The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-05


which before the declaration Of indie
pendence had been denied, were not even
| accorded a bearing Congress declared
that independence was now assured and
| proclaimed the existence OF a new peos
! lie. Washington received the news at
| Valley Forge. where cruel hardsh!ps hal
| almost Worn out his heroic patience, and
! cold and hunger had reduced his men to
| despair-he called upon his army TO
! thank Almighty God; with new life he
/ buckled on his sword again and marched
| with resistIess ardor 70 victory, which
! at last he felt was within his reach A
| new sun illunlired the heavens, dlspeli-
| ing the gloom and shedding upon the land
| the rich joys OF life and light and hope.
! France poured into our empty treasury
| In loans and gifts vast sums of money
| without which 1t would have been impog-
sible for as to keep our army in the
held At the very outset of the war she
placed million liyres at our disposal
for the purchase of military supplies, and
obtained for US for the same purpose an
other million from Spain. After she had
quest upon request went from congress
to Paris, and i'll response millions upon
millions flowed from the treasury Of
France into our Golfers. At times in
by the French minister of Finance
against lies inlDensas demandes du con-
greSs;P nevertheless les immenses de-
mandes" were invariably accorded, and
when at last the eXchequer of France
could no longer suffice for the vast ex-
penses of frances own army and navy,
and for the increasing petitions of money
made by. America. the king exceeding the
limits of all that could be expected from
the most devoted ally Pledged the secu-
rity of his government for the pune, uaI
payment Of interest upon loan of 10 Geo.
600 livreS to be obtained from Holland.
When. in 1872. Franklin reckoned up our
account with France. he found that be-
sides guaranteeing the interest upon our
Holland loan of 100000 !iyres. France
had advanced to us out of her treasury
loans amounting to $4,000 900 hvres-a sum
mented by a further loan of 100000
livres. from which, wrote Franklin to
his government. mo returns but those of
gratitude are expected" Il is with good
may be everlasting"
GAVE PRECIOUS BLOOD
France sent across the sea to shed their
blood for US, her brave soldiers and sea-
men, commanded by the very flower of
her nobility. 1t was Frances ships of
war that protected our coasts and kept
our ports open to commerce, reducing the
British naval occupation of American wa
ters to the harbor of New York 1t was
the cooperation of Frances army and
navy that gave us the great victory of
Yorktown, and the victory of Yorktown
was final and decisive, 1t Won the indie
pendence of America. 1t is all over"
said Lord North, when the news of it
was received in London. Should Amer
lea forget Yorktown, and the men VINO
there fought for her on land and sea,
and the banners that bedeCked them to
triumph, she would forget her very eX-
istence. And at Yorktown, vast thou,
banner of beloved France, entwining in
hope and affection, thy folds with these
of the banner of America There We're
you, De Grasse and De Barrass, guarding
with your superb ships of war the waters
of the Chesapeake against the foeman's
sail. There were you, bearers of most
1llustrious names in Frances history, Of
hcers of her aTmy-nobles Of the noble,
chtValrouS Rochambeau, de ChaStelIuX, &c
menil. de Chousy, de Deux-Ponts the de
aval-MOntmorencys, the de ST Simons-
l fain would name you all-vylng in de-
votion with Lincoln, Hamilton, Knox.
ready sword in hand, to obey the words
spoken by Washington, comander-in-chief
of the allied armies. There were you,
soldiers OF France, offering your blood
for American lberty-rnen of
far-famed battalions, Of Bournonnais
ana ana oolssonals' OF royal DeuX-Ponts, of
Salntonge and of Dillon of Touraine, of
Auxonne and of Agenais, and of that
gallant regiment of Gatinais that was to
win back the coveted name of Royal
Auvergne. And shall | forget thee, La
fayette Rather shall l not give thee
place apart in nay roll of heroes. There
vast thou American and Frenchman,
loving pass1onately America and France
1t was the participation of France in
the war of independence tina made Amer
lean liberty possible in the Eighteenth
century. Such is the verdict of history
as expressed by the learned and accom-
pllshed bfographer of Lafayette our
present ambassador to the court of St
petersburg. So resolute were the colo
nists in their determination to be free.
so exalted was their spirit sof fsgeriffee
so intelligent their methods that sooner
or later their independence was assured.
hat t---a
without the aid of France have
won for them their Independence we
can hardly allow ourselves to believe
Let historians narrate as they will that
! the king and ministers of France saw in
the revolt of the American colonies, and
IN the assistance that might be given
them, an opportunity for France to
aVenge the humiliation of the treaty of
1853. 1t is not for Us to demand that
statesmen become for our sake obIivious
of the interests of their own country
never fail to know. is that the king and
ministers of France gave us the aid
through which we won our independence
that they gave it to us in the warmest
friendlineSs and with the most chivaI-
rous generosity, and that in giving to
us such aid they were applauded by the
noble hearted people OF France, who
| loved America and encouraged the afli-
ance of their country with her for the
sake of the great principles which were
linked with the triumph or the defeat of
| the new EepuDtlc III the w est
CHIEALRoUs FRANCE.
| The friendlines and the. chivaTry of
! France! She maintained. at her own eX-
pense her army and navy while they were
I doing service in America; she required
| TO return for the cost OF any of her mil
! ttary operations in cur behalf; lest she
might awaken in US suspicion Of her mo-
| tlves, she forbade her commanders even
| to contemplate the reconquest Of Canada
| to give every legitimate satisfaction TO
| our national pride. she Insisted that she
! should be our auxiliary thHt her veteran
! battalions should take second place, and
| that her admirals and geEeI ais, surviv-
! ors and generals of historic battles.
! should give way 10 Americans OF equal
! grade, and all obey the supreme command
| the allied forces of America and France;
+ our friend she remained} to 1.-THE last mo-
| Inent. steadfastly refusing any overtures
! for peace that did not offer full salts
faction to all the legitimate ambitions of
/ America.
| Yes, Americas gratitude is due and is
/ given to the France of a century ago
/ to Louis XVI, and De Vergennes. and
/ De Maurepas, who in those days guided
! her destinies; to the people of Franco
! wEo cheeIf fully bore the burdens whic
| our war brought upon them; to the sea-
men and soldiers of France who offered
I their lives in sacrifice upon the affairs of
I American liberty; and Americas graft
| tude is due and Is given to the France
J of today, the living heir to the rights
| and the glorfes of rulers and soldiers and
people of former ages. Rulers and sol
| dicrS and people of d csn ury ago have
| passed away. but the country they loved
| and represented remains. France remains
and to France the republic of the. United
| States OF today pledges her gratitude and
her friendship and promises that both
! shall be everlasting.
NEW NATIONS TRIUMPH.