The Helena independent., 1892-04-25
ST. GEORGES DAY.
Celebrated At Rutta--Rcv. Kelsey, Of Hell
enn. tho Orator.

Celebrated At Rut.e--Rev. Kelsey, OF Hell
enn, tho Orator.
Saturday was ". Georges day and II was
observed in Butte by the English Ameri-
can citizens The orator Of the day wa1
the Rev. +. ID. Kelsey, So. D., Of the Con
q egational church. He received an en-
thusiastic reception. The subject Of his
Grafton was "The duties Of Citizenahip."
He commenced by telling OF tho JOY which
he felt in again addressing the people of
Butte. He said: "Aa was coming down
the side Of the mountain ont hcre was
prophet of old, and could not hel lp coming
to the conclusion that Butte ID "a city
beautiful for location and the JOY Of the
whole earth. and more than that, II Ia .
city connosall OF noble men. think. how
ever, that eithar Righteousness and peace
has come, when the people Of Butte will sit
and listen to man from Helena. have
heard so much Of the CITY Of the mountains
and its love 'fot' Helena that when re-
ceived an invitation to be present at this
gathering I thought the millennium had
touched the eastern shores. have been
asked to speak on the Duties OF Citizen
Ship and rejoice to stand before such u
patriotic audience, and | think have a
right to stand here. My grandfather was
born in London and my name shows the
country ! am from. am not here to
speak Of any local or state politics, but to
speak to intelligent oitizens of some Of the
first principles Of political economy and
best citizenship
He spoke Of Victoria as being the best
queen England has ever had, and said that
good Queen Bess' in her palmiest days
never shed the lustre over England that
Victoria has. He said that ho honored and
loved Victoria, whose name is synonomous
with all that is good and pure IN Woman-
hood. But he continued, "the divine
right Of kings has been shutfled of here.
and we stand upon the principles OF tbs
public and popular vote. We have no aris-
tocracy here and no lords Of creation; a
man is q man here, and stands upon his
own manhood and not upon the size Of his
which flows il his veins. There is no other
land under the sun whore l conld make the
following assertion: just as with Garfield
and Lincoln. somebody's boy who is hero
to-day may become president Of this whole
country. What magnificent heritage ls
this Of ours! Whe ever the Pncilc or At
lantic kiss tho shorea Of foreign countries,
the American flag is honored and
respected and acknowledged as being 2
power. By and BY that time will surely
come, the Russian. German. Italian,
French, Z. P.ussian and English flags will
form one grand arch, crowned BY the sta 9
and stripes and comprising one blessed BIS
terhood. But what are the duties OF clti-
zenship? The first prime duty OF nll who
are enjoying the p iyileges which this grand
country gives us is to become an American
citizen and Join with us heart and hand.
The nexs duty is to see that there are no
dles in camp. We are hive. Of basy
workers, and it is necessary that there
should be no drones. One form Of labor
cannot say to another that there is no use
for you here for all work together in har-
mony and no work is more important than
another. In all forms man is to be honored
for his noble tolls, but the drone and para
site is to be only despised.
"There is this about your order which
commends it to every American citizen
you stand nobly by the stars and stripes
and all law and order. We should have
no ignorant voters. I stood on the side
walk and watched the parade go bv this
morning and don't think there is single
Son of St. George who cannot read ono
write. As long as the Sons Of st. George
remain, Butte will stand as firmly as tht
granite hills which u:round it.
ALTHOUGH am most pronounced Pro
testant, I am not one of those who deprive
others Of their religious belief, but at tn
same time don't like the way religion, b
il thcirs or mine. which has tho right to la,
its hand upon our public school system
Let our public schools be just what the.
should be, whore the children of the poo
can minglc with the children of the ricl
and the unfortunate with the Fortunate
The speaker closed a most interesting
address by stating that when the millen
MUM comes, as he believes it will, the lant
of peace and happiness will not be locate,
across the ocean, bus on America's favore,
| shores.