The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-23
RELY ON VOLUNTEERS
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Continued from First Pare.
out, but the conscience of the nation
was aroused by the disagreement of
an island at our doors, and we felt we
could not longer tolerate fourteenth
century methods of government with
In sight of our own land, and we put
1t down And again the volunteer re-
sponded to the call of humanity.
promptly and efficiently The Euro
pean governments sneered and asked
what could our raw troops do against
the trained battalions OF Europe. They
effected the liberty of an island from
the yoke of a government under which
it has suffered, and they gained honor
for the nation and the flag There is
nothing in the worlds history to COM
pare with what our army and navy ac-
&C mplished in the last war applause }
If the time should arrive when the
American volunteer cannot be relied
upon to do what his fathers did in 1851
and in the last war, then our institu-
tons will be 10 longer democratic or
safe as popular institutions.
'Some of you may think that the
orator and his subject feel somewhat
orphaned on this occasion. Such Is not
the fact. We do not feel that way at
all. 1t is not the place where a man is
born or the blood that flows in his
veins, but the work he did for human
tty that he will be judged by. The
greatness Of the men who established
our liberties is not their blood. but
their work
Some of you may think that a large
infusion of foreign blood is not desir-
able, but 1 will ask these old men
whether you were sustained in the
hour of battle by the remembrance of
your ancestors or by thoughts of father
mother, sweetheart and what they
would say to you? It's the ideal with
IN you, the pride of the moment that
sGstains man in the hour of danger
It's the aspiration we are living for
and want TO hand down to our chill
dren that gives US courage to fight
and die. So our country is safe in the
hands of the volunteer today as in
1861. It is what our fathers did and
secured that should guide US that we
may so live and shape our institutions
that our ideals of country, liberty. home
end Preside should always stand be-
fore US ard our children to lead them
to deeds of heroism, self-sacrifice and
victory"
OTHER EXERCISES.
The governors speech was preceded
by musical and other exercises. On
the platform sat ex-Gov. Ramsey.
Bishop Gilbert and many leaders of
the patriotic societies, and in the gal
leries were 900 school children, who
rendered the vocal selections Judge
Ell Torrance, of Minneapolis, presided,
and prayer was offered by the Rev
Dudley Ward Rhodes, chaplain of the
Sons of the Revolution. Immediately
afterwards a detail from the Acker
post and the First regiment marched
into the church with the colors, which
were saluted by the audience.
Stationed in the organ loft was a
choir of boys led by Miss Elsie NJ.
Shave who sang Sousa's Stars and
Stripes Forever" very beautifully.
Bishop Gilbert then read list of
Sons of the Revolution and Of the
American Revolution who participated
in the Spanish war, and closed with a
suggestion that the audience should
send greeting to those now in Cuba,
Porto Rico and Marila.
Gounod's Hail to the Land" was
then sung, and Gov Lind was intro
duced.
At the conclusion of Gov Lind's
speech the choir and audience sang
The. Star-Spangled Banner" and then
Daniel W. Lawler delivered an grafton
on Washington. He was frequently
Interrupted with applause, and his
reference to Dewey was greeted with
cheers that lasted for some time. He
spoke as follows:
HON. D. w. LAWYERS SPEECH.
The close of the eighteenth century beheld
two great political revolutions The people
of France rose in revolt against the abuses
of an outworn feuda.ism and after deluging
half the world in blood bowed their necks
at the last in subsection to the rule of a
military despot. The coIonists of North
America drew the sword of rebellion against
the unconstitutional aggre-ssions of king and
parliament and founded a fair republic that
in the providence of God will ABIDE forever.
The French revo ution aimed ct the abolition
of laws which were spread upon the statute
books Of France and embodied in customs
which had been transmitted from centuries
of caste and privilege. The people of Amer ca
went to war in defense of rights which were
guaranteed by law and in vlndication OF their
cause they appealed to the violated principles
Of that constitution which was alike their
birthright and their protection.
IN France reason was deadened by the
clash OF arms The drums of Santerre ST
fenced the dying words of the son of Capet
as he stood in the presence of his people
and beneath the edge Of the guillotine. The
protest that rose from the stout hearts of the
yeomanry Of America smote upon the ear
of the king, couched in the language OF
Thomas Jefferson in that Declaration of In
dependence, whose luminous eloquence and
condensed argument VIII be a model for
statesmen as long as the English tongue shall
last. It was fitting that from that mad dance
figure of the worlds greatest despot and
it was equally fitting that from the theater
of this Western world, en- which the enlbat-
tied colonists contended with the sword of
their own liberties alone, but equally for the
virdication of the liberties of all men for all
time, should come the stately figure whose
name and memory are revered this day in
all the lands of the earth.
THE LIBERTY BELL
which announced the adoption of the decIara-
ton bore the legend Proclaim liberty
throughout the land unto an the inhabitants
thereof but it pealed out holer and
completer message, because it announced tns
advent of liberty to every land and to ali
the sons of men. So long as the glorious
story of the achievement Of American tnde-
pendence shall be told, so long as the lowIiest
OF men shall strive for loftier things so
long as the weakest nation shall yearn for
freedom, the name of George Washington
will be a beacon to guide and a fortress to
protect
1t is true that in a large sense Washing
ton belongs to the race and to the word oUr
it is also true that he is the peculiar product
and special glory Of America. 1t is our priv
ilege, therefore, on this day sacred in the
annals Of our country's history to recall
those characteristics as man, as soldier and
as statesman, that mark him as the greatest
OF Americans Ii proof We're necessary to
demonstrate that an all-wise Providence has
ever kept watch over the dastinies of This
republic 1t could be readily discerned in eha
presence at every great crisis of some leader
fully equipped to discharge the DUTY and
meet the emergency of the hour me COO
nists needed as their leader a soldier and a
statesman, enc who could create and Lead
armies. one who could guide and control men
a patriot whose lofty character would silence
envy and contention on this side of the ocrs,,
and would at the same time, in the ewes af
England and the Continent. invest the reyo-
luton with earnestnes5 and conservatism
Washington was -eminently a sold err Ee
was endowed with that superb physical cour=
ocrQ /, i1y, 1,oc a7tt1 TOD a. =.