The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-07

former it is ready for the latter. Thi
is illustrated by the history of the in
vention of printing; at first types wer
| movable, Independent, each block hav
ing its own stamp; then it could b,
combined and associated, SO when ma
tlons have won and merited independ
ence, they are ready for unity, ant
hence the rallying cry of the future /.
to be society, Brotherhood, inter-depend
ence. What of the future of the natior
internally? Here, if anywhere, is the
| sphere for scrutiny and alarm. For the
seeds of destruction and germs of decay
have always developed within the ma.
| tional life in which they have appeared
Not without reason do good men ask
What is to be the end Of the vast masses
of wealth being gathered in our coun-
try which threaten at the mere touch
of the finger of discord to slide down the
hillside of national life like an ava
lanche with the weight of twenty cen
turies behind it? The voice is worth a
hearing, which, with alarm, describes
the dangers of our congested cities,
ready to burst and boil over with all
that is unholy and unclean. To Offset
these, and many possibilities that may
become potent influences, we need men
flee and patiently endure.
The constitution is not government
clock which the fathers wound up for
ever, but its harmony each can make
or mar in proportion as he incorporates
the blessings of liberty and the virtues
of religion.
The past is to increase in the glory
and inspiration it transmits to the fu-
ture. We stand at the feet of Washing
nd .i1,nn
their full outline, when generations to
come shall attain the true angle and full
perspective they will see more clearly
their sublime achievements and spotless
characters. The future is not to be SO
different from the past. True, new prob
lens are to be solved, new conditions
met and new burdens borne, but all is
to be achieved by the same weapons and
in the same spirit of the fathers. Condi-
tions change, but principles remain and
truth abides. We can't have our faith
ers' heroism without their faith; we.
can't have their patriotism without
their religious devotion, their fidelity
to country without their devotion to
God.
The pilgrims in the cabin of the May
flower began their compact, "In the
the name of wealth, prosperity, COM
merce," it will be "amen." Ofthe truth
of one thing am persuaded, in the days
of Washington, Lincoln Mckinley and
those to come that Blessed is the ma
tion whose God is the Lord; and the
people whom He hath chosen for His
own Inheritance.
Patriotism In the Future of the Republic.
Address by Father NJ. j. Farrelly.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Patriotism
in the Republic is the theme have Sc
lected for my subject on this patriotic
anniversary. have chosen this sub
ject because of my faith in the patriot
ism of all the people of this land at the
present moment and in the future, as
we'll as in the past. This republic, l
dare say, could not have withstood the
storms of 123 years had this majestic
edifice not been reared on solid found
alton of patriotic virtue. For this pur-
pose are we met today; we are come
from the farm and the sanctuary, from
the railroads. the stores and the work.
shops-come to commemorate the pro-
mitigation of a document cherished and
revered by S0,000000 people-the Declar-
ationof independence, the most patriotic
effusion that has ever sprung from the
mind of man. So man, at this period of
extraordinary prosperity and unequaled
happiness, at this time of great national
success, we are met from patriotic mo-
patriotic patriotism that made possible
the honor. the glory and the blessings
of this day
We think that patriotism and progress
go hand in hand; we feel that the pa
triotism of this republic can accomplish
deeds, within the compass of year or
two, that would shed luster on century
of progress in other lands. The revolu-
ton. May heaven keep it's memory
THAT ravo1l1tio0 which N other
lands, might have dragged on for gen.
erations, was here accomplished by
Washington and his conlpatriots in a
few years of patriotic struggle. The
curse of human slavery, so long a foul
blot on the fair fame of Columbia, was
wiped out by a single stroke of Lincoln's
patriotic pen, and other ghosts of dis
cord and disunion disappeared forever
at the approach of the patriotic boys in
blue.
One year ago we demanded for
neighboring island the boon that we
ourselves enjoyed and today the queen
of the Antilles rejoices in the pursuit of
happiness, While the crown of liberty
peacefully rests upon her brow-while
the flag of her emancipation waves tri-
umphant from Bering straits to the
Windward assage-from Iloilo to San
tiago.
True to the principles and sentiments
of undying patriotism; true to the prin-
ciples of love for home and country.
this republic has been from the start.
is now, and shall forever be, the ad-
miration of the world In a spirit Of
patriotism and of progress born of love
for happy homes, her people have sub
dued the forests in a little while, and
filled those vast regions that reach from
pole to pole with the blessings of liberal
civilization and liberal christianity. In
this spirit have they been enabled to
raise everywhere schools, colleges, semi
naries hospitals and churches. for
prayer. piety and charity-for the know
Ing and serving of eternal God-.while
the flowers of their industry emit their
sweet aroma throughout the land, while
the golden grain is waving, and the
hosts of Christ are humming on ten
thousand hills and valleys known only
to the savage hundred years ago. You
have contributed to this work: you
have settled and improved the soil; you