The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-21


caat-iron spectacles back on the top
CT his head and whooped for liberty.
be did not know that some day We
would have more Of it than we know
what to do with. He little dreamed
that the time would come when We
would have more liberty than we
could pay for. When Mr. Henry sawed
the air and shouted for liberty OF
death. ] do not believe that he knew
that the time would come when lib
erty would stand lnee-deep in the mud
Of Bedloe's Island and yearn for a solid
place 20 stand upon.
II seems to me that we have too
much liberty in this country in some
ways. We have more liberty than We
have money. We guarantee that every
man in America shall fiji himself up
fun Of liberty at our expense. and the
less Of an American he Is the mere
liberty be can have. II he desires tc
enjoy himself, an he needs is a slight
foreign accent and a willingness 10 mix
up with politics as soon as he can get
his baggage of the steamer. The more
] study American institutions the more
i regret that was not born a foreign
er. SO that / could have something 10
say about the management Of our great
land. II I could not be a foreigner.
believe / would prefer TO be a Nor
mon or an Indian not taxed.
/ am often led to ask, in the LAM
guage Of the poet, is the Caucasian
played outg" Most everybody can have
good deal Of fun in this country ex-
cept the American. He seems to be so
busy paying his taxes all the time that
he has very little time to 'mingle ia the
giddy whirl with the alien. That Is the
reason that the alien who rides across
the United States on the Limited
Mail. and writes a book about rs be-
fore breakfast wonders why we are al
ways ia a hurry That is the reason
we have to throw our meals into our
selves with a dull thud. and hardly
have time TO maintain warm person
al friendship with our families.
We do not care much for wealth,
but we must have freedom. and free
dom costs money We have advertised
to furnish bunch Of freedom to every
man, woman or child who comes to
our shores, and we are going to deliver
the goods, whether we have any left FOR
ourselves or not What would the
great world beyond the seas say 60 us
II some day the blue-eyed Mormon,
with his heart full Of love for our
female seminaries and old womens
homes, should land upon our coasts
and find that we were using All the llb-
erty ourselvesg
What do we want of liberty, any
how? What could we do with it Il we
had 1t? 1t takes a man Of leisure to
enjoy liberty, and we have no leisure
whatever. II is good thing 10 keel
In the house for the use OF guests
only" but We don't need It for our
selves.
Therefore / am In favor Of a Statue
Of Liberty EnlighteniDg the World, BE-
cause It will show that we keep Il o.
tap winter and summer. We want thi
whole bread world to remember tha
when 1t gets tired Of oppression il caJ
come here to America and oppregs It's
We are used to 1t and we rather like Il
II we don't like It we can get on thl
steamer and go abroad. whore we ma,
visit the efIecta monarch'es and hsTf
a high old time.
The sight Of the Goddess OF LiL
erty standing there in New York har
Dor night and day, bathing her feet Ii
the ripping sea, will be a good thing
Il will be frstrate Il may also be pro
ductiye OF good in a direction thai
many have not thought Of. As SHE
stands there day after day bathing
her feet In the broad Atlantic, perhap.
some mcss-grown Mormon moving "a.
ward the Far West, a confirmed vic
tim Of the matrimonial habit. may ds
the bright picture in his so-ea,led mind
ana remembering. how, on his arriya
in New York. he saw Liberty bathing
her feet with impunity. he may be les
IN after years to try it on himself.