The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-24

to be good American citizens. I do
not think that we should ever be
ashamed to own our descent. l do not
think that any man, and least OF all
an American, would think any better
of us for denying our nativity. We
are all proud that we are English, and
prouder yet should we be that we can
make America proud of us because we
are good American citizens. None Of
us are here for our health, we are here
to better ourselves, and i maintain
that it would be the basest ingrati-
tude for Englishmen not to appreciate
and uphold the institutions of a coun-
try that has enabled us to thus better
ourselves. While 1 feel sure that all
conservative Americans will support
me in my announcement of perpetual
exsecration of all things English. and
while l believe that anti-English ami
mostly in America Is stronger than
anti-American animosity in England.
i do not wish for one moment to be
misunderstood. or to excuse any En-
glishman who amuses himself by per-
petually belittling America, the land
of his adoption. And this is indorsed,
/ know, by every Son of St. George,
for il is one of their principles to urge
those of their members permanently
residing in this country and intending
to make America their home. to place
themselves in a position in which they
may have a voice in the affairs of the
nation, a voice which they are bound
to use for the best and lasting inter-
est of their adopted country. A promi-
nent business man of this city, who,
with right, prides himself on being an
American, told me that he considered
IL would be a crime for England and
America to go to war.
AI0ra Crsltt ~ hal hN
guns,
But in what tongue shall be thy bat
tie cry?
Not that our sires did love in days
gone by,
When all the pilgrim sires were little
In merry homes of England! Back
and see
Thy satchelled ancestors! Behold he
To mine and clasped. they tread the
equal lea
To the same village SCHOOL, Where
side by side
They spell "Our Father" Hard by.
the twin pride
OF that gray hall whose ancient oriel
CLEANS
Through you baronial pines, with
looks of light
Our sisters-mothers sit beneath one
tree.
Not long ago 1 called your attention
to the fact that our patron saint, st.
George, set all of his sons the example
of chivalry, and II would be unbecom-
| ing in me to close my remarks without
some allusion to the daughters of St.
| George. / am no believer in the max
| i'm that whenever there Is any trouble,
/ there is a woman at the bottom of 1t.
| On the contrary, l believe that man
was not made to live by himself or
/ for himself alone. / believe that man
owes all of what is good in him to
women. Look at our great men, can
you quote me a single instance in his
| tory where great men did not inherit
| their greatness from their mothers
| The future of England and the future
| of America rests greatly with English
mothers and American mothers The
only blot to me in the magnificent his
/ tory of the Greeks is that their respect
for women was none too high. You
know the story of the Spertan mother
who always bound the shield upon her
warrior boy and babe him return either
with IL or upon Ii. To those daughters
| of St George who are mothers, / would
say that your responsibility is great.
| 1t behooves you as much as IL be-
hooves the Sons of st. George TO study
American citizenship and to graft into
the hearts and souls of your sons and
daughters, as none but You can, the
| principles of love, charity and good
citizenship. l am believer in woman
suffrage. l believe that the time is not
| far distant when, by the woman's vote,
more purity will be brought into poll
tics. and more study made in the home,
of the breadth and depth of true citi-
zenship. 1t is perhaps unfortunate that
the female leaders of equal suffrage
have sometimes brought upon them
selves just accusations of unsexing
themselves, but / believe that the af-
fairs of the schools, of the city, of the
state and of the nation can be just as
intelligently understood by the women
as by the men. / congratulate the
daughters of St George, first, that they
are in good company, and secondly
on their grand opportunities to keel
! the company as good as IL is at pres
| emit God bless them, say i, and may
they, like the Princess Cleodolinda
ever spur on the knights of ST. George
! TO do and to dare great things.
| In conclusion to the Sons of st
George I would say quit you like men
like Englishmen, and like good Ameri-
can citizens. a glorious trinity OF hero
ism. The blending of small rationale
ties into great states. and of states into
world to-day Is a subject for rejoicing
because by such a gradual coalescinl
of related parts we are advancing to
wards a time when narrowing line:
shall be done away and men sit dowr
together as one family.
Then let us pray that come IL may.
As come 1t will for a that
That sense and worth. DER all the cart
May hear the gree and a that
For a that and a that
It's coming yet for a that
That man 70 man the world DER
Shall brothers be for a that.
A brotherhood Of humanity, HOY
desirable a elimination for the worl
of the high souls who during 2 900 year
have each in his own generation striv
en- 20 sustain Anglo Saxon freedom.
Nor force nor fraud shall hinder US