The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-05

wae+ bevond the mountains; where the
scripture Is fulfilled, a nation is born II
dav. where the Occident shall by ahu
bv rival or outshine the Orient, ana
where the flakes of precious dust aie
unt,,r,ed in SO many a furrow, CLEAN
through the ripples of so many stream
and sparkle on so many hloun 'aii
peak, that Young America hall pelleNe
the gorgeous yellow of the sunset SKY ~
be but the reflected tints of that laha OIL
gold!
All these. every section we love. But
they are only parts or one lhaJeSt'e
whole 49,
Distinct like the pillows, but one IKE
the sea-"
That one. that whole, Is the Union
the central sun of these forty-tiVe PLAN
eta embracing all, giving unity, me-
health, safety, joy to all. Our country
our whole country, from ocean TO
ocean, from the lakes to the gulI-llle
source of innumerable blessings IN the
past, the course of immeasuraDle hless-
ings yet to come, if true to the prlhcl-
pies and maithful to the precepts OIL
those heroic souls who laid its founda-
tons and who sanctifled it by their
tools. their tears and their blood.
We may we'll make the language OIL
| the Swedish songstress our own.
I greet with a full heart the land of the
west,
Whose banner of stars DER the earth is
unrolled,
| Whose empire Ger shadows Atlahtlc 5
wide breast,
And opens to the sunset its gateway OF
gold
The land of the mountains the land OF
the lake
And rivers that roll in magnificent tide,
Where the souls of the mighty from
slumber awake
To hallow the soil for whose freedom
they died!"
For whose freedom they died!'
They lived, labored, fought, died Tor
freedom For your freedom l call
you happy" said the younger Cyrus to
the ten thousand Greeks; for we'll you
know that / would choose freedom In
preference to all l possess, and mani
fold more besides" Liberty has been
the central principle-the soul of the
American republic, more beautiful than
the bloom and the gaiety of these joy
Gus hours; more precious than the
memory of our sainted fathers who laid
those foundations; more inspiring than
the contemplation of this vast super
structure itself, now lifting its mighty
dome over the center of the continent,
its wings resting on the lakes and the
gulf, it's pillared fronts facing two
oceans-is that which imparts this
beauty, this preciousness this inspira-
ton; that which pervades all; that
which created and which still hallows
this anniversary. I mean American
Liberty.
For nations like individuals have
dominant traits or even ruling passions
China has always stood for conserva-
tism; Assyria for brute force; Phoenf-
cha for commerce; Israel for purity;
Egypt, life; Persia, light; Athens, art;
Sparta, prowess; Rome. dominion;
France, glory; SPAIN religion; Eng
land, wealth, America, liberty.
A century and a quarter after Column
bus the Pilgrim Fathers came. bringing
religious liberty. They never persecu-
ted for heresy.
Aye can holy ground
The spot where first they trod-
They left unstained what there they
found.
Freedom to Worship God"
A century and half rolled away,
and amid the storm of the American
revolution, political liberty, national in
dependence, was born. Another genera
ton passed, and the war of 1912 wrest-
ed from England personal liberty on the
high seas. Fifty years later came the
tremendous conflict that broke the
chains of three million slaves. The
closing years of this century have seen
the great republic smite the shacSles
from more than million Cubans.
Thus, with the exception of our contest
with Mexico, and our present battling
with the Philippine Islands, all our
great national struggles have been for
liberty.
And what is American Liberty? 1t is
commonly said that natural liberty is
freedom from all restraint, but the laws
of nature; civil liberty freedom from
arbitrary interference with one as a
Of a community; political liber-
ty, in the case of an individual, free |
dom to participate in the making of |
pendence, sovereignty; personal liberty |
freedom from personal restraint; men |
tai interference in matters of con- |
science. But these are abstract terms. |
Let us particularize.
Among the ingredients that make up
American liberty are these: Freedom |
to speak or print, to assemble peacea-
bly,, to petition for redress of griev-
3nces, to keep and bear arms, to travel |
on the public highways; the
light of trial by jury, Of habeas corpus
If confronting and examining accusers;
IF choosing and being chosen TO office;
IF enjoying life, liberty, property in
any way not harmful to others; the |
light to ones house as his ca stle--a cas-
lie inviolable, SO that in the eloquent
language of Lord Chatham, 1.-The poor
st man in his cottage may bid defiance
o all the forces of the crown 1t may
oe frail; its roof may shake; the wind
nay blow through 1t; the storm may
inter it; but the king of England can
lot enter it. All his power dares not
ross the threshold of that ruined tene-
nent!"
Abraham Lincolns famous phraseo1- |
,gy, government of the people, by the
'eople, and for the people" well sums
Up the result, 1t is important to under |
tand the matter.