The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-23
A Temple not OF Yesterday but
Still In PROCESS of
Building.
Tho Principles Have n Roetage Running
hack 10 Evsry Resistance TO Tyr
amy ahd Oppression.


/ swiRgette- Wilson. which we're we'll received.
}. ". Eddy then introduced Mr.. Crooksr.
who. In o. eninR said; "Ihs American
citizen is often represented and described
BY unthinking PERSONS a. a flower without
any deep rsot'gs in the past and without
anT premise OF endurance In tho futufs;
simply ssa mist that tar les for a momsnt
There are foreigners who speak with q Ger
tain compassion and disdain, Who
tell us that We are so Young
HHi inexperienced that We are bat
children OF yesterday. Indeed We may be
vsTy young bat We are old enough to under
stand the meaning OF msnhOod ana vo-
manhood; We are cid enough 20 undsf-
stnnd and app eoiGte The Rloriss and rossi-
bIliti's OF citizenship. The American
oink n 10 indeed q temple not Of yesterday.
bat n temple that is still In the process Of
building. a temple that has been so long in
construction that the making Of she Amer
lean citiksn must be measured not BY cen
turtles. but By millsniarns. Tbs rinoiples
which make the American citizen have a
rootaRe RAINING back 80 the hearts OF every
hero who has risen 10 resist tyranny Aad
opp ession. wttsrsd by tho blood Of very
martyr who hiss died for liberty. Their
hearts have been fused and purified In fur
uaeea heated by q thousand hrss OF en-
thusissm."
Ar. Cocker next touched upon some Of
the important battles Of the Wodd's his
tory. rs showing the gradual dsvslopmsnt
OF that Sri - OF liberty which made possible
the America OF TO-DAY. He reminded his
hearers how the Pc siau hosts hurlsd TIL m.
rslvea against the Greeks at Marathon an
were d ivsn back; how the struggle was
renewed at the bsttis OF Action where the
Romans prevailed. making possible the
development OF the RomAn civil pOlity,
civil law and n continuation aud Improve
ment of the Grecian civilization. giving "a
the germs for law and govern
menL Again" be Uii, the French
made u possible to sonlinue this
development OF the American eitizsn, inas-
much as Charles Aartel drove back the
hosts OF Ste Saruoens. LAte'. the com bined
English bsrons compelled John 20 Grant
the charter which 10 the basis OF EuRliah
liberty. Washington as 70 ktoVn freed
the American Citizen from tie th aldom Of
English oFErsssion, ana We witnessed the
final t'iumvh Of democracy At the battle Of
GettvsburR, giving us unitet aation.
what 10 the genius. the meaning OF the |
American oitizen2 He is ssif-goVsTnsd |
unit. a shuttle creating and carrying It's |
own thread BY . power residing 10 itself. |
not controlled from without, not guided BY |
outsids forces. The American citizen Al
last stands bsfo'e "a az free soul In /
religion, sas free intslligsncs In the body /
rolitio Hs q free lsborsr in che workshop OF /
the world, aa pro luct Of the past aud q /
promise OF a sill mere glorious future. /
The American citizen may subso ibs 30 enc /
OF a hundred creedF, OF TO none. bat be /
mnintsins the light 10 ind tue truth and to /
live IL a. bis heart and mind nay fad End /
p owe IL. The American citizen NAV
belong 10 one Of dem parties, but be
IL first Of all sitizSn. lie may
have coutsinR In his veins the
blood of one or dozen races
but he 10 hrst OF all an American citizen.
And friends. has the time not como when
We may be done hare aud forever With this
talk Of the German. the Irish aud the bean
dinavian folk2 With all due respect TO the
German, the Irisb, the Norwegian, We do
not want an Ireland, . Germany, OF a Nor
way Lsre, and from the moment a Inan
ste 8 on American soil, let him fem that
moment become an American citizen; and
10 has often occurred to me. that Ne have
COLaa to time. when. haVinR enriched
ourselves BY the blood of all the nations of
the eArtu. 10 IL time TO shut the door until
those of us who have only learned the abe
OF citizenship, shall have ~ least gone
through the Fifth reader.
Les Us compare FOR = moment the
America citizen with other types and
ustionHlitiea on this globe. And ] would
Always speak with hearty appreciation OF
the good in all nstiOuslitieE; Il not wise TO
praise selves in unsssmY fashion.
Place him beside oar cousin. helm glishmsn.
ain free 10 ear that England has to-day
race Of Statesmen far = q owe the manhood OF
the politisians of the United States. They
are conservative; We are proRl sssive. he
FIsnchmAn excels rs in economy. but for
70 Id sup ort Of citizenship. the American
stands prs-sminsnt." The speaks also COM
4 cred the American with the AsiAtics, the
japanese and the Psrslans. saying that
hardly one among them knew what Cit
izsnahip means.
And whs-e 10 u that the American oiti-
zea 10 NADER" be asked. Where the forces
that play upon him and hold hiuI 60 his
noblest destiny? think you will all aRres
With me that there are two places where
tho American citizen IL NOT made. The
boy who runs wild after nightfall 10 not in
training for American eltiE nship. Ana
while l wish to speak no III Of man, nor 10
question the rights Of men. still 10 10 not
trus that the e IL no incentive for good 10
be fonud within tue d'amskOpl ls there
ANYTHING Al that bar that helps man 20
become better eiiizsng
But thsFs are places where the American
citizen Is being made and amenG those
workshops of truest aud nobleat tTpes OF
mankind and womanhooi ara, hrst the
home. woman's God and man's paradise.
Next 10 that. the school and best Of all, the
public school, tho basis Of American pa
I
and sentiments OF love are found will he
founc she inspiration Of American citizen
ship. To rs. - take u, u stsnds Gs an IL
lustrntton and powerful eIsmpls OF
she blessing Of drmoo aoy. shedding the
QuickeuiBR LIGHT OF its example over the
world, redeemina western Europe, ahsmina
Russia from lie despotism and from tie ia
humEnity. showing Asiatis nations the war
10 a b oalef civilization. aud Lighting with
tks loren Of progress the way to the b 9th
erhood OF man and the fedsfat.on OF ma
tious Let it be ear task 90 lead these
races on 90 realization Of tue Iossibili- d
ties OF mankind. 60 fouui n slate IN
which religion shall hs free, In watch
the church and state shell be forever sepa-
rated. In which educhtion shall DO free
from all dogmatio aEd und0Euano IN .
fuencea In which hbo ~ shall nnd = home;
10 bald a state where men may lie dowR in
pssce nader the rrotsction Of common
laws; 80 bald ~ great state whore prop
stty shall be- respected ana where I
al thses sanotities shall be univer-
'allY respected: 20 build up IN all
lie ToWef aud aiesty citizen
ship that shail be conferred ana rooted 10
ouf intelligencs and personal convictions.
aninhusnccd bv prses of ecolesiastia int r.
ference. aud where every man shall feel
sure that a vote. whefsveF cast whether
north OF south % Mason and DiEis's line,
y hottsr In the northeast OF In the noun-
lain camp. shall be counted.
'shsre are still great taaks nnpsrformsd
before the American eiiizsni gfeai tasks
hat will need all our strength Of heart and
mind. ell our iatslligeneo aud courage, We .
Ia uat rise Up and in tue strength OF our