The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-15


: institutions are torn from their fasten-
! ings.
/ our safety lies in the loyalty and in the
intelligence OF the masses. IN their love
of country and their fidelity TO those
foundation principles TO which ii is wise
TO FREQUENTLY recur. They have sturdy
sense and their adherence to law IS bred
in their very lives and nurtured by their
mothers milk They are patient in the
midst OF trial They are self-sacrincing
ana devoted. and they have confidence
that under our form OF government there
are methods for righting all wrong. But.
those to whom they nave looked and to
Wnoin they have right TO look as their
I leaders. should take heed lest the burdens
now bearing down become too oppressive.
or long suffering humanity VIII rise some
day and restore by force the conditions
OF the past which may yet be returned by
peaceful ways
! an not unmi-dful of the fact that
| this is flag DAY. Ihat 12O years ago. the
emblem OF freedom and progress which is
so dear 10 all. was made the symbol of
our nation. All hail to our Flag, Float
Ing in the summer air. as its stars and
stripes axe Kissed and fondled by the
Dreeze sit aWakens none but patriotic
thoughts. Within its folds are nestled
the traditions of the nation since the days
when the Unions cradle was rocked amid
the smoke of the revolution. As its bright
colors rise and fall in graceful pillows il
arouses in all hearts the precious mem
cries of the early DAYS and we become
less selfish We are made better citizens.
1t has been stained on many a hard
ADNEnL D-fIle HEt0 with the DlOQu OF
patriots who feared not TO die for liberty.
1t led a great race out of the bondage of
slavery and into the broad fields of
equal rights. Ii knows no creed. it
recognizes no political party. 1t only
asks that man shall stand up and say.
Il am an American CITIZEN and that
ne snail recognize this as prouder title
than ever king conferred. Beneath its
folds all may worship. In the land over
which ii waves mankind is free. Ii is the
emblem OF equality. II is the full blown
n fe 1a EQrr If h.,
free,
This young commonwealth at one time
torn by contention, approaches its jubilee
Gay, with It's people joining hands and
recognizing that the folds of the flag may
cover all This fact makes this indeed
a year of jubilee. While we commemorate
the tortltude of those who blaZed the
way across the tracl1ess plains and
through the rugged mountains, we re-
loice that the fires of bitterness have
burned TO ashes and that with one voice
and animated by a common purpose all
thee"
So 1 bid you welcome. Nav the IN
selfish spirit of your ancestors animate all
your hearts and may you consecrate upon
the altar OF patriotism your property,
your lives and your sacred honor
THE FEAST.
The guests then settled down to par
AXE OF the sumptuous spread after
which the regularly prepared pro-
gramme was taken up. First came
song, Hark, the Merry Drum" by the
Glee club.
Toastmaster Goodwin then called
upon A. T. Holden. who paid a tribute
10 the daughters who so graciously had |
contributed the flowers for the occa-
sion.
MAJOR H. c. HILL.
Major Harry c. Hill was down for an
address On the history of the society |
in Utah, but he was absent, and DR.. 4
comprehensive history of the organiza /
ton and progress in this state.
The Glee club sang a Night in 1
June" Nat Brigham doing the solo |
work, and secured an encore.
FISHER S. HARRIS.
A rousing round of applause greeted
the Introduction of Fisher S. Harris, |
who responded to the toast, Our Ma
tive States" His address was e,oquen, I
and time and again he was interrupted |
by enthusiastic applause. Mr.. Harris .
spoke substantially as follows:
The subject that has been assigned /
me for discussion tonight. Our Native I
States, is one. the consideration of
which may well awaken memories, !
both sentimental and practical in char
actef. That particular spot on the sur
face of earth where the blessed light /
of day first struck uTOn the infant eyes
of a man holds for him a peculiar and
an imperiShable interest. Indeed, l /
have yet to know the man so bowed
down with present cares or so elated
with present successes: so intent upon
the future or so forgetful of the past,
that his mind did not revert upon &C
casion TO the place of his birth. Led
by the spirit Of unrest, which, burning
prompts him to seek in the country
beyond the sunset, an Ultima Thule, he
may have adventured into and become
a Part of a new land. far from the home
of his fathers: he may have builded
him home there and sanctified it with
the love of wife and babes; he NAV
have transferred there all his material
interests and all his political allegiance
yet deep in his heart remains a sacred
altar whereOn his spirit burns continu-
ally incense to the land where his era
Ole was rocked.
Recent genealogical research has re-
vealed the hitherto unsupported fact
that many millions OF men and women
sought the shores of America between |
the spacious decks of that mighty ship
the Mayfiower. The descendants Of
Priscilla, the Puritan maiden, and John
Alden, have increased beyond the
bounds OF the most prolific nature. and
today they inherit the earth and the
fullness thereof is rapidly becoming
theirs. Modesty, you win remember.
was the chief characteristic of the
bashful John, but the advocates Of
heredity do not cite the presence of il
IN his children as proof of the cor
rectnesS OF their Claims | am their
tonight. and upon the au-
thority of some of the most modest
among them. declare 10 you that they
are today the leaVen, leavening the
whole lump. the good men whose guar
anteed presence saves Seldom and Com
morrah, the roof tree of the ark of the
covenant, the keystone of the arch of
the national union, the lords of the
outer marches and defenders of the
Tag. They disperse themselves through
the states of the nation, giving gladly
p their nlrthrisht of civil and religious
liberty pro bono publico and scatter
ng rich jewels of thought as they mass
through the land for the enlightenment
u the darkened minds of their fellow
citizens, while through the notes Of
heir speech runs as an undertone the
beating of the waves on
plymouth Rock. / could not have So
ected better illustration of the pride
II the average American citizen in the
place of his birth than is presented nv
he New Englander. From whateve,.
oart OF that great section he may have
;ome, he nevertheless claims Boston I ;
IS his home and that city is to him / {
he head. front and center of the earth
me devout Mohammedan. when he ,
lears the Mouezzin call from the |
Mosques and minarets, prays with his
ace toward Mecca and the Puritan
ipon the rising of the sun and the 90 S
ng down of the same and NJ o5d =; 7