The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-11-01
1RELAND's ELoQUENcE.
At Chicago Peace Jubilee the Arch-
bishop supports President Nc.
klnley md His Administrations.

OF all the eloquence poured forth
at the Chicago peace jubilee last
week, none was more forceful or sig
nltlcant than the address of Archbish-
op Ireland, of St. Paul, in which he
paid the highest tribute his great
brain could conceive to William Nc
Kinlcy for his administration of the
war Indeed, his address was so strong,
sustaining it's position so well, that
the Des Moines Leader, which has per-
sisstently tried to find fault with the
administration of President Mckinley
and Gov. Shaw, said editorially:
49, Azrchbishop Ireland seems to have car
r.eu on the oratorical honors at the Chi
The distinguished prelate shines in WhaF.
eyer eyer company he is placed. For mingled
n nass " ana beauty of statement and lofti-
man. S44ui Sii-
Here are some brief extracts from
the address of the distinguished Cath
Ole leader, an address which will 90
into The literature of the country as
an Important part of the history of
this important period of the nations
existence and development:
The war. is ended 1t would i'll be-
come cor inns me to to say what details shall en-
is ae conc cfaY of w psac her which
quished foe. i stand in the the presence co Of
f bin f f magstr #, Of the repubc To
and Of personal wisdom, to prescribe those
details. The country has learned from
n In i.
safety, her honor. her destiny. her
America will be pleased when appended to
this treaty is the name of William NIcKin-
What may speak of on this occasion is
results of the war, manifest even at this
hour, to America and to the world trans
cending and independent of all treaties of
world a meaning far mightier than mere
accumulation OF material wealth, or COM
m A concessions or territorial extension:
responsibilities. nation, like a person,
must be conscious of it's dignity and it's
power; The consciousness of what she is
and what she may be has come to America.
She knows that she is a great nation. The
elements Of greatness were not impaired
by the war, and their vitality and their
significance were increased through the
war.
To take its proper place among the older
natlons of the earth, a nation must be
known, as she is, to those nations. The
world to-day, as never before, knows and
confesses the greatness and the power of
America. The world to-day admires and
respects America. The young giant of the
west, heretofore neglected and almost de-
spised In his remoteness and isolation, has
begun to move as becomes his stature, the
world sees what he is and pictures what
he may be.
America is too great to be isolated from
the world around her and beyond her.
She is a world-power, to whom no world
interest voice
whose spirit travels across seas and
mountain ranges to most distant conti-
nents and islands-and with America goes
far and wide what America in her grand
est ideal represents: Democracy and lib
erty, government OF the people, by the
people, for the people. This is American
ism more than American territory, or
American shipping, or American soldiery.
Where this. grandest ideal of American life
is not held. supreme, America has not
reached; where this ideal is supreme,
America reigns. The vital significance of
Americas triumphs is not understood un-
+ less by those triumphs is understood the
triumph OF democracy and of liberty.