The record-union., 1897-07-06
PATRIOTIC FIRES
KEPT BURNING
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ShOne upon the REVOLUTIONARY PCAAoN'
and cast more light upon pohtlcal prop
lens than all previous masters IN state
craft-W ashington, Hamilton oaniuei
Adams Franklin, Jay-for Wnom the
world then had no match, ana WhoIn
even the nineteenth century OF Glaa-
stone and Bismarck has not improved
upon: and these named were DrlLdilI III
q whole sky full of stars. me agony oL
the revolution brought forth poItlcdi
and social genius and at the same Illile
a. vast host of thoughtful people WIZ re-
sponded to it gladly
Then came the marvellous outgfoWth
of sustained thrift. The awakened IN
telligence of the people applled llsell
to all the problems of national deVelop-
mont The savings of self denial were
invested in every kind OF proInlSiLs
venture Each fertile acre was mace
to bear its increase, each wafer power
to t11r-n it's wheel, each river TO noal
its commerce, each harbor 10 welcome
and to send forth white-Wlnged meets.
The glory Of the New World reSouhoeu
through the Old; and the brave anu
hardy began to come to US IN mlliohs'
Celts and Teutons, Swedes and SlaVs'
and the tide of population rose anu
sweIled over all the broad land from
Cane Cod to the Golden Gate; and our
very deserts, irrigated from the noun
tains. blossomed like Paradise.
I am free to admit dark side 10
the story Of thrift. Uncle sam mas won
a. name for sharp dealing and com
mercial greed. Our people maven IAN
ed altogether to take the advice OF the
Judge who, deliveringa a commencement
Grafton to a class Of law graduates,
thus closed his remarks: IN snort
Young men. in youth get on, in middle
age get honor. and in old age it Will
be high time to get honest!" But no
fair-minded historian win deny, that on
the average, in broad comparison with
other races and ages, our national story
has not been exceptionally selflsh or
sordid
Where. for instance in the history of
the world, viii you find more dlgnl-
fed, chivalric, daring and unsellsh IN
tervention in behalf of an oppressed
brother nation, than that of our coun-
try in defense of the rights of Fene-
Zuela against the greatest Empire the
world has ever known. The British
lion growled, but folded his claws and
withdrew his paw.
1t may seem now that our people are
insensible to the agony of Cuba, to her
bleeding thousands, to the memory of
her murdered dead, to her starving
widows and orphans, to the atrocity of
her oppression and the justice of her
claims. But you know and know that
humanity is waxing angry among US,
and that before long the chivalry of
our country will compel our Admins
tration to intervene and stop the brutal
strife.
And the mention of chivalry brings
me to the sweetest part of my theme.
For the American woman has been one
of the potent causes of our prosperity.
She has been her husbands helpmeet
and equal. Her education has been
universal concern, her privileges safe
guarded by law, her purity sacred.
Her civic and religious liberty
has been acknowledged. Her judgment
has been honored and consulted. If
she has not voted, her influence upon
that public opinion which controls vot-
ing. has been vast and decisive. And
in grandeur Of aim, steadiness of prin-
ciple mad vigor of purpose, the moth
ers have fallen in no regard behind
the fathers. De TocqueviIle did not
utLSI any IueIe pretty SEuliIleul, III
spired by French gallantry, but the in
sight of a correct observer, when he
declared of this country, Il have no
where seen women occupying a loftier
position, and if / were asked, to what
the singular prosperity and growing
strength of that people ought mainly
TO be attributed, I should reply, to the
superiority of their women" The Amer
~ n rf 10 n ~
the most beautiful, the wittiest and
the most intelligent of their sex, COM
pare them with what nation you will.
And if, in the providence of AL
mighty God our women are also
to vote and to rule, it should be our
consolation as men, in view of our
lessened pretensions, that never, in the
history of the world, were the fair so
well equipped to sway the brave, and
never was the prospect of a possible
masculine bondage so little onerous to
contemplate.
Another tremendous factor in the un-
folding Of civilization, has been the
sturdy patriotism of our people. In
one of the dark periods Of our revolu-
tionary war, Washington, to reinspirit
his ragged soldiers, marched his army
through Philadelphia, putting into each
mans hatband a sprig of evergreen.
So, he taught them and the colonies
that their laurels should not wither.
that their heroism was deathless and
that their patriotism was a national
glory never to fade and never to fail.
And American patriotism, since then
and until to-day, has not ceased to re-
spond to the need of the Fatherland.
The greed of trade, the sordid love of
money and the cowardIy worship of
pleasure have been unable to stem the
rising, on occasion, of the spring-tide
of heroic self denial.
In our late Civil War the patriotism
Of both North and South was the won
der of the world. 1t is a mistake to
claim, that the South fought for sia-
very. or that the North went out to
battle to free the slave. In both cases
the contestants fought for what they
deemed their Fatherland and their
rights, the one side for their States and
the other for the Union. Right or
wrong, each gave life and all for ideas
1t is well for us that the idea Of Union
triumphed; but We may, notwithstand-
ing. congratulate ourselves on the sub
Unity of the heroism of both North
and South History shows no grander
sacrifice of treasure, life and courage.
The fine character of this patriotism
appeared in the results. As it yielded
greater offerings than tyranny could
have compelled, in millions of men and
billions of money. so when the storm
cloud had burst it brought a unity of
sentiment no force could have wrought.
Before the war we were an aggregate