, 1897-09-23

while the first adventures were creep
ing with amazed curiosity around the
shores OF the American continent? The
foundation OF all science was then laid;
correct principles were enunciated for
religion. government and thought and
the laws OF nature. OF human relations
and religious liberty promulgated almost
simultaneously. In all O: this we see
here the operation Of the constant law
that impelled men. or moved the star
OF empire" westward. The form OF the
continent. the character OF the surface
and The climate provided a natural n
desirable opening only in thai direction.
The overplus of population in older
countries, the discomfort Of some part
o. the people with existing government,
the restlessness o. a~dventurers. or the
requirements OF trade and commerce pro-
duCed a migration.
Western Europe received all the wis
dom and experience OF the ancient world
and labored well ct the grand problem
OF government. though she did not COM
p!etely solve it. She. however. made a
grand advance toward it, and her chill
dren, rich in her experience. instructed
al once by her success and her mistakes
and aided always by her wisdom. found
tlet us hope) in America the goal OF
heir noblest aspirations. Thus we find
aha epiri- Of nrnuros. m, varsipp tho
whole course OF human history, con-
SANITY advancing through all the confu-
sion o. rising and falling states, o. bat
tie, siege and slaughter, o. victory and
defeat; through the varying fortunes and
ultimate extinction of monarchy, repub-
l.c and empire, through barbaric irrup-
lion and desolation, feudal isolation, as
piration. spiritual supremacy. the heroic
rush and conflict OF the cross and the
crescent; amid the busy hum OF indus
Try. through the marts OF trade and be-
hind the gliding keels Of commerce,
through the bloody conflicts CT COM
mons, mobiles. kings and kaisers to new
and free America. Here the English
man, the German. the Frenchn IN. the
Italian, the Scandinavian, the Aslatic
and the African all meet as equals. Here
they are free to speak. to think and to
act. They bring their common contribu-
tons Of character, energy and activity to
the support and enlargement through all
the lands OF their origin. As America
Is the common ground upon which all
the currents OF ideas OF all civilization
meet, so also it is the point from which
the return currents d.vurge. FASTENED by
lightning and by steam, seeking again
every quarter OF the earth. with kindly
greetings to renew the relations broken
in the original separation of the races.
and to cement by changes mutually
profitable a new and better unity OF
mankind. AS the heart in the human
body receives the current of blood from
all parts OF the system, and having re-
vitalizedvitalized it, returns it with fresh
elements OF strength, so America adopts
the children OF all lands only to return
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own dignity, through the practice O: a
system of self-government which i'm
proves the condition and promotes the
interests of each while 1t produces harm
to none.
Pursuing his theory it requires no
philosophical mind to understand the
applicability Of it to the interior OF the
great republic We inhabit. Under the
auspices OF the same demonstrated truth
of social states, upon investigation
it is found that the tide OF immigration
from foreign shores is today flowing
from every point OF the compass toward
the interior of a great continent. pro-
tected by the laws OF a munff1cent and
wisely constructed government. North,
south, east and west OF this vast inter-
icr is already peopled and today the over
populated east looks to the interior for
homes and the investment Of capital.
Where could a more lucrative field for
each be found than this, the very heart
@: the continent? Do our people under
stand that they live within the geo.
graphical center OF this, the greatest Of
all continents? Right in the midst OF
resources OF unreasonable value. Dc
hey ever stop to consider by what won.
derful process this result was achieved
BY natural and physical causes, IN
DERIVING human progress, and impelline
men and nations forward, has this grand
achievement been won. Today We stand
the peer Of all nations. not only in the
form Of government. hut in prowess and
iliimitable resource.
I have believed from early youth
with emotions OF pride and gratitude
which I have no language to express
that we live in an age and are citizens
Of a country whose laws. politics and
free institutions. in their true intention
and result, open to every child of the
republic alike the royal road to educa'
tion, culture. distinction and honor-thf
royal highway that leads to everything
and all things that are garnered in on
grand inheritance OF freedom to which
The immortal soul might h%onorably as.
pire: across which arrogance should
build no barricade and ignorance nc
trench: where wealth. should lever rot
the poor, nor pride override the humble
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