The herald., 1893-07-05
THE INDIVIDUALITY OF man,
Result Of a Government Which
Fosters That Quality.
Colonel John P. Irish and His Address
Yesterday on Liberty.
The Angio-saxon Race and its Fights
Against Despotisn-The Value
of Citizenship-
The State.

The good people of Rsdondo celebrated
in various ways yesterday, and one of
them was in the old fashioned way,
singing patriotic songs and listening to
the reading OF the ''declsrstion" and an
oration.
The exercises were held In the Cha-
tauqua building and wers presided over
by General McCook. DR.. Weller gave
the invocation and the Declaration of
Independence was read by Professor
Rowell.
Col. John P. Irish of San Francisco
was then introduced and delivered the
oration.
Mr.. Irish spoke of the inherent love
Pile, and their fitness for governing
themselves. He referred to the first
great revolution in England in 1883,
when the people rose in their might,
and which cost Charles / his head. The
second one resultsd In the dethroue.
ment OF James III, and the placing Of
William of Orange at the head of those
people representing the Anglo.Saxons.
The third great revolution" said he,
(which has taken place amongst the
EnGliah-speaking people was our own
revolution of 1875. The same system Of
the continual enlargement of the rights
| of mankind came to the front again.
The doctrines of that revolution are
| included in our declaration OF indepen-
| dence. The men who lived IN thoee
days understood them.
Thomas Jefferson, the philosopher of
the revolution, was the exponent OF
them and in lis colony of Virginia put
into practice those principles which
afterwards were included in the govern
ment of the United States. We find
theories mostly run to the idea that a
majority takes away theIright of minor
ity, but remember what Jefferson said
in the declaration of Independence
! there are certain inaliensble rights
which cannot be taken away. In view
of the annual addition to our chores of
untrainable, uneducated foreigners, it
would be well that we look to it and
keep our rights inviolate.
Under this system we have grown to
be a people whose individuality has the
widest scope. Ootside of the slight
police power of our government there
ia the widest field for the expression OF
| individuality.
This absolute individual freedom has
produced in our country results which
through all the future will be held to be
| remarkable and the dreams of those
men who framed 1t have been more
than realized.
The enterprise and the application
accorded it has fostered the arts and
sciences to q greater extent than among
| l. 10 fAG k,nfo
We are exhibiting ourselves this year.
and we are making the savages and bar
barians and even the most civilized who
wide wonder at the results which have
| sprung from this declaration of indepen-
dencs, and the wonders which have
been produced By the advantages of the
undivided rights Of mankind.
In the Egypt of today You find the
native plowing with pointed stick as
did his forefathsrs, but here, what ia
seen? We plow with the head, We in
vestigste, we invent. and the result is
simply remarkable. We live in the
same atmosphere and under the same
sunshine as these other people, but no.
where do we find the same incitement
toward art and science and their appli-
cations.
Look at electricity and the wonderful
resuts brought about through its
agency. Where did they come from ?
| They descended the string OF Frankln's
kite and they've been imprisoned ever
since. These things are the result of
living under government which fosters
the individuality Of man.
Let US not consider, that because we
are Californiane we are better than our
sister states. We need to increase our
feelings of partnership in the whole
union. We need to feel that all things
around us are not OF our creation, bu t
the creation of our union. We are far
away from the center of our nation but
we are just 40 much of it as If only g
hundred miles separated us.
Let us humble this overweaning pride
OF ours, and let me say to every Cali
fornian, whether pioneer or recent ar
rival, that everything that has bsen out
lined, that everything that hae been ac-
complished here, has had it's genesis in
that same declaration of independence,
While we have increased in numbers,
have We increased the American feeling
as we ought?
The native gain has surpassed the
foreign gain only 3 per cent. The na-
ton was founded by the Angio-saxon
race, which ia distinguished by ite
power to digest other races. When we
notice difference of per cent it looks
as il we could not digest them. [ don't
want to object to foreign immigration,
but want it to be- made a little harder
for them to come here.
Our race is the Anglo-Saxon and it
happens that this is the only race which
can successfully colonize by the plant
ing of law, order and stability of gov.
eminent. Look at the Latin race.
am only mentioning the. peculiarity OF q
race, not criticizing it. But where has
the Latin race ever planted law and
order and stability of government? On
government has always planted the
church alongside Of the schoolhouse,
and included them both in faith in God.
Why is it that these races have fallen
under our shelter?
Wherever wo have received them and
fostered them end they have entered
into cur nation they have attempted TO
govern US. 1t ia outrageous that through
this result they have elected a man tc
fill one of the most influential offices il
the land who has taken upon himself to
turn loose among the community these