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oppression that have damned up the
majestic flow of liberty.
"That parchment, containing the
truth of our independence, is the most
wonderful document ever prepared
by mortal man. Its truth has chal-
lenged the defiant and attacking foes
of earth and hell, and to-day it lifts It's
head above the crowned potentates Of
the world and will continue to shed
its freedom of light and glory until
Times last thunder shall shake the
universe. Its notes of liberty were
cut in the metal OF that old bell that
hangs In independence Hall In these
words; Proclaim liberty to all the
land, unto all the inhabitants thereof
This idoa of liberty was traced on
back through the dark ages. Paul
was found ln Corinth announcing II;
jesus announced it in Judea and
Moses proclaimed It from tine noun
tain Of Sinai. Thirty-two hundred
years after Moses announced these
words: "Proclaim liberty through
out all the land, unto all the inhabi-
tants thereof,n they were cut into
the old liberty bell that hangs in the
tower OF Independence Hall. Pytha-
goras and Plato searched for this
truth bnt did mot hnd-IE, though God
had revealed It. How notable Is the
fact that Corinth, Philadelphia and
Sinai stand one and Inseparable in the
proclamation and the establishment
OF the equal and broad liberties Of all
men. The thought was strongly pre-
sented that all the blessings of home,
church and Institutions of learning
had come as the result Of the emRn-
cipating truth of liberty incarnated in
the lives of noble men.
Washington was represented as
standing in the constitutional con-
ventIon and saying: "ReligIon is an
indispensable support for nation"
The speaker said; "Washington, a
name that raises in the mind Of man
the idea of whatsoever lie great, what
soever is grand, whatsoever is Illus
trious In nature; name that forms a
column of glory as high as Heaven
and VIII stand to future ages an eter-
nal monument wreathed with the
laurels Of fame, at whose base the
present and future generations OF
freemen will bow and around whose
spirits of heroic millions will tune
their harps:
"He burst the fetters of the land,
He taught Us to be free;
he raised the dignity of man,
And bade nation be-"
Washington was the incarnation Of
truth. Lafayette was represented as
being s'the generous stranger, the
twin brother of Washington in the
cause of liberty; man in whose eyes
q throne was contemplate, and kings
and tyrants synonymous terms; and
whose ambition would have led him to
be Washington II he had not been
Lafayette. BE was the mighty power
Of incarnated truth"
A pen picture was drawn of Sir
Isaac Newton. The speaker said, In
part, that he was a Colossal pillar of
mental grandure, discovered the law
OF gravitatIon; named and numbered
the stars; grasped the poles and
apanned the heavensi scared amid
wheeling worlds and burning suns;
taking his highest stand upon the
pinnacle OF the third heavens, looking
out upon the grand panorama of the
universe, while suns and systems
rolled in hammered effulgence to his
eyes; descending from that lofty alti-
tude upon trembling pinions, perches
himself upon the treel of Calvary, and
sings redeeming love with the Marys
at the foot of the cross. Newton was
the incarnation of truth"
Henry CLAY was introduced In q
vivid way. Here is the climax Of the
word picture of him: Gan American
statesman; the orator of the world;
whose fame is like the lingtning which
shines from one end of the heavens to
the other; who stood upon the
mountain of intellect and shook the
world with the thunder Of his thought.
Clay was the incarnation of truth and
would rather be right than to be
president"
A thrilling picture Of Andrew Jack
son was given in his battle ct New
Orleans. Here is the closing spostro-
phe: "He marshaled his army to
battle and to victory, and when the
pealing fife, the rattling drum, the
roaring cannon, the groans of the
wounded and dying ceased, and three
thousand of the enemy, together with
their brave commander, had fallen
beneath the shower ofleaden and iron
hail which Jackson and his army had
poured upon them our American
eagle clapped his glad wings and
roared against the sun, bearing on
his lofty bead the dladem Of the ma
tlon's glory and in his taIons the tiery
tnunderbolts Of war, and IN his proud
beak the olive branch OF peace, and as
he asoended into the heaven, upon tire