The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-31

Ihe King or AbysSlnia LOOK Bflt- ish subject named Cameron, about twenty years ago, carried him up to the fortress of Magdala, on the height of rocky mountain, and put him In a dungeon, without cause assigned. It took six months for Great Britain to find that out. Then Great Britain de- manded his immediate release. King Theodore refused the release.
 " Tn less than ten days after refusal was received ten thousand British sol diers were on board ships of war, and were sailing down the coast, When they had disembarked they were marched across that terrible country, distance of seven hundred miles, under burning sun, up the mountain, up to the very heights in front of the frown- ing dungeon; then gave battle, bat tered down the iron gates of the stone walls, reached down into the dungeon, and lifted out of it that one British subject, King Theodore killing himself with his own pistol, "'Then they carried him down the mountain, across the land, put him on board a white-winged ship and sped him to his home in safety That cost Great Britain twenty-five million dol lars, and made General Napier Lord Napier of Magdala.
 Tn Gods name who would not die for country that will do that?'
 Under @ flag that means protection we stand ever ready to give our life for the maintenance of Its glory. Just as big wave came toward the lost vessel, Gunner Raehn requested the men to join in singing the national anthem They grasped one anothers hands, and with their voices mingling with the bowling of the storm, they went down to death in the sea- Thus some one wrote concerning the loss of the Ger man gunboat Iltis in the Orient. Far
 from the enthusiasm of battle out on
 the angry waters they went down dis playing a patriotism that stood ready to give its all whenever and Whereved called upon.
 Our patriotism must be not only en- thusiasm but conviction, living down in the hearts of our people, controll- ing our very lives. Our patriotism must be democratic, based on the equal ity, everyone working for the good of all, ever striving to equalize the condi- tions of life, ever aiming to bring all classes into harmony ever ready to | sink party and personal gain for the sake of principle and the general vel fare. Oh, party, party, party can be | the ruin of this promised land! There are certain indestructible prin- ciples which must obtain with us, if we are to go on. And the establishment of these principles 'muts be the object of | our endeavors.
 And finally. our patriotism must be | broad in it's love of humanity. We are
 Americans, but We are related to all | mankind. The world of nations is a | brotherhood And whoever wilfully
 seeks the injury of any is a traitor to
 the cause and country.
 President Stryker of Hamilton col | lege has struck the right key in say | ing, Here lies the nobility of both men
 and of nations. Here Is truth that has no barrier of river or mountain, no
 bound of sea or shore All of us for
 America and for all America, and Am
 erica for all mankind!'
 | God has chosen us to be a great | people, to work out might revolutions.
 Man is immortal and that which is eter-
 nal must triumph.
 Will We be true to our trust? Will
 we in Gods name at last attain unto
 the ideal? Yes, here in America we
 look for the reign of peace, and the
 coming of the day wehn all will be
 loyal subjects of the King of Kings and
 when each individual will prove the | truth of these words: The soul aspires
 ever onward to love and to behold. II
 sees the image more perfect in the
 brightening twilige of the dawn, in the
 ever higher rising sun. It sleeps again ! dying in the clearer vision; but the 1 image seen remains as permanent
 kind; and the slumberer awakes anew
 and ever higher after it's own image
 till at length, in the full blaze of noon
 day, being comes forth which, like the
 eagle, can behold the sun and die not '