Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
No CInsses Manted.

No ClnSses wanted.
In this land we want no classes OF soci-
ETY.. No high, no low. no rich. no poor.
Society must not be formed in layers like
the earth's crust. as it is in other lands.
Here society must be rather like the
oCean-so broad. so long. so deep, that every
grain of sand that mingles with the waters
at the bottom may rise through all the
currents until ii CLEANS like jewel on the
crest of the highest wave SO here. the
poorest son Of the man who tolls may wind
his lowly way over tortuOus paths to final
greatness, through all grades of society,
from the humble cabin home OF poverty.
until he becomes the chief citizen Of a
mighty nation. the ruler of the grandest
republic in history. like Lincoln, Grant,
Garfield and Mckinley. II must ever be
true that
''Where'er our destiny sends forth
Its widening circles to the South and North
Where'er our banner floats beneath the
Its mimic spIendors and its cloud-like bars.
There shall free labor's hardy children
stand.
The equal sovereigns of a freeman's land
Another danger is anarchy. II is the
worst foe of the poor labOring men in this
country. II browns out his honest cry for
reform with vociferations for anger and
blood. II the Vagabonds who are running
up and down the country trying to sow
the seeds of dissension and disloyalty and
strife were hushed up in some place of
security. the oppressed and downtrodden
laborer would have more work and more
bread for his household. Anarchy will not
make women and children less hungry, nor
will II make men happier.
One man has a strong arm, that is cap
ital: another has great brain, that is cap
ital; another has brilliant genius that
is capital To cut the muscles of that arm,
break down that mind, and put out that
genius. is anarchy.
1T is only BY upholding and sustaining
the supremacy of the law We can assist
in maintaining and preserving the perpe
tuity of our free institutions. The shadow
a n he
present. and what lies in that shadow. what
mysteries it conceals no soul can tell. But
We do know that the sublime governmental
trinity liberty, equality and justice cannot
be maintained through the manifold
changes Of remorseless time. unless they
are placed forever under the control OF
the immortal and indestructible dynasty OF
law
Political DemngOguery.
Another danger is slavery from politi-
cal demagoguery and impurity in politics.
To that condition whereby a few men may
control our large cities and thus control
the states by methods Of corruption and
thus leave the masses Of the people as
helpless as slaves.
Another danger is in opening the gates
of the republic 10 too much indiscriminate
foreign immigration. Understand me now,
/ do not say one word against worthy, de-
sci wing foreigners. for my own father was
born in the mountains of Wales. and most
OF our ancestors and forefathers in this re-
PUBIC were foreigners: among them were
men whose fathers stood amid the array of
patriots who wreSted Magma Charta from
King John on the field of Runnymede.
And there were those who followed Crom-
well at MarstOn Moor and Naseby, and
there were those whose fathers followed
the white plume Of Henry Of Navarro in
the years Of the long ago But what l do
say is that every worthy and deserving
man or woman from every land and every
CLINE shall come here and find happy
Eome, providing they come TO be one Of
US. to love their adopted country the
apple OF their eye, and to be willing TO
stand by it and its flag. come veal or woe
But We do not intend that this land
shall become the dumping place for the
off-scourings of other lands. No. we do not
intend to admit so many Trojan horses
hlled with foreign enemies within the gates
of our cities.
While saying nothing against other
countries, let US learn to love our own
mere. Let US teach our youth that our
country and its system of government t.
the best on earth. and that II is their duty
to strive for its development and upbuiid-
ing That they should not attempt to ape
foreign aristocracies, nor copy their Gus
tens or habits. Teach them to love the
public schools, for they are the bridges
ecross which they may pass TO higher
pIares of usefulness in life. Indeed. free
dom is the only soil on which educated
men can grow Liberty has always been
the child of education and progress In all
lands i'm all ages it has defied rocks, chains
and dungeons 10 crush it. II has Strewn
the earth with its monuments and shed
undying luStre on countless fields through
the gloomy night of ages. And there seems
to be something in our wild and beautiful
landscapes, our cascades and Cataracts. in
cur waving fields. in the dim vistas of our
ufchty woodlands. in the beauty of bud,
of tird. Of tree and flower. in the eNhil-
arating airs OF our hills and mountains
that inspires our people with an ardent
love for liberty and knowledge.
Plea for Patriotism.
oh. why is it that Egypt with her pyra-
mics and templeS-the stony records of the
twilight Of history-snd Greece, with her
grandeur and glory, and Rome. with her
fame and power an empire, when COM
pared with this republic dwindle away into
fragments and specks of history The an
swer is to be found in the intelligence of
the masses OF our people behind which
stands the public schools. the colleges, the
universities and the churches, and that
spirit Of patriotism and loyalty which has
been the inheritance of our nation.
''Oh. let us feel that this great country
oUr country, that we have a personal pro-
prietorshfp in the glowing luster OF its his
tory and in the honor Of its name. Let us
love the different sections together closer
and closer than ever before. Let her do
main be extended. And whenever Other
lands or even the islands of the sea. may
and wish the protection Of our flag. let
Us take them in and make them feel at
lone. and If certain other nations do not
like il. let US send them the message that
blood Of the same color courses through the
veins of young Americans to-day that
flowed in tine veins of our ancestors at
Saratoga Bunker Hill and Brandywine.
blood Of the same color that warmed the
hearts of Washington and the shivering