and have unbounded faith in the
future OF our republic and in her civiliza-
ton. Freedom and union must be our
watchwords in the future as in the past;
freedom of mind, freedom of thought,
freedom OF action, joined with freedom of
the ballot, without regard to sex, are to
be the triumphsof our civilization. From
the heart of the Quaker fort then will the
hosannah be:
BY all for which martyrs bore theiragony
and shame,
By all the warning words OF truth by which
the prophets came,
BY the future which awaits, by all the
hopes which cast
Their faint and trembling beams across
the blsckness OF the past,
And by the blessed thought Of Him who
for earths freedom died,
OH my people! OH my brother! let us
choose the righteous sidel
30 shall the northern pioneer go joyful on
his way,
To wed Penobscot's waters to San Fran
cisco bay;
10 make the rugged places smooth and
SOW the wales with grain,
And bear with liberty and law the school
house in his train.
The mighty west shall bless the east and
sea shall answer sea.
And mountains unto mountains call
Praise God, for we are freeP"
We must never forget that it was In THU
land that the grand ideas Of the rights Of
man which are encompassing the eartf
were born, and here they have grown
This nation Is the latest and greatest ex
pertinent Of self-government. Thus IA
1t has been successful and 1t will succeed
and live no long as the people are true, ane
SO long as they remember the great fun
damental principles Of our form of govern
ment. Into our charge the great trust hal
been placed. and we must see that it Ii
transmitted TO succeeding generations al
1t came down to us. We must remembe
that no matter how humble a man ma,
be, upon him comes some share OF tn,
burden.
1t is well that we have one day in all tn
year In which, by common consent. w
cease the pursuit Of the almighty dola
and remember that as a people we ow
something to the form OF government un
der which we live. We turn our eyes +
the old flag to-day; we turn from selisl
pursuits and as it's folds are kissed an
fondled by the breeze. it awakens in GU
hearts none but patriotic thoughts With
In its folds are nestled all the traditions G
the nation since the days when the unto
was rocked In the cradle OF the revolution
AS Its bright colors fiutter in the summe
air, AND little by little it arouscs the pr,
cious thoughts OF those early days, "
become less selfish, we become better cit
zcns, and we feel that there are high,
duties than those which pertain to mel
money getting. We remember that Il
fathers did not consider that mere partss
success was more to be desired than u
purity, and we should consider that fir
and above all else we -sh3uid be loyal
our and its laws
First, and above all else, we should r
member that the nation was born by Il
Preside of the American home, where Oh
father and one mother taught the lessor
get. In many respects this home is
miniature union, with its laws. its bic
sings and its responsibilities. 1t is in Il
domestic life of our people that the safe
OF the nation rests, AS our children leal
the alphabet by their mothers knee, |
them be taught that strict code OF mora
that comes with the puritan blood al
which is the leaven that turns all natio
alities that come to us into citizens
whom we are proud
Let the children be taught TO love the
country and to revere its laws and trat
tons. Tell them Of the heroes and state
men Of the revolution. and of that lat
war when the union was preserved. IT
home lessons are never forgotten. II
mothers silent influence Is felt throu.
all the stern struggles of life. Her qui
words linger and cannot be changed |
the shouts OF thousands.
II is but step from the home to d
school-house. Intelligence is the foe
tyranny and lawlessness. The most int,
ligent men are the most law-abiding al
the most patriotic and self-sacrificn
Courage born Of brute force is needle
and reckless and mt timeS melts into 20,