The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-01-13

{EIA SNNYGsea{ OUICGts lcSSOIf ISalIlG OltI5
lesson he comprehends. He has no
conception Of pure, orderly, equal i'm
partial government under equal laws
Justly administered, because, he has
lYyrI seen such government. He
must be shownrthe simplest results of
good government by actual example
in order that he may begin to under
stand its most elementary principles
There must be no promise whatever
OF the franchise until the people have
been prepared for it"
A Divine Mission.
Senator Beveridge claimed that the
nations power to make rules aud G g
ulntions for the government of its
possessions was not confined to any
given set Of rules OF regulations. "
was not confined to any particular
formula of laws or kind of govern
ment OF type of administration.
This question is deeper than any
question Of party politics; deeper than
any question of isolated policy of our
country, even; deeper than any5qucs-
ton of constitutional power. 1t is
elemental. 1t is racial. God has not
been preparing the lsnglisl-speaking
and Teutonic peoples a thousand years
for nothing but vain and idle self-con-
temptation and sclf-administration.
No. He has made us the master or
ganiZers of the world to establish sys-s
TEN where chaos reigns. He has given
us the spirit of progress to overwhelm
the forces of reaction throughout the
earth. He has made us adopts in gov
eminent among savage and senile peo-
pies. Were it not for such a force as
thls, the Worla woutd feiapse INTO
parpailsm ana nlght, - or al our
race, 6 mas marked me srEsrlcan PEG,
peas ms CHOSEN natioil,to 1lhally ieaa
~ inc regenera!ion o. me Woria. Inns
> ,hS uls.he MISSION " tAnielie',, A,l'
~ hoids 1or us all the pfont, an the
glory, ail the happiness possible 10
Inah. we are trustees OF inc World .
progress; guardlans OF us rlshteous
peace. Inc Judgment or me Master IS
upon us; nc nave pceii 1aith1u, over q
rev things; L VIII make you ruler over
many things.
VIVA sha history say o., us' shasl
II say thnt we renowned mat holS
trust, lett the savage 70 ms base con.
dition, the wilderness to the reign OF
waste deserted duty,
glory, forgot u sordld proht even,
because we feared our strength ana
rend the charter OF y powers with.
the doubters eye and with qnlb-
blers mind? Shall 1T say that called
by events TO captain and command h
pronuest, abiest, purest race OF ms
tory, IN historys noblest work, we de-
elined that great commission! Our
fathers woulu not have mad 1T SO. NO.
They founded no paralytic govern
ment incapable of the simplest acts OF
administration. They planted no slug
gard people, passive, while the worlds
work calls them. They established no
rcactionary nation. They unfurled
no retreating flag.
THAT flag has never paused in its
ohNai' .iaien; ~ ""i.s = (. NV
are carrying r. forword4now hen
wa ore Mt last ono neonle
strong enonph for INV tas,, preat
anough for nnv Glory destiny can he.
stow How comes H that mr. tirst
centnrv closes with the process of on
solidnting the American peouic into a
unit inst accomplished. and u,lick up-
nm Tic stroke ~ that orcat horr
presses upon us our world opportu-
Xiv y,o,Id dnt;as and world glory
which nonn inf n Heonle welded into
an indiy;sibln nation can nchieve n.
nerformp Hind indeed is he Who
sees not the hand Of God in events 81
vast so hnrmonious. so henign pr-
dictionary. indeed. is the mind thnt
perceiyes not that this yitnl people Is
The strongest of the saving forces OF
the world: that, our place therefore.
is at the head of the Constructing and
redeeminp nations of the enrth. and
that to stand aside while events march,
now is a surrender of our interests. ~
BETRAYAL of our duties as blind MS it's
base. Craven. indeed. is the heart that
fears to perform n work so golden and
so noble; that dares not win n glory
SO immortal.
H
.Do o tel me mat 1t viii cost US
noneS Mhen did Americans ever
measure duty by financial standards!
10 you tell me OF the tremendous toll
required 10 overcome the vast Difficult
yes OF our TASK! what mighty work
lor me world, Tor humanity. even for
ourselves, mas ever been done will,
ense. EVEN our Dread we Y eat by
we s"eht o our faces. Why are we
cnargea with power such as 20 people
evef kneW' II we are 0 TO use it in
a work such as no people eve
Mrousht. Mho VIII dispute the divine
meaning OF the fable OF the talents?
10 you remind me Of the precious.
piooa iNat we must shed. the lives that
mus, De given, the broken hearts of
!ofeu ones Tor the slain? All, this is,
,naeed, q heavier price than MI COM,
b.neti. And yet. as Il nation, every
historic duty we have done, every
achlevement we have accomplished,
mas been by the sacrifice of our no.
pest II Every memory that glori-
nes the f1ag is OF those heroes who
ave died that its Onward march
might not be stayed. At is the ma
ions dearest lives. yielded for the
nag TINT mnkcsit dear to ns; 1t is the
naliohs most precious blood poured
u for IT that makes it precious to MS.
mat nag is woven of heroism and
er!ef' OF the bravery of men and wom-
ems tears, OF righteousness and bat
tle, OF sacrifice and anguish, of tri-
nnlph and OF glory. 1T is these which