Warren sheaf., 1897-07-08

ing such glorious tidings. Wherever
the q folds Of Old Glory are unrolled
to the breeze, they tell Of American
IDEAS, American history and American
freedom. They tell Of the divine
right Of liberty in man. They tell Of
American blood that has flowed for
liberty They tell Of many dear
bought victory, many a CORY field,
that the children Of fair Americas
land might be free. In that flag /
see woven the flag Of the sons Of Viz
ginia, who followed Patrick Henry to
victory on Revolutionary battle-felds,
inscribed with the motto: Liberty OF
Death In that flag I see woven the
banner which foated above the veter-
ans of the Life guards of Washington,
Conquer or DIE In that banner 1
see woven the liberty and the free
dom and the emancipation and the
brotherhood OF mankind. Every color
means liberty. Every star shines for
liberty. Every fold waves for liberty.
Not lawless liberty, but organized,
institutional liberty, the liberty of
brotherhood, liberty divine.''
Our place among the nations, the
orator said, is certainly in the very
first rank, for no other nation Has done:
50 much for the welfare of the worlds
inhabitants, and speaking of the
standard by which the greatness of
nations have been and are measured.
he said: 'We have come to an era
in the history Of the world when we
see with a clearer vision into what
constitutes the greatness of nations.
Our estimate is formed to-day from
the outlook of a broader horizon. The
day has gone by when literature, the
line arts, science, or even statesman
ship can characterize an age. A ma
ton to-day must be judged from the
standpoint of the humanities. How
great, how trne iissits manhood { Has
& nheratsd 1ts sons and daughters
with the highest form Of freedom! !!
Do its children understand the mean
ing of the wonderful word, Brother
hood7 By such standards must it's
greatness stand or fall. And when
we search for America among nations,
applying this Judgment, how easily is
our place found, and how greatly is
our pre- -eminence established. What
has been done to elevate man is what
tells; for advancing his political and
human freedom and for promoting
the greatest good to the geratest num-
ber, is what America stands for. In
what region Of the earth ever SO re-
mote from us, in what corner of crea-
ton ever SO far out Of the range Of our
communication, does not some burden
lightened, some bond loosened, some
yoke lifted, some labor better remu-
nerated, some new hope for despair
ing hearts, some new light or new
liberty for the benighted OF oppressed
bear witness to this day, and trace it.
self, directly or indirectly, back to the
impulsegiven to theworld byAmerica. :"
Of our heritage he spoke in words
similar to these: In the sons of
France flows the blood Of the French
man. In the children of Norway,
Sweden and Denmark there flows the
blood Of the Viking. In the veins Of
the Englishman is the blood Of the
Celt and the Saxon and the Norman.
But in the life blood of the American
nation today, along with the daunt-
less stream Of Puritanism that made
brave the hearts and strong the hands
Of the New England fathres, there
flows the blood of the Scotchman and
the Canadian and the Swede and the
German and the Dane. Fere too, is
the blood Of the nation that sprang
from the loins Of Harold the Fair.
haired, Of the nation that can boast 81
the name Of Olaf Trygvason, the brave
pioneer missionary Of the Cross, o1
the nation that can celebrate that glo.
rious 18th Of May, when IN that little