Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-07-11

in the sheepfold, the freedom OF the
lamb in the talons OF the eagle. Those
were governments Of the people, but
they We're neither governments for
;he people nor governments by the
people. They were governments by
mn ar~istocracy for the benefit of aris-
"crats. The governments W the M
lent world arc tittmIly E: mboiized
by the pyramids which the Egyptian
Pharaohs raiseL to commemorate their
iespotic power On the su.all, level
space at the ton were the few free
citizens all below them was utter. all
jcci. hopeless slavery. The American
conception OF liberty WAS neither
known or understood by the Euro.
pean ot ZIG. The Republics OF Italy
were Republics only i'll name; Run
nymede and Magma Charia arr
among the fairest jewels set in the
pages Of history. but they meant only
liberty for the barous. That for
which the Poles the Huugarians and
Hollanaes fought WIS not the thing
we understand by liberty. The Fnuch
poets philosophers and orators o, the
18th century thought they understood
tn" terms liberty and equality. but
when their ideas weR put in practice
the French people dethnued their
htne and threw his bloody head in
the face Of Europe. They dethnoued
God and enthrcned reason. VIVA:
did this mean: It sigpltiei the re-
movai OF all outward restraint; II
meant that each man should be a Law
INTO himself; tina; he should consult
his " wishes and own desires, his
appetite. his own prejudice,
his own passions anu not those Of his
neishbor. The guillotine. the rci-n
OF term. and the million Of French.
men who perished on the scatTold
during the French Revolution bear
no uncertain testimony TO the fact
that French liberty WAS simply Ii.
II liberty gone mai. Freuchmen
beheaded + renchmrn IL the name OF
liberty even as the Spaniards burned
Calrinisis in the name Of religion.
America first introduced and put
in practice the idea that manhood IL
b unit NJ political society; that lib
erty Is neither u~nrestrainel license
q Is it the hirthriGht OF the rich
and the powerful. Liberty and love
are derived foom the same root: they
ale oifshoois foLs the same stem;
branches at the same tree; originally
they sisniiei the same thing. The
le"viug Of self. the forgetting OF self.
W other words unSelhshneS. Both
words strike deep down into tina, all
embracing text OF the Christian faith
-Io unto others rs ye wish that Others
should do unto you.- Liberty is not
license; liberty Is not unjust priyi-
leees, liberty is justice, liberty is
equality before the law. liberty is
-l"re thy neishbor as myself So
true Is this that We ever tiud the most
exalted patriotism m;ncliug with aud
melting into the Hottest religious
emotions. In all history there is
nothing more glorious than the I'm.
selfish struggle which Gustavus waC-
ed against Austria 10 secure religious
freedom III Germany. The world will
never forget that fair-hai.ed King
standing before his ever victorious
Sweles on his last battle field, pray
Ing for his fatherland and for Ger.
man liberty. During tho most trying
times of the late civil war no music so
stirred the hearts OF loyal people Of
the north as the battle hymn Of the
Republic.
In the beauty OF the lilies.
Christ was born beyond the sea,
WITH a g!or! in his bosom
That transtigurcs You and me.
As he died TO make met holy,
Let us die to make men free
What language could give nohler
expression to the generous spirit Of a
great and free people engaged in the
migh:iest conflict Of modern times
not To achieve their own freedom but
to give liberty to the slave.
We are not here to boast. though T
believe it is the duty Of every Ameri.
can citizen to boast u little on this an
nirerSary. Love OF country is Il vir.
tue which admits OF no excess. No
I people who ferveDtly and proudly re-.
I0ice in their history can fail to find
IN this a strong bond 81 liberty. How
can a man be PItrirtic vino is not
proud OF his country; how can "A man
I've an american whose hear, does not
swell within him when he reads OF
Bunkcrhill and Gettysburg II was
the memory vt the sturdy .chicftaius
who drove the Roman lesions ont Of
Germany; il was the memory of brave
Henry. OF glorinus Luther and OF
The great Frederick that made the
Germans To be a great and united
people. II is onr duty To praise the
Republic; it is our duty TO feel and
10 express Unr pride in American
history. in our tree institutions. in
onr great men. III the achieve nents
OF the past IN the wealth and the
power and the glory Of the Repub.
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