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OF the human race Of whatever cline
may we'll be proud. What heart does
not thrill, what man does not feela
glow Of pride that he is man at the
mention of the name Of that most
kingly king of kings, Gustavus Adolf
phus! At the mention Of his name
there rises before us the grim figure
of Wallenstein and his victorious army
threatening to destroy every vestige Of
freedom. We hear the jest Of the en-
peror that the great snow king of the
North and his armies would melt
away on Southern fields as melts the
snow before the sun. But again we
hear the wonderful march of victory,
as the armies Of the South melted on
field after field before the resistless
might of the ever7triumphant Swede,
and above the noise Of the eceaseless
conflict, undimmed BY the thunder
cloud Of war, unstained BY thirst for
power, rises the grand character 4of
the great, noble, matchless man, the
man born to save and rescue his fel-
lowmen. And here flows the blood
from rugged Scot(and's land, the
blood of the land that gave birth
to Wallace and a Bruce, the blood
of honor and faith and truth. IS
And here too, is the blood of Ger
many, the land of Luther, the land
Of philosophers and statesmen and
kings. sSaxons, Tent ons, Celts, Bris
tons, Scotchmen, Norwegians and
Swedes, we meet to-day in common
land, beneath common sky, heirs
to a common heritage, children in q
common home, and we are German,
Englishman, Norwegian, Swede,
Scotchman and Celt no more. We
are on American soil and above us
floats the star-spangled banner, and
we arc all Americans. ys. .y.-.s.
In we'll chosen words the orator
bid the different nationalities - vel
come here, who intend to make this
their home and make practical use OF
the liberty offered, stating that we
had no use for the vagabond, the
spendthrltt, the nihilist or the anar-
chist, men of blood and unconstitu-
tional liberty. Next the orator smoke
of the achievements of other coun-
tries, comparing them with ours,
showing that those Of other nations
have been brought forth by force
and might, ours by the light Of liber-
ty and the seeking of peace. Other.
nations have their illustrious names.
as Cromwell, Gladstone, Bismarck,
and others, but what names Gut
shine the names of Lincoln and
Washington, of Webster and Clay?
He said that truer greatness is re-
quired that one may live the life OF a
true American than to live the life of
great man of the old world; that.
there are other thrones and other
kings, but no throne SO royal, no.
king so powerful as the American
citizen with the ballot-box and the
enfranchisement in his hand. He
said: would rather be true Amer
ican than the greatest king OF the
old world. And We will be true to
our flag, to our institutions. Let the
Zoe appear. Let the evening come.
Let the storm cloud lower. We have,
nailed Old Glory to the mast. We
will be true to freedom, to liberty,
to mankind, to all that makes it
good. While there is a drop of blood
in our veins it shall flow to main
tain our constitutional liberty, the
freedom OF humanity and the lifting
OF the yoke off the oppressed.
We have some trouble, but there is
no great nation unless capable of
taking care Of some thorns by the
wayside. N ~