The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-10

mated and inspired by the love OF liberty, |
have achieved these great declarations OF
liberty. They do not dominate us-tney |
are our creatures.
The spirit of freedom and the love or /
liberty are in the blood OK the Ensnsn |
race. |
The people of Great Britain have mon |
arch, but individual liberty is as great |
there as it is here And they have no |
written constitution at all. They nave
nothing of that kind since the BIZ or
Rights, which is simply milestone OF
liberty.
Their restraints upon arbitrary power
are in the superior intelligence anu eou-
cation of their people, and IN their KNOW
edge of their personal and political rights.
which comes to them as to US, with plrth
and mothers milk.
And if all of our paper constitutions
were abandoned tomorrow, we would De
the same brave and hberty-lovlng, peace
ful and independent people that we were
while these things existed upon paPeI'
and we would have the same determina-
ton to secure the blessings OF hoeItE toF
ourselves. and the same oeterIhiil
that TO people over whose .destlnles we
had control, should lose their hoerIleS d
our hands. -,
And will not the islands OF the sea
g1adIv become a part of the federal sSs-
tenn nv which they will regulate tnelr
ov,r local affairs and be represented at
the federal government by their represeh-
+atives. submitting to the control Oh INC
national government for the sake oL -
protection? And so learn from US 10 aoaii-
don the barbara practices anu nletIIou7
Of mutual dstrust and mutual oeslI
ton. and accept the peaceaole meIhous u
arbitration provided by the 1eoeral
TEN of representative government, W
mutual compromises in the national as
sembly, and by SUBMISSION 10 oHS
trail tribunal.
MANY men are now living who remember
Australia. and New Zealand as the homes
of savage tribes. But, touched Dy the
peaceable methods of English control ana
English law, they have blossomed lnto
civilized states. and when our popuid-
| tion reaches 600 900 they will nave
population of 100, 000, 600 of English speak
| ing people. And those who live then VIII
realize the fact that the methods OF war
have passed away and given place TO the
mild and saIutary coercion of the civil
magistracy, administering the law in the
| spirit and with the institutions Of lib
| erty. and that this great transformation
| is the poet-prophet's dream of the per-
petual peace of nations, sin the parma
ment of man, the federation or the
| world"
These things may not be provided for
| in the Constitution of the United States,
| but they are surely coming, nevertheless
| For the English race and its institutions
| are greater and more powerful than any
written constitution with its limitations
| And they are coming at the hands of the
| English speaking race, fulfilling part
OF its great mission of teaching the ma
cot i've
law, ameliorated and softened by the
precepts of its own faith in Christ
We have not, now, and We never have
| had as a people, the spirit Of conquest,
| nor the desire to dominate over sub
iect race. That was the Imperialism Of
| ONE. which marched out over the APP
| pian Way for seven hundred years to
| the conquest of the world, in order that
| an oligarchy might profit by the spoil OF
| arms.
I But we have an Imperialism, tool 1t is
to conquer cQnquerors,. TO reduce the ty-
rants and shedders Of blood. and to COM
pei peace.
! Wheresoever the English flag has gone,
it has been to carry. in time. guarantees
and assurances of liberty and order.
And our imperialism is an imperialism
of peace It IS to reduce tyrants, to hui
mamie the world, to carry representa-
tive government TO all, to carry christian
government everywhere.
And wherever the flag Of England. and
wherever the fog of the Union are car
ried, there goes another banner.
Not lurid in color, not bloody in purpose
but peaceful and gentle, protecting the
weak. depressing the cruel, elevaung the
pure and honoring the good.
It is the Banner of the Cross.
And wherever the Royal George and the
Stars and stripes are unfurled, there
rnfne1ing with their folds, is found thai
Banner of the Cross They are the ori
famine Of liberty Together they carry
the projections and benedictions and
blessings of civilization and righteousness!
and peace to mankind And While WI
fulfill this last mission OF duty and lib
erty, all the memory of civil strife ant
sectionalism will wholly pass away. ANT
to such an imperialism as follows the ac
complishment of such a mission in suci
a spirit. and TO the nations which carr!
= the gospel and practice of peace, the oil
vine promise Of expansion and imperiaIs n
, is given, for the inspired prohpet has de
, clared that they shall
! ASK of me and 1 shall give thee tn
. nations for thine inheritance, and tn
l utter1nost pasts of the earth for tn.
possession
I Guthrie. o. T, Jan. .-(Special)-Fol
lowing the custom that has prevaile
Z since the first legislature, the member
I | of the Fifth legislature were tonight ten
2 ! dered a reception, banquet and ball D
= the citizens of Guthrie. who were pres
ent in large numbers and in fine dress I
| accord the visiting statesmen the gla
hand. Il was a brilliant and enjoyabl
o affair At the banquet the toasts were a
follows:
Address Of welcome-Hon. A. H. Hus
: ton.
Response-IIon. c. @. Jones.
% America: Her Manifest Destiny-HoT
e II. r. Havens
2 New Ideals-Hon. A c. Scott.
The Nicaraguan Canal and It's Eneo
Upon the South and West-Hon. ". {
Stevens.
= The Anglo-Saxon in the Twentieth Ger
Il tury-Hon. Frank Hutto.
= The Disappearing OF Sectionalisn-
' Judge J. L McAtee.
5 statehood for Oklahoma-Hon- sldne
?, / Clarke.
: The Typical Americsn-Hon. c. y
! ! Thacker.
= Recently Acquired Territory-Hon. Tho
;, J. Reid
Il Hero and Hero-worship-Hon. C r. NJ
Elratb.
y The Law Maker-Hon. Thos. II. Doyle
: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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