Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-10-13

my eXileS afar are dreaming OF thee.
No fields Of the earth so enohantingly shine,
No air breathes such incense, such music as
thine.
Humanitys homcl thy sheltering breast
Gives welcome and room 10 strangers op
pressed
Pale children OF hunger and hatred and wrong
Find life in thy freedom and JOY in thy song.
Thy fairest estate the lowly may hold,
Thy poor may grow great thy feeble grow
bold;
For worth is the watohword to noble degree,
And manhood is mighty wherc manhood is
free
o union OF states and union Of souls
Thy promise awaits, thy future unfolds.
And earth from her twilight is hailing the sun,
That rises where people and rulers are one.
An address follows in which the
story of the four centuries is told. We
give it in condensed form as follows:
We, who are here met together, are now real
iy in company with l30o10o0 pupils of the
American public schools That is the thought
this day, which stirs our hearts
Though our eyes do not see all these, we can
them with our minds-an army OF 1900 900
boys and girls gathered in sehoolhouses great
and schoolhouses little throughout the land
and all with the flag Of our country floating
over them. All are assembled at the request Of
the president Of the United States for one pur-
pose That purpose is TO celebrate the discov-
cry Of America By Columbus, whose ship fired
a gun 400 years ago this morning TO signal that
he then first saw the new world.
Yes-the New World For that discovery
added more than new continent 70 the other
continents II changed the prospects OF man
kind; It opened broad lands TO their labor; it
gave them great new hopes, and so made the
world new.
That thers are 100000 American children in
free school rooms this morning is the best evi-
denOe that those hopes have been more than
fulfilled.
Behind him, In old Europe, Columbus left our
own ancestors-men, women, girls and boys
without any better prospect than that OF toll
ing and fighting for kings and mobiles He left
behind him world where the most of the
people were common people and whore com
m N people were treated as having fey human
rights.
He saw before him a new world, where those
common people, set free to do their own will,
were by and - - - taDiisn Inc same rights
for everybody. free education for all the chill
dren and government by the people for the
people
He saw before him this America, where 49,.
O10,0OO Of us pupils OF the common schools are
this day met In thankfulness to Goa who sent
Columbus forth, and who moved our fore
schools.
All that our forefathors did we receive, Itwas
done for us. il Is given to us freely. SO upon us
is laid mighty trust Upon us is laid the duty
TO be patriots, like those who made our land
the glad place IL is The people 10 day have
made the school children all over the land the
leaders in this Columbus day celebra tion, so as
10 give 10 as lesson in patriotism which we
never shall forget
svv Tan Degin 10 be patriots now. We are
patriots as soon as we love our country and lis
flag. When we try 10 make our school a better
school, when we try 10 make our games fair
games, We begin TO be patriotic citizens
And then, we, the boys and girls OF America
to-day, are going 70 be the men and women OF
America before long Very soon we win have
10 govern the towns and cities, build the schools
and make the laws. Whatever we shall do that
makes all the people happier will make our
countrys flag brighter But Il we should vote
when we grow up for things that are wrong that
would stain the flag
So let us promise that the flag OF our dear
land. which, so proud and bright, flies over our
heads to-day, shall never be stained by our
fault Let US pledge ourselves that the great
name America shall forever mean an equal
chance TO every citizen and love to all the world
Then follows a magnificent ode
written by Edna Dean Proctor. This
is as follows and concludes the uniform
exercises:
COLUMBIA BANNER
'lsod helping me" cried Columbus. Though
fair or foul the breeze,
! viii sail and sail tn hnd the land beyond the
western seas %
So an eagle might leave its eyrie, bent though
the blue should bar.
To fold its wings on the loftiest peak Of an un-
discovered star
And into the vast and void abyss he followed
the setting sun;
Nor guf- nor gales could fright his sails tn the
wondrous quest was done
But oh, the weary vigils, the murmuring, tor
turing days,
TIL the Pinta's gun and the shout Of "Landl"
set the black night ablazel
TIL the shore lay fair as paradise IN mornings
balm and gold,
And a world was won from the conquered deep
and the tale OF the ages told
Uplift the starry banner The best age Is
begun,
We are the heirs Of the mariners whose voyage
that morn was done.
Neasureless lands Columbus gave and rivers
through zones that roll.
But his rarest nobicst bounty was a new world
for the soul
For he sailed from the past with its sitting
walls 10 the futures open SKY.
And tine ghosts Of gloom and fear we're laid a.
the breath Of heaven went by,
And the pedant's pride and the lordling's scorn
were lost in that vital air.
As fogs are lost when sun and wind sweep
ocean blue and bare.
And freedom and larger knowledge dawned
dear. The sky 10 span.
Tbs birthright not Of priest or king but Of
every child Of man
Uraift The new worlds banner 10 greet the ex-
uitant sun
Let It's rosy CLEANS stnl follow It's beams as
swift 10 vest they run,
Til the vide air rings with shout and hymn 10
welcome it shining high.
And our eagle from lone kaiahdin 10 Shasta's
snow can ~
Ia the light Of its stars as field on fold is dunr
10 the autumn sky.
Uplift g. youths and maidens. with songs and
loving cheers
Through iriumphs rapiurcs e. has waved
through aronies and tears
Columbia looks from SEA 20 sea and thrills with
JOY 10 know
Her myriad sons, as one would leap 10 shield IL
from foe
And yor who soon VIII b. The state, and shape
each great decree,
On. vou % I've and die Tor it. 81 gi0ri0us death
must b.,
TIE brave ~ all iir centuries gone This starry
nag have wrought
In dungeons dim- cf CORY feeds, IT'S liEhf and
peace were is1l-hfi
Ard vou Eto front The ili-lre-1l- l-czt days Cur
freams iai1n-
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