The Yale expositor., 1898-06-10

tyranny ana Jne CURSE VI eldfoiy M0
have with us living in human hearts |
this spirit of avarice which breeds DOM
tyranny and slavery. 1t Is against
this which we must guard. true iree-
dom consists in every man being Secur-
ed i'm the rewards of his own industry
conversely the very essence OF slavery
is where one man is permitted 10 i've
by the sweat of some other mans prov
These departed heroes having aDoilsh-
ed chattel slavery, we, II true 10 thelr
memory, must see TO IL JhaI aNdIloe'
while keeping the forms OF freedom,
does not destroy the spirit ana estaDilSh
some other type of slavery more Oh
noxious than the bondage which they
abolish.
In this glorious land of school-houses
we have some men who are too ignor-
ant to cast an intelligent ballot. The
remedy for them is education. IN
fortunately also we have among us
those who vote ticket simply because
it is labelled republican" or demo
crat:" Such men are not American
freemen, but party slaves. They are
slaves to the name democrat or republl-
can. Still with all its impertectlons
the sanctity of the ballot is the sate-
guard of our own institutions. With
out that our form of government can
not endure. Consequently the man
who Hampers with the ballot or lmprop-
erly in any manner interferes with man
hood suffrage is your enemy ana mine
because he is a traitor to the RepuDllc.
\ nobler gift than time or flowers 10
these dead heroes would be to create
such sentiment in this Republic Tor
which they died. that nowhere Wlthln
our domain should any man ever dare
to interfere with the right of any other
man to east a freeman's ballot, express
| i've of his own convictions, ana TO nave
| that ballot counted as cast.
Today we hear much about the grow
tn of anarchy in our land. l have no
sympathy with anarchy. The anarch-
iSt is all wrong. His ideas look back
ward not forward and his methods pur-
sued would lead to SaVagery. But, my
friends. it is impossible for anarchy to
survive in any country where justice
reigns. Anarchy thrives on inequality.
| It is symbol of national disease IN
dicating something wrong and we owe
! it to these dead heroes to investigate
and discover the causes that have led
| to its growth among us and as Amer
lean citizens apply the remedy. The
disease must be diagnosed and treated
nationally. The true remedy Will make
all our citizens from the humblest to
the highest love the Republic, because
| its laws will fully safeguard the rights
of all and the operation Of its statutes
be so equitable and just that 1t VIII
make the declaration of the fathers a
living reality that "all men are created
equal and endowed by their creator
with certain inalienable rights among
which are life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness"
Starving men never have maintained
a republic. Misery of the people is
fatal to liberty. Hence it is the part OF
true citizenship to uphold such policies
as will enable the masses to 1--we II
comfort.
Our forefathers bequeathed to us the
grandest government on Gods green
earth because it was founded upon the
rights of man. These heroes in blue
died that government of, by and fol
the people might not perish. What
ever changes in that government may
be necessary to adapt it to changed
conditions. and the requirements OF
progressive age should be effected b!
, the ballot With that peaceful agenc!
Of redressing wrongs in the hands o.
every man there is no excuse for any
one advocating a resort to force. Be
I sides, a man who will not vote Tor free
dom will not fight for it. He may lik'
dog fight for bone, but not for Ito
erty. He might aid in overturnlng SO
ciety, but could not build upon TIT
: ruins. Such a man is dangerou
! character Law and order must ID
preserved. These heroes have givel
: the right example, because before tax
ing arms against the curse or shaver
! they elected Abraham Lincoln, TN
! great emancipation, and then only too
arms when the shareholders refused I
acuuieSce in the decision of the ballot.
4 few DAYS ago there died on tn
l other side of the Atlantic one of tn
D grandest men of the age. When tn
S lamp of life went out for William j
Gladstone the world mourned. Why
! Not simply because it had lost con
l manding genius. but because it ha
: lost friend of humanity. Like OF
own immortal and sainted Lincoln, NJ
J, Gladstone loved the common peopl
:, UNFOLDING as he did those policies tina
u conduced to England's material growt
/ and power, yet he was great enough
J. realize that not the accumulation
e wealth. not scientific progress, not m'
e chanical invention nor colonial pc
IS sessions, but the production of nobl
e men and noble women was the thin
q that made nation sublimely grea
e 1t was Mr.. Gladstone's love for an
q service rendered for the advancemeI
y Of humanity, not only in the BIRTHS
II empire, but throughout the world TIL
: has deservedly given him immort
Is honor.
N Even so it is with these heroes
u ours. They loved their fellow-me
y They died for humanity. They dl'
lie for liberty. They died for u.s. Wi
4 their blood they preserved the grande
n government which the world has ev
p known. 1t remains for us as the lie
so atees of that glorious bequest n
lg simply to strew flowers above the
III graves and to keep green in our hear
~ the memory of the living soldier who
OF life was also offered, but to so d
C. charge the duty of citizenship that {
er Republic shall suffer no harm, but
ne transmitted to posterity as 'the land
the brave and the home of the free.
rs which the stars on Old Glory SIT