El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-06

lief taught by your religion would have
been tortured and punished as witch
| or a sorcerer, and that our civilization
aud proc ress las made it possible &c
throw open 10 you the gates OF a city
| where scarcely eighteen years ago
was an almost uniphabited wilderness:
Ia grand little city that is built uI
and inhabited by an enterprisinp, hos
pi,able and liberty loving people.
! The talisman that has caused
this change and development, is free
dom.
| Religion, virtue, truth, aud what
ever we call DISQUALIFICATION is the
pledge of all.
Not alone freedom of action and OF
occupation. but the broader and
grander freedom of thought and in.
| tellect.
Through all ages humanity, strug-
| Cling against ignorance, bigntry and
despOti- IN, have sought to attain this
freedom
The philosophy of the ancients and
the teachings of the prophets were in
vain, until the Son of G ID ignored the
stern and terrible Sabbathical laws of
the Jews proclaimed charity and love
of all mankind by eating and drink
cepting the precious ointm ms of Ma g-
dalcn, by pardOnipg the womsn whose
accusers were not without fault by de-
claring:
Thou shalt love thy God with all
thy heart and with all thy soul and
with all thy mind.
''This is the first aud great command
ment
"And the second is like unto it.
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.
son these two comm andments hang
all the law ana the prophets"
SCATTERING the bonds of superstition
AID intolerance he proclaimed that
grand and glorious freedom that has
found it's best expre= 50 on and example
in our day and in our country.
The freedom of thought, and I'M
shackled, untrammeled search for
truth of the present day is the direct
result of the firm establish ment of these
great truths in the minds of all pro-
gressive people in this enlightened
so understandingly- or acted on them
50 earnestly as the citizens of these
United States
Freedom in its broadcast sense has
become part of ourselves, and is now
as natural and nece ssary to US as the
air we breathe
Our adora ion OF this freedom is so
I'm bourded and unselfish that our whole
peopl, are wllirg to spend their blood
and treasure in giving this blessing to
PROSTATE Cuba, with ut thought or
she may recover, flourish and prosper,
as we know she will if the hearts and
minds of her people will accept and en-
force these great truths.
1t is this untrammel!ed 'and glorious
freedom that has made it natural and
right that we today greet you seekers
after truth as our welcome guests that
the same towering mountains that
more than three centuries ago, looked
down upon invaders that sought to en-
force religion by the swOrd-that the
same boundless plains which entranced
the ey es of mailed and armed PRIEST
look down upon and surround a pros
porous and peaceful peoD'e who extend
the hand of brotherhood in friendly
gre citing to all who earnestly seek the
truth.
So we welcome you. The city is yours
we surrender it to you.
We ask you to partake of our boun1-
lees hospitality ard take all and every
thing in sight, and if you do not see
what you want. ask for it, and if in our
power, it shall be 20 RS.
May your capture IF our surrendered
y q
and we assure you that our people will
10 all in their power to make your visit
all that you may desire, and we hope to
ne able to so entertain you that you
will carry ever after in your hearts a
pleasant remem berance of our little
city on the border.
We add the earnest wish that you
may discover and p"omulgste the truth
and that there may come to each and
every one of you that peace that the
world cannot give.
Mrs. Jackson of Fort Worth. replied
to Judge Edwards with sps ech couch
ed in the most beautiful language and
most poetic forms of expression.
Mrs. Jacks son said in the course of her
rep y, there are lessons for US all to
learn everywhere We have been
much in Texas to learn, and our minds
grow in wonder when we view the
works Of nature and study the types
and peculiarities of the southern coun-
trv. The speaker formerly lived in
New England, ard she made pertinent
and instructive contrasts between the
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