Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-06-20

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TAe following essay written BY Cadet
O. L. Robrecht, Of Charlotte Hall School.
was awarded gold medal on Thursday,
June 10, 1901:
No one can behold our republic with
ont sdmiring its founders. To use the
language Of Danlel Webster, aIt has
been 20 us all . copious founsain of ma
tional, social and persohal happiness"
Let NJ begin With The foundation Of
the government and trace It's develop
ment 20 the prsssat time. The Revolu-
ton ID the 6rst event 10 which our as-
tention u difecssd. Undsr the untiring
leadsrship Of washiaesoa. the Americas
Colonies. b. ths sd Of Francs achievs
their Independence. Washington, 'the
father Of his country" 10 elected the
arst president.
We nov enter upon our career ~ 0
nation. After tAs States are rsconciled,
che government established, We engage
In the second eontest with the mother
country commonly known a. the War Of
1919. We are snccessful, the war ciosing
with Jackson's great victory as New
Orleans, 1915.
Next comes MonFoe's administration
known In history % "the ere Of good
feeling" During shis time, the famous
words Of the Monroe Doctrine were
spread throughout the country, and
which, as We shall allow later, have been
totally disregarded by oui republic.
Az the purpose Of this composition IL
rather 20 treat Of the later actions of our
government. we may pass rapidly over
much Of its history, stopping TO note only
those events watch have produced Q
lasting effect on 40 % Q nation. In order
70 do this IL is necessary 70 mension the
Mexican and the Civil Wars. The Mex.
lean war grew out Of Che annexation Of
Texas TO the Unised States. One re-
markable fact about this war was that
every battle was won by the Americans
against superior force.
The Civil war may well be regarded
o. the turning point In American history.
The main causes Of this war were nulli-
fcation, l. g., the right Of . state % secede
from the union, and the slavery question.
Just before the outbreak Of the Civil war
Daniel Webster delivered his great
speech on the Fo0te resolution. II II
known rs the second reply 70 Hayne, and
closes with the memorable words, Lib
erty and Union now and forever, one
and inseparable." The greatest battle
Of this war perhaps. was fought at Get
tysburg July Ia. 1888, being known %
the high water mark Of che rebellion.
IL was on this battlefield that Lincoln
made famous address, saying i'm con-
clusi0n shat government Of the people.
for the people. and bY the people shall
not perish from tho earth.n
Last, but by no means least. We come
now 70 the Spanish-Ameriean War. The
immediate cause OF this war was the OPP
preston Of Cuba by the spaniards. The
Monroe Doctrine. spoken Of in another
part Of this composition. says, "That the
American Continents by the free and
independent position they have as
sumed and maintained. are henceforth
not 70 be considered subjects for future
colonization By any European power"
Our government by freeing Cubs per.
formed an oct which was an honor %
our Gag and which was welcomed BY the
Cubans. Did we stop here no. Led
on by o desire % initiate Europe, we dis
regarded Wasbingson's advice, who said,
Beware Of foreign entanglements;" we
threw aside the warning Of Wehster who
expressed himself thus: "Cherish lib
erty % you love 10, cherish iss securities
e. you wish to preserve it. maintain the
constitution which We labored % pain
fully 90 establish." Disregardlng oil
this advice We have carried our flag
across che Pscifc three thousand miles
away, and planted it In land Of barbar-
Ism. Could Washington and Webster
behold our counsry today. would they
mot say TO M, I'VE men Of this genera
tion, lament With ~ the great blunder
You have made, you have struck the blow
Of Constitutional Liberty" for your
selves and your postsrisy." It b there
fore our duty NJ patriotic American Cit
izens % uphold those time-honosed prin-
ciples upon whieh eur government %
founded. II we fellow the advice Of
Washington, % use the language Of
Webster, "No ruthless hand shall IN
dermsne the bright arch Of Liberty thas
spans the Continent .fron Warrington
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