The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-07-11

II. h. DAVIS Sultl lcHlpldIs
 Mss JENNIE MORSE Secretary. Independence Day has come and gone and its passing reminds us again of the days when our sires fought to establish nation, and should remind us also that if we would perpetuate that nation it must be by higher patriotism than that which consists of the waving of flags, the shooting of cannon, the applause of noble sentl- ment or any of the usual features of the celebration of our nations birth. It is well that we should do these things. It is well that our love for our country should thus be given ex- pression on fitting occasions such as the Fourth of July affords; but it IS well, too, that there should be a higher, deeper, more intelligent love of country than is manifested in such methods alone We think of the men who fought at Long Island or Brandywine or Princeton or Monmouth or York town, who with bare and ofttimes bleeding feet marched through mud and snow or over rugged hill and mountain; who bore the privations of Valley Forge or dared the dangers of the ice-filled Delaware; and we call them patriots. And they were patriots. Not because they fought bravely-the Hessian hirelings of the British foe did that; not because they endured nriyations--men have borne as much in search of gold. But they were patriots because they loved their country and because for her sake they were willing to sacrifice not merely life, if need be, but personal ambition and the comforts and privileges of home, yea, to become for her sake if their endeavor for her freedom failed) cast out and despised as rebels and traitors They loved their coun, try, therefore to her good they were willing to sacrifice all that they held dear.
 To-day we need this spirit. Nc wars alarm sounds in our midst, 1t IS true, calling us to heroic action on battlefield or weary march, or still more heroic endurance in the prison pen; but in the daily round of common life each hour affords opportunity moi merely to do, not only to endure, but to be for our couutry's sake. And ht has not yet learned the first lesson of true patriotism and ha2 failed alto gether to interpret the spirit of the men of '76, who does not appreciate that the essence vf their patriotism was fidelity to the principles of truth and justice, and the end in view the crea tion of a nation whose laws should embody these principles. And it is incumbent upon their children, if the nation they created is to live, that this spirit shall be perpetuated. The patriotism which our land needs to-day is that which recognizes the trans cendant value of moral as compared tC material progress and wealth; which believes in the overthrow of every in stitution and the uprooting of every condition which threatens the man hood and womanhood of the land; anC which stands for the recognition d those broad principles and the prac tice of those virtues which make for noble, seif-sacrifcing lives. So lon. as partisanship rather than principle obtains footing in the councils of the nation; so long as corruption of oui lawmakers and law executors is a possibility; so long as mon will sci personal or sectional t.. es' agi st community or national progres sc long will there be q call for patriots- men who are national men, not de voted to particular section--mer who dare to stand for principle re gardless of party atiiatiol or politica prefernent-men who seek 10 drive out and destroy every evil whicl threatens our institutions or tends tc degrade our citizenship.
 This is the warfare of to day; thi is the combat to which every true lover of his country should hasten Who will be of the number! Who vii put on 'the armor of righteousness" tc 1n hattie with the forcpS of "a, Il and nj