New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-07-05

a government Of the people for the peo-
pie and by the people; that the people
alone sre. soyarcigns the government is
what we make it,. and to rs and to the
future it will lie left tomake astep furth-
81 and estab!ish,a, feeling Of Universal
to declare that men are
not only equals bat brothers. Thank
God, he said. we are now dwelling in
peace, but bear III mind OFF institutions
are going to be testct.. Already nlomen->
tous questions are knocking at the door
Here the speaker enlarged upon the ir-
dustrial progress OF the country and its
growth, but at the same time
uttered a word of caution in saying that
seltishness still exists in the human heart
and. that already greedy men are gaining
strength through large corporations.
The only way to upheld, perpetuate
and perfect our institutions is by patriot
ism. Besides question of right, there
is question of duty. There is some
thing which every man owes to his fell
bowman, as brother; something which
should make us a great, grand and glor-
ious people-an educated, intelligent
thinking and right thinking people, who
will look upon this as their own country
and not upon any other. By that I do
not mean that you should forget to re-
spect the land of your fathers, for there's
not one of you who cannot point to some
period in the life of the nation Of your
birth that made it great-some period
that gave it distinction. The man who
forgets his nationality and is wanting in
esteem for his fatherland is moral and
physical coward But we must remem-
Der that we are now Americans and moth
ing else. This is the home for our child
rem the resting place for our bones. 1t is
the only government we have to look to
for protection for ourselves and our in
situations, and it behooves us that every
child become fit subject of the Repub-
lie, able to cast his vote wisely and i'll
diligently. For every one is sover-
eign. He may be even SO ignorant but
his vote counts for just as much as the
most intellectual. Why you don't even
OWL your own property. Your taxes
are not measured by your ability to pay
them, but are regulated by the wisdom
and common sense of yourneighbors. You,
government is just what you give your
selves-wise and just according to tho
amount of general intelligence. If child.
rem; grow up ignoranta213 bigoted, your
children and my children arc not safe. II
men, through lack of education, become
vicious scalawags, yourproperty and my
property will suffer. That is the respon-
sibillty that rests upon us. Your business
becomes my business. We will either go
on to greater prosperity together or we
will go down together. The perpetulty
of our institutions is made.by this equal
ity of rights, to depend upon the in
telligence Of every man. Our public
schools are the medium through which
to accomplish it. We may have our
family s circle, our Sabbath schools and
churches, but they won't reach all.
There are some who can be got at
through the public schools alone. That
institution is the triumph of the century
and where state is governed by it's citiz-
ems it has right to ask that every child
be sent to school where he may learn the
rudiments of our institutions and learn
to cast his ballot wisely. Compulsory
education is just as necessary as political
liberty. The latter cannot exist without
it. This is the great principle which we
must inculcate in order to cope with the
dangers that confront us, and unless we
learn it soon and adhere to it tenacious
ly our flag will ere long trail in the dust
and our great nation will be the laughing
stock of the monarchies of Europe. Let
us aim then to keep that flag above US
and to build up people with love CT
country, with aspirations and with intel
ligence, INSTEAD of one ground down with
sordid principles.
In the afternoon picnics occupied the
attention of everybody. The Methodists
enjoyed themselves on the banks of the
river. the Catholics had largely attend
ed gathering near the church, and the
Lutheran Literary Society entertained
their friends on College Hill. Music and
a splendid speech by Prof. Hoeness were
among the features.
In Turner Hall Park large crowd