The sun., 1901-07-05
HOW THE NATIONAL
HOLIDAY WAS SPENT
Day Was Celebrated in Mild and Rational
Way.
BURST OF PATRIOTISM ON THE WEST SIDE


establish this wonderful government of
ours.
The last three years of our history
have been very remarkable ones. With
in period of 40 months, we commenced
and finished our war with Spain. We
took II most prominent part in the war
against China and il, protecting the in
terests of our people and of Christianity
in that far-Off land. In this period our
country has moved forward in its pro-
gress ana prosperity until it has out
stripped all of its previous records. We
have established without any question
our claim upon the commerce of the
world, our exports have already reached
IL point way beyond our most hopeful
expectations. Our national income has
enabled MS to meet all of our maturing
obligations and to create a large sur
plus i'll our treasury. Already we have
aiI off more than one-half of the entire
lcat caused bv our war with Spain.
This prosperous condition of our national
treasury has warranted reduction of
our taxes and already our citizens have
bnen relieved of the larger part of the
war tax, and it is officially stated that
within the next year the remaining war
TAX will be wiped from our statute
books.
Thanks to the wise policy of cur gov
ihmcnt, complete peace has been re-
.tored in the Philippines. while Cuba is
III the eve of the full. enjoyment of civil
md political liberty as the result of our
froeing her from the oppressive and
tyrannical rule of Spain III the Philip
,iues. the era of progress and develop
nent has already begun and in many
ways the Filipinos have been thoroughly
convinced that we are their benefactors
instead of their oppressors.
We cannot contemplate our present
peaceful and prosperous condition with
mt there arising in our hearts the most
'rverent gratitude for those patriots
,vhc gave their lives and fortunes for the
freedom of our country. Indeed. one OF
he noblest purposes in observing this
lay il TO honor the name and fame Of
nIr valiant ancestors and on day like
'his our mind intuitively reverts TO the
ourage and suffering. the deeds of valor
md glorY. achieved hx f4Au4flil
',loody contests which made the Inherit
,nce they gave to us of such priceless
value. OF them / will quote the Ian
,uage of the Greek orator Pericles. used
" him about 1900 years ago in honor of
he Atllenian patriots who fought for
heir country. which was as follows:
For while collectively they gave their
country their lives, Individually they re-
cived that renown which never grows
I'D. and the most distinguished tomb
hey could have: not so much that in
which they are laid, as that in which
heir glory is left behind them, to he
.yerlastnglye recorded on every occasion
'or so doing either by word or deed,
hat may from time to time present It
elf. For of illuStrious men the whole
arth is the sepuichre; and not only does
he inscription upon columns Ill theif
,wn land point it ont. hut III that also
which is not their own, there dwellS WITH
veryone an unwritten memorial OF Inc
heart. rather than of a material mohu-
ment."
When we look with almost breathless
yonderment at the growth and progress
made by our country, we naturally seek
or the clements which have made us 50
ilccessful. Had it been provided in the
constitution, adopted 1775, that wall
| hould be built around our then thirteen
| States, our advancement and progress
| would not be n fraction OF what II is.
| but the doors of our country We're
| brown open and over every door the
| word welcome appeared. We have
| ,ern helped by the millions of liberty
| ind happiness seeking people of Europe
! oming to our country and admiNins their
| turdy manhood, ambition and deter
| mnation with our own native American
| luatlcs. 1t is sometimes Sald thlt the
european immigrants are the worthlrsS
md criminal class of the old world. III
ny opinion, there never was greater
lander upon any class of people than
| hat. 1t takes an ambitious man u
cave his native country and fatherlan,
md 20 to far-off shores in search o.
,etter conditions, of more civil ana
eli.ious liberty than his own countr,
,ffers land gives him. The class OF
,eople coming to the United States to
lay are not unlike those who came her
n the earliest days of our history. The.
re, as rule, liberty and home lovin
,rople, as is proven by the fact tha
, nany of the best citizens in our conntr
nday are those who We're not born her,
Y Ne cannot deny the very considerhl
! nd beneficial effects that immisratlo
I ,us had in the development of tn
I -nited States. We owe much to the 81
= allied fol cigner 4 few years ago nj
Y ,icnic, held outside of New York cit.
i " a lot of new acquisitions TO our pop'
alton, the orator on the occasion, Speal
II ng of what We owe to the foreigner SAT-
4 Who was it but the foreigner that III
: developed the wonderful resources
7 lAmerica?- Who was it but the forcigne
} " toiling in the mines beneath the earl
r nd III the broad expense of our hei'l
It hat made the wealth of this country
n Who has built the railroads of The c0n
t ~ hut the foreigner? Who has furnlS
ID Il tho labor for the largest buildins
4 his country but the foreigner? And la'
t V, let me ask who was it that discover
re your country hut the foreignerT
n But the present generation of Ame
" ans has inherited not alone from
IT l0nd the seas. Noble sires have whoug
n II their own land. There We're brave a
be crious men who brought religious fir
q Ion to our New England coast. Th
IT ,nttling with the wild winter and wil'
no natives is n part of our own annals It
ne stirs in every schoolhoy partrt
on bride. The herosm and perils of I'll
th .hildren and children's children Fl
nc Lexington to Yorktown to the en-
nrc Srncc from their struggle to national
tn lacpendence-all this is American. I'll
ion are not indeed upon our countfy's h