New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-08

ltefplse they had ma anltested IN arrang-
ling for this occasion and told them that,
Notwithstanding he had travelled IN near
.Ily every state and territory of the Union,
he had not met with q single locality
that had shown such great advancement
as New Ulm had since he was here nearly
thirty years ago. AS Il Minneapolis man
he congratulated himself on the new re-
Ilations that had been opened up with
this thrifty ind enterprlsing community
and considered the efests that the new
road would have as important to the
Metropolis of the state as to New Ulm
itself. Following Mr. Fletcher, the o
rator of the day, Hon. g. r. Davis, was
introduced and after saying several nice
things about New Ulm he spoke in part
as follows:
behold with pride that before me as
sembled is some of the best blood of ma
nynations, and although at birth allegi-
ance was due and demanded from yari-
GUS foreign princes and potentates, yetnow
standing in Gods sunlight on American
soil with shackles removed, we all wor-
ship and adore but one government, and
that formed and kept alive by ourselves,
in which our rulers are oul servants, rec
ognlzing no monarch and obeying no
voice except the voice of God and the
people.
Man is the crown of creation. We
also hold that freedom, or liberty, is a
fundamental and absolutely necessary at
tribute of perfect manhood. IS
Humanity and Liberty, taken in their
true sense, are inseparable. Destroy one
and you destroy the other. Promote one
and you promote theother. Wherever
these principals prevail, that is where
the personal worth and personal liberty
of man are recognized, there we find the
greatest and happiest people. And the
Individual or society or nation who has
done most towards bringing these truths
into prominence and putting them into
practice deserves the greatest honor.
This honor we claim for America.
1t has taken the inhabitants of this
globe thousands of years to find out and
proclaim the true personal worth of the
Individual man. Man seems to have
been exceedingly unselfsh and self-sac-
rlticing, for he has industriously studied
and worked for all possible objects ex-
cept his own welfare, orthe welfare of
the masses, He has explored the earth
below and the heavens above, yet never
found himself. He has formed govern
ments and defended them with his life,
but received nothing save serfdom and
slavery in return, until Americans In
America proclaimed the fact that man is
the grandest study for man, and that all
else earthly is infnitesmal compared
with tile .sacredness of his rights and Ii
berty. The recognition of the fact that
certain rights are his by nature, and not
the gifts of kings or monarchs, and that
these rights shall be preserved at all h:.z-
ard, is the heritage of our forefathersa and
the bulwark Of our prosperity and hap
piness. Men may be, and sometimes are,
slain and destroyed for principal, but the
principal remains. The lover of truth
may die but you cannot destroy the
truth. The discovery of the fact that
man is man, no matter from whence he
comes, whether Turk or Esquimaux,
whether Indian, African, European or A.
merican, whether rich or poor, high or low /.
that he is entitled as a matter of right to
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
this Is the grand cent? al principal around
which our American idea of government
revolves. And today we dedicate our
selves anew to this our cherished idol.
My fellow citizens, the chief glory OF
this republic is that liberty has been
maintained, and that within our domain
it has found a permanent resting place.
But, will this continue? Yes "a thous-
[and times yes! Invasions from without
would be folly and we fear them not.
Our first struggle demonstrated to allin-
vaders that we were invincible. Today
that same spirit Of patriotism permeates
1.-The breast Of millions who would rusllto
arms in defense Of this our precious her.
litage.
But, are we safe from internal strife!
/ Again answer, YES and doynot do SC
at random. but boldly assert that seces.
sion ard rebellion, which bM recently
stalked within this union, will not ag,.i1
rear It's monstrous head. That internal
strife forever settled the permanancy 81
this Union; and the menlory OF the mil
i lion slain will ever rise to schec IN i lln.