Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-05
BIG DAY AT CARO-
Mayor fiazen s. Pingree of
Detroit
MAKES A PATRIOTIC SPEECH
And Is Freqazasly interrupted - Enthus-
izsric Manifestations OF Approval
Fa1nsers Like an Honest Ma


day vas esIsbrated here with =
degree OF enthusiasm hitherto IA
known IN TuscoiA county IL Was
good old-fAsnionsd celebration
n every senss OF the word, and was
kept ap AL day snd FAR INTO the Night
The city was thronged from early
morning with the nower Of the coun-
sy's agricultural population sturdy
farmers with their plump, healthy
looking wives and many children;
handsome, VIGOROUS youths accom-
panied BY r0sy-eheaked, nright-eyed,
laughing swestheArts. ali were mere IN
holiday attire, presenting a scene well
calculated to knock the vapid maun-
aerlngs OF calmly hoslers into smith-
srssnA There we're games and sports
OF All kinds, Including sack races, tub
races. climbing } the CREASED pole
and chasing the GroyeEized swine.
The Grafton OF the day MAS delivered
BY Aichigan's next governor, the tioa.
Hazen ;. Piagree OF Detroit. IL WAS
magnificent effort, and though the
weather was hot and the pesky dies
numerous. Mr.. Plngree's eloquent, mas-
terfai, patriotic periods were aonored
with close attention and keen appreei-
alton. frequently evinced by honest,
heartfelt, enthusiastic manifestations
of approval. Mr.. Pingree's words to-
day made him the friend of al who
heard them. At the close or his speech
Detrolts mayor received an ovation
which be will never forget. Alter
making the valley OF the silvery, RIP
ping Cas- echo again and again with
cries Of "Goyernor Pingree" "Hur-
RAJ for Plngree!" .'Plngree's brick"
etc, the vast, surging crowd pressed
upon the platform TO shake the hand
OK the fearless exponent OF the divine
rights Of man. Following IS Mr.. Pm
gree's speech;
Mr.. Pingree's speech.
FELLOW CIrnESs--There 10 in the
city OF Paris, AZ place where several
streets converge, . tall column with .
triumphant figure ~ Us top. At Its
base are buried the bodies or patriotic
citizens VINO fell IN the cause of free
dom IN the few days OF the revolution
of 1880 and 1913. lt 10 known a. the
wreathed with flags and evergreens in
memory Of the past. and 10 the point of
assembly OF those OF that nation who
veneIats the name Of liberty. Ii IS
sacred spot 70 the French, and to them
the symbol OF the downfall Of oppres-
son and the beginning Of the era of
freedom.
II Was not always the gathering place
of happy people, rejoicing in the
blessings of peace and . free govern.
men. Upon this SPOT stood the bastile,
that gloomy prison In which tyrants
locked up for causes trivial or I'M
founded those who had earned their
displessure; men and women. too, for
no crime but the exercise Of their own
conscience in matters OF religious faith;
those who had fallen under the dislike
of the king. the ministers or their fav-
orises; those who is Was expected
would purchase by large payments the
freedom which 10 ~ naturally the
possession OF every honest man ~ 10
the air. the water and the hight Of day;
the innocent, the harmless, the unof-
Tending whose fate il was 70 stand In
the hight OF power.
When once the captive had crossed
the threshold OF the bastile mystery
surrounded him. He was arrested in
secret and his friends in most cases
knew nothing about il. IL they sus-
pected his Imprisonment the fact was
denied. wesried with vain inquiries
they suspended all effort and the uu-
happy prisoner Was often allowed to
die unknown and forgotten in his dun
geon. There, very often, starvation,
torture. chill and nakedness added to
his sorrow. IL by some happy chance
be was released an oath WAS exactsd
of hmm never to reveal what he had
seen or heard during bis imprisonment
IL was. IN part, this mystery that gave
10 the fortress its fearful character.
E-xiasiag OF the French Revolutions.
Al last, when the outrsges OF mis-
placed power could no longer be en-
dared, the people arose Possibly they
were moved by the success of our own
war for Independence. then Just closed
II was at the beginning Of the French
revolution. one of their first steps in
the march to liberty was to destroy the
Infamous prison Of the bastile. This
happened = little over 100 years ago,
and forty years later, upon the lsvsled
ground-sanctiiied by human sorrow
add bold deeds OF those IN whose hearts
burned the fires OF hbsrty-the besut,-
fol bronze column was erected. It has
long been che shrine of the nation. No
visitor 10 France beholds Il without
feeling the kindliug sentiment which 10
the need OF patriotism.
On the high, round, southern bank
OF tha Potomac. where stands Mount
Vernon, there IL preserved the key of
ba-tlle- It was presented by Lafayette,
~nc wa. cra ~ fha haroo. Of th.t
thrilling and stupendueus revolution.
% Washington. Chesrs That gzl-
lsnt Frenchmsn, whose name IL 81
sweet in ihe ears of ali Americans, had
fouxbsT. lsh us in orr struggle for indc-
pep< snce, add taught by the example
" Warrington. engaged with Joy in
-sstoring the liberties Of his wn coun-
try. You nay see tins ponder0us iron
kew among the relics al the home Of
Washington. and seeing e. may con
sideT how appropriate u - that "a z
symhol of tyranny, utterly overthrow,
should pass INTO the keeping Of a peo-
pie, the greatest and most prosperous
en- This earth.
Rejoicing IN this. "a q proper for us
today. the anniversary dsv OF the inde-
pendence OF eur country. We ough;
nos ~ lose sight Of the fscs that toe
bsstils was built az q defense for the
city. It's perverson - the uses Of op-
presscn came about from ths ndif Ter.
snes and neglect OF ire French people
themselves. they either Did rot per.
eeive, ar tbsy tsnaely yielded 20 the 10
saious enerosckments Of power. and IN
she course Of uz1s found themse vss
hondssse.
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