Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-07-11
4Th OF JULY SPEECH
By Senator MeLaurin, Delivered al
Spaflanburg.
AMERICAS PAST AND FUTURE
Reviewed in the Presence of c Largs
and Attentive Aud.ence-f1ow lnde-
peEderce Day Was Observed.

StTauVe. Tho Senator was given
respectful and attentive hearing AMI
addressed his audience in his chraaC-
teristic and degnifIed manner, AMI
made an appropriate speech Tor the oc-
casion. In the audieIice was a goodiy
number OF the cultured and refined
ladies of SpartanbuTg and Of the in.
teiligent young lady teachers Of the
State summer school in session here.
Col. John p. Cleveland introduced
the speaker of the day in neat IN
becoming speech. He referred to the
recent condition of the Democratic
party and the need of its beng alive
to new issues and alluded to the pre-
grcssive Dem ocracy" as the present
necessity.
The Senator in his address took ~
the various Issues of the day and dis.
cu2sed them in a clear, concise an
spilled way, though his effort wa
not CT the pass .Cnate. vintctiVe. Vlo-
lent type. 1t was on high plane an
con aimed no personal abuse of am
Cne.
Af.er rex ountin5 the pr.n >ipal point
in history from time to tine OF tn" cs
tah'iskment Cf the republic, and alaJ
referring to the great progress made
:
Senator McLauriu entered into dis,
CussiCn CT the question of expansion,
and among Other things said:
"It We patrioticaily utilize Our pres
ent opportunities and fulfill all of our
national obligations, no one can speCu-
late too rOmantically about our future
as a nation. For one to have locke |
forward at the founding of Rome. and
al he Cln of 81 Enn0S
empire when in the zenith Of its splcn-
dOTs. he would have teen hailed as q
dreamer AMI his prophecies as fairy
tales For Cne to have stood on th1
barren shores Of Britain when Caesar
landed there with his legiOns and pOr-
trayed in story the glorious future Of
the British empire, he would have
been mockeI as Il prophet with a dis
tempered inaoinat.On. So If one stand.
ing en- the great eminence OF time. the
iezinning of the Goth century, shOuid
pre- tict Jho future glory of the Amer
lean republic. it would he only stOrJ
half written or picture dirlly paint
ed with all the spIendOrs OF ColOrinG
left out. | DO not LelieVe that am
mind can have even the taintest CON
Ception Of wnat our nation will be an
-
turtles. if we are true to ourselves and
our heaven appointed dest:nv. When
we look backward to the 4th o. July,
1916 ana see 13 colonies strugglin :
with the most powerful government on
the earth for independence. and con
slider the great odds against us, AMI
contrast our ConditIcn then and now.
we can scarcely ere it the CVi"enre OF
Dl;: own experience.
"The promised land, flowing VIE
milk and honey, was the enc0ur'G
ment held out to thu Israelita3 in the.-
dcsolate wandcrings in the wilder
De-s. Without this they would have
ALTERED and fallen by the waysi1e a I'd
never accCmpI shed the divine purpose
Of their dclivorance from Egypt N
bondage.
"As a nation we have reached a
crisis equally as important as that
which confronted the Israeli.es. and
the encouragement offered us is The
world as our promised land. where
VIC are to plant the seeds Of freedom
and Christianity and labor to frTctfy
ard enrich them until they shall gov
~ and the nations shall lie Gown II
peace under the shade. The same
power which brought the wanIera. s Ct
last cut Of the wilderness is sustain
ing US, and if we are true to duty AMI
destiny it will bring us into the prom
iaeH land Of our hopes and rewar1s
The great events in the future 01
our republic can be predicted with
some degree Of certainty. OGe CT I n
pre-eminent events VIII be a union Ct
the English-speakingg racS in which
Anglo Saxon ideas Of liberty and
Christian civilization will becOme
predominant, and finally control th1
politics, the policies and the commerce
of the world There rl7y not be any
political alliance between the rcpu l.
can United States and monarch c9l
Great Britain, but there will be unity
Of purpose which will link them to
gether in the bonds of q common inter.
est and race affiliation. With such {
combination Of resources and power
it will be possible to diss saminatt
throughout the earth the spirit Of lib
CIty now permeating the entire Ang q
Saxon race. In time the prophecy CT
the last century that Europe would be
come republican or Cossack will fe
fulfilled. The Eastern question Of TO-
day is the beginning of the final s. 3
gle. With a union Of the Eng n
speaking people the despotism 1'
Russia will be destroyed. and all jA1
nations will be forced into the c. nsa {
for Gberating mankind from n
bHghting tyranny under which II he's
suffered for centuries. WHAT an eA
tranc.ng picture-the unity OF al the
nations in one common and patr ic
purpose. to secure universal num- m
freedom and through it to unite tha
race of man in one national broth-T
hood. Let it be understood tina. IN
snv future alliance either implied cI
expIicit. the United States * the mas
Ter OF the situation.
"An0thor event CT the future will nc
tho c9mrletc commercial suprcmacy o.
he United States. The Pari7c viii h =
>ore the great h h'glway upon W. b
her teaming produces viii be b)Tna
every Land. With the Atlantic a-f
Pacific Joined b. the Mica al n
Canal her sails will whi-en every bar
10-. and sea. and ocean. AID lake. Il
4e- commerce viii be the corll c"'.e
of the world. With her natura!
vantaaes. her undeFeloped Tcso1
and her hundreds CT miii.cns Of inT 4
tive and progressive population, tf
can defv efforts Of the other rat 4
70 rival her productions and | al
ard ~ sne.cI from her TIE c-o1-2 Q.
commercial supreme
Another event Of trauscende-t *
oortanca will be the complete tT.un2
of the Gospel or Christ through tE'
acfevments o? the Anglo-Saxon rae
With the Star-Spangled Banner o. IN
United States in ccnsCrt with the IA
If the British Empire floating in e'@fJ
aarbor and ocean OF the globe, al. p-o
nIe viii be aroused from their heatEe.