The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-14

per cent OF our population. IN notStliis
q pillar Of strength to the %republic2
Our hationll credit, often tried, has
been ever upheld: 1T has no superior
and hb9stain. The United States has
never fepndiated Il national Ubliga.
ton. either. to its creditors or to hu.
manitS: 1T viii not now begin to do
either. 1t never struck a blow except
for civilization, and never struck its
~colors.
Has the pyramid lost any Of ita
strength? Has the republic lost any
of its yitality22 Has the governing
principle been weakened2 Is there any
present menace to our stability and
duration? These questions bring but
one answer. The republic is sturdier
and stronger than eve before. Gov
eminent by the people has advanced.
Freedom under the flag is more uni
versal than when the union was
formed. Our steps have been forward,
not backward. s3
From Plymouth, Rock to the Phil
ip,pines the grand triumphant march
of human liberty has never paused.
Fraternity and union are deeply
imbeddeQ in the hearts of the Ameri-
can people: For half a century before
the civil war disunion was the fear OF
men of all sections. That word has
gone out of the American vocabulary.
1t is spoken now only as a historical
memory. North, south, east and west
We're never so welded together, and
while they may differ about internal
policies they are all for the union and
! {hE ~, "a Z, xs,>N ,,x,o ~ ill.,. s,,{ -, " al
the flag,
"Has patriotism died out in the
hearts of the people? Witness the
100000 men springing to arms and in
thirty days organizing into regiments
for the Spanish war, and n million
more ready to respond, and the more
recent enlistment of 10000 men, with
many other thousands anxious TO en-
list, but whose services We're not need
ed. Has American heroism declined3
The shattered and sinking fleets of the
Spanish navy at Manila and Santiago,
the charge of San Juan and I'll Caney
and the intrepid yalor and determine
ton of ii gallant troops in more than
forty engagements in Lnzon attest the
fact that the American soldier and
sailor have lost none of the qualities
which made u earlier army and navy
illustrious and inyincible.
after 1913 years the pyramid stands
mistaken. 1t has had some severe
shocks. but it remains immovable. II
has endured the storms of war only TIC
be stronger. 1t stands tirmer and
gives greater promise OF duration than
wien the fathers made it the symbol
of their faith.
MAY we not feel assured that if We
do our duty providence. which favored
the undertakings of the fathers and
every step of our progress since, vii
continue his watchful care and guild
nnce over us, and that the hand that
led us to our present place will no,
relax his grasp till we have reached
the glorious goal he has fixed for us
in the achievement of his end?
ovation I Canadian Premier.
Following the address of the presi-
dent, which was received with every
manifestation of enthusiastic APPROX
al, Mr.. Stone introduced Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, of Canada, who he announced
was to speak on "The Dominion"
The greeting which was accorded
the premier of Canada as he arose tc
his feet was hearty in the extreme,
Cheer after cheer rang through the
hall and men rose to theft feet and
waved thier napkins franticall.y. The
warmth of his welcome for an instan,
embarrassed Sir Wilfrid, but be quick,
~ recovered self possession.
After extending his thanks for the
kind feelings expressed and cordial re
ception. Sir Wilfrid said:
I feel that though the relations between
Canada and the United States are good,
though they are ~brotherly, though they
are satisfactory, In my judgment they are
not as good, us brotherly, as satisfac-
tory as they ought to be. We are of the
same stock. We spring from the same
races. We speak the same language we
have the same literature, and for more
than ii hundred years we have a q
common history.
I am proud to say, in the presence OF
that it is the belief of the Canadian gov
ernmcnt that we should make a supreme
effort to better our relations and make
the government of President Mckinle
and the present government of Canada.
with the assent Of Great Britain, so 70
work together as to remove all causes
of dissension between us. And, regard.
ing the commission which sat In the ole
city of Quebec and sat next in the city
Of washington, i am sorry to say the re
suit has not been commensurate with our
expectations. We met a stumbling BLOCK
on the question Of the Alaska frontier
Well. let me say here and now, the com
mission could not settle that question.
and referred 1t to their particular gov
ernments, and they are now dealing with
1t. May ! be permitted to say here and
now that we do not desire one inch OF
your land. tApplause,) But II ! state
however, that we want to hold our land,
will that be an American sentiment, IL
like to know? However. though 1t would
not be an American continent. though
1t would not be n British or Canadian
sentiment. 1 am here to say above all
not to stand up on the extreme limits OF
u rights. We are ready to give ant
take. But though we have many little
chickering's of.that kind. I speak my whole
mind, and ! believe I speak the mind o.
all you gentlemen, when / say that aftel
all, when we go down to the bottom Of
our hearts, we find that there is between
us a true, genuine affection. Applause.
There are no two nations today on the
face of the globe so united as Great Brit
ain md the United States of America
II is very true there Is between the
United states and Great Britain today NJ
treaty or alliance which the pen cal
write n which the pen can unmake, bu'
United States q unity of blood. of blood
which is thicker than water.
The word is not to be pronounced, 10
even to be predicated. 1t is not to be pro
nounced at all. The very idea is abhor
rent to us. | repeat what l then stated
that war between Great Britain and thu
United States would be as criminal as TIL
civil war which desolated your countr.
some thirty years ago Whatever ma.
have been the mistaken views. the civ
ilized world has ONE to the conclusion
that It was n benefit to mankind that thi.
rebellion did not succeed, and tina
government of the people by the people
and for the people did not perish from tn.
earth. (Applause.)