The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-07-14

/ Y .'fShl "a til ~ / Nt war Ol llt IfNb-
luton wa, not a war for conquest or
| am hi ion but Il was for right and JUS
! tico
Tile Romans fought for glory. the
/ Frruch for pride, Germany for the Dos
session % empire Fneiaad iof ucn-
/ quest, bu- America foi ,ho idea OF cicr-
nal right.
Otbeg nations have owed their origin
to love of war, to ambition. aud 20
thirst for power other nations have
been founded 20 advance the fortunes
81 military chieftains or TO promote
the desire OF selfish ambition. This
nation alone owes its birth to the pute
spirit OF liberty and equality. This
nation was created ont of the elements
OF virtue, integrity and freedom. and
1T was founded in wisdom and judg
mcnt
That spirit Of liberty that crossed
the Atlantic with the Iluguenots, Hol-
lauders, Pilgrims and Quakers has been
engrafted into the very souls of q lib
erty-loving people.
Born amid suffering. it was nurtured
, bv gallant hearts whose devotion to
right was given amidst tears of suffer
ing aud pangs of wrong; of that noble
spirit born of oppression. tested by
persecution, was IL possible to bring
abodt union, one and inseparabie.
, that shall last as long as time itself
shall last.
Here divinity and humanity met and
developed the germ of political and
religious liberty. that today we find
s crossing oceans OF space and leaving
its imprint among the nations of the
earth.
One hundred and nineteen years
since our forefatheTs left us this price
less legacy, and what changes have
the teachings Of liberty witnessed.
'All men are created as equal" sound
ed perhaps hollow ll9 years ago, aud
vet this grain of primitive democracy
. bequeathed to Us by our Creator and
allowed to remain hidden away for
thousands Of years, when brought
forth aud sown in the fertile fields of
a new continent reserved by the Crea-
I tor himself for this purpose has ger
minated and its fruits have been tran
ported TO other nations, and liberty
occupies the hearts OF the people of
other climes
, France heard the trumpet blast OF
liberty and tore oil the tattered trap
pings of feudalsm and enrolled her
e name among the republics of the
p earth Greece shook off her long
, slumber, and catching up the sword,
beat back the barbaric hosts Of asia,
bringing freedom once more 10 the
e land Of the olive and the vine. Aus
tria, the land of tyranny aud oppres-
o. sion, compelled her emperor TO abdi-
2 cate The pope Of Rome, who set up
the claim to infallibility, had hardly
taken possession OF his chair before he
was compelled to ilce in disguise from
&. hn
T, awakened nation.
, Hungary caught the inspiration and
:, in her struggle for independence sue
: cccded in obtaining parliament
> Russia, the land Of serfdon, became
: intoxicated with the new elixir ol
liic" aud emancipa'rA her scrfs Even
China tore down her wall aud opened
her gates OF progress % civilization
japan, whose narrowncss was frou
: the earliest ages, is calling for th,
7, commerce of the world, and will soor
\ be- one 81 the foremost nations on tn,
4. earth. Poland and Iielgium looked
= away for the new star aud found IL il
the western horizon. They too tool
7, on new life Even England, who trie,
:, b. blot out the great liberty star tina
" shot forth in such splendor in tn
western hemisphere, has found tina
:, beneath the rays OF light Of liberty /
y, Is possible To obtain higher civilization
r. aud She has been forced to confer ad
10 dcd blessings on her subjects.
~ Comrades, the trumpet blast startc'
,, hy the blood purchased rights in AmC
rica !, yet praling and will continue I,
. peal. arousing manhood to scale tn
y heights Of true nobility, we may b,
-, able To- see each man getting what h
- earns each man earning what he gets
n Human rights are the rights OF al
-, uou, of each iui n, and can not b
=, taken away except 50 far as they ar
. surrendered for the general good
. Invcrnmrnts are organized for TIA
trofCction OF the virtues and rights q
, huWau society but they derive "al
n tlcr .st powers from the consent q
~ thc governed
~ Mans liberties should be secure un
Ger this system because he rules him
- self. For convenience he may do IL b.
y, delegated power but experience ha
taught N At liberty has lost much O
If, its lustre through this system, and tc
- day the loval sons Of America are be
~ ing Gale Itrom the farm, the work
"a shop aud the mine to restore To th
- people the system Of referendum
a. whereby the voice of the people, Il
"a J AliN NbiNA Va NhAt hAN9 w hthih
- all matters of social aud politica
q rights.
- Our forefathers bequeathed TO u
n two documents; deeds, SO to speak
- one in its purity was reiteration @
"a the rights OF man, given by our Create
+, in the beginning, and never b
~ him repealed The other was con
n, promise
n. The one, the declaration of indt
a pendence, reaiiirming the birthrig h
NJ of all mankind; again asserting an
ne maintaining that we were born equa
90 that we had the right TO life, libert
Is and the pursuit Of happiness II
mr. other compromising the first by recog
.r- nizing the right of man to the holdin
ee OF his fellow man in bondage.
K, The one set forth the right TO TAX
ar up the sword urder certain condition,
the other naming the kind of sword.
he Liberty, as set forth in the deolarl
in ton of independence, could not liv
~. aud be circumsoribed by the constitl
or tional provisions setting forth th
.te right To hold pronerty in man
nd Hence we find the goddess OF libert
To within plding her smiles upon that po
tion of the organic law setting fort
lis the right to land upon foreign shore
and by foul means capture Gods crei
%. lures, planting them on American sol
under a system OF bondage. She aros
in her majesty aud purgod her ga
ments Of this foul pollution, an
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