The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-05
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of property. With danger TO life will
the husband protect his wife, the faith
or and mother their offspring. Natural,
beautiful and grand are all these loves;
love Of God. love of n family, love
OF property. but the love of country
embodies them all. II is this
love which we call patriotism. In our
country we have our places for worship
of God-the churches; we have our
homes. our places OF business. our insti-
buttons OF learning. of benevolence. OF
science. our public buildings. We enjoy
there the company OF relatives. fellow
citizens who speak our language; we
have there our great works, our re-
nowned citizens. All these we love, be-
cause they are ours. Natural Is this
love, most extensive is II. This is pat-
riotism. which every man has or hou
have. and II is unnatural II he hav II
not.
Patriotism. II possessed I'm good de-
gree by men OF intelligence. makes the
greatest men Of the world: such as
O'Connell of Ireland. Gladstone i'm Eng
Ia nd. Bismarck in Germany, Washing
ton in America. II makes the finest
soldiers. such as Sherman, Sheridan
n Rosecrans.
But above all. II IL exists among the
common people. IL makes victorious ar
miles faithful to such leaders as Dewey.
Schley and Shafter: IL makes whole
populations obedient to Law and author
lily. enjoying after hard labor the fruit
full harvests and the abundant income
enjoyed in peace and prosperity. To-
day American patriots as we are, we
can hoas OF our American citizenship
as the old Roman used to say and as st.
Paul did: 'Ctv!s Romanus ego sum: -
we can say with legitimate pride: 'Civis
Americanus ego sunni am an Ameri-
can citizen'-because we enjoy freedom
without license and authority without
tyranny.
1T is with that feeling OF passionate
love for country that our American
boys in blue. having received the bles-
sing of their parents and their pastors.
left all-father. mother, friends. homes,
states-to go across the ocean. travel
thousands Of miles. exposing themselves
TO burning climates, p%estilential
swamps. and above all. the fiery darts
of the enemy, In order TO make America
victorious, proud at home and feared
abroad.
The enemy our Catholic boys had TO
fight were their brothers in the faith.
They found them. not as some Of the
newspapers OF America described them.
a low grade OF humanity. but valiant.
courteous. noble. and the more excellent
their qualities. the more credltahlc was
w NhANhAN ~ INV lllNA' kaAiaNAA nc
treatment of the prisoners Of war. To
o who carry upon your persons the
marks Of suffering for country's sake.
we bow with reverence and win ever.
II need be. extend our and in help.
You who went through the fiery or
deal. escaped the deadly disease md
returned 20 us healthy, strong and VIC
~torious, we receive you with JOY and We
hope your words and example Of patTi-
otlsm will stir up the rising generation
20 similar virtues. to similar deeds. that
America. our W dear nation. may be-
come and remain the leading nation on
earth. leading I'm patriotism. i'm arts.
I'm sciences. in inventions. in material
and spiritual progress.
I'm conclusion we hope and pray that
America, which has proven, notwith-
standing its youth. Its divers popula-
tons. its divisions Of the past, To have
one heart and one soul. when there Is
question Of American glOry-that Amer
lea. ] say. may obtain also the unity
OF faith In God and propagate the gcs-
pei OF Christ in the pagan nations still
sitting In the shadow and darkness II
I death. May America. the land OF liber-
] ~, destroy the tyrannies Of the Old