Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-12

in the new world the institutions so dear
to his heart in the old. There comes the
exiled Huguenot, bringing with him from
sunny France the industrial skill, the thrift
and economy, which it was forbidden him
to exercise at home. There come the bold
the adventurous, and the aspiring oil all
nations. All find home, and scope for
thefr activities. Under their fostering care
new states arise, and the desert blossoms
as n garden. Along the Atlantic coast
from forest covered Maine to the sunny
southland new commemorative, wherein
the rights al man are respected and his lIb-
erty conserved as never before. And, alas! !!
there comes the dusk v African, an unwilling
immigrant bearing in his black person an
element of dissension, which in time To
come is to rend the land with civil strife,
and drench il with fraternal blood. The
work of conquest goes ON. Year ny year
the settlements encroaeh upon the wilder
ness. At intervals bloody war IL waged
with the aboriginal possessors OF the soil.
On the north "A rival power arises and
seizcs in it's eonquering grasp the shores OF
the st. Lawrence aud the borders OF the
inland seas. A period OF invasion, siege
and battle and the Lilies of France are
horne down by the victorious banners OF
I'll. nd aud her colonies. From the waves
the gr"sfbYa r. I'd is subj. o. tue A'lesha-
this development comes wealth, and with
wealth comes the jealousy OF the mother
country. Oppressive laws bind and letter
the new commonwealth, and the ancient
spirit which triumphed at Runnymede,
true to itself and ITS traditions, asserts
itself in it's new home as well and valiantly
n in the old. Colony answers to colony,
and all are bound together in mutual
league for life or death. The mother coun-
try, naughty fran her triumphs Of IA thou
sand years, iorgets that her children have
iuhpTlt.I the anIrIt that has -
her all-powerful ON land and on sea, and
sieruly strives to crush the rising nation.
And then come Concord, and Lexington
and Bunker Hill, where England is for The
first time taught tn know and respect the
newly developed strength of her children
hey yond the But, blinded with invet-
crate pride and prejudice, the mother conn
try still seeks to subdue, and still the colo
Mes flushed with the consciousness oil new
aud growing strength, resist. Long Island
Fort Moultrie, and Quebec attest the equal
valor Of the combatalts. Che contest
deepens. Reverses overwhrlm The patriot
arnis, and the hong, dull wintry suffering OF
Valley Forge. it's disease and it's starvation
prove too well the constancy and the forti-
tude of our immortal commander and his
devoted men. And now the strength Of En-
gland is gathered for mighty effort, which
she believes " i'll crush and forever subdue to
her dominion her rebelliouE children. From
sweeps down upon the devoted colonies.
Nor are her descendants found wanting
How well and valiantly they demeaned
themselves let history forever record. And
ou the bluud-stained heights of Sara toea is
forever settled The question whose this con
tinent shall be. Yet still the strife contin-
ucs. England cannot realize that her colo
nies have forever passed from her dumin-
ion. Unavailingly she strives. AT last,
her earied forces, hemmed in historic
Yorktown, are brought TO bay, by the
allied armies of America and France. The
banner of England goes down before the
Lilies and the Stars and Stripes, and Lib
erty has gained new world for her own.
And with victory comes dissenson. Each
newly created state, jealous of it's late found
rights, mistakenly regs riding its sister states
as rivals, selfisbly pursues the solitary
| path OF it's own supposed interests, and the
end of mutual strife and common anarchy
seems tn he at hand. But the patriots
whose valor and wisdom guided their coun-
| try's destiny in time of war do not fail
| her IN the no less dangerous times of peace.
BY superhuman patience and energy the
dissentient states are brought to send their
| representatives to mutual conference, and
| out of the seemin. ly irreeoncilable elements
| of selfishness and confusion Is wrought a
new bond Of union, the Federal Constitu-
tion. And the nation has new birth. United
| and strong, the government al the thirteen
| states enforces order at home and com.
mands respect abroad. A period of growth
| succeeds. Organization lends it's assista "a ice.
| The different elements fuse and blend into
one common nationality The sword ol
| Washington and the pen of Jefferson have
| done their work. A national polity, ma
| tional laws, and national customs come
| into being. The conlederacy of thirteen
! disassociated states grows into nation
| 1t steadily extends it's empire on sea and
| I..,, l.att mat.
forests west Of the Alleghanies, and it's gal
liant sailors make it's flag known at th,
! ends Of the earth. But the pa ssions "A aroused
| 10y the separationfrom the mother country
| are not yet allayed, and "A war cloud a rise.
on the horizon. Again the countries meet
in deadly strife. The hitherto invincibl,
navy of England is doomed to meet defeat
in ma nv a n encounter W il h the fleets ma nnec
by their brethren across the sea, and ST
Georges bIood-red cross goes down into
the surges beneath the smoking cannon o
the young republic. The naughty preten
sions of old England are bumbled, and sh,
reluctan consents to divide with he
da ugbter the empire of the seas. And ther,
comes to the new republic renewed devel
opment, and an ever widening domain
The craftsmanship of Jefferson has secured
to her the magnificent empire between tn
MISSISSIPPI and the Pacific. and her hard,
sons are ex ploring its vast plains a nd lionel,
mountains, and laying the foundation o
new states destined to surpass the old
But a new fear is rising in mems hearts. TIL
hideous form Of human slavery rears it
head in the republic devoted to freedom
and it's presence sets at variance thos
who should have remained united. Nortl
against South, state against state, lathe
against con. brother against brother an,
Freedom against Slavery Compromise