The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-07-08

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their descendants. In memorial halls,
parks monumental, and In the silent
cities Of the dead, With flowers
freshly placked from the gardens OF
their hearts and fragrant with the
dews of love and forgiveness, wreath
gariands OF memory about the his
tory and scenes of the years of long
ago. And from shore to shore should
the bands play in one mighty blast,
John Browns Body Lies Moulder-
ing in the Grave" "Star SpanRled
Bannerv or 'sDixie, - the combined
chorus would be transformed into
the one grand, ravisking and inspir-
Ing harmony, my county, 'tis OF
thee, sweet land OF liberty"
And who would stay cur flag In it's
onward march in progress and civil
zatiop, when history and the worlds
greatest events are bearing it for7
ward to the npbuilding of the human
family and the betterment of the
human race.
There cannot be such O. thing as
inertia in national life. A nation
must advance or it will recede. Now.
for the first time in 80 years, we, as
nation and people, are strong
enough for any work and great
enough for any fame that destiny
can bestow. do not believe that it
is the win of providence that the lib
erty, intelligence, progress, energies
and activities of this great republic
are to be limited by the tides OF two
oceans. or entombed within the
boundaries of this continent. Our
country, rich in the reward of it's
past history, proud of it's present
achievements and ambitious for fu-
ture conquest, has boldly entered the
worlds arena to contest with all
other nations for the supremacy in
progress and civilization.
believe it Is our divine destiny
as people, by precept and example,
to be toward all other nations as the
sun upon an uncloudsd day, giving
them life, light, hope and energy,
and to be mighty tide, fertilizing
the shores of every continent with
the rich heritage of our liberty, re-
ligion and civilization.
The first hundred years of our
national life was spent in internal
growth and development; the Sec
ond hundred years will be spent in
the progress of the arts and sciences
and commercial empire. Who thinks
1t possible to stifie the energies and
activities of such mighty people or
to place limitations upon the ex-
panding growth and progress of the
swelling tides of our commercial en-
pire; that is fast spreading over all
of the earth. With our people, this
should indeed be a season of con-
graduation and Thanksgiving, for
the white flower of peace and unity
at home is In full bloom from ocean
to ocean. Prosperity, like golden
tide, is fertilizing every valley and
the lips of all our people are burden
ed with songs of love, loyalty and
patriotism.
Our flag wherever it floats, by land
or sea, is admired and respected by
all nations. FOR it is the symbol of
liberty and the rights OF man, and
the white in it's folds is emblematic
of peace and good will toward all
men, and its red, the courage of
blood and sacrifice.
The closing years of the present
century is one of the most splendid
chapters in all of the brilliant an
mails of our proud and illustrious
history as nation, and as we look
into the gathering shadows of the
twilight of the century departing,
the heritage and history of the past
should make us stronger in our faith
in the future. For believe that the
dawn OF the coming century will be
one of unclouded prosperity and its
history will surpass that OF the past
In national fame and commercial
empire.
And to the courage and unfal-
tering devotion to conscience and
duty of the young men before me,
their campeers and officers, we owe
In the main the immortal chaplet
with which providence and destiny
has crowned the united efforts of
our people. But all of you had a
most thrilling inspiration to your
courage in the indomItable will and
fearless bravery of your gallant
and dashing leader, Col. Roosevelt,
now candidate for vice president OF
the United States, who at all times
courted death in the forefront OF
battle, that victory might perch
upon your standards. In being
proud to claim him as an American
citizen, we honor ourselves, for he
is one of the most illustrious sons oi
the republic. In burning tapers and
wreathing gariands about the altar
of his fair name and fame. we az
American citizens pay tribute to the
purity of his private life, his official
integrity, and his brilliant courage
upon the field of battle.