The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-05

national life have Always produced men
whose deeds of valor have shed a mellow
Ugh Of glorious brightness upon cur
country. by whose shining radiance We
have repeatedly marched to triumphant
victory. The crisis of IT6 produced tie
men whose memory we always love TO
venerate aud whose GROWING glory we
celebrate to-day. Theirs was a night for
principle. not for profit; for sacred rights,
not for self. not for spoil. Happy. thrice
happy. is the nation that unsheathes tho
sword. not for dollars, but strictly In de-
Tense of the divine principle of independ-
ence.
"Talismanic. indeed. was the motto in.
scribed ON the old Liberty Fell. VII ch
rang out In clarion tones for the first time
In the history of the world. Proclaim We
liberty throughout the land to oil the in
habitants thereof From that very mo-
ment America became the sanctuary and
her people consecrated high priests of The
Temple of Universal Liberty.
Especially In this hemisphere. a hem
isphere enriched by the martyred blood of
Columbia's most heroic sons. wherever
the cry of distress, the wall for liberty is
heard. there. like the high priest of old.
must We stand with outstretched arms
ready to dispense the manEa of freedom
to the weary. furnishing and oppressed
The rabbi. in speaking Of the present
crisis. said that Gods hand seems to guide
ouT uc~NllN. ANltTlCa IL a tnOSth
ment OF divine intercession to proclaim
Independence to the suffering Cubans and
mete out Just punishment to a nation
whose record Is stained with blood and
whose murderous career Is a blot on the
fair escutcheon OF our civilization. SPANS
fate is sealed. Her downfall is written
with letters of fire upon her palace walls.
See, but yesterday We gathered to place
most mournfully a tear OF sorrow on the
bier of those valiant countrymen of
ours who fell willing martyrs in
the cause Of humanity outside the gates
of Santiago. To-day our horizon Is roseate
with promise as the bow of divine love Is
spanning our victorious sky.
when the muster roll OF heroic and pa
triotic names will be called. among the
Washingtons, the Jerersons, Adams,
Franklins, the Lincolns. the Grants and
the Lees. none will shine more brightly.
none will be remembered more reverently.
than the names of Dewey, Hobson, Samp-
son and Shafter and those noble fellows
whose spirits are now waited into Gods
domain-ss inted martyrs to a sacred
cause. Let US make this glorious Fourth
memorable by standing manfully by the
principles of our sires. Let US. like them,
battle for independence and universal lib
erty. And now may the immortal spirits
of Washington. Jefferson and their manly
followers guide us In allegiance to our
God and country. May the spirit of frater-
nal love lead us 10 higher and higher
attitudes of loyal American citizenship.
Amen"
Following the exercises at the court
house a grand band concert was given
by the Boston a. Montana band. under the
direction OF Bandmas Samuel IL. Trel
loar, at the corner of broadway and
Main street, for which a platform had
been erected. A tremendous crowd enjoyed
the excellent music. which lasted for
about an hour. The programme as pub
lished in the Standard was given.