Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-10-12
AMERICAN MANHOOD.
Rev. McNalIy's Mastery Lecture a' the Opera House Last
 Night.
From Saturday, Daily.

A good-sized and thorougLle aP- preciative audience was gathered at Dake's opera house last night to listen to the lecture by Father Me. NaIIv, of Oakland, on the subject of American Manhood, the Lever of Liberty"
 The evenings entertainment was begun by a musical and literary pro gram in which the best talent oi the city took part, and was of a paJri- otic nature and a very fitting pre- Jude to such a lecture.
 Space forbids personal mention oi each one who participated, but special mention cannot be overlook ed of the rendition of Father Me Nally's original poem, Hail to the Flag" by Miss Elizabeth Butler. The poem is certainly the product of a patriotic soul and a grand trlb- ute to the glorious banner that we all love so well, and the little lady seemed to catch up its sentI- ments and portrayed them to the audience in a charming manner.
 After the musical program had been completed the stage was ar ranged for the lecture and a large flag thrown over the piano. At the sight of this blessed banner of hbeT- ty the audience burst into thunder Ous applause.
 Father McNallv was then iutIO- dueed 10 the audience and he was greeted heartily, and at on.e put his hearers in good hUmOr Ly his kindly and smiling face and pOrtly appearance.
 He began by defining American manhood and giving us his ideal of such-the immortal George Wash ington.
 He declared that to be an Ameri- can was the highest and grandest privilege that any human had ever enjoyed and that eveU citizen oI this glorious country was a king within himself. The Romans prided themselves upon being citizens Of Rome and it was considered by them to be the height of human at tainment, but the Roman citizen was still subject to the power Of tyrannical rulers. who made and en- forced the laws that governed hIm. while the American citizen at the same time made an obeyed hIs owD laws.
 He wildly described the assem- blaze of our forefathers when they declared to the world that every man was born equal and with inalienable rights, was able to govern himself, and therefore refused longer to be subject to any earthly powers. Liberty, he said, had for ages been trampled and ground in the dust under the feet of tyrants, but the lever of American manhood was then placed under her and she had been, from that time to the present hour, constantly raised higter and higher until now she stands where the whole world can look upon her and catch a ray of hope from the light she sheds.
 He urged Americans to a higher appreciation of their rights and privileges and the sacred trust that had been entrusted to them by the God of liberty, and in the finest and choicest language and in a manner that was ofitself co inclusive evidence of his wonderful oratOTical power, and which placed him in the minds of his hearers as a prince among orators, pictured the Goddess of Liberty with the whole American people paying their homage of love at her feet, and standing ready to fight and if need be die that she shall never be lowered from her high pedestal.
 He closed with a glowing tribute to Arizona's brave boys who had gone into the very jaws of death that dishonor might not come to the beloved flag, and he paid a special and touching tribute to the brave Buckley O'Neill who lost lis life that another star might be placed in the beautiful field of blue. He urged the citizens of this terri tory to erect a monument to the memory of the heroes who fell, that it might be constant reminder to generations to come of the price paid for the liberties they enjoy.
 At the close of the lecture the ladies of the church served a lunch of hot coffee and cake.
 The entire evenings entertain> ment was a pronounced success.
 Father McNally will preach in the Catholic church at 10 o'clock tO- morrow morning and will give free lecture in the church at 7:30 p. m. to which all are cordially invited.