Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-09

were scattered and famine and priva.
ton We're enlisted to crush the resist-l
ence that was too strong to yield to
the sword of hirelings. Yet through
it all the patriots remained firm and
true to the principles of the declara
ton. Looking to the God of Justice
and of Battle and to the sublimity of
the truth of their cause the Catholics
of Maryland and the Puritans of New
England fought on to final triumph
and proved by their conduct that they
were worthy of the liberty for which
they struggled.
This is an occasion Of public thanks
giving. Thanksgiving for blessings
which have been vouchsafed to this ma
ton for more than hundred years
Far be it from us at this time or at any
time to recall injuries that stir ami
mostly and scenes that inspire hatred
and far be it from us to entertain a
hope of revenge for wrongs that are
| past, But while we recount the glor-
| les of that struggle and while our ven
| Grafton is quickened by recounting
their deeds of heroism it is right that
We express the hope that their exam
| pie may serve to inspire true patriots
wherever found. While we have long
since forgotten Great Britain as oul
oppressor and recognize only Great
Britain the mighty factor in the
worlds affairs yet we but show our
selves worthy of the sires from whom
we sprung when we express the hope
that not only their trials but theil
final triumph may be emulated by the
patriots of South Africa. Long have
| they struggled and much have they en-
dured. True devotion to the cause O.
free government bids us hope tha
this travail will finally bring forth {
republic and that the beginning of thi!
: century like the beginning of the las
may be characterized by the repudia
ton of the assumption of monarch.
and the vindication of the rights o
man.
But the noble example of the father
of the republic should serve as an in
spiration to patriotism in peace a
, we'll as in war. The story of Bunke
| Hill and Concord, of Lexington and o
Valley Forge should indeed stir tn
) hearts and strengthen the sinews O
every soldier enlisted in patriot
, cause but it should also purify our mo
: tives and exalt the purposes that in
spire our conduct in private life.
: is fitting and proper and it is a dut
2 resting upon us at all times to hun
Y bly, acknowledge our Indebtedness t
4 those great men for We today enjo
the fruition of the sacrifices that the
e made. We ought chiefly so to d
e when we assemble and meet togethe
l. upon this natal day of the republ
v that they founded. But let it be T.
d membered that our thanksgiving wi
It be but ingratitude and our praise b.
n mockery if our duties as citizens b
8 discharged with less fidelity than wei
y theirs as soldiers. To appropriate
r ourselves the great benefits of the
II sacrifices while rejecting the admon
If ton of their virtues is to place upc
o ourselves the mark of degenerates an
1t apostates.
d Mighty indeed is the structure tn;
has been reared upon the foundatic
i laid by the fathers. In all things CO
i stituting apparent strength this is
If puissant republic. Napoleon, in Il
70 widest dreams of his mad fancy, ne
70 er dreamed of such an empire and
"a founders little conceived of its ma
n nificent growth. In territory
a wealth, in resou 'ces it's possibiliti
at transcend all powers of estimation al
is it's future development is as limitle
m as eternity. Grandly magnificel
n. magnifcently grand it stands peerle
IL among the powers Of the earth.
at But this magnificent heritage shou
n. never beget in us false sense of secl
of ity. We are indeed a mighty natl
richly endowed with all forms Of n
:. terial wealth. But in that fact Ii
" danger as well as security. Our We
90 opulence teaches us to rely too mtl
III upon the hope of material gain and
)" little upon the principles of eterl
~ ~ right. 1t disposes our minds too +
~ quently to incline to sacrifice II
~ worth for seeming good and to respo
vi more quickly to the dictates of am
en- ton than to the behests of our du
&c Against all of these tendencies
. N memories Of this day adjures our
III sistence. The past as solemn mo
.iu tor warns of the future great with
ue destinies of nations. 1t. was
re- wealth nor hope of wealth Il
IRE wrought a mighty and conquer
su- army from the ranks of the farm
les ses of New England and the planters
Ia the south. 1t was not the new c
ne all-powerful spirit of commercial
lot that now seems to dominate our
icy tional life that gave us national
~ in the beginning. The patriots of L
ere knew no such motives and recogni
ior no such aims. Their devotion to d
a and to the clause of liberty led TIL
ue to depose their king and to establ
VI this republic. Let us upon this d
Ell the anniversary of their conSecrat
dg- IN their cause and ours renew
cir Ares If orr natriotism and eyalt
motives and resolve that the h
nts ideals that inspired them shall be
&c controlling force in the history of
lul- republic that they founded.
n9' WILL BE PLENTY OF GAME