The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-07-09
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government, king, prince on potentate
on earth
"Now, that is what some of the
English papers call jingoism. All such
talk whereby an American straightens
out the vertebrae III his backbone and
talks like his country amounts to some
thing they dominate as jinSoism, And
because the English press calls it jim
goism, Harpers Weekly and lot OF
hybrid New Workers who, as flunkieS
between the two continents, make
living between both, why they say it
is jin&oism and almost ask you to apOl-
ogiHe for expressing an opinion without
their conent Didn't we build your
railroads and take up your school
bonds:' Very similar to the attitude
Of the Christianized Wall Streeter more
than a generation ago. when western
sentiment demanded and secured the
II ominati0n of Abraham Lincoln at
Chicago, We'll, you lave nominated
your damned old rail splitter now.
where are you going TO get the money
to elect hiln:' But some way or other
he got elected without much money,
and VITA the aid of Z. 5. Grant,
another uncouth heather from the wild
and woOlly west, he managed to save
the union and make good the bonds
and government securities held by these
same goldbugs who opposed his nomi-
nation. Dollars and cents above pat
riotism, dollars and cents above nat
iOnal honor Dollars and cents above
religion aud education. The spirit of
the times which enter into the ears of
the American youth is that the sole OBJ
iect of life is to get rich pluck from
out your hearts the uplifted tendrils Of
affection, unless these earn some golden
column Of Croesus to climb upon; de-
lay the building of a home filled with
the love Of woman and the laughter OF
children, if its attainment decreases
your account at the bank; learn book
keeping, but waste no time at the
school and college, except as they may
assist you in getting rich. Put money
in thy purse honestly if thou canst,
but put money in thy purse.
II have tried to be honest with you
in the treatment of these various
themes, ard ! cannot close without
making some public acknowledgment
| of the many cOurteSies received at tle
hands Of your committee and this COM
munity, and thank you especially for
the very flattering attention which this
audience has given. But where words
will amount to nothing, they will die
away among those hills with the many
echoes of the day should fail to i'm
press upon you that the struggle for
liberty knows no end. Every genera
tion has its social part. Today you are
the actors and these flags are sacredly
committed to your keeping. Hand
them down TO your children with stars
as bright and canopy as pure as the
calm blue heavens Of which they are n
type. Here in the rough gorges and
smiling valleys Of the everlasting
peaks, where liberty hath ever made
her sacred home, may they ever proud :
ly wave the glad emblem Of happy
people. "
At the conclusion of the address the
benediction was delivered by Rev. ".
B. Coombe.
A recess in the days programme
was taken until II o'clock. when the
various contests took place, as follows
Bicycle race for local riders, on
Broadway, from Montgomery street to
the depot and return. The first prize