Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23
A NICHE IN THE
TEMPLE0FFAME

Grated to the memory of those whose
life work has been the seed that has
brought forth good fruit for the Ameri-
nation. The heroes enshrined Their
should be examples of virtue, patriotism
and self-sacrificing purpose which have
resulted in the moral, matrial or intel
upbuilding of our people. There
are many obscure men n women Who'll
have accomplished these great things.
The world has never heard of them, and
so their deeds cannot be recorded in the
imperishable granite. But of those whom
the world calls famous. I would say that
no man or woman should be given a
niche in this worthy temple whose work
has tended to destroy faith and trust IN
the higher life held out by religion. Many
honest and eminent people, great in ev-'
cry other way, have been ff~nger-posts to-
despair rather than to hope. The expo
nents of all that is imperishable in u
race should be found amor men and
women whose lives We're lessons of God
fearing endeavor to elevat toward last
ing good.
The fathers of the nation should be
given the place Of honor in the temple of
fame. The private soldier, the learned
statesman, the skillful diplomat and the
greater captain aided the fathers in their
immortal building, but to fulfill this fill
ial duty by honoring all these names is
impossible. OF the fathers-the men
who wrought because of recognized NOR
al obligations, should precede those who
labored for personal ambition. The first
class respected the equal rights of their
fellows and the first right of conscience;
the second, perhaps, worked good incl
dentally, but their purpose were selfish.
George Washington, for his intense
devotion to the cause of country, his pa
tient endurance of neglect and bitter
criticism n his sublime faith in the
ultimate success of his cause.
Martha Washington, for the sympathy
and encouragement which h always
gave her distinguished husband. and for
her noble efforts with her own private
means. to aid the continental soldiers
during the horrible winter at Valley
Forge.
Thomas Jefferson, for his immortal
work in framing the Declaration of In
dependence, and in that, as he was the
first expansionist, he can claim the hone
of being the prophet of our present manj-
fest destiny among the nations of the
earth.
Benjamin Franklin, a patriot, states
man, diplomat, economist and scientist,
greater than whom our race has not pro-
duced.
John Adams, who aided his country
before, during and after her independ-
ence, the first vice president of the
United States, a strong and true man in
every calling of his varied life.
John Jay, an intellectual giant, who
was one of the master-builders in the
work of framing our constitution.
Alexander Hamilton, who did as much
for the ~colonists with his brains as the
soldiers did with their swords
John Paul Jones, who spread our starry
banner to the ocean winds and made us
feared and respected on the seas.
Betsy Ross, who will live forever in
the hearts of our people because she
made the first United States flag, the sa-
cred emblem of our country.
James Madison, an honest and schol-
arly man who served his country ably at
a great crisis.
James Monroe. who wrote the state
paper which has made us the great ma
ton which we are.
Andrew Jackson, the victor in one OF
the glorious battles of modern times, and
because in crushing the notification act
he destroyed a hydra-headed monster
which Threatened to destroy our nation
Patrick Henry, whose voice was the
trumpet call for independence in the
American colonies
Mrs. Philip Schuyler, who burned he1
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comfort to the British during the revo-
lutionary war.
William King, the first governor OF
Maine, the man who paced in the consti.
tuition of his state the first article FOL
free schools in the United States.
Marcus Whitman. the heroic Presby.
terrain divine. who saved the NorthWes1
territory by personal sufferings and en-
durance almost sublime.
James Kent, the legal light, whose
commentaries are the guide for all VIII
follow his profession.
Benjamin West, who made American
art revered in the Old World salons.
Winfield Scott, who gave us our West
ern empire by the power of his sword.
:. Daniel Webster. who was the powerful
and unanswerable expounder of our con
stitutional law.
Henry Clay, a great orator and patriot
strong in his convictions and brave il
executing his public duty.
Wendell Phillips, who suffered persecu
ton because he believed in freedom TO
all.
Abraham Lincoln. a great man in grea
l times.
Daniel Boone. who wrested from tn
: wilderness a new star in the constella
ton of our states.
o h Ericsson, who revolutioniZed ma
val construction and who changed tn
: shipwright into an iron-moulder.
Ralph Waldorf Emerson, a leader 9
: thought an ornamen to our nations
e school of literature.
Margaret Fuller Ossoli, who was tn
inspiration of the most brilliant literar
coterie which our nation has produced.
8 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, VIII
Y wrote the songs of the people Ind VIII
t is enshrined forever in their heart
hearts.
John Greenleaf Whittier, who lived an
n strived and wrote that justice to all me
e might prevail, the poetic champion {
the slave.
William Ilnyd Garrison. the annstle 1