Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-12

some idea of the porpleXal position of these
| leaders. There was government to be formed
a constitution to be adopted There was sep
arate governments to be established and made
| for each of the several states. Laws and regl.-
latlons were necessary to outline the duties and
obligations of the general government to each
| OF the several states, and also to all of them
The solution of the powers of the Federal gov
eminent over the states, and the rights of the
states separately, were likewise to be solved
which was finally settled within the rememb-
rance of the oil der ones of my hearers These
great men who gathered at the Iadle of the
1 young republic and who tenderly protected her
in infancy 5had-~,o system of finance; there
4 Wei no banks; no postal system established
ITO army regulations adopted. The various
| questions that came up under each of these
heads were numerous and important, and each
one novel to the inexperienced builders of the
government, which was to be an innovation on
| the forms and styles of Government that had
| existed for centuries.
| The men who constructed til is government
and formed the constitutions of these United
States, and settled mighty questions, that from
time to time have arisen ON its true construction
certainly did something for the world. that com
| mands the highest ecomium that human thought
can conceive. The Declaration of Independ-
ence was u manifesto to the world iustifying
concerted action of the colonies for separation
from the government under which they had
lived. 1t contended for the right of sovereignty
OF the people. No where in the history of man
kind can we find where this scheme or plan of
government had been before attempted.
| Our government a it exists today is distinct
Ivan American product. 1t was American
genius and wisdom that made such a govern
ment possible. The rulers of the old world were
ready to so into ecStasies if failure should over
take the men who planned and worked out the
policies of this nation. Yea, more than that
they were willing to aid any scheme which
would destroy such u plan of government as our
fathers adopted. Why was this? The answer
is simple and easy. Well did the rulers know
That government, deriving its strength, and
power, from those who were governed prove
sncoess, than the props of their own glory thrones
| would one day be knocked from, under them by
tnelr Ill treated subjects, and upon the debris
mus made, might be erected government mod
eled after the American republic.
We know that tho foundation of our govern.
ment rests down deep in the hearts and con-
sciences of the individual citizen Each and every
one in this land, who shares the blessings of our
republic, also bears his share of the responsible
ties that naturally belongs to the whole people.
Each and every one c. the seventy millions who
claim citizenship, equally shares in the bless
| lngs liberty as guaranteed under our constitu-
ton. have spoken of the time which 1t has
laken to perfect and more successful lily demon
strate the stability ofthis government, and have
referred casually to the development of our peo=
pie in political sense, but while have done So
would not wish yon to forget the fact, that dur
ing those years OF (which have spoken. our Coun-
trymen and our people have developed surpris.
ingly in the material, commercial and intellec-
tual fields
we have made wonderful advancement in
every direction. Our navy has been built up
from nothing until today she is the pride of our
nearts' ana her great battleships and cruisers,
manned by as true and noble heroes us ever
walked the deck officiating villages" have won
the applause of the,world by their COOL deliber.
ATE courage, Our army made up of citizen sol.
alers, need but the call of their commandments.
chief to throw aside everything that is near and
dear to them and uphold the honor and integrity
ofther country.
In the field of invention, we have outstripped
every nation. The inventive genius of our peo-
pie nave reyolutionized the operation of travel of
transmitting thought and have in measure
changed the social relation of our people Elec-
1rlelty by the power of American genius has been
utlll2ed TO the wants of man to such an extent,
mat we now marvel how we existed so long with
out It's aid. The American agriculturst, by the
AID OF improved machinery. takes his place in
the front with his countrymen and his oc.
capat1on is not for the ignorant. as was claimed
IN the past but for the intelligent and educated
and is today the leading occupation in the land.
and the operator of the farm is no longer proof
that the toer at the pillow is to be socially ostra-
cised
Our schools and educational institutions stand
the equal of any In the world and it is within the
reach OF all our people to acquire an education,
which in republic, is indispensable in fully un.
Outstanding the responsibilities of citizenship.
and to prepare the citizen of this age for the
struggle, that an active people imposes ON each
other In the battle of life. In this country or
ours. there isno reason why any man or woman.
by his or her own exertion, may not ACQUIRE a
sufficient education, to equip himself to fill any
OF the various avocations which stand omen to
receive the industrious, the frugal the honest
and upright
Ioint TO me where in the worlds history can be
ioind nation where a beggars sou may become
the uler, and where every mans son and daugh.
teF stand the equal of every other son and daugh
ter IN the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of honor, and the ac
cumulation Of wea It'll. But here again let me
pause. Here again would invite you to calm
ness and coolness to view the present surround.
sngs. Letus ask ourselves with becoming calm.
u ess and conseryativeness, shall we 60 on with
this great march of glory. Shall we in our en-
thusiasm forget thai the words of the poet are too
ofen true. viz: THE paths ofglory leads but to
the grave" Let us remember that Spain with
whom we are now engaged in a spirited war, was
800 years ago, the leading ma ton of the world
Her navy was the greatest, her army the might
lest and her territory the most extensive. Her
schools and universities outstripped those ofany
otler country in the teaching of the arts and
sciences, and to her shores from other lands came
.he searchers after knowledge. and drank at the
FOUNTAIN Other intellectual greatness But greed
and avarice became the dominant spirit of her
statesmen, followed by vicious indolence a,nono