Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-29

the political boss win be an impossiDility.
The subject of Mr.. Herrieks discourse
was
American rerpe.uty.
The destiny Of America nightly eon-
Germs the nations OF the earth. To MANY
our country Is the grand elimination u
the worlds idea OF democracy. Ahe CAS-
sandra- voice. loud across the waters nor
wholly silent IN this Land. is constantly
predicting that our democracy as IN the
days of Caesar and Cromwell and Napo-
leon. VIII decay and vanish. But there
are hopeful prophets. Their wisdom m
spires our confidence. while they realize
that dangers ,hrelten and searching
trials await our country. yet trusting 70
tbs stability and vitality In the Ameri-
can people. they read I'm our government
and society promises of our nations per-
smanence. Yet il must be confessed that
history Is not propltious TO the perpetuity
of a republic, When we seek to find rea-
sons for Americas endurance, We are
dismayed as we see what marvellous pow
trI ana splendid achievements the older
republics won for themselves without Sc
curing per1naneuce 10 their governments.
Athens possessed Il culture which
makes her name immortal; her sculp-
ture and architecture are yet supreme
lhCr literature yet inspires poets and
philosophers in nations unborn when
Greece WAS in her prime" Yet all the
culture oil Athehs iaiteh 10 give per
pctuity to her government. But Rome
eXcelled in qualities the reverse. She
built immense aqueducts. strong bridges
and splendid roads. The Roman army in
yalor and discipline, in conquest and coli
onizItion. surpassed the army of any
other state. ancient or modern. Yet this
transportation system vast and perfect
as ii was. this martial prowess unequalied
in all history. failed to give lasting
strength To The Roman republic. Per-
flRfian in fine MI FOR sipn Df NJ
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Pupilrs iViis etiice slu I ~
shce anu oeIloa We're Meth eSi'eilileHts
~, ~, dGiuocrt t me stiai,se history %
teaches US that religious zeal and unity
OF worship do not alone give STABILITY 70
n nation.
Therefore, if America is to endure, 1t
must find the promise of its preservation
in other qualities than the older repuh-
lies possessed. The first assurance OF
pormanence is the home. The American
home is new To the world. The family
life Of our people in purity ana simplicity
is not surpassed by any other nation.
True. the sanctity of the home is often
deilled; It's happiness destroyed: but from
shore to shore and from north 10 south,
in town and hamlet. the pure type is cv-
efyWhere preserved. The homes of the
people are the fountains from which
spring the bencficent streams of national
blessing and security As Grady elo-
quently said: Here in the home is the
beginning of our country power and the
cifd of its responsibility. Here the chill
dren must learn their earliest lessons in
honesty and virtue. Our homes are the
richest possessions of our nation. Les
the country guard the sanetity of the
family life ms it guards the golden vaults
Of its treasury, and in every true home
there Will be written the promise of last
ing institutions and of enduring strength
another assurance is the school. Uni-
vcrsal education tx Il new force i'll
the civilized world. 1t Is the
best product OF The nineteenth
century. Popular education existed in
done VI the republics which have died
Plato taught that industrial classes
needed no education. ignorance is as
dangerous to government as malaria to
health 1t was Macauley who predicted
that a government like ours must inev-
itably lead TO anarchy. and Garfield. or
the most hopeful OF Americans. Il be-
lieve there Is no answer 10 this prophecy
unless inc school-mastvr can give 1T. .
,Wltnln hAlf century, immense progress
mas been maze N me extension and per-
o .,t! schools = placed the sacred duty OF
i ~ our yo,i.h ior inc responsibilities
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,yb;rb foiIat,, IN ~ ~ f i,,,o, w
md i,nreason and il :, rich nrornts ..io ~
M tio,, ii pioiiiiSo u
hility Of our religious life The meetins- {
mousse of our fathers stood apart from the
community in a graveyard. For most of
the week as silent as the dead that sur
or than time. II dwelt on the past and
dreamed OF the future, but did not In
splie Tor the present. But Today we have
life, their doors open through al The
week, their preachers seeking to give
moral instruction as well as spiritual
est exponent Of tolerance in religion. Re-