The Irish standard., 1894-05-05
MINNEAPOLIS, SATURDAY,

fountain Of happiness. That struggl
bore no visible fruit until, 100 years age
upon this contine there was founded
government based upon the rights, tn
inalienable rights of mankind. ZAP
plauee] One hundred years ago tha
republic first became apparent, but tn
roots from which it sprung grew AM
aonrished for centuries. This govern
ment does not depend upon phrases com
mitted to papers, but upon principles
planted in the heart of man by God Al
mighty from the beginning of the world
l[Applause.]
The beginning Of republicanism is no,
Of American origin, nor does it originate
in any one country known to the civilized
| world. We cannot find it's germ upor
this soil, but upon the soil which was
redeemed by the blood of the Redeemer
It was not first announced to man when,
amid the booming of cannon and the
psaling of the liberty bell, the world was
informed of birth of a new nation, but
when the Star of Bethlehem shone in
glorly over the manger where the infant
was cradled aud the dawn was made
immortal by the song Of the angels tell
ing Of "Peace on earth and of good will
to men,"
When this government went into oper.
alton by the shores of the Atlantic and
the immortal Washington became the
first executive of the republic Zap.
plause]- had been first proclaimed by
the shores of Lake Galilee, when the
Savior of mankind declared the eterna
truth that all men were born equal in
the sight Of His Father. This republic
then, is the crowning glory Of human pre-:
gress. It is the natural outcome oi
Christian civilization. A government
based upon the principle of the equality
of ali men before the law is the inevitable
fruit of 4 moral dispensation based upon
the equality of all men in the sight OF
God. Its democratic principle OF polit.
ical equality was necessary sequence
of the Christian principle Of moral equal.
ity, and democracy Is Christianity ap-
pied to civil institutions. From tho very
moment when the Savior Of MANKIND
bade His disciples go forth and teach
His word it became inevitable that the
triumph of Christianity would mean the
destruction of every form of government
based upon the inequality of the human
race. Applause.l
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. -.
In 1892 Columbus launched his bark
upon tho sea. its prov was turned
westward. The most momentous event
in modern history had occurred. And
yet Columbus was but the fruit of con
ditions which had been in course .ot
preparation for ages. Columbus was
literally. pushed across the sea by q
course Of human destiny. The old world,
with it's survival of prejudlces and OF
barbarisn4, with absolutism growing up
as means Of refuge from reckless wars
was unfit for the planting of this germ
and so providence guided this bark
freighted with human history, to these
shores. Here the, tree of liberty was
planted under circumstances which On.
couraged it's growth and which insured
it's life.
Nowhere is the providence of God
more visible than in the character of the
men whom he directed to these shores
and the conditions under which they
were settled. Here was virgin soil tc
be conquered. Here were prinaeval for:
ests to be felled. The strong arm was Of
more use in, cutting down tree than 8
lineage of tho usand years The bullet
of the Indian was just as powerful!
against the breast of a prince as against
the breast of peasant. The value o1
the settler was not the blood which flow
ed in his veins, but the power Of hie
muscles and the strength of his will.
In the common pursuit of bread the
dignity of labor was raised to pitch un
known in the history Of the world. The
men who came to this country were moi
seekers after fortunes. They did moi
come here to enrich themselves with
gold. They did not come here to plunder
the soil, and then return to- spend the
fruits of adventure in profigacy and vice
They we're the mon in whom these prin
ciples of liberty never died, in whose
breasts they were cherished when they
had disappeared from the institutions o1
other men. They turned their bucks up
on the conditions which created abso
lutism, they sought this continent thai
they might create liberty, and they did
[Applause.
Providence smiled upon them. Their
liberty was fruitful. The fertile and gen.
erous soil responded amply to the exer
cise Of human effort, aid when, in th,
course OF few centuries, their material
wealth had grown to such degree as K