The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-25

feed this nation. and much left 'or
the peoples across the seas. There IL
not much danger Of being over crowd
ed In this goodly land. This nation
In numbers II more n four times
larger thar II was at It's birth. n to-
day competent authorities declare that
this country can support not only so,-
0oo. 900. but 600. 900. 600. Thu mines Rave
yielded u~nstintedly of their treasures
and the supply seems .~nexhaustible,
and whether we get silver coined at
the ratio Of rs to I or not, there are
rs chances to one that we. as a frugal
people. will be fed and ciothed. For
all which we ought to render thanks
to Almighty God.
TT is lamentably true that there are
men who are willing 20 toll and they
fail to find employment. But II Is Also
true hat millions upon millions have
been steadily employed at a better re-
Enumeration than can be found In any
other country on earth.
Again we should thank Almighty
God for the kind of government under
which we live. The American repu5-
lie is the marvel of nations. states
men predicted that our republican
form of government could not last zoo
years. Their prophecies came to
naught, because they moderated the
DONtI =" h'tfCss
people. having free schools well filled.
We have passed many threatening
perils. The most dangerous shoa 10
our ship Of state was the sectional
feeling which divided us as a nation
the question of slavery. The u OF
war which so seriously threatened Us
with disunion was the occas'o1 Of the
emancipation of the colorej race. max
ing IL equal with the white race te-
<ara tho LAM When General Lee xEI-
rendered to General 5rant the dues-
ton of union was settled occe and for
aIl-settled by sacrifice IN the highest
court. from which there is no appeal.
The feeling of division. however. still
remained. A solid North against a
solid South, and a solid South against
a sold NORTH. was the slogan of pol
itcians who played on the PASSIONS
of men on both sides of Mason Snd
Dixon's line. Good men IN the N,rh
and South have toiled and struggled
to eradicate this secti )ral fseiibg.
Time and death, intelligence and re-
l!gion have all been at work AMI each
has counted as factors in slowly bring
ing us together as a people. since
last Thanksgiving day the North and
the South have Joined hands In a Ia
Dor Of love for huma ,'y's sake. Ihe
victory at Manila thrilled I'll" North
alld Nl1 ~ ~ -,
Dewey was as much IN Alab una as
II was In his native STATE, Vermont.
Miles and Shafter. Sampson and Schley
and Hobson with his heroes on the
Merrimac, and all the Others, AZ. cur
common heritage-the Norm ana .he
South Join hands i'm sayi1g they are
our heroes. The heroism at santiago
was not determined bv the ccijr IRE
nor by geographical lines. the boys
MARA nnA facing IA stnnFn m ftss The
patriotism of the North was matched
by that of the South ana the valJr of
the whites was equaled by .ne bravery
of the blacks. And IL Is a great soI.oe
of gratitude nat there is 'o-.lay ole
flag that waves owe one country. end
in this nation there IS an undivided
people.
This is the only war in our history
as a people when we did not fSht for
ourselves. In the war of ~,ndeperdrce
the nation fought for its he. ana II
nearly died In The attempt. IN the wal
of 1872 IL was a war With desperate
odds against US. In the war Il the re-
bellion IL was "A war that was @rscni-
panied with sadness and 0r1krr neGit-
edness, for IL was a conflict to ,hs cit
ter end with brother agains- brofher.
Blu this is the first unseihsh war On
record o reluctantly We engaged
in II the pages Of recent history VIII
show. The president and his counsel
lors seemed willing to make any rea-
sonable concessions that the cdrastro-
phe might be averted. We prayed that
Spain and the politicians might he rea-
sonable and that peaceful measures
would prevail. Then down went cur
battleship Maine. resulting n the
slaughter of many of u brave buys.
Then the die was cast. IL was easy
IN saa In the nlnnnn nf the "a nrF that
God meant US to champion ne OPP
pressed Cubans. A nation which had
oppressed a people for more lhgn 400
years needed a sound thrashing. n
Tod intended kat this nation she nd
do the thrashing. and II did t in
short order. and We thanh sod for the
outcome. As a result Cuba. Porto
Rico n very probably the Philippines
are free. IL has cost our nation some
thing to accomplish this, u 40 one
regrets the investment. The naiion Is
wiser. richer N more conscious OF Its
power, because II assumed The resron-
sibility which God laid upon IT, This
IL a Christian nation with a Christian
calling. 1t looks as II God Is placing
a great honor upon us In making us
the center OF a great evangelizing in
fiuence.
Another cause OF gratitude r. the
h11N tffo "ae W.
during the strain. We have our stand
ing before the world as "A Christian
nation. h last census shows hat
no less than 10000. 900 of our country
men belong to some religious organi-
zation. 1t is gratifying to n before
the world that We have not forfeited
our reputation. This fact determined
the attitude Of Great Britain toward US
even when other great nations were
SlnxT In St0nffn~ thAlr taAaruffry
The stand that England o was un-
e~quivocaL. IL was understood in only
n way, and Il Is equally as straight
forward to-day. Righteousness oNalt-
eth a nation. even in the Estimation Of
other Christian nations. From the
tim that Dewey entered the harbor OF
Manila to the day when the peace pro-
tocol was signed at Washington iaer-
cy was mixed with equity in all oUr
| lgalfnUe with the Sna atah aNaAnfa Sai